hello, i am trying to replace my chroot environment with system-nspawn, but i can't get a console login. it just hangs with the following log: == sudo systemd-nspawn -bD /work/chroot/debian-testing/ -M debian4 The kernel auditing subsystem is known to be incompatible with containers. Please make sure to turn off auditing with 'audit=0' on the kernel command line before using systemd-nspawn. Sleeping for 5s... Spawning namespace container on /work/chroot/debian-testing (console is /dev/pts/8). Init process in the container running as PID 15407. INIT: version 2.88 booting [info] Using makefile-style concurrent boot in runlevel S. [warn] udev does not support containers, not started ... (warning). [warn] Filesystem mounted on /dev/shm; setting up compatibility bind mount. ... (warning). [warn] Please remove this mount from /etc/fstab; it is no longer needed, and it is preventing completion of the transition to /run/shm. ... (warning). [info] Setting the system clock. hwclock: Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method. hwclock: Use the --debug option to see the details of our search for an access method. [warn] Unable to set System Clock to: Wed Jan 22 15:41:04 UTC 2014 ... (warning). [ ok ] Activating swap...done. [warn] Creating compatibility symlink from /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts. ... (warning). [ ok ] Activating lvm and md swap...done. [....] Checking file systems...fsck from util-linux 2.20.1 done. [ ok ] Cleaning up temporary files... /tmp. [ ok ] Mounting local filesystems...done. [ ok ] Activating swapfile swap...done. [ ok ] Cleaning up temporary files.... [ ok ] Setting kernel variables ...done. [ ok ] Configuring network interfaces...done. [ ok ] Cleaning up temporary files.... INIT: Entering runlevel: 2 [info] Using makefile-style concurrent boot in runlevel 2. [ ok ] Starting enhanced syslogd: rsyslogd. [ ok ] Starting periodic command scheduler: cron. INIT: Id "2" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "5" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "6" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "3" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: Id "4" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel == I am running an up-to-date archlinux 64-bit system, and I used the following command to create the root fs sudo debootstrap testing /work/chroot/debian-testing I didn't make any change in the rootfs. I have tried with both wheezy and 'testing'. If I install systemd in the container (I can actually get a root shell with -D instead of -bD), then it works fine: == Spawning namespace container on /work/chroot/debian-testing (console is /dev/pts/8). Init process in the container running as PID 17807. systemd 204 running in system mode. (+PAM +LIBWRAP +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +SYSVINIT +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +ACL +XZ) Detected virtualization 'systemd-nspawn'. Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux jessie/sid! Set hostname to <nikaia>. Failed to install release agent, ignoring: File exists Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details. [ OK ] Listening on Syslog Socket. [ OK ] Listening on Delayed Shutdown Socket. [ OK ] Listening on /dev/initctl Compatibility Named Pipe. [ OK ] Reached target Encrypted Volumes. [ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket. [ OK ] Reached target Syslog. Mounting Huge Pages File System... Mounting Debug File System... Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System... Starting Journal Service... [ OK ] Started Journal Service. [ OK ] Reached target Paths. Mounting Configuration File System... Mounting FUSE Control File System... [ OK ] Reached target Swap. Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems... [ OK ] Mounted Huge Pages File System. [ OK ] Mounted Debug File System. [ OK ] Mounted POSIX Message Queue File System. [ OK ] Mounted Configuration File System. [ OK ] Mounted FUSE Control File System. [ OK ] Started Remount Root and Kernel File Systems. [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems (Pre). Mounting User Runtime Directory... Mounting Lock Directory... Starting Load Random Seed... [ OK ] Started Load Random Seed. [ OK ] Mounted Lock Directory. [ OK ] Mounted User Runtime Directory. [ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems. Starting LSB: Raise network interfaces.... Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories... [ OK ] Reached target Remote File Systems. Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage... [ OK ] Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories. [ OK ] Started Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage. [ OK ] Started LSB: Raise network interfaces.. [ OK ] Reached target System Initialization. [ OK ] Reached target Timers. [ OK ] Listening on D-Bus System Message Bus Socket. [ OK ] Reached target Sockets. [ OK ] Reached target Basic System. Starting LSB: Create dynamic part of /etc/motd... Starting LSB: Log file handling to be done during bootup.... Starting LSB: Regular background program processing daemon... Starting /etc/rc.local Compatibility... Starting Login Service... Starting System Logging Service... Starting Permit User Sessions... Starting D-Bus System Message Bus... [ OK ] Started D-Bus System Message Bus. [ OK ] Started /etc/rc.local Compatibility. Starting Cleanup of Temporary Directories... [ OK ] Started Permit User Sessions. Starting Console Getty... [ OK ] Started Console Getty. [ OK ] Reached target Login Prompts. [ OK ] Started LSB: Create dynamic part of /etc/motd. [ OK ] Started Cleanup of Temporary Directories. [ OK ] Started LSB: Regular background program processing daemon. [ OK ] Started Login Service. [ OK ] Started LSB: Log file handling to be done during bootup.. [ OK ] Started System Logging Service. [ OK ] Reached target Multi-User System. [ OK ] Reached target Graphical Interface. Debian GNU/Linux jessie/sid nikaia console nikaia login: ==
The container environment is not like a VM, and the init system must make certain adjustments. Specifically, /dev/tty* (apart from /dev/tty) are not there. sysv init can be made to work, but manual adjustments are required.
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