I faced a similar issue (if not the same), after a recent update and switching from systemd to sysvinit.
Although I had cgmanager installed and running, I had to install cgroupfs-mount to make lxc-start work again. And I can reproduce the failure by stopping cgroupfs-mount service. Could cgroupfs-mount be is a missing dependency in lxc package? Or could it be a problem with cgmanager? These are the versions of installed packages: ii cgmanager 0.35-1 amd64 Central cgroup manager daemon ii cgroup-bin 0.41-6 all control and monitor control groups (transitional package) ii cgroup-tools 0.41-6 amd64 control and monitor control groups (tools) ii cgroupfs-mount 1.1 all Light-weight package to set up cgroupfs mounts ii lxc 1:1.0.6-6 amd64 Linux Containers userspace tools un lxc-dev <none> <none> (no description available) ii lxc-stuff 1.0.4-4 all Linux Containers userspace tools (additional utilities) un systemd <none> <none> (no description available) ii systemd-shim 9-1 amd64 shim for systemd un systemd-sysv <none> <none> (no description available) ii sysvinit 2.88dsf-58 amd64 System-V-like init utilities - transitional package ii sysvinit-core 2.88dsf-58 amd64 System-V-like init utilities ii sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-58 amd64 System-V-like utilities Output of lxc-start: lxc-start: cgroupfs failed to detect cgroup metadata lxc-start: failed initializing cgroup support lxc-start: failed to spawn 'intra-refactor_default_1417002668886_98399' lxc-start: The container failed to start. lxc-start: Additional information can be obtained by setting the --logfile and --logpriority options. Debug log file extra info: ... lxc-start 1421784588.401 INFO lxc_cgroup - cgroup driver cgroupfs initing for intra-refactor_default_1417002668886_98399 lxc-start 1421784588.401 ERROR lxc_cgfs - cgroupfs failed to detect cgroup metadata lxc-start 1421784588.401 ERROR lxc_start - failed initializing cgroup support ... -- Tiago TT -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
