Timed out waiting for container to boot

[Karl Stenerud]

Impact:

autopkgtest-build-lxd fails when preparing for disco.

$ lsb_release -a |grep Description
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
$ apt show autopkgtest |grep Version
Version: 5.3.1

Test Case:

$ autopkgtest-build-lxd ubuntu-daily:bionic/amd64
Detected local apt proxy, using http://10.160.232.1:3142 as container proxy
Creating autopkgtest-prepare-Sq4
Starting autopkgtest-prepare-Sq4
Container finished booting. Distribution Ubuntu, release bionic, architecture amd64
Running setup script /usr/share/autopkgtest/setup-commands/setup-testbed...
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
...

$ autopkgtest-build-lxd ubuntu-daily:disco/amd64
Detected local apt proxy, using http://10.160.232.1:3142 as container proxy
Creating autopkgtest-prepare-JGy
Starting autopkgtest-prepare-JGy
Timed out waiting for container to boot

[Frank Heimes (fheimes)]

I'm facing a similar situation with building a focal autopkgtest container on s390x:

$ autopkgtest-build-lxd ubuntu-daily:focal/s390x
Creating autopkgtest-prepare-wDa
Starting autopkgtest-prepare-wDa
Created symlink /<email address hidden> → /dev/null.
Timed out waiting for container to boot

$ autopkgtest-build-lxd ubuntu:focal/s390x
Creating autopkgtest-prepare-ZX9
Starting autopkgtest-prepare-ZX9
Created symlink /<email address hidden> → /dev/null.
Timed out waiting for container to boot

[Frank Heimes (fheimes)]

Here the versions in use:
$ snap list lxd
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
lxd 4.9 18675 latest/stable canonical✓ -
$ apt-cache policy autopkgtest
autopkgtest:
  Installed: 5.11ubuntu1
  Candidate: 5.11ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 5.11ubuntu1 500
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal/main s390x Packages
        500 http://us.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports focal/main s390x Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status