The package from your repository did not help :( System: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS $ sudo lxc-start -n lxc_web -f config -l DEBUG -o $(tty) lxc-start 1272588706.041 INFO lxc_conf - tty's configured lxc-start 1272588706.041 DEBUG lxc_start - sigchild handler set lxc-start 1272588706.041 INFO lxc_start - 'lxc_web' is initialized lxc-start 1272588706.078 DEBUG lxc_cgroup - using cgroup mounted at '/cgroup' lxc-start 1272588706.078 DEBUG lxc_cgroup - '/cgroup/15060' renamed to '/cgroup/lxc_web' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_cgroup - using cgroup mounted at '/cgroup' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.deny' set to 'a' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.allow' set to 'c 1:3 rwm' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.allow' set to 'c 1:5 rwm' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.allow' set to 'c 5:1 rwm' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.allow' set to 'c 5:0 rwm' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.allow' set to 'c 4:0 rwm' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.allow' set to 'c 4:1 rwm' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.allow' set to 'c 1:9 rwm' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.allow' set to 'c 1:8 rwm' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.allow' set to 'c 136:* rwm' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.allow' set to 'c 5:2 rwm' lxc-start 1272588706.079 DEBUG lxc_conf - cgroup 'devices.allow' set to 'c 254:0 rwm' lxc-start 1272588706.079 INFO lxc_conf - cgroup has been setup lxc-start 1272588706.079 INFO lxc_conf - mount points have been setup lxc-start 1272588706.079 INFO lxc_conf - console '/dev/pts/0' mounted to '/virt/lxc/guests/web/rootfs/dev/console' lxc-start 1272588706.079 INFO lxc_conf - 4 tty(s) has been setup lxc-start 1272588706.080 DEBUG lxc_conf - temporary mountpoint for old rootfs is './lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l' lxc-start 1272588706.080 DEBUG lxc_conf - pivot_root syscall to '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l' successful lxc-start 1272588706.590 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/dev/pts' lxc-start 1272588706.798 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/dev/shm' lxc-start 1272588707.214 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/sys/fs/fuse/connections' lxc-start 1272588707.422 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/sys/kernel/debug' lxc-start 1272588707.630 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/sys/kernel/security' lxc-start 1272588707.838 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/proc' lxc-start 1272588708.046 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/var/run' lxc-start 1272588708.254 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/var/lock' lxc-start 1272588708.462 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/lib/init/rw' lxc-start 1272588708.670 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/tmp' lxc-start 1272588708.878 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/boot' lxc-start 1272588709.086 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/var' lxc-start 1272588709.294 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/www' lxc-start 1272588709.502 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/files' lxc-start 1272588709.918 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/cgroup' lxc-start 1272588710.126 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/virt/lxc/guests/web/rootfs/dev/console' lxc-start 1272588710.350 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/virt/lxc/guests/web/rootfs/dev/tty1' lxc-start 1272588710.558 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/virt/lxc/guests/web/rootfs/dev/tty2' lxc-start 1272588710.766 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/virt/lxc/guests/web/rootfs/dev/tty3' lxc-start 1272588710.974 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/virt/lxc/guests/web/rootfs/dev/tty4' lxc-start 1272588711.182 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/dev' lxc-start 1272588711.390 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/sys' lxc-start 1272588711.598 DEBUG lxc_conf - umounted '/lxc-oldrootfs-HAwj5l/virt' lxc-start 1272588711.806 ERROR lxc_conf - Device or resource busy - could not unmount old rootfs lxc-start: Device or resource busy - could not unmount old rootfs lxc-start 1272588711.806 ERROR lxc_conf - failed to pivot_root to '/virt/lxc/guests/web/rootfs' lxc-start: failed to pivot_root to '/virt/lxc/guests/web/rootfs' lxc-start 1272588711.806 ERROR lxc_conf - failed to set rootfs for 'lxc_web' lxc-start: failed to set rootfs for 'lxc_web' lxc-start 1272588711.806 ERROR lxc_start - failed to setup the container lxc-start: failed to setup the container lxc-start 1272588711.806 NOTICE lxc_start - '/sbin/init' started with pid '15060' lxc-start 1272588711.806 DEBUG lxc_utils - closing fd '1' lxc-start 1272588711.806 DEBUG lxc_utils - closing fd '0' lxc-start 1272588711.806 DEBUG lxc_utils - closed all inherited file descriptors lxc-start 1272588711.833 DEBUG lxc_start - child exited lxc-start 1272588711.833 INFO lxc_error - child <15060> ended on error (255) lxc-start 1272588711.834 DEBUG lxc_cgroup - using cgroup mounted at '/cgroup' lxc-start 1272588711.882 DEBUG lxc_cgroup - '/cgroup/lxc_web' unlinked