I'm trying to install Exherbo Linux in an LXC container using libvirt. I've basically succeeded, in that I can "virsh console" in and start sshd, but I haven't managed to boot it starting from /sbin/init rather than /bin/bash. If I have the following (I probably should have modified the uuid and the mac address from the standard example, but that's not relevant): <domain type='lxc'> <name>exherbo</name> <uuid>a4047015-171c-ae56-bc1e-57102d4b86bf</uuid> <memory>1000000</memory> <currentMemory>1000000</currentMemory> <vcpu>2</vcpu> <os> <type arch='i686'>exe</type> <init>/sbin/init</init> </os> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/libexec/libvirt_lxc</emulator> <filesystem type='mount'> <source dir='/home/greenrd/exherbo'/> <target dir='/'/> </filesystem> <interface type='network'> <mac address='52:54:00:56:64:42'/> <source network='default'/> <target dev='veth0'/> </interface> <console type='pty'> <target port='0'/> </console> </devices> </domain> and do virsh --connect lxc:/// start exherbo && virsh --connect lxc:/// console exherbo nothing appears - then if I press Enter, the container dies. In pstree all I see that's relevant is: ├─libvirt_lxc───libvirt_lxc so it looks like init dies. If I run init in gdb in the container I just get: Starting program: /sbin/init Usage: init 0123456SsQqAaBbCcUu Program exited with code 01. so I suppose it could be wanting a runlevel as argument. I'm guessing though that /sbin/init is running in a different mode - telinit mode - as its PID is not 1. Is there any way to get an instant console from the virsh start command, so I can see what's going on? -- Robin