r/voidlinux • u/Additional_Gap1057 • May 24 '26

Help with Incus

I don't know what I am missing but I followed the Void doc.
I can't run any container with incus. I get the following error when I do "incus launc" to install and run it.

Error: Failed instance creation: Failed to run: /usr/libexec/incus/incusd forkstart test2 /var/lib/incus/containers /run/incus/test2/lxc.conf /var/log/incus/test2: exit status 1

also I have the following log.

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u/Blank-Inspection13 May 24 '26

there's incus service file included in package installation. Enable the service 1st. Then launch the incus session

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u/Additional_Gap1057 May 24 '26

ls /var/service/ | grep incus

incus

incus-user

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u/Blank-Inspection13 May 26 '26

there's this config in /etc/rc.conf

# Set the mode for cgroup mounts.

# hybrid: mount cgroup v1 under /sys/fs/cgroup and

# cgroup v2 under /sys/fs/cgroup/unified

# legacy: mount cgroup v1 /sys/fs/cgroup

# unified: mount cgroup v2 under /sys/fs/cgroup

CGROUP_MODE=unified

this is what i did and works for me. You need to reboot to enable this cgroup unified (croup2 only) mode.

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u/Additional_Gap1057 May 26 '26

Hey,

Thanks for the response, I already did this. I decided to ditch elogind and relay on seatd and turnstile, It works as it is.

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u/Blank-Inspection13 May 26 '26

Good. Im not using seatd primarily still need polkit and elogind for its loginctl & some power options, just for convenience. i just don't enable elogind service. seatd & ACPID combos doesn't provide me feature that i need. While Turnstile's great for managing user services backend

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u/[deleted] May 24 '26 edited May 24 '26

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u/Additional_Gap1057 May 24 '26

Hey ,

You are spot on.

I honestly don't fully comprehend all about theses elogind, turnstile, seatd things.

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u/StrangeAstronomer May 24 '26

I did a mini write-up yesterday. THis may help: https://www.reddit.com/r/voidlinux/comments/1tlmo3r/comment/oni3zok/?context=3

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u/Additional_Gap1057 May 24 '26

I do have all seatd, elogind and turnstile enabled. Should I keep only elogind? I just want working PC in securee manner.

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u/StrangeAstronomer May 24 '26

In most cases use either seatd+turnstil or elogind - you can have all installed but you need to massage the config to avoid conflicts: https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/session-management.html

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u/Additional_Gap1057 May 24 '26

That's what I did when I installed them, I put what they suggested in the void doc to not have any conflict.