We've not seen any other issue like this in the past 5 years, users usually know to pick something that they can actually run or know that they'll need to setup emulation.
The error reported as weird as it is, is the expected behavior from the kernel when asked to run a foreign architecture binary, so no obvious bug to fix here nor really a way for LXC to distinguish that case from an actual permission issue. ** Changed in: lxc (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lxc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1396536 Title: lxc_start - Exec format error - failed to exec /sbin/init Status in lxc package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I have an up to date Ubuntu 14.04. I followed the guide at https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/lxc.html sudo apt-get install lxc && sudo lxc-create --template download --name u1 - Choose ubuntu-vivid-armhf, then: sudo lxc-start --name u1 --daemon lxc-start 1416996721.249 INFO lxc_apparmor - changed apparmor profile to lxc-container-default lxc-start 1416996721.249 NOTICE lxc_start - exec'ing '/sbin/init' lxc-start 1416996721.253 ERROR lxc_start - Exec format error - failed to exec /sbin/init lxc- $ sudo lxc-ls --fancy NAME STATE IPV4 IPV6 AUTOSTART ------------------------------------ u1 STOPPED - - NO $ sudo lxc-checkconfig Kernel configuration not found at /proc/config.gz; searching... Kernel configuration found at /boot/config-3.13.0-24-generic --- Namespaces --- Namespaces: enabled Utsname namespace: enabled Ipc namespace: enabled Pid namespace: enabled User namespace: enabled Network namespace: enabled Multiple /dev/pts instances: enabled --- Control groups --- Cgroup: enabled Cgroup clone_children flag: enabled Cgroup device: enabled Cgroup sched: enabled Cgroup cpu account: enabled Cgroup memory controller: enabled Cgroup cpuset: enabled --- Misc --- Veth pair device: enabled Macvlan: enabled Vlan: enabled File capabilities: enabled Note : Before booting a new kernel, you can check its configuration usage : CONFIG=/path/to/config /usr/bin/lxc-checkconfig Except apt-get update and apt-get upgrade I didn't install any other packages (okay, I installed vim and git). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1396536/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp