I noticed a bunch of loopback files were not removed after several runs: $ sudo losetup -a /dev/loop0: [0802]:1712191 (/tmp/vmbuilderoz9Ae3/disk0.img) /dev/loop1: [0802]:1712192 (/tmp/vmbuilderZ25Vlg/disk0.img) /dev/loop2: [0802]:1712199 (/tmp/vmbuilderMYw8D9/disk0.img) /dev/loop3: [0802]:1712202 (/tmp/vmbuildertNVvQu/disk0.img) /dev/loop4: [0802]:1712205 (/tmp/vmbuilderdfXyav/disk0.img) /dev/loop5: [0802]:1712208 (/tmp/vmbuilderPyYKWF/disk0.img)
So then I tried to see why: $ sudo lsof | grep loop[0-5] lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/jamie/.gvfs Output information may be incomplete. loop5 1831 root cwd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop5 1831 root rtd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop5 1831 root txt unknown /proc/1831/exe loop3 16839 root cwd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop3 16839 root rtd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop3 16839 root txt unknown /proc/16839/exe loop0 17985 root cwd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop0 17985 root rtd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop0 17985 root txt unknown /proc/17985/exe loop2 22974 root cwd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop2 22974 root rtd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop2 22974 root txt unknown /proc/22974/exe loop4 26281 root cwd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop4 26281 root rtd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop4 26281 root txt unknown /proc/26281/exe loop1 32714 root cwd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop1 32714 root rtd DIR 8,2 4096 2 / loop1 32714 root txt unknown /proc/32714/exe -- [jaunty] ubuntu-vm-builder crashed with ioctl in create() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342359 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs