This is causing LXD VMs (Focal, possibly others) to boot in "degraded" state, see [1]. The underlying cause is:
root@paride-f-delme:~# systemctl status systemd-sysctl.service ● systemd-sysctl.service - Apply Kernel Variables Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/systemd-sysctl.service; static; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2020-11-06 16:43:35 UTC; 14min ago Docs: man:systemd-sysctl.service(8) man:sysctl.d(5) Main PID: 301 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) root@paride-f-delme:~# /lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl Couldn't write '176' to 'kernel/sysrq', ignoring: No such file or directory Not setting net/ipv4/conf/all/promote_secondaries (explicit setting exists). Not setting net/ipv4/conf/default/promote_secondaries (explicit setting exists). Couldn't write 'fq_codel' to 'net/core/default_qdisc', ignoring: No such file or directory Couldn't write '4194304' to 'kernel/pid_max': Invalid argument [1] https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/TQhpFWYzK7/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1866149 Title: CONFIG_BASE_SMALL=1 restricts pid space, which conflicts with systemd default sysctl To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-kvm/+bug/1866149/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs