Proxmox 8.2.2 reboot after installation fails "System has /dev/tty0 but not /sys/class/tty/tty0/active"

rkblackfire

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Hello Community,

I installed proxmox on a Strato VPS (KVM). Knowing, that virtual machines will probably not work but only containers - which is acceptable for me at the current state of the project.

1. I followed the instructions from https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_12_Bookworm
1a. The reboot after installing the new kernel executed successfully
2. At the end of the guide, I have a working proxmox, including WebGUI, no obvious errors
2a. The error is not connected to apt remove linux-image, the reboot already fails, when it is introduced directly after installing apt install proxmox-ve ...
2b. The error is not connected to Installing the network bridge - in one instance I made the bridge, in another I left it out
3. When I reboot the system (via WebGUI or console) the system shuts down but does not boot again (Halt)
4. in (/repair)/var/log/auth.log there is the correct shutdown followed by this error:
Bash:
2024-06-11T11:18:43.337953+02:00 <hostname> systemd-logind[196]: System has /dev/tty0 but not /sys/class/tty/tty0/active which is broken, ignoring: No such file or directory
2024-06-11T11:18:43.339340+02:00 <hostname> systemd-logind[196]: New seat seat0.
2024-06-11T11:18:43.974817+02:00 <hostname> sshd[218]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
2024-06-11T11:18:43.981171+02:00 <hostname> sshd[218]: Server listening on :: port 22.
2024-06-11T11:41:56.377740+02:00 <hostname> systemd-logind[196]: The system will halt now!
2024-06-11T11:41:56.380137+02:00 <hostname> systemd-logind[196]: System is halting.
5. these six lines duplicate three times, when the system finally halts.

Strato does not have a webinterface with a console to the server. The log was read by starting a rescue-system, which has access to the file system. Maybe that is the cause - that there is no console attached when proxmox prints the banner Welcome to the Proxmox Virtual Environment. Please... ?

I know that the underlying cause would be due to the virtualization Strato uses but on the other hand it is maybe an edge-case valuable to others too.

Sincerely Yours,
Richard.


Edit: the decision was made to cancel the VPS and switch to bare-metal. So sadly I can't give any more information to replicate the error. :-/
 
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