Ubuntu 22.04 with systemd can't start

[Alex6357]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [版本 10.0.22631.3374]

WSL Version

2.1.5.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

6.6.23, also 5.15.146.1-2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Import ubuntu via ubuntu-base-22.04.3-base-amd64.tar.gz
Enable systemd in /etc/wsl.conf
Restart Ubuntu

Expected Behavior

Boot normally

Actual Behavior

灾难性故障
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/E_UNEXPECTED

[已退出进程，代码为 4294967295 (0xffffffff)]
现在可以使用Ctrl+D关闭此终端，或按 Enter 重新启动。

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2024-04-02_17-17-52.zip

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Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
	Custom kernel found: 'C:\WSL2\boot\kernel-6.6.23'
Detected appx version: 2.1.5.0
Detected user visible error: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/E_UNEXPECTED

[zcobol]

@Alex6357 it fails because that image has no systemd installed:

[    0.977488] init[144]: segfault at 1 ip 00000000003000ca sp 00007ffe4bda7758 error 4 in init[277000+14c000]
[    0.978003] Code: e9 db 01 00 00 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 48 85 d2 41 0f 95 c0 40 f6 c7 07 0f 84 2b 01 00 00 48 85 d2 0f 84 22 01 00 00 <40> 38 37 75 0b 48 89 f8 48 89 d1 e9 96 01 00 00 48 8d 47 01 48 89
[    0.978843] potentially unexpected fatal signal 11.
[    0.979086] CPU: 5 PID: 144 Comm: init Not tainted 5.15.150.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1
[    0.979518] RIP: 0033:0x3000ca
[    0.979687] Code: e9 db 01 00 00 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 48 85 d2 41 0f 95 c0 40 f6 c7 07 0f 84 2b 01 00 00 48 85 d2 0f 84 22 01 00 00 <40> 38 37 75 0b 48 89 f8 48 89 d1 e9 96 01 00 00 48 8d 47 01 48 89
[    0.980399] RSP: 002b:00007ffe4bda7758 EFLAGS: 00010206
[    0.980633] RAX: 000000007fffffff RBX: 000000007fffffff RCX: 000000000022d354
[    0.981025] RDX: 000000007fffffff RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000001
[    0.981422] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 00000000ffffff01 R09: 000000000022d460
[    0.981740] R10: cccccccccccccccd R11: 00000000ffffffff R12: 000000007fffffcd
[    0.982125] R13: 0000000000000073 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00000000ffffffff
[    0.982495] FS:  00000000003dcb00 GS:  0000000000000000

To get a Ubuntu image with systemd download from https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/wsl or install required packages before enabling systemd and restart.

[Alex6357]

Hi, @zcobol

Thanks for your help!

@Alex6357 it fails because that image has no systemd installed:

I do have systemd installed in my distro.

alex11@DESKTOP-F0ORQ92:~$ whereis systemd
systemd: /usr/bin/systemd /usr/lib/systemd /etc/systemd /usr/share/systemd

But I just realized that it didn't install the package systemd-sysv to create link /usr/sbin/init -> /lib/systemd/systemd automatically...

To get a Ubuntu image with systemd download from https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/wsl or install required packages before enabling systemd and restart.

I searched for "wsl" with apt and found the package ubuntu-wsl. My distro can start after installing it.

[uuxia]

@Alex6357 could you share more detail about how to fix this? I have the same problem and don't know how to start the Ubuntu and change the wsl.conf file.

[Alex6357]

@Alex6357 could you share more detail about how to fix this? I have the same problem and don't know how to start the Ubuntu and change the wsl.conf file.

Install ubuntu-wsl.
This will install systemd-sysv and create symbolic /usr/sbin/init -> /lib/systemd/systemd.
Also you can just install systemd-sysv or create the link manually.

You can mount ext4.vhdx to another wsl and edit the file.

[uuxia]

I see. So I have to create another wsl and mount this broken in new wsl to edit the conf file?