docker.service fails to start with: root@lynx:/root(27)# systemctl restart docker.service Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. 'systemctl status docker.service' says root@lynx:/root(27)# systemctl status docker.service ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib64/systemd/system/docker.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2016-03-16 00:02:09 CET; 11min ago Docs: https://docs.docker.com Process: 23792 ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker daemon -H fd:// (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 23792 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Mar 16 00:02:09 lynx systemd[1]: Starting Docker Application Container Engine... Mar 16 00:02:09 lynx docker[23792]: time="2016-03-16T00:02:09.616148964+01:00" level=error msg="Failed to built-in GetDriver graph aufs /var/lib/docker" Mar 16 00:02:09 lynx docker[23792]: time="2016-03-16T00:02:09.616270337+01:00" level=error msg="Failed to built-in GetDriver graph btrfs /var/lib/docker" Mar 16 00:02:09 lynx docker[23792]: time="2016-03-16T00:02:09.726134999+01:00" level=fatal msg="Error starting daemon: error initializing graphdriver: devicemapper: Error running deviceCreate (CreatePool) dm_task_run failed" Mar 16 00:02:09 lynx systemd[1]: docker.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Mar 16 00:02:09 lynx systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine. Mar 16 00:02:09 lynx systemd[1]: docker.service: Unit entered failed state. Mar 16 00:02:09 lynx systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. root@lynx:/root(28)# journalctl -xe -- Subject: Unit docker.service has finished shutting down -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit docker.service has finished shutting down. Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx systemd[1]: Closed Docker Socket for the API. -- Subject: Unit docker.socket has finished shutting down -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit docker.socket has finished shutting down. Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx systemd[1]: Stopping Docker Socket for the API. -- Subject: Unit docker.socket has begun shutting down -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit docker.socket has begun shutting down. Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx systemd[1]: Starting Docker Socket for the API. -- Subject: Unit docker.socket has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit docker.socket has begun starting up. Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx systemd[1]: Listening on Docker Socket for the API. -- Subject: Unit docker.socket has finished start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit docker.socket has finished starting up. -- -- The start-up result is done. Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx systemd[1]: Starting Docker Application Container Engine... -- Subject: Unit docker.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit docker.service has begun starting up. Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx docker[7361]: time="2016-03-16T08:08:27.824082610+01:00" level=error msg="[graphdriver] prior storage driver \"devicemapper\" failed: devicemapper: Error running deviceCreate (CreatePool) dm_task_run failed Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx docker[7361]: time="2016-03-16T08:08:27.824319911+01:00" level=fatal msg="Error starting daemon: error initializing graphdriver: devicemapper: Error running deviceCreate (CreatePool) dm_task_run failed" Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx systemd[1]: docker.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine. -- Subject: Unit docker.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel -- -- Unit docker.service has failed. -- -- The result is failed. Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx systemd[1]: docker.service: Unit entered failed state. Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Mar 16 08:08:27 lynx polkitd[2371]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:7354:5752181 (system bus name :1.204, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8) (disconnected from bu Mar 16 08:08:28 lynx org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar7[6619]: ** (evolution-calendar-factory-subprocess:6928): WARNING **: Error setting property 'ConnectionStatus' on interface org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Source: GDB Mar 16 08:08:31 lynx org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Calendar7[6619]: ** (evolution-calendar-factory-subprocess:6928): WARNING **: Error setting property 'ConnectionStatus' on interface org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.Source: GDB
five bucks says you didn't compile the right device-mapper targets into the kernel.
Please attach full build log and reopen this bug
