Docker Will Not Start

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Hi all. Been using endevour os for some time and I cannot get docker to work.

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Dec 31 07:15:16 Lok systemd[1]: Starting Docker Application Container Engine...
Dec 31 07:15:17 Lok dockerd[5177]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:17.084142100Z" level=info msg="Starting up"
Dec 31 07:15:17 Lok dockerd[5177]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:17.112531441Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 1s"
Dec 31 07:15:18 Lok dockerd[5177]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:18.112795296Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 2s"
Dec 31 07:15:20 Lok dockerd[5177]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:20.113945113Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 4s"
Dec 31 07:15:24 Lok dockerd[5177]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:24.114496908Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 8s"
Dec 31 07:15:32 Lok dockerd[5177]: failed to start daemon: failed to set log opts: failed to set log opts: error looking up logging plugin loki: plugin "loki" not found
Dec 31 07:15:32 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 31 07:15:32 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 31 07:15:32 Lok systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
Dec 31 07:15:32 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Consumed 101ms CPU time, 77.8M memory peak.
Dec 31 07:15:34 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Dec 31 07:15:34 Lok systemd[1]: Starting Docker Application Container Engine...
Dec 31 07:15:34 Lok dockerd[8480]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:34.436518079Z" level=info msg="Starting up"
Dec 31 07:15:34 Lok dockerd[8480]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:34.451608113Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 1s"
Dec 31 07:15:35 Lok dockerd[8480]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:35.452127066Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 2s"
Dec 31 07:15:37 Lok dockerd[8480]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:37.453301900Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 4s"
Dec 31 07:15:41 Lok dockerd[8480]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:41.455456049Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 8s"
Dec 31 07:15:49 Lok dockerd[8480]: failed to start daemon: failed to set log opts: failed to set log opts: error looking up logging plugin loki: plugin "loki" not found
Dec 31 07:15:49 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 31 07:15:49 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 31 07:15:49 Lok systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
Dec 31 07:15:51 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Dec 31 07:15:51 Lok systemd[1]: Starting Docker Application Container Engine...
Dec 31 07:15:51 Lok dockerd[8800]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:51.675022092Z" level=info msg="Starting up"
Dec 31 07:15:51 Lok dockerd[8800]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:51.690703227Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 1s"
Dec 31 07:15:52 Lok dockerd[8800]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:52.691125898Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 2s"
Dec 31 07:15:54 Lok dockerd[8800]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:54.691413384Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 4s"
Dec 31 07:15:58 Lok dockerd[8800]: time="2024-12-31T07:15:58.694485013Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 8s"
Dec 31 07:16:06 Lok dockerd[8800]: failed to start daemon: failed to set log opts: failed to set log opts: error looking up logging plugin loki: plugin "loki" not found
Dec 31 07:16:06 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 31 07:16:06 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 31 07:16:06 Lok systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
Dec 31 07:16:08 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Dec 31 07:16:08 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Dec 31 07:16:08 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 31 07:16:08 Lok systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
Dec 31 07:24:51 Lok systemd[1]: Starting Docker Application Container Engine...
Dec 31 07:24:51 Lok dockerd[13540]: time="2024-12-31T07:24:51.374474832Z" level=info msg="Starting up"
Dec 31 07:24:51 Lok dockerd[13540]: time="2024-12-31T07:24:51.388393449Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 1s"
Dec 31 07:24:52 Lok dockerd[13540]: time="2024-12-31T07:24:52.388690622Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 2s"
Dec 31 07:24:54 Lok dockerd[13540]: time="2024-12-31T07:24:54.389891132Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 4s"
Dec 31 07:24:58 Lok dockerd[13540]: time="2024-12-31T07:24:58.393061689Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 8s"
Dec 31 07:25:06 Lok dockerd[13540]: failed to start daemon: failed to set log opts: failed to set log opts: error looking up logging plugin loki: plugin "loki" not found
Dec 31 07:25:06 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 31 07:25:06 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 31 07:25:06 Lok systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
Dec 31 07:25:08 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
Dec 31 07:25:08 Lok systemd[1]: Starting Docker Application Container Engine...
Dec 31 07:25:08 Lok dockerd[13606]: time="2024-12-31T07:25:08.661757538Z" level=info msg="Starting up"
Dec 31 07:25:08 Lok dockerd[13606]: time="2024-12-31T07:25:08.675567228Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 1s"
Dec 31 07:25:09 Lok dockerd[13606]: time="2024-12-31T07:25:09.675892777Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 2s"
Dec 31 07:25:11 Lok dockerd[13606]: time="2024-12-31T07:25:11.677056367Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 4s"
Dec 31 07:25:15 Lok dockerd[13606]: time="2024-12-31T07:25:15.680217213Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 8s"
Dec 31 07:25:23 Lok dockerd[13606]: failed to start daemon: failed to set log opts: failed to set log opts: error looking up logging plugin loki: plugin "loki" not found
Dec 31 07:25:23 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 31 07:25:23 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 31 07:25:23 Lok systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
Dec 31 07:25:25 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Dec 31 07:25:25 Lok systemd[1]: Starting Docker Application Container Engine...
Dec 31 07:25:25 Lok dockerd[13641]: time="2024-12-31T07:25:25.902262303Z" level=info msg="Starting up"
Dec 31 07:25:25 Lok dockerd[13641]: time="2024-12-31T07:25:25.921388661Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 1s"
Dec 31 07:25:26 Lok dockerd[13641]: time="2024-12-31T07:25:26.921823915Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 2s"
Dec 31 07:25:28 Lok dockerd[13641]: time="2024-12-31T07:25:28.922995980Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 4s"
Dec 31 07:25:32 Lok dockerd[13641]: time="2024-12-31T07:25:32.926137434Z" level=warning msg="Unable to locate plugin: loki, retrying in 8s"
Dec 31 07:25:40 Lok dockerd[13641]: failed to start daemon: failed to set log opts: failed to set log opts: error looking up logging plugin loki: plugin "loki" not found
Dec 31 07:25:40 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec 31 07:25:40 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 31 07:25:40 Lok systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
Dec 31 07:25:43 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Dec 31 07:25:43 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Dec 31 07:25:43 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 31 07:25:43 Lok systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.

Could it be because the br interface is missing?

5GiB/31GiB | 0B/34GiB on ☁️  (eu-west-2) with /usr/bin/zsh
🕙 07:32:17 zsh ❯ firewall-cmd --get-active-zones
block (default)
  interfaces: enp5s0
docker
  interfaces: docker0
libvirt
  interfaces: virbr1 virbr4 virbr3 virbr0

Kernel Module seems to be installed

in /lib/modules/6.6.68-1-lts/kernel/net  5GiB/31GiB | 0B/34GiB on ☁️  (eu-west-2) with /usr/bin/zsh
🕙 07:35:24 zsh ❯ ls -l | grep "bridge"
drwxr-xr-x     - root root  30 Dec 07:43  ├── bridge

in /lib/modules/6.6.68-1-lts/kernel/net  5GiB/31GiB | 0B/34GiB on ☁️  (eu-west-2) with /usr/bin/zsh took 47s
🕙 07:41:25 zsh ❯ sudo systemctl status docker
[sudo] password for:
× docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2024-12-31 07:25:43 GMT; 20min ago
 Invocation: 3ac4a17eecab41c78551b1a4218eefc1
TriggeredBy: × docker.socket
       Docs: https://docs.docker.com
    Process: 13641 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock (code=exited, status=1/F>
   Main PID: 13641 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Dec 31 07:25:43 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Dec 31 07:25:43 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Dec 31 07:25:43 Lok systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 31 07:25:43 Lok systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.
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Have you restarted the PC?

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Hi, multiple times. This is an ongoing issue. Just for context have been trying to resolve this on and off for a few months and just been using docker in a VM but now I want to resolve it long-term.

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cools just thought to check, at least thats ruled out

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The lines from the log are cut. We do not see the full error messages.

Have you loaded the kvm module? E.g. on my Ryzen PC I load them with a file /etc/modules-load.d/kvm.conf with content

kvm_amd

EDIT:
Forget this statement. Has nothing to do with docker. I was in the wrong film

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Fixed, apologies.

It’s 100% loaded I used KVM/QEMU everyday, unsure what it has to do with this?

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Has nothing to do with it. My fault.

But what about the error messages. Can you paste the full messages?

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I edited my original post, so should be visible now.

EDIT: It’s looking for loki…now I have to do some digging to see if there is an errant .yaml somewhere…

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Looks like it is missing a plugin “loki”. Are you pulling that in with a docker file? e.g. ´

driver: "loki"
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searching my machine for a rogue compose.yaml trying to pull this.

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Can’t seem to find anything. Unless I have added some strange hook somewhere. I have checked systemd and nothing listed there that I can see.

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Went scorched earth and still when I do a fresh install it’s looking for Loki…

# 1. Stop Docker services
sudo systemctl stop docker
sudo systemctl stop docker.socket
sudo systemctl stop containerd

# 2. Remove Docker packages using pacman
sudo pacman -Rns docker docker-compose containerd docker-buildx

# 3. Remove Docker files and directories
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/containerd
sudo rm -rf /etc/docker
sudo rm -rf ~/.docker

# 4. Remove Docker group
sudo groupdel docker

# 5. Remove Docker socket and other files
sudo rm -rf /var/run/docker.sock
sudo rm -rf /etc/apparmor.d/docker

# 6. Clean pacman cache
sudo pacman -Scc
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Okay, so I found the issue. Such a strange one. I had a docker compose file in a SpaceVim backup. I deleted it and it resolved it.

Bloodstiller in ~/.config/work 🐍 v3.13.1  8GiB/31GiB | 0B/34GiB on ☁️  (eu-west-2) with /usr/bin/zsh 
🕙 09:26:39 zsh ❯ sudo find / -type f -name "*docker*" -exec grep -l "loki" {} \; 2>/dev/null
/home/bloodstiller/Dropbox/90-99_Repos/92-PersonalRepos/92.11-Docker/Loki_stack/docker-compose.yml
/home/bloodstiller/.cache/SpaceVim/old/backup/%home%bloodstiller%Desktop%Loki%docker-compose.yml~
/run/media/bloodstiller/4TB/RSnapShotBackups/monthly.1/LokHome/home/bloodstiller/.cache/SpaceVim/old/backup/%home%bloodstiller%Desktop%Loki%docker-compose.yml~
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Mark as the solution and people in future can see/figure out stuff
Good to see ya figured it out

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