# RStudio App stuck on 'Starting'

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**Created:** [October 10, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/rstudio-app-stuck-on-starting/2307 "2022-10-10T14:46:38Z")\
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Hello,

We’re experiencing an issue where RStudio jobs are stuck on Starting

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/osc/original/2X/9/968dae8220913a2f1d07a33f5f729fe6ff1383d0.png)  
and then time out waiting for it to start…

Here is an output.log:

```auto
Script starting...
Waiting for RStudio Server to open port 38439...host - sfx2
++ date
+ echo 'Starting up rserver...' Mon Oct 10 10:18:54 EDT 2022
Starting up rserver... Mon Oct 10 10:18:54 EDT 2022
++ whoami
+ singularity run -B /tmp/tmp.UG9EmpMA1S:/tmp /wsu/apps/rserver-launcher-centos7.simg --www-port 38439 --auth-none 0 --auth-pam-helper-path /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997/ondemand/data/sys/dashboard/batch_connect/sys/RStudio/output/87fcc58f-4cae-43ec-8a2d-ee0b0009dded/bin/auth --auth-encrypt-password 0 --rsession-path /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997/ondemand/data/sys/dashboard/batch_connect/sys/RStudio/output/87fcc58f-4cae-43ec-8a2d-ee0b0009dded/rsession.sh --server-user=fh5997
e[33mWARNING:e[0m Skipping mount /etc/localtime [binds]: /etc/localtime doesn't exist in container
++ date
+ echo 'Singularity as exited...' Mon Oct 10 10:18:55 EDT 2022
Singularity as exited... Mon Oct 10 10:18:55 EDT 2022
Timed out waiting for RStudio Server to open port 38439!
Cleaning up...

```

Just to be thorough, I ran singularity --debug to check if maybe that was an issue and here’s a new output.log

```auto
Script starting...
Waiting for RStudio Server to open port 19547...host - mem1
++ date
+ echo 'Starting up rserver...' Mon Oct 10 10:58:07 EDT 2022
Starting up rserver... Mon Oct 10 10:58:07 EDT 2022
++ whoami
+ singularity --debug run -B /tmp/tmp.MkaulLXaH4:/tmp /wsu/apps/rserver-launcher-centos7.simg --www-port 19547 --auth-none 0 --auth-pam-helper-path /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997/ondemand/data/sys/dashboard/batch_connect/sys/RStudio/output/69eae5b9-e591-438d-a7b7-4dd13edaf447/bin/auth --auth-encrypt-password 0 --rsession-path /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997/ondemand/data/sys/dashboard/batch_connect/sys/RStudio/output/69eae5b9-e591-438d-a7b7-4dd13edaf447/rsession.sh --server-user=fh5997
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]persistentPreRunE() Singularity version: 3.5.2
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]handleConfDir() /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997/.singularity already exists. Not creating.
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]setValue() Updated flag 'bind' value to: [/tmp/tmp.MkaulLXaH4:/tmp,/etc,/media,/mnt,/opt,/srv,/usr,/var,/wsu,/var/run]
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]getCacheBasedir() environment variable SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR not set, using default image cache
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]updateCacheSubdir() Caching directory set to /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997/.singularity/cache/library
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]updateCacheSubdir() Caching directory set to /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997/.singularity/cache/oci-tmp
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]updateCacheSubdir() Caching directory set to /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997/.singularity/cache/oci
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]updateCacheSubdir() Caching directory set to /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997/.singularity/cache/net
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]updateCacheSubdir() Caching directory set to /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997/.singularity/cache/shub
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]updateCacheSubdir() Caching directory set to /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997/.singularity/cache/oras
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]execStarter() Checking for encrypted system partition
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Init() Image format detection
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Init() Check for sandbox image format
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Init() sandbox format initializer returned: not a directory image
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Init() Check for sif image format
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Init() sif format initializer returned: SIF magic not found
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Init() Check for squashfs image format
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Init() squashfs image format detected
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]SetContainerEnv() Not forwarding SINGULARITY_DIR from user to container environment
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]SetContainerEnv() Not forwarding SINGULARITY_BINDPATH from user to container environment
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]SetContainerEnv() Not forwarding SINGULARITY_BIN from user to container environment
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]SetContainerEnv() HOME=/wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]init() Use starter binary /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/libexec/singularity/bin/starter-suid
VERBOSE [U=0,P=24878] print() Set messagelevel to: 5
e[0mVERBOSE [U=0,P=24878] init() Starter initialization
e[0mDEBUG [U=0,P=24878] load_overlay_module() Trying to load overlay kernel module
e[0mDEBUG [U=0,P=24878] load_overlay_module() Overlay seems supported by the kernel
e[0mDEBUG [U=0,P=24878] get_pipe_exec_fd() PIPE_EXEC_FD value: 7
e[0mVERBOSE [U=0,P=24878] is_suid() Check if we are running as setuid
e[0mVERBOSE [U=0,P=24878] priv_drop() Drop root privileges
e[0mDEBUG [U=6085997,P=24878] init() Read engine configuration
e[0mDEBUG [U=6085997,P=24878] init() Wait completion of stage1
e[0mVERBOSE [U=6085997,P=24889] priv_drop() Drop root privileges permanently
e[0mDEBUG [U=6085997,P=24889] set_parent_death_signal() Set parent death signal to 9
e[0mVERBOSE [U=6085997,P=24889] init() Spawn stage 1
e[0me[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]startup() singularity runtime engine selected
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]startup() Execute stage 1
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]StageOne() Entering stage 1
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Found "/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc" as autofs mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Found "/nfs" as autofs mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Found "/cvmfs" as autofs mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for user bind path /tmp/tmp.MkaulLXaH4: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for user bind path /etc: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for user bind path /media: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for user bind path /mnt: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for user bind path /opt: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for user bind path /srv: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for user bind path /usr: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for user bind path /var: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for user bind path /wsu: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for user bind path /var/run: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for bind path /etc/localtime: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for bind path /etc/hosts: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for home directory /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]prepareAutofs() Could not keep file descriptor for current working directory /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997: no mount point
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]Init() Image format detection
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]Init() Check for sandbox image format
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]Init() sandbox format initializer returned: not a directory image
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]Init() Check for sif image format
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]Init() sif format initializer returned: SIF magic not found
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]Init() Check for squashfs image format
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]Init() squashfs image format detected
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]setSessionLayer() Overlay seems supported and allowed by kernel
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24889]setSessionLayer() Attempting to use overlayfs (enable overlay = yes)
VERBOSE [U=6085997,P=24878] wait_child() stage 1 exited with status 0
e[0mDEBUG [U=6085997,P=24878] cleanup_fd() Close file descriptor 4
e[0mDEBUG [U=6085997,P=24878] cleanup_fd() Close file descriptor 5
e[0mDEBUG [U=6085997,P=24878] cleanup_fd() Close file descriptor 6
e[0mDEBUG [U=6085997,P=24878] cleanup_fd() Close file descriptor 7
e[0mDEBUG [U=6085997,P=24878] init() Set child signal mask
e[0mDEBUG [U=6085997,P=24878] init() Create socketpair for master communication channel
e[0mDEBUG [U=6085997,P=24878] init() Create RPC socketpair for communication between stage 2 and RPC server
e[0mVERBOSE [U=6085997,P=24878] priv_escalate() Get root privileges
e[0mVERBOSE [U=0,P=24878] priv_escalate() Change filesystem uid to 6085997
e[0mVERBOSE [U=0,P=24878] init() Spawn master process
e[0mDEBUG [U=0,P=24902] set_parent_death_signal() Set parent death signal to 9
e[0mVERBOSE [U=0,P=24902] create_namespace() Create mount namespace
e[0mVERBOSE [U=0,P=24878] enter_namespace() Entering in mount namespace
e[0mDEBUG [U=0,P=24878] enter_namespace() Opening namespace file ns/mnt
e[0mDEBUG [U=0,P=24878] setns() Using syscall() wrapped __NR_setns
e[0mVERBOSE [U=0,P=24902] create_namespace() Create mount namespace
e[0mVERBOSE [U=0,P=24878] priv_drop() Drop root privileges
e[0mDEBUG [U=0,P=24903] set_parent_death_signal() Set parent death signal to 9
e[0mVERBOSE [U=0,P=24903] init() Spawn RPC server
e[0me[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=0,P=24903] startup() singularity runtime engine selected
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]startup() singularity runtime engine selected
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=0,P=24903] startup() Serve RPC requests
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]startup() Execute master process
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]setupSessionLayout() Using Layer system: overlay
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]setupOverlayLayout() Creating overlay SESSIONDIR layout
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addRootfsMount() Mount rootfs in read-only mode
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addRootfsMount() Image type is 4096
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addRootfsMount() Mounting block [squashfs] image: /wsu/apps/rserver-launcher-centos7.simg
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addKernelMount() Checking configuration file for 'mount proc'
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addKernelMount() Adding proc to mount list
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addKernelMount() Default mount: /proc:/proc
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addKernelMount() Checking configuration file for 'mount sys'
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addKernelMount() Adding sysfs to mount list
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addKernelMount() Default mount: /sys:/sys
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addDevMount() Checking configuration file for 'mount dev'
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addDevMount() Adding dev to mount list
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addDevMount() Default mount: /dev:/dev
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addHostMount() Not mounting host file systems per configuration
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addBindsMount() Found 'bind path' = /etc/localtime, /etc/localtime
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addBindsMount() Found 'bind path' = /etc/hosts, /etc/hosts
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addHomeStagingDir() Staging home directory (/wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997) at /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addHomeMount() Adding home directory mount [/wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997:/wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997] to list using layer: overlay
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addUserbindsMount() Adding /tmp/tmp.MkaulLXaH4 to mount list
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addUserbindsMount() Adding /etc to mount list
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addUserbindsMount() Adding /media to mount list
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addUserbindsMount() Adding /mnt to mount list
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addUserbindsMount() Adding /opt to mount list
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addUserbindsMount() Adding /srv to mount list
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addUserbindsMount() Adding /usr to mount list
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addUserbindsMount() Adding /var to mount list
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addUserbindsMount() Adding /wsu to mount list
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addUserbindsMount() Adding /var/run to mount list
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addUserbindsMount() Checking for 'user bind control' in configuration file
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addTmpMount() Checking for 'mount tmp' in configuration file
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addTmpMount() Default mount: /tmp:/tmp
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addTmpMount() Default mount: /var/tmp:/var/tmp
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addScratchMount() Not mounting scratch directory: Not requested
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addCwdMount() Using /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997 as current working directory
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addCwdMount() Default mount: /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997: to the container
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addLibsMount() Checking for 'user bind control' in configuration file
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addFilesMount() Checking for 'user bind control' in configuration file
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addResolvConfMount() Adding /etc/resolv.conf to mount list
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addResolvConfMount() Default mount: /etc/resolv.conf:/etc/resolv.conf
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addHostnameMount() Skipping hostname mount, not virtualizing UTS namespace on user request
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]create() Mount all
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting tmpfs to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountImage() Mounting loop device /dev/loop0 to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/rootfs of type squashfs
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting overlay to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]setPropagationMount() Set RPC mount propagation flag to SLAVE
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Passwd() Checking for template passwd file: /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/rootfs/etc/passwd
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Passwd() Creating passwd content
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Passwd() Creating template passwd file and appending user data: /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/rootfs/etc/passwd
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addIdentityMount() Adding /etc/passwd to mount list
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addIdentityMount() Default mount: /etc/passwd:/etc/passwd
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Group() Checking for template group file: /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/rootfs/etc/group
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Group() Creating group content
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addIdentityMount() Adding /etc/group to mount list
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]addIdentityMount() Default mount: /etc/group:/etc/group
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /dev to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/dev
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /etc/localtime to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/etc/localtime
e[33mWARNING e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Skipping mount /etc/localtime [binds]: /etc/localtime doesn't exist in container
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /etc/hosts to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/etc/hosts
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/etc/singularity/actions to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/.singularity.d/actions
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/.singularity.d/actions
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /proc to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/proc
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/proc
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting sysfs to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/sys
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997 to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997 to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /tmp to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/tmp
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/tmp
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /var/tmp to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/var/tmp
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/var/tmp
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Skipping mount /wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997, /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/wsu/home/fh/fh59/fh5997 already mounted
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/etc/resolv.conf to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/etc/resolv.conf
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/etc/passwd to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/etc/passwd
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/etc/group to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/etc/group
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /tmp/tmp.MkaulLXaH4 to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/tmp
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/tmp
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /etc to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/etc
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/etc
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /media to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/media
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/media
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /mnt to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/mnt
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/mnt
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /opt to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/opt
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/opt
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /srv to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/srv
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/srv
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /usr to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/usr
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/usr
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /var to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/var
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/var
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /wsu to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/wsu
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/wsu
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Mounting /var/run to /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/var/run
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]mountGeneric() Remounting /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final/var/run
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]create() Chroot into /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=0,P=24903] Chroot() Hold reference to host / directory
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=0,P=24903] Chroot() Called pivot_root on /wsu/el7/gnu7/singularity/3.5.2/var/singularity/mnt/session/final
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=0,P=24903] Chroot() Change current directory to host / directory
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=0,P=24903] Chroot() Apply slave mount propagation for host / directory
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=0,P=24903] Chroot() Called unmount(/, syscall.MNT_DETACH)
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=0,P=24903] Chroot() Changing directory to / to avoid getpwd issues
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]create() Chdir into / to avoid errors
VERBOSE [U=0,P=24902] wait_child() rpc server exited with status 0
e[0mDEBUG [U=0,P=24902] apply_container_privileges() Set user ID to 6085997
e[0mDEBUG [U=6085997,P=24902] set_parent_death_signal() Set parent death signal to 9
e[0me[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24902]startup() singularity runtime engine selected
e[0mVERBOSE e[0m[U=6085997,P=24902]startup() Execute stage 2
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24902]StageTwo() Entering stage 2
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]PostStartProcess() Post start process
e[0mDEBUG e[0m[U=6085997,P=24878]Master() Child exited with exit status 1
++ date
+ echo 'Singularity as exited...' Mon Oct 10 10:58:07 EDT 2022
Singularity as exited... Mon Oct 10 10:58:07 EDT 2022

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If you’re able to boot the process - I doubt it’s an issue with singularity.

One thing that’s really helped us at OSC debug Rstudio’s issues is using a different logfile for it. Right now it’s logging inside the container to a `/var/log` location. You want those logs to persist on the host so you can read them after the fact.

Here’s the file we template:

> <https://github.com/OSC/bc_osc_rstudio_server/blob/5349225dba0f432d3b61ecb199c76c817f85cfdd/template/etc/logging.conf.erb#L4>

That we then mount to `/etc/rstudio` to reconfigure it.

> <https://github.com/OSC/bc_osc_rstudio_server/blob/5349225dba0f432d3b61ecb199c76c817f85cfdd/template/script.sh.erb#L147>

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Newer versions of RStudio will place a log by default in ~/.local/share/rstudio/log/rstudio.log. There might be information in there as to why RStudio is not starting correctly.

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