[jellyfin] GID mismatch between LXC container and host causing inability to enable hardware acceleration

[cospeedster]

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yes

A clear and concise description of the issue.

Same issue like https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox/issues/2523 but with ubuntu 24.04.

What settings are you currently utilizing?

• [ ] Default Settings
• [X] Advanced Settings

Which Linux distribution are you employing?

Ubuntu 24.04

If relevant, including screenshots or a code block can be helpful in clarifying the issue.

Ubuntu 24.04

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      / /__  / / /_  __/ __(_)___ 
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/ /_/ /  __/ / / /_/ / __/ / / / /
\____/\___/_/_/\__, /_/ /_/_/ /_/ 
              /____/              

Using Advanced Settings
Using Distribution: ubuntu
Using ubuntu Version: 24.04
Using Container Type: 0
Using Root Password: Automatic Login
Container ID: 201
Using Hostname: jellyfin
Using Disk Size: 16
Allocated Cores: 2
Allocated RAM: 2048
Using Bridge: vmbr0
Using IP Address: dhcp
Using Gateway IP Address: Default
Using APT-Cacher IP Address: Default
Disable IPv6: no
Using Interface MTU Size: Default
Using DNS Search Domain: Host
Using DNS Server IP Address: Host
Using Vlan: Default
Enable Root SSH Access: no
Enable Verbose Mode: no
Creating a Jellyfin LXC using the above advanced settings
 ✓ Using local for Template Storage.
 ✓ Using local-lvm for Container Storage.
 ✓ Updated LXC Template List
 ✓ LXC Container 201 was successfully created.
 ✓ Started LXC Container
 ✓ Set up Container OS
 ✓ Network Connected: <redacted> 
 ✓ IPv4 Internet Connected
 ✗ IPv6 Internet Not Connected
 ✓ DNS Resolved github.com to 140.82.121.3
 ✓ Updated Container OS
 ✓ Installed Dependencies
 ✓ Set Up Hardware Acceleration
 ✓ Installed Jellyfin
 ✓ Customized Container
 ✓ Cleaned
 ✓ Completed Successfully!

Jellyfin should be reachable by going to the following URL.
             http://<redacted>:8096

root@pve:~# lxc-attach 201
root@jellyfin:~# ls -l /dev/dri
total 0
drw-rw---- 2 root root        80 Nov 23 22:37 by-path
crw-rw---- 1 root video 226,   0 Nov 23 22:37 card0
crw-rw---- 1 root _ssh  226, 128 Nov 23 22:37 renderD128

Ubuntu 22.04

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      / /__  / / /_  __/ __(_)___ 
 __  / / _ \/ / / / / / /_/ / __ \
/ /_/ /  __/ / / /_/ / __/ / / / /
\____/\___/_/_/\__, /_/ /_/_/ /_/ 
              /____/              

Using Advanced Settings
Using Distribution: ubuntu
Using ubuntu Version: 22.04
Using Container Type: 0
Using Root Password: Automatic Login
Container ID: 201
Using Hostname: jellyfin
Using Disk Size: 16
Allocated Cores: 2
Allocated RAM: 2048
Using Bridge: vmbr0
Using IP Address: dhcp
Using Gateway IP Address: Default
Using APT-Cacher IP Address: Default
Disable IPv6: no
Using Interface MTU Size: Default
Using DNS Search Domain: Host
Using DNS Server IP Address: Host
Using Vlan: Default
Enable Root SSH Access: no
Enable Verbose Mode: no
Creating a Jellyfin LXC using the above advanced settings
 ✓ Using local for Template Storage.
 ✓ Using local-lvm for Container Storage.
 ✓ Updated LXC Template List
 ✓ LXC Container 201 was successfully created.
 ✓ Started LXC Container
 ✓ Set up Container OS
 ✓ Network Connected: <redacted>
 ✓ IPv4 Internet Connected
 ✗ IPv6 Internet Not Connected
 ✓ DNS Resolved github.com to 140.82.121.4
 ✓ Updated Container OS
 ✓ Installed Dependencies
 ✓ Set Up Hardware Acceleration
 ✓ Installed Jellyfin
 ✓ Customized Container
 ✓ Cleaned
 ✓ Completed Successfully!

Jellyfin should be reachable by going to the following URL.
             http://<redacted>:8096

root@pve:~# lxc-attach 201
root@jellyfin:~# ls -l /dev/dri
total 0
drw-rw---- 2 root root         80 Nov 23 22:37 by-path
crw-rw---- 1 root video  226,   0 Nov 23 22:37 card0
crw-rw---- 1 root render 226, 128 Nov 23 22:37 renderD128

Ubuntu 22.04 (default)

       __     ____      _____     
      / /__  / / /_  __/ __(_)___ 
 __  / / _ \/ / / / / / /_/ / __ \
/ /_/ /  __/ / / /_/ / __/ / / / /
\____/\___/_/_/\__, /_/ /_/_/ /_/ 
              /____/              

Using Default Settings
Using Distribution: ubuntu
Using ubuntu Version: 22.04
Using Container Type: 1
Using Root Password: Automatic Login
Using Container ID: 103
Using Hostname: jellyfin
Using Disk Size: 8GB
Allocated Cores 2
Allocated Ram 2048
Using Bridge: vmbr0
Using Static IP Address: dhcp
Using Gateway IP Address: Default
Using Apt-Cacher IP Address: Default
Disable IPv6: No
Using Interface MTU Size: Default
Using DNS Search Domain: Host
Using DNS Server Address: Host
Using MAC Address: Default
Using VLAN Tag: Default
Enable Root SSH Access: No
Enable Verbose Mode: No
Creating a Jellyfin LXC using the above default settings
 ✓ Using local for Template Storage.
 ✓ Using local-lvm for Container Storage.
 ✓ Updated LXC Template List
 ✓ LXC Container 103 was successfully created.
 ✓ Started LXC Container
 ✓ Set up Container OS
 ✓ Network Connected: <redacted>
 ✓ IPv4 Internet Connected
 ✗ IPv6 Internet Not Connected
 ✓ DNS Resolved github.com to 140.82.121.3
 ✓ Updated Container OS
 ✓ Installed Dependencies
 ✓ Set Up Hardware Acceleration
 ✓ Installed Jellyfin
 ✓ Customized Container
 ✓ Cleaned
 ✓ Completed Successfully!

Jellyfin should be reachable by going to the following URL.
             http://<redacted>:8096

root@pve:~# lxc-attach 103
root@jellyfin:~# ls -l /dev/dri
total 0
crw-rw---- 1 root video  226,   0 Nov 23 22:58 card0
crw-rw---- 1 root render 226, 128 Nov 23 22:58 renderD128

Please provide detailed steps to reproduce the issue.

1. Use advanced setup
2. Set os to ubuntu
3. Set os version to 24.04
4. list /dev/dri to view permissions

[di5cord20]

Not exactly the same, but I ran into a similar issue in Plex. Here's the discussion where tteck helped me figure it out. Hope this helps.

https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox/discussions/2867

[cospeedster]

I think that there has to be another migration in 'install/jellyfin-install.sh' to change the default gids.