Unable to start Docker Engine: no sd* disk in /sys/block with wwid ...

[Squamto]

Description

I had Docker Desktop installed previously and wanted to install it again, but after the installation it does not start and prints the following wsl error:

error spotted in wslbootstrap log: "[2024-10-03T13:02:42.148308300Z][wsl-bootstrap][F] no sd* disk in /sys/block with wwid ending by c217422c1c39a382f072c2f9: file does not exist"

I already tried reinstalling it a few weeks later, including the wls distro, but nothing changed. During the install a few weeks ago it spammed me with Admin requests and would not stop until I denied it. But today it did not do that.

Reproduce

Install Docker Desktop and run it.

Expected behavior

No response

docker version

Client:
 Version:           27.2.0
 API version:       1.47
 Go version:        go1.21.13
 Git commit:        3ab4256
 Built:             Tue Aug 27 14:17:17 2024
 OS/Arch:           windows/amd64
 Context:           desktop-linux
error during connect: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2FdockerDesktopLinuxEngine/v1.47/version": EOF

docker info

Client:
 Version:    27.2.0
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.16.2-desktop.1
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-buildx.exe
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.29.2-desktop.2
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-compose.exe
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.34
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-debug.exe
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Alpha) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.0.15
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-desktop.exe
  dev: Docker Dev Environments (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.2
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-dev.exe
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.25
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-extension.exe
  feedback: Provide feedback, right in your terminal! (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.0.5
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-feedback.exe
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.3.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-init.exe
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-sbom.exe
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.13.0
    Path:     C:\Program Files\Docker\cli-plugins\docker-scout.exe

Server:
ERROR: error during connect: Get "http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2FdockerDesktopLinuxEngine/v1.47/info": open //./pipe/dockerDesktopLinuxEngine: The system cannot find the file specified.
errors pretty printing info

Diagnostics ID

B1A17C9A-C68A-4FC0-BB28-C7CE0FD5C809/20241003125850

Additional Info

No response

[andrea-reale]

Hi @Squamto, I am sorry to hear that Docker Desktop is not working for you.

From your diagnostics I see that you are running your WSL2 using a relatively old (presumably custom) build of the linux kernel (Linux version 4.19.84-microsoft-custom+).

Could you please confirm whether that's the case and verify if you still face the same issue when using the default WSL2 kernel? Custom kernels are normally configured using the .wslconfig file (see official docs).

(I recommend to quit Docker Desktop and to perform a wsl --shutdown after updating the kernel config)

[Squamto]

Yes, that is probably it. I completely forgot about that. I am currently unable to try it, but it sounds promising.