NVIDIA-ISAAC-ROS / NVIDIA-ISAAC-ROS/isaac_ros_common

docker: Error response from daemon: error while creating mount source path '/dev/*': mkdir /dev/*: permission denied.

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Description

I am seeing this error when trying to run cd ${ISAAC_ROS_WS}/src/isaac_ros_common && \ ./scripts/run_dev.sh ${ISAAC_ROS_WS} found here in the isaac_ros_visual_slam Quickstart guide:

docker: Error response from daemon: error while creating mount source path '/dev/*': mkdir /dev/*: permission denied.
~/workspaces/isaac_ros-dev/src/isaac_ros_common

I followed these instructions for setting up the Nvidia Container Toolkit using Apt and the rootless Docker configuration. All of that seemed to go smoothly and I can run the docker hello-world in both sudo and rootless mode.

I have an Nvidia 4080 (Driver Version: 535.154.05) and here is the output from running nvcc --version:

nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
Copyright (c) 2005-2022 NVIDIA Corporation
Built on Wed_Sep_21_10:33:58_PDT_2022
Cuda compilation tools, release 11.8, V11.8.89
Build cuda_11.8.r11.8/compiler.31833905_0

Any ideas on how to fix this problem?

All of the posts say you should not run the run_dev.sh script with sudo so that does not seem like the issue.

Also, isn't it a potential security issue to mount the entire /dev/ directory into a container that runs with privileged access? Maybe I'm not understanding how that works, but it just seemed odd to see -v /dev/*:/dev/* in the docker run command.

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Start with the isaac_ros_visual_slam Quickstart and the scripts/run_dev.sh entry point, then reproduce the command using rootless Docker and the reported NVIDIA Container Toolkit setup. Done means identifying why the /dev/* mount fails, establishing whether the documented command works in the supported configuration, and documenting the required fix or mount behavior.

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Tech stack
docker
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