New Jetson Orin Nano - Docker Issue

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Orin Nano
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Hi all,

I just bought my Jetson Orin Nano and I am actually very new to this and Linux (I am actually a Windows guy) as well.

I am into my 5th day of configuring this Jetson and I am still not able to get past this issue, thus hoping to get some help from this forum.

I am using this Jetson AI Lab guide (🚀 Initial Setup Guide - Jetson Orin Nano - NVIDIA Jetson AI Lab) to flash my unit to 5.1.3, then subsequently to 6.2

Now I can never get past this guide (🔖 SSD + Docker - NVIDIA Jetson AI Lab) where I get to setup the docker to the SSD.

The error message I always face is as below:
sudo systemctl restart docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
newgrp docker
Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See “systemctl status docker.service” and “journalctl -xeu docker.service” for details.

When I run systemctl status docker.service, the following is the message:
× docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine

  • Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)*

  • Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2025-02-22 00:48:56 +08; 35s ago*

TriggeredBy: × docker.socket

  •   Docs: https://docs.docker.com*
  • Process: 8151 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)*
  • Main PID: 8151 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)*
  •    CPU: 140ms*

Feb 22 00:48:56 blitz-jetson systemd[1]: docker.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Feb 22 00:48:56 blitz-jetson systemd[1]: Stopped Docker Application Container Engine.
Feb 22 00:48:56 blitz-jetson systemd[1]: docker.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Feb 22 00:48:56 blitz-jetson systemd[1]: docker.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Feb 22 00:48:56 blitz-jetson systemd[1]: Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine.

IS there anyway I can resolve this or my Jetson set is actually faulty?

Really feeling hopeless now, will appreciate any help to resolve so I can get going to use the set.

Thanks!

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I gave it one final try by reflashing my SD card to the 6.2 image again.

This round what I did was after the initial setup pages after the system bootup, I did not allow the system to upgrade Ubuntu and the rest of the software when it prompts.

From there, I was able to install the dusty jet containers, ollama and even the open-web UI as per the Jetson ai labs page without any issue and docker was running fine.

However! After I find that everything is running fine, I let the system to upgrade itself and all of the software and voila, the above problem happens again with the daemon and docker unable to run anymore (same error as my previous post). Does it means I forever cannot upgrade my Jetson’s software?

Is this even normal in the 1st place for the Jetson series?

Will Appreciate any help as I am really at my wit’s end after trying and searching so much for help.