podman machine init exit status 1 on Ubuntu18.04

[marryton007]

Issue Description

Failed to run 'podman machine init' on Ubuntu 18.04

Steps to reproduce the issue

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. run 'podman machine init --image fedora-coreos-41.20250105.2.0-qemu.x86_64.qcow2.xz --log-level=debug'

I also ran without '--image', but got same issue.

Describe the results you received

INFO[0000] podman filtering at log level debug
DEBU[0000] Using Podman machine with `qemu` virtualization provider
DEBU[0000] socket length for /mnt/Crucial/ljx/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu is 55
DEBU[0000] socket length for /mnt/Crucial/ljx/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu is 60
DEBU[0000] socket length for /mnt/Crucial/ljx/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu/cache is 66
DEBU[0000] socket length for /run/user/1008/podman is 21
DEBU[0000] socket length for /mnt/Crucial/ljx/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu is 55
DEBU[0000] socket length for /mnt/Crucial/ljx/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu is 60
DEBU[0000] socket length for /mnt/Crucial/ljx/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu/cache is 66
DEBU[0000] socket length for /run/user/1008/podman is 21
DEBU[0000] socket length for /mnt/Crucial/ljx/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu/podman-machine-default.json is 83
DEBU[0000] socket length for /mnt/Crucial/ljx/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu/podman-machine-default-amd64.qcow2 is 95
DEBU[0000] socket length for fedora-coreos-41.20250105.2.0-qemu.x86_64.qcow2.xz is 50
DEBU[0000] decompressing (if needed) fedora-coreos-41.20250105.2.0-qemu.x86_64.qcow2.xz to /mnt/Crucial/ljx/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu/podman-machine-default-amd64.qcow2
DEBU[0000] Detected compression format Xz
Extracting compressed file: podman-machine-default-amd64.qcow2: done
DEBU[0352] --> imagePath is "/mnt/Crucial/ljx/.local/share/containers/podman/machine/qemu/podman-machine-default-amd64.qcow2"
DEBU[0352] socket length for /mnt/Crucial/ljx/.config/containers/podman/machine/qemu/podman-machine-default.ign is 82
Error: exit status 1
DEBU[0352] Shutting down engines

Describe the results you expected

Success without error.

podman info output

OS: linux/amd64 Ubuntu 18.04
provider: qemu
version: 5.3.1

Cannot connect to Podman. Please verify your connection to the Linux system using `podman system connection list`, or try `podman machine init` and `podman machine start` to manage a new Linux VM
Error: unable to connect to Podman socket: Get "http://d/v5.3.1/libpod/_ping": dial unix /run/user/1008/podman/podman.sock: connect: no such file or directory

Podman in a container

No

Privileged Or Rootless

None

Upstream Latest Release

Yes

Additional environment details

Additional environment details

Additional information

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