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masenko

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Registered: 2022-12-09

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[SOLVED] Virtualbox stuck on starting vm

I followed the arch wiki guide on installing virtualbox, I tried both virtualbox-host-modules-arch and virtualbox-host-dkms. I don't need the extra modules.
I'm on a framework laptop i5 11th gen, kernel 6.0.11-arch1-1 (This happened with previous kernels too but i'll state the one im running right now).

Whenever i start a vm, it opens up a loading window which says "Starting virtual machine...". This doesn't go away until i kill it with the command line.
After i kill it and i try and open virtualbox again, the gui is hidden but it does show up in running processes. This behavior does not stop until i fully restart my laptop.
I've tried the "I/O APIC" option because its turned on by default for me. I've tried both chipsets PIIX3 & ICH9 but that doesn't make any difference.
I don't need to mobprobe because i have already restarted numerous times, secure boot is also off.

I tried stating as much info as i could, feel free to ask for more.

Last edited by masenko (2024-04-13 07:42:10)

d.ALT

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Registered: 2019-05-10

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Re: [SOLVED] Virtualbox stuck on starting vm

What's you problem on? On starting VirtualBox itself (so Host side)? Or starting the Guest OS?

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masenko

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Re: [SOLVED] Virtualbox stuck on starting vm

What's you problem on? On starting VirtualBox itself (so Host side)? Or starting the Guest OS?

Starting the vm (guest os)

Last edited by masenko (2022-12-09 19:36:38)

d.ALT

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Re: [SOLVED] Virtualbox stuck on starting vm

Personally I'm installing all of my Linux guest(s) (on both Arch and Windows Hosts) with:
- Hardware Virtualization enabled in hots's UEFI Settings (AMD Ryzen 7 1700)
- KVM (or Hyper-V on Windows Host) explicitly declared as Paravirtualization Providers
- EFI enabled
- ICH9 chipset
- enabling 3D support for the VirtualGPU with 128MB of GPU memory
- after closing and saving the Guest's Settings I enable VBoxSVGA from outside the VirtualBox Guest Settings screen

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<50,17,III,I>    misericordia e giustizia li sdegna:
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masenko

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Registered: 2022-12-09

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Re: [SOLVED] Virtualbox stuck on starting vm

- Hardware Virtualization enabled in hots's UEFI Settings (AMD Ryzen 7 1700)
- KVM (or Hyper-V on Windows Host) explicitly declared as Paravirtualization Providers
- EFI enabled
- ICH9 chipset
- enabling 3D support for the VirtualGPU with 128MB of GPU memory
- after closing and saving the Guest's Settings I enable VBoxSVGA from outside the VirtualBox Guest Settings screen

Same exact settings, except i have intel-vt enabled in uefi settings (amd-v equivalent).

Edit: another thing i've noticed is that whenever the failing process happens of virtualbox (start vm, kill vbox cause not responding), and i'm rebooting; the screen goes black and only shows me kernel messages until i force a shutdown.

Last edited by masenko (2022-12-09 19:36:07)

masenko

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Re: [SOLVED] Virtualbox stuck on starting vm

I'm pretty sure this was a hardware issue.