[Solved] Web browser closes automatically. VM shutdown automatically.

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TVG
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[Solved] Web browser closes automatically. VM shutdown automatically.

Post by TVG »

Hello,

I've tried the installation of Windows 10 in VM several times. It always ends up to be very buggy. While the VM works very smoothly and incredibly fast at first, opening a web browser quickly scratches and the app automatically closes (both for Edge and Chrome). Sometimes, the VM automatically reboots too. I don't get this problem when I install it in Gnome Boxes (but I'd like to use VirtualBox for multiple reasons).

I gave the VM 8/32 GB of RAM, 4/16 CPUs, 128M MB of video memory and did not enable 3D Acceleration. I created a 100 GB VDI storage disk dynamically allocated. The installation file I'm using for Windows 10 is "Win10_21H2_English_x64.iso". The host is Ubuntu 22.04. VirtualBox version is 6.1.34. The computer is a Lenovo ThinkPad T14.

Many thanks for your help !
Last edited by TVG on 9. Sep 2022, 13:57, edited 1 time in total.
mpack
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Re: Web browser closes automatically. VM shutdown automatically.

Post by mpack »

Please provide a VM log file. Make sure the VM is fully shut down, then right click it in the manager UI. Select "Show Log" and save "VBox.log" (no other file) to a zip file. Attach the zip here.
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Re: Web browser closes automatically. VM shutdown automatically.

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Linux kernels 5.19, 5.18, 5.17.12+ (e.g. Fedora 35 + 36), 5.15.44+ (e.g. Arch Linux 5.15.45-1-lts, Ubuntu 5.15.0-47.51) and 5.10.119+ (e.g. Debian Bullseye 5.10.0-15) and 5.4.200+ (e.g. Ubuntu 5.4.0-126.142) are only supported by VirtualBox 6.1.36 and newer.

If you're using the Oracle-provided VirtualBox version, update to VirtualBox 6.1.38. If you're using the Ubuntu-provided VirtualBox version, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... ug/1988473.
TVG
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Re: Web browser closes automatically. VM shutdown automatically.

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Thank you very much for the link! VirtualBox 6.1.38 has been made available as a pre-released update in the official Ubuntu repositories. Then, I've updated virtualbox, virtualbox-dkms, and virtualbox-qt packages from 6.1.34 to 6.1.38. So far, it seems that it has solved the issues. Many thanks!
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Re: [Solved] Web browser closes automatically. VM shutdown automatically.

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You're welcome, and thanks for reporting back! :)
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