My host is latest Arch Linux, I install everything using standard or default option, everything works fine except VirtualBox, VM stuck on starting no matter what guest OS is (I tried win10, debian, arch).
I follow Arch Wiki instruction to install VirtualBox, specifically, did the following steps:
1) sudo pacman -S virtualbox (chose virtualbox-host-modules-arch)
2) sudo pacman --noconfirm -S virtualbox-guest-iso
3) reboot
and I also tried manually install virtualbox-host-modules-arch package, same result.
I attached log file below, am I missing something?
Thanks!
VM stuck on starting (20%)
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Re: VM stuck on starting (20%)
I see pauses of 20 and 30+ minutes in that log. That just doesn't happen AFAIK. If I was you I'd run memory and disk checks on the host.
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Re: VM stuck on starting (20%)
The VM never seems to get off the ground, it doesn't set up the most basic hardware settings.
I think the installation of Virtualbox is really borked. Try a complete uninstall/purge of all Virtualbox (how you'd do that in your Linux distro is beyond me), then reinstall from www.virtualbox.org, after running the prerequisites https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02. ... nux-prereq
I think the installation of Virtualbox is really borked. Try a complete uninstall/purge of all Virtualbox (how you'd do that in your Linux distro is beyond me), then reinstall from www.virtualbox.org, after running the prerequisites https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02. ... nux-prereq
Re: VM stuck on starting (20%)
Looks like classic example of lack of IBT support by Virtualbox. Ongoing issue for a year now.
It's the default config in kernel 6.2+.
See VB Issue:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/21435
See VB Forum Thread:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=108948&p=533703#p533703
See Arch Wiki (Section 5.25):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Virtua ... _and_later
It's the default config in kernel 6.2+.
See VB Issue:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/21435
See VB Forum Thread:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=108948&p=533703#p533703
See Arch Wiki (Section 5.25):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Virtua ... _and_later
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Re: VM stuck on starting (20%)
As a possible workaround, Marmel's link to the Arch wiki says:
you can try adding ibt=off as a kernel parameter.
Re: VM stuck on starting (20%)
Hence why I linked the workaround. We encourage users to read the Wiki! This is a year-old issue since kernel 5.18.scottgus1 wrote:As a possible workaround, Marmel's link to the Arch wiki says:you can try adding ibt=off as a kernel parameter.