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VMs have no config files / StandaloneVM from ISO (win) shuts down on logo #3432

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OldloratH opened this issue Dec 28, 2017 · 6 comments
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VMs have no config files / StandaloneVM from ISO (win) shuts down on logo #3432

OldloratH opened this issue Dec 28, 2017 · 6 comments
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@OldloratH
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Qubes OS version:

Qubes release 4.0 (R4.0-rc3)

Affected VMs:

StandaloneVM from iso (Windows)

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

qvm-create win --class StandaloneVM --label blue
qvm-prefs win kernel ''
sudo qvm-start win --cdrom=dom0:<path to .iso>

Expected behavior:

Actual behavior:

  • VM shuts down
  • No config file under var/lib/qubes/apvms/win

General notes:

  • The VM shuts down on win logo
  • None of the VMs have config files under var/lib/qubes/appvms, only icon.png files so I cannot change the VM video driver from 'xen' to 'cirrus'

Related issues:

#2488
@marmarek
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Try installing updates from current-testing repository, very similar bug is fixed there.

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I did beforehand, 'sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing' finds everything up to date.

marmarek added a commit to marmarek/qubes-core-admin that referenced this issue Dec 28, 2017
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Allow to choose emulated video model via qvm-features
2b364f0 
Add feature named 'video-model' to choose custom video model. It needs
to be supported by libvirt: https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsVideo

Example usage:

    qvm-features vm-name video-model cirrus

QubesOS/qubes-issues#2488
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Are you sure the path is correct? You should put a full path there, not relative one.
I've just tried on fully updated system, and got windows (10) logo for about half a minute, then VM shuts down. Is is the same, or your shuts down earlier?

As for the config file, see PR linked above, you can apply this modification manually to /usr/share/qubes/templates/libvirt/xen.xml

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OldloratH commented Dec 28, 2017 •
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Yes, the windows logo stays for about half a minute before shutting down.

/usr/share/qubes/templates/libvirt/xen.xml has a section:
<video> <model type="vga"/> </video>
I tried changing the "vga" to "cirrus" and redoing the steps however no changes.

@andrewdavidwong andrewdavidwong added this to the Release 4.0 milestone Dec 28, 2017
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Try increasing memory, for example to 2048M. For me this fixed the problem.

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Increasing the initial memory fixed the issue, thank you @marmarek.

marmarek added a commit to marmarek/qubes-core-admin-client that referenced this issue Jan 5, 2018
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doc: update qvm-features documentation
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QubesOS/qubes-issues#2488
QubesOS/qubes-issues#3432
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