For the past couple of months, I’ve been unable to launch VMs on my Manjaro host while running the 5.18 kernel. VirtualBox just hangs on “starting virtual machine.” I had no such problem on the 5.17, 5.16, or 5.15 kernels. Continuing to use 5.15 solves the issue, so this isn’t anything urgent, but I want to understand the problem.
Back in early June, it appeared that VirtualBox 6.1.34 was the problem, with a fix promised for VirtualBox 6.1.35+. So with the arrival of VirtualBox 6.1.36 in this latest stable update, I decided to try the Linux 5.18 kernel again. The problem persists.
So I thought that I should get away from VirtualBox and try one of the many other native hypervisor options. I uninstalled VirtualBox and installed qemu and libvirt and tried virt-manager, cockpit, and gnome-boxes. This is when I realized that VirtualBox isn’t the problem. I can import my old VMs and create new ones in various ways, and they launch fine while running 5.15, but they still hang while running 5.18.
With all that said, I don’t know how to troubleshoot next. Do we have any ideas?
System:
Kernel: 5.15.57-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=36d7cb4b-12ae-4ab1-b453-5b8db2a538dd rw apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 nvme.noacpi=1
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Framework product: Laptop v: A6
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Framework model: FRANBMCP06 v: A6 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: INSYDE v: 03.10 date: 07/19/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 29.7 Wh (58.9%) condition: 50.4/55.0 Wh (91.6%)
volts: 15.4 min: 15.4 model: NVT Framewo type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: discharging cycles: 162
Memory:
RAM: total: 31.14 GiB used: 2.31 GiB (7.4%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
required.
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11 built: 2020 process: Intel 10nm family: 6
model-id: 0x8C (140) stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 5 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 698 high: 1053 min/max: 400/4700 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 461 2: 967 3: 604 4: 446
5: 839 6: 1053 7: 748 8: 472 bogomips: 44864
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2
avx512_vnni avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd
avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl bmi1 bmi2 bts cat_l2
cdp_l2 clflush clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16
cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp
hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid
invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b
movdiri msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm
pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed
rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep sha_ni smap smep split_lock_detect ss ssbd
sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip vaes vme vmx vnmi
vpclmulqdq vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable: eIBRS with unprivileged eBPF
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2256x1504 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 596x397mm (23.46x15.63")
s-diag: 716mm (28.19")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x095f built: 2019 res: 2256x1504
hz: 60 dpi: 201 gamma: 1.2 size: 285x190mm (11.22x7.48") diag: 343mm (13.5")
ratio: 3:2 modes: 2256x1504
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.57-2-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: aa:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp170s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 3-10:3 chip-ID: 8087:0032 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 369.85 GiB (39.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS100T3X0C-00SJG0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 111130WD temp: 30.9 C scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 915.53 GiB (98.32%) used: 369.81 GiB
(40.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
uuid: 36d7cb4b-12ae-4ab1-b453-5b8db2a538dd
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 34.4 MiB
(11.5%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: NO_LABEL
uuid: 37D5-068B
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-9:2 info: Shenzhen Goodix USB2.0 MISC type: <vendor specific>
driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 27c6:609c class-ID: ef00 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 3-10:3 info: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0032
class-ID: e001
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 27.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 253 Uptime: 1h 2m wakeups: 6232 Init: systemd v: 251
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 14.0.6
Packages: pacman: 1204 lib: 352 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.20