Gnome Boxes can't create VM

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Just installed Gnome Boxes, I cannot create a new VM from iso it says: Failed to start…

On terminal the output is:

(gnome-boxes:7740): Boxes-WARNING **: machine.vala:606: Failed to start Peppermint-7-20161201-amd64: Unable to start domain: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: spice-qemu-char: unsupported type: smartcard
allowed names: vdagent, usbredir
qemu-system-x86_64: qemu-char.c:4533: qmp_chardev_add: Assertion `!i’ failed.

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On Sun 18 Dec 2016 12:56:01 AM CST, moe Kernel wrote:

Just installed Gnome Boxes, I cannot create a new VM from iso it says:
Failed to start…

On terminal the output is:

(gnome-boxes:7740): Boxes-WARNING **: machine.vala:606: Failed to start
Peppermint-7-20161201-amd64: Unable to start domain: internal error:
process exited while connecting to monitor: spice-qemu-char: unsupported
type: smartcard
allowed names: vdagent, usbredir
qemu-system-x86_64: qemu-char.c:4533: qmp_chardev_add: Assertion `!i’
failed.

Hi
I see the same error, asking my GNOME contacts to see if it’s known
about…

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Any update on this one? Boxes is still broken here.

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Hi
I moved on to just use virt-manager… (boxes is just a front end to libvirt)…

What is not working, did you run gnome-boxes --checks? Is libvirtd service enabled and running?

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It’s the same problem reported by the OP:


(gnome-boxes:545): Boxes-WARNING **: vm-creator.vala:155: Failed to start domain 'opensuse42.2': Unable to start domain: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: spice-qemu-char: unsupported type: smartcard
allowed names: vdagent, usbredir
qemu-system-x86_64: qemu-char.c:4540: qmp_chardev_add: Assertion `!i' failed.


(gnome-boxes:545): Boxes-WARNING **: machine.vala:606: Failed to start openSUSE Leap 42.2: Unable to start domain: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: spice-qemu-char: unsupported type: smartcard
allowed names: vdagent, usbredir
qemu-system-x86_64: qemu-char.c:4540: qmp_chardev_add: Assertion `!i' failed.
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Recommend submitting a bug report at https://bugzilla.opensuse.org

Referencing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-boxes/+bug/1484118

TSU

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On Sat 03 Jun 2017 08:36:01 AM CDT, lorenzodes wrote:

malcolmlewis;2825215 Wrote:
> Hi
> I moved on to just use virt-manager… (boxes is just a front end to
> libvirt)…
>
> What is not working, did you run gnome-boxes --checks? Is libvirtd
> service enabled and running?

It’s the same problem reported by the OP:

Code:

(gnome-boxes:545): Boxes-WARNING **: vm-creator.vala:155: Failed to
start domain ‘opensuse42.2’: Unable to start domain: internal error:
process exited while connecting to monitor: spice-qemu-char:
unsupported type: smartcard allowed names: vdagent, usbredir
qemu-system-x86_64: qemu-char.c:4540: qmp_chardev_add: Assertion !i' failed. (gnome-boxes:545): Boxes-WARNING **: machine.vala:606: Failed to start openSUSE Leap 42.2: Unable to start domain: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: spice-qemu-char: unsupported type: smartcard allowed names: vdagent, usbredir qemu-system-x86_64: qemu-char.c:4540: qmp_chardev_add: Assertion !i’
failed. --------------------

Hi
All fixed now: Request 500765: Incident gnome-boxes.openSUSE_Leap_42.2_Update - openSUSE Build Service

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Thank you for the patch.

I am new to this whole process, how long till the working packages shows up in the official repos?

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Hi
The fix was by one of the openSUSE GNOME MAintainers, not me, he just advised it was fixed (See they do keep an eye of forum posts… ;))

Not sure, depends how busy the reviewers are. You could grab the build binaries from OBS, but probably better to wait.