Gnome boxes stopped working

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Gnome boxes was working great with the 2 guest operating systems Leap and Windows 10, but now I can’t seem to be able to start any of the guest.

Here is the troubleshooting log for the leap machine:

Broker URL: qemu+unix:///session
Domain: boxes-unknown
UUID: 6986b47f-60ff-4abe-af92-a166e51c6dc9
Persistent: yes
Cpu time: 0
Memory: 2097152 KiB
Max memory: 16274144 KiB
CPUs: 8
State: GVIR_DOMAIN_STATE_SHUTOFF

Domain config:
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<domain type="kvm">
  <name>boxes-unknown</name>
  <uuid>6986b47f-60ff-4abe-af92-a166e51c6dc9</uuid>
  <title>openSUSE-Leap-42</title>
  <metadata>
    <boxes:gnome-boxes xmlns:boxes="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes">
      <os-state>installed</os-state>
      <media>/home/calin/Downloads/openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64.iso/openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64.iso</media>
    </boxes:gnome-boxes>
  </metadata>
  <memory unit="KiB">2097152</memory>
  <currentMemory unit="KiB">2097152</currentMemory>
  <vcpu placement="static">8</vcpu>
  <os>
    <type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-i440fx-2.4">hvm</type>
    <boot dev="hd"/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode="custom" match="exact">
    <model fallback="allow">Broadwell</model>
    <topology sockets="1" cores="4" threads="2"/>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset="utc">
    <timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
    <timer name="pit" tickpolicy="delay"/>
    <timer name="hpet" present="no"/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <pm>
    <suspend-to-mem enabled="no"/>
    <suspend-to-disk enabled="no"/>
  </pm>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type="file" device="disk">
      <driver name="qemu" type="qcow2" cache="writeback"/>
      <source file="/home/calin/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/boxes-unknown"/>
      <target dev="hda" bus="ide"/>
      <address type="drive" controller="0" bus="0" target="0" unit="0"/>
    </disk>
    <disk type="file" device="cdrom">
      <driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
      <source file="/home/calin/Downloads/openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64.iso/openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64.iso" startupPolicy="optional"/>
      <target dev="hdc" bus="ide"/>
      <readonly/>
      <address type="drive" controller="0" bus="1" target="0" unit="0"/>
    </disk>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-ehci1">
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x06" function="0x7"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci1">
      <master startport="0"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x06" function="0x0" multifunction="on"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci2">
      <master startport="2"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x06" function="0x1"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci3">
      <master startport="4"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x06" function="0x2"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="0" model="pci-root"/>
    <controller type="ide" index="0">
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x01" function="0x1"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="virtio-serial" index="0">
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05" function="0x0"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="ccid" index="0"/>
    <interface type="user">
      <mac address="52:54:00:bf:12:9d"/>
      <model type="rtl8139"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x0"/>
    </interface>
    <smartcard mode="passthrough" type="spicevmc">
      <address type="ccid" controller="0" slot="0"/>
    </smartcard>
    <serial type="pty">
      <target port="0"/>
    </serial>
    <console type="pty">
      <target type="serial" port="0"/>
    </console>
    <channel type="spicevmc">
      <target type="virtio" name="com.redhat.spice.0"/>
      <address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="1"/>
    </channel>
    <input type="tablet" bus="usb"/>
    <input type="mouse" bus="usb"/>
    <input type="keyboard" bus="usb"/>
    <input type="mouse" bus="ps2"/>
    <input type="keyboard" bus="ps2"/>
    <graphics type="spice" autoport="no">
      <image compression="off"/>
    </graphics>
    <sound model="ac97">
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x04" function="0x0"/>
    </sound>
    <video>
      <model type="qxl" ram="65536" vram="65536" vgamem="16384" heads="1" primary="yes"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x0"/>
    </video>
    <redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
    </redirdev>
    <redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
    </redirdev>
    <redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
    </redirdev>
    <redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
    </redirdev>
    <memballoon model="virtio">
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x07" function="0x0"/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
</domain>
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QEMU log:
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2016-05-14 18:24:28.156+0000: starting up libvirt version: 1.3.3, qemu version: 2.4.0, hostname: linux-d1k1
LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/heroku/bin:/usr/local/heroku/bin:/home/calin/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.4/bin:/home/calin/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.4@global/bin:/home/calin/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.4/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/home/calin/.rvm/bin:/home/calin/.rvm/bin:/home/calin/.rvm/bin:/home/calin/.rvm/bin HOME=/home/calin USER=calin LOGNAME=calin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -name boxes-unknown,debug-threads=on -S -machine pc-i440fx-2.4,accel=kvm,usb=off -cpu Broadwell -m 2048 -realtime mlock=off -smp 8,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=2 -uuid 6986b47f-60ff-4abe-af92-a166e51c6dc9 -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/home/calin/.config/libvirt/qemu/lib/domain-1-boxes-unknown/monitor.sock,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard -no-hpet -no-shutdown -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1 -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=1 -boot strict=on -device ich9-usb-ehci1,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6.0x7 -device ich9-usb-uhci1,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=0,bus=pci.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x6 -device ich9-usb-uhci2,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6.0x1 -device ich9-usb-uhci3,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6.0x2 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 -device usb-ccid,id=ccid0 -drive file=/home/calin/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/boxes-unknown,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,cache=writeback -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 -drive file=/home/calin/Downloads/openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64.iso/openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64.iso,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on -device ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev user,id=hostnet0 -device rtl8139,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:6d:99:21,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev spicevmc,id=charsmartcard0,name=smartcard -device ccid-card-passthru,chardev=charsmartcard0,id=smartcard0,bus=ccid0.0 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -chardev spicevmc,id=charchannel0,name=vdagent -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=com.redhat.spice.0 -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -device usb-mouse,id=input1 -device usb-kbd,id=input2 -spice disable-ticketing,image-compression=off,seamless-migration=on -device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,vram64_size_mb=0,vgamem_mb=16,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device AC97,id=sound0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir0,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir0,id=redir0 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir1,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir1,id=redir1 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir2,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir2,id=redir2 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir3,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir3,id=redir3 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 -msg timestamp=on

(process:16422): GLib-WARNING **: gmem.c:483: custom memory allocation vtable not supported
char device redirected to /dev/pts/1 (label charserial0)
main_channel_link: add main channel client
inputs_connect: inputs channel client create
red_dispatcher_set_cursor_peer: 
main_channel_handle_parsed: agent start
((null):16422): SpiceWorker-Warning **: red_worker.c:163:rendering_incorrect: rendering incorrect from now on: get_drawable
((null):16422): SpiceWorker-Warning **: red_worker.c:163:rendering_incorrect: rendering incorrect from now on: failed to get_drawable
qemu: terminating on signal 15 from pid 16297
red_channel_client_disconnect_dummy: rcc=0x5651de2c01b0 (channel=0x5651de5984a0 type=5 id=0)
snd_channel_put: SndChannel=0x5651de461660 freed
red_channel_client_disconnect_dummy: rcc=0x5651de386540 (channel=0x5651de598140 type=6 id=0)
snd_channel_put: SndChannel=0x5651dde42b40 freed
2016-05-14 18:31:51.113+0000: shutting down
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Starting boxes from terminal I get the following warning when starting a machine:

boxes:18247): Boxes-WARNING **: machine.vala:606: Failed to start openSUSE-Leap-42: Unable to start domain: Failed to connect socket to '/run/user/1000/libvirt/virtlogd-sock'

I was really excited about boxes and how cool it worked, rolling back the latest updates with snapper did not helped also.

2

You should provide this additional information…

  • Where did you install Gnome Boxes from? If you installed it from an RPM package, you should be able to run a “zypper info” on the package, I’m guessing the following
zypper info gnome-boxes

Also,
Try launching your Gnome-boxes guest from a console with elevated permissions instead of as a normal User.

But, the following seems to be rather definitive, there seems to be 2 fixes in the thread,
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=203548

  • Specifying the pc-i440fx-2.3 architecture might work
  • A smm flag was introduced which has to be disabled until the app (gnome-boxes in your case) is patched to use it.

If either or both the fixes in this thread address your problem, pls post your finding to https://bugzilla.opensuse.org and include the link to the archlinux forum discussion since it includes specific information about the qemu update that introduced the problem.

TSU

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Unfortunately none of the suggested solutions seem to solve my issue, anything else I cat try?

I’ve tried to run the machine from the command line using the command in the output I get:


(process:22551): GLib-WARNING **: gmem.c:483: custom memory allocation vtable not supported
char device redirected to /dev/pts/1 (label charserial0)

And nothing else.

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I ended up filing a bug https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=980441

5

Did you run the machine from the command line <after> disabling smm?

You should post your exact method disabling smm and then your command line try and result.

TSU

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Here is the full command


HOME=/home/calin USER=calin LOGNAME=calin QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -name boxes-unknown,debug-threads=on -S -machine pc-i440fx-2.4,accel=kvm,usb=off,smm=off -cpu Broadwell -m 2048 -realtime mlock=off -smp 8,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=2 -uuid 6986b47f-60ff-4abe-af92-a166e51c6dc9 -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/home/calin/.config/libvirt/qemu/lib/domain-1-boxes-unknown/monitor.sock,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard -no-hpet -no-shutdown -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1 -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=1 -boot strict=on -device ich9-usb-ehci1,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6.0x7 -device ich9-usb-uhci1,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=0,bus=pci.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x6 -device ich9-usb-uhci2,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6.0x1 -device ich9-usb-uhci3,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6.0x2 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 -device usb-ccid,id=ccid0 -drive file=/home/calin/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/boxes-unknown,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-ide0-0-0,cache=writeback -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-0-0,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=1 -drive file=/home/calin/Downloads/openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64.iso/openSUSE-Leap-42.1-DVD-x86_64.iso,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-ide0-1-0,readonly=on -device ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide0-1-0,id=ide0-1-0 -netdev user,id=hostnet0 -device rtl8139,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:6d:99:21,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 -chardev spicevmc,id=charsmartcard0,name=smartcard -device ccid-card-passthru,chardev=charsmartcard0,id=smartcard0,bus=ccid0.0 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -chardev spicevmc,id=charchannel0,name=vdagent -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=com.redhat.spice.0 -device usb-tablet,id=input0 -device usb-mouse,id=input1 -device usb-kbd,id=input2 -spice disable-ticketing,image-compression=off,seamless-migration=on -device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,vram64_size_mb=0,vgamem_mb=16,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device AC97,id=sound0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir0,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir0,id=redir0 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir1,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir1,id=redir1 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir2,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir2,id=redir2 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir3,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir3,id=redir3 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 -msg timestamp=on
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I was effected by this latest bug. The fix has been released on the latest updates. I just did a “sudo zypper up” and noticed it updated a lot of associated packages. I attempted to run Boxes and BAM! It works!