openSUSE Leap 16.0 RC Build 156.4 31-Aug-2025

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Is it just me or, is there something not quite stable in Agama while installing the Leap 16 Offline Image when it runs in an Oracle VirtualBox VM on an AMD machine, with all the Bells and Whistles enabled?

  • EFI
  • Secure Boot
  • TPM 2.0
  • AMD VM and Graphics Accelerator and 3D Graphics

I’ve been experiencing Agama hanging initially when setting German Language and German no-dead-keys Keyboard; later, after starting all-over-again, when choosing the Software Environment; and, later after starting all-over-again, when it installs – currently hanging at “Installing mailimporter-lang (142/2467)" …

The same happened some weeks ago before the RC version became available.

Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.6
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.12
Kernel Version: 6.4.0-150600.23.65-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × AMD Ryzen 5 3400G with Radeon Vega Graphics
Memory: 29.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Vega 11 Graphics
Manufacturer: ASUS

 > VBoxManage --version
7.1.4_SUSEr165100
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Or, should I simply move over to KVM as my preferred VM instance?

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Has nothing to do with Virtualbox, Virtualbox is using a virtual Graphics like VMSVGA

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stephan@opensuse160:~> [[ -d $(ls -d /sys/kernel/security/tpm* 2>/dev/null | head -1) ]] && echo "TPM available" || echo "TPM missing"
TPM available
stephan@opensuse160:~> 
stephan@opensuse160:~> cat /sys/class/tpm/tpm*/tpm_version_major
2
stephan@opensuse160:~> mokutil --sb-state 
SecureBoot enabled

As you can see, TPM Vers. 2 is installed, secure boot enabled and this is my Virtualbox Hardware:

inxi -F
System:
  Host: opensuse160.fritz.box Kernel: 6.12.0-160000.4-default arch: x86_64
    bits: 64
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.2 Distro: openSUSE Leap 16.0
Machine:
  Type: Virtualbox System: innotek GmbH product: VirtualBox v: 1.2
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Oracle model: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: innotek GmbH v: VirtualBox date: 12/01/2006
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MCP cache: L2: 2 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3793 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 3793 2: 3793 3: 3793 4: 3793
Graphics:
  Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.20.0.0
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 driver: X:
    loaded: vmware unloaded: modesetting,vesa gpu: vmwgfx
    resolution: 1920x930~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,swrast
    platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.3.3 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7
    256 bits)
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio driver: snd_intel8x0
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.0-160000.4-default status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.6 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000
  IF: enp0s3 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 08:00:27:d8:7a:19
  Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge
    driver: piix4_smbus
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 50 GiB used: 7.75 GiB (15.5%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 50 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 47.5 GiB used: 7.75 GiB (16.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 5.9 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-3: /home size: 47.5 GiB used: 7.75 GiB (16.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-4: /opt size: 47.5 GiB used: 7.75 GiB (16.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-5: /var size: 47.5 GiB used: 7.75 GiB (16.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:
  Src: lm-sensors+/sys Message: No sensor data found using /sys/class/hwmon
    or lm-sensors.
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.6 GiB used: 1.61 GiB (10.3%)
  Processes: 193 Uptime: 0h 12m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.36

Nothing changed in the Installer, only added my Name and German Translation and German Keyboard.

Host is a Leap 15.6, in Virtualbox I have installed the GuestAdditions, craeted a new Mok Key, added them and rebooted.

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The TPM2 revision is important too… tpm2_getcap properties-fixed | grep TPM2_PT_REVISION -A2 for most openSUSE products version 1.38+ is required…

HP Z440 with TPM2;

TPM2_PT_REVISION:
  raw: 0x74
  value: 1.16

Dell 3080 Micro with TPM2;

TPM2_PT_REVISION:
  raw: 0x8A
  value: 1.38
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opensuse160:/home/stephan # tpm2_getcap properties-fixed | grep TPM2_PT_REVISION -A2
TPM2_PT_REVISION:
  raw: 0xA4
  value: 1.64

openSUSE Leap 16.0 in Virtualbox 7.1.4

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Leap 15.6 host:

 > tpm2_getcap properties-fixed | grep TPM2_PT_REVISION -A2
TPM2_PT_REVISION:
  raw: 0x8A
  value: 1.38
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Then something else is weird – I enabled the following VirtualBox settings before starting the VM to install the Leap 16 –

  • Processor Tab: PAE/NX and Nested VT-x/AMD-V were disabled – I enabled both.
  • Acceleration Tab: Paravirtualization Interface – didn’t change it – may have to inspect the setting.
    Nested Paging – may have to inspect the settings.

And, I’ll stay with VirtualBox – will report back next week.

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On my 15.6 host, I have Leap 16 RC in a VBox VM too.

  1. Both my PAE/NX and Nested VT-x/AMD-V settings are not enabled, and have never been enabled.
  2. On Acceleration, Enable Nested Paging is enabled (default to my knowledge). Paravirtualization Interface is set as “Default”.

The ISO that was used is “Leap-16.0-offline-installer-x86_64-Build148.4.install.iso”. It was a slight challenge to install, mostly because of the quirky Agama installer. It took me 2-3 attempts to install it.

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Same here, only change I made was to increase the memory of the graphics to 128MB, set the memory to 16 GB and use 4 cpu’s.

Also enable secure_boot and TPM and set it to Vers. 2.

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I’m very conservative with the Processor, Memory, and Graphics

  1. Video Memory set to 32 MB (Controller set to VMSVGA, 3D Acceleration enabled).
  2. Base Memory set to 4096 MB and on CPU.

Shockingly, performance is good, considering the settings :+1:
(Using KDE Plasma)

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Thanks everyone.

With Processor Tab: PAE/NX and Nested VT-x/AMD-V disabled and, the 3D Graphics Acceleration disabled, Paravirtualization Interface set to “Default” and, Enable Nested Paging enabled, everything is fine.

  • Re-installed – everything ran smoothly.

Once again, thanks everyone.

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