Unable to start certain vms after setting up: Bios firmware not found
This issue encountered when I updated boxes from 3.34 to 3.36.
After setting up some certain vms (eg. ubuntu 18.04, debian 10, slackware), I am not able to boot any of them. The log reads:
Broker URL: qemu+unix:///session
Domain: boxes-unknown
UUID: 27b300f5-f218-4d29-9a7e-d25d99364695
Persistent: yes
Cpu time: 0
Memory: 2097152 KiB
Max memory: 8040700 KiB
CPUs: 8
State: GVIR_DOMAIN_STATE_SHUTOFF
Domain config:
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<domain type="kvm">
<name>boxes-unknown</name>
<uuid>27b300f5-f218-4d29-9a7e-d25d99364695</uuid>
<title>mini</title>
<metadata>
<boxes:gnome-boxes xmlns:boxes="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes">
<os-state>installed</os-state>
<media>/home/mechtifs/Downloads/mini.iso</media>
</boxes:gnome-boxes>
</metadata>
<memory unit="KiB">2097152</memory>
<currentMemory unit="KiB">2097152</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement="static">8</vcpu>
<os firmware="bios">
<type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-i440fx-4.2">hvm</type>
<boot dev="hd"/>
<bootmenu enable="yes"/>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
</features>
<cpu mode="host-passthrough" check="none">
<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-system-x86_64</emulator>
<disk type="file" device="disk">
<driver name="qemu" type="qcow2" cache="writeback"/>
<source file="/home/mechtifs/.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/mechtifs/Downloads/mini.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="0x05" function="0x7"/>
</controller>
<controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci1">
<master startport="0"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05" function="0x0" multifunction="on"/>
</controller>
<controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci2">
<master startport="2"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05" function="0x1"/>
</controller>
<controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci3">
<master startport="4"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05" 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="0x06" function="0x0"/>
</controller>
<controller type="ccid" index="0">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="1"/>
</controller>
<interface type="user">
<mac address="52:54:00:cd:52:d6"/>
<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 type="isa-serial" port="0">
<model name="isa-serial"/>
</target>
</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>
<channel type="spiceport">
<source channel="org.spice-space.webdav.0"/>
<target type="virtio" name="org.spice-space.webdav.0"/>
<address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="2"/>
</channel>
<input type="mouse" bus="ps2"/>
<input type="keyboard" bus="ps2"/>
<graphics type="spice">
<listen type="none"/>
<image compression="off"/>
<gl enable="no"/>
</graphics>
<sound model="ich6">
<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">
<acceleration accel3d="no"/>
</model>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x0"/>
</video>
<redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="2"/>
</redirdev>
<redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="3"/>
</redirdev>
<redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="4"/>
</redirdev>
<redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="5"/>
</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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2020-03-13 10:29:35.528+0000: starting up libvirt version: 5.10.0, qemu version: 4.2.0, kernel: 5.5.8-arch1-1, hostname: arch
LC_ALL=C \
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl \
HOME=/home/mechtifs \
USER=mechtifs \
LOGNAME=mechtifs \
XDG_CACHE_HOME=/home/mechtifs/.config/libvirt/qemu/lib/domain-1-boxes-unknown/.cache \
QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=spice \
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 \
-name guest=boxes-unknown,debug-threads=on \
-S \
-object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/home/mechtifs/.config/libvirt/qemu/lib/domain-1-boxes-unknown/master-key.aes \
-machine pc-i440fx-4.2,accel=kvm,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off \
-cpu host \
-m 2048 \
-overcommit mem-lock=off \
-smp 8,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=2 \
-uuid 27b300f5-f218-4d29-9a7e-d25d99364695 \
-no-user-config \
-nodefaults \
-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=30,server,nowait \
-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
-rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew \
-global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=delay \
-no-hpet \
-no-reboot \
-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1 \
-global PIIX4_PM.disable_s4=1 \
-boot menu=on,strict=on \
-device ich9-usb-ehci1,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5.0x7 \
-device ich9-usb-uhci1,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=0,bus=pci.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x5 \
-device ich9-usb-uhci2,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5.0x1 \
-device ich9-usb-uhci3,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5.0x2 \
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 \
-device usb-ccid,id=ccid0,bus=usb.0,port=1 \
-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/home/mechtifs/.local/share/gnome-boxes/images/boxes-unknown","node-name":"libvirt-2-storage","cache":{"direct":false,"no-flush":false},"auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-2-format","read-only":false,"cache":{"direct":false,"no-flush":false},"driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-2-storage","backing":null}' \
-device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=libvirt-2-format,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=2,write-cache=on \
-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/home/mechtifs/Downloads/mini.iso","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
-device ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=libvirt-1-format,id=ide0-1-0,bootindex=1 \
-netdev user,id=hostnet0 \
-device rtl8139,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:cd:52:d6,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 \
-chardev spiceport,id=charchannel1,name=org.spice-space.webdav.0 \
-device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=2,chardev=charchannel1,id=channel1,name=org.spice-space.webdav.0 \
-spice port=0,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,max_outputs=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
-device intel-hda,id=sound0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
-device hda-duplex,id=sound0-codec0,bus=sound0.0,cad=0 \
-chardev spicevmc,id=charredir0,name=usbredir \
-device usb-redir,chardev=charredir0,id=redir0,bus=usb.0,port=2 \
-chardev spicevmc,id=charredir1,name=usbredir \
-device usb-redir,chardev=charredir1,id=redir1,bus=usb.0,port=3 \
-chardev spicevmc,id=charredir2,name=usbredir \
-device usb-redir,chardev=charredir2,id=redir2,bus=usb.0,port=4 \
-chardev spicevmc,id=charredir3,name=usbredir \
-device usb-redir,chardev=charredir3,id=redir3,bus=usb.0,port=5 \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 \
-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
-msg timestamp=on
2020-03-13 10:29:35.528+0000: Domain id=1 is tainted: host-cpu
char device redirected to /dev/pts/2 (label charserial0)
2020-03-13 11:19:24.058+0000: shutting down, reason=shutdown
2020-03-13 11:19:24.210+0000: shutting down, reason=failed
2020-03-13 11:19:25.302+0000: shutting down, reason=failed
2020-03-13 11:19:26.418+0000: shutting down, reason=failed
2020-03-13 11:37:44.628+0000: shutting down, reason=failed
2020-03-13 11:38:58.586+0000: shutting down, reason=failed
2020-03-13 11:40:46.522+0000: shutting down, reason=failed
2020-03-13 11:48:24.219+0000: shutting down, reason=failed
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When I tried to start gnome-boxes in terminal, it shows:
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.971: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.972: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.973: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:03:55.974: shared-folders.vala:82: File exists
(gnome-boxes:20374): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:03:56.058: GtkFlowBox with a model will ignore sort and filter functions
(gnome-boxes:20374): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:03:56.059: GtkListBox with a model will ignore sort and filter functions
(gnome-boxes:20374): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 20:03:56.764: g_file_new_for_uri: assertion 'uri != NULL' failed
(gnome-boxes:20374): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 20:03:56.764: g_file_get_basename: assertion 'G_IS_FILE (file)' failed
(gnome-boxes:20374): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 20:03:56.765: g_file_new_for_uri: assertion 'uri != NULL' failed
(gnome-boxes:20374): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: 20:03:56.765: g_file_get_basename: assertion 'G_IS_FILE (file)' failed
(gnome-boxes:20374): Boxes-WARNING **: 20:28:27.968: vm-creator.vala:153: Failed to start domain 'boxes-unknown': Unable to start domain: operation failed: Unable to find any firmware to satisfy 'bios'
(the "shared-folders" warnings existed in the previous version)
However, when I tried to install arch or fedora, everything is just ok.
I also noticed that when boxes tries to boot from an disto image that cause the issue, it uses SeaBIOS, otherwise uses TianoCore.
Having tried to revert my machine to a 3.34 timeshift backup which gnome boxes runs pretty well, the exact same problem encountered again when I upgraded it to 3.36.
I've posted the same issue on Manjaro forum, but I haven't got any useful information yet.
Currently running on arch, with linux 5.5.8.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.