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    • olivierlambertO Offline
      olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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      What template are you using?

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        • olivierlambertO Offline
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          So you are installing Ubuntu 10.04 with an Ubuntu 18.04 template, right? Have you tried another template or "Other Install media"?

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            tinjaw @olivierlambert
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            @olivierlambert Trying that now. I'll report back.

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              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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              Also I'm not sure 10.04 is even maintained anymore by Canonical. It's not even in the list of "current": https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

              So IMHO, you really should upgrade ASAP to avoid any big security issues. If you can't, probably another template will work.

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                Crap. Typo. I am installing 18.04. So sorry about that. Didn't realize I typo in OP

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                  @olivierlambert
                  Same thing.
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                    olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                    Can you try in UEFI? It works for me in this mode.

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                      stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team
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                      I think I've already seen this issue and that it was an ubuntu bug. See https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX265663

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                        @stormi said in Issue creating Ubuntu 18.04 desktop VM:

                        I think I've already seen this issue and that it was an ubuntu bug. See https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX265663

                        That looks very promising. Starting from scratch and taking this new info into account. I'll report back.

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                          @stormi

                          The directions say... "If you switch the console to shell mode and log in, the console shows errors in 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop'".

                          I don't know how t do that. I am only aware of the "default" shell. How do I switch to shell mode?

                          Best,
                          Chaim

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                          • olivierlambertO Offline
                            olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                            This is exactly the issue I spotted myself when doing the test in the lab. You can type "Esc" while the purple load screen (do it quickly), you'll be able to edit Grub menu.

                            Edit the entry, and add vga=normal fb=false. Then boot. It should work, and then follow the link @stormi posted to save the setting once for all.

                            Note that it works in UEFI mode without doing the workaround.

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                              Documentation updated: https://xcp-ng.org/docs/troubleshooting.html#ubuntu-18-04-boot-issue

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                                First of all, thanks for all the help. xcp-ng has always helped me out.

                                I switched the template to use UEFI and it seems to be hanging (or I don't have enough patience).

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                                  olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                  In your case, it seems it doesn't change the issue (do you have disable VGA at the same time using UEFI?).

                                  Here is my advanced settings where it works without any VM modification:

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                                    tinjaw @olivierlambert
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                                    @olivierlambert I had VGA on. (Which must be the default.) Turned it off and advancing much farther now. Thank you.

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                                      Just for closure...

                                      I followed all your helpful guidance and am now up and running. Thank you all for your assistance.

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                                      • olivierlambertO Offline
                                        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                        Good, thanks for the feedback, we have now documented this in case someone else got the issue 🙂

                                        Thanks for the link @stormi 👍

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                                          @olivierlambert i'm using a ova import with UEFI comming from virtualbox, folowed all previous option and ddocumentation and still can't get my VM to boot. It's stuck with black screen and no network or whatever informations. Using this packer template to build the VM :

                                          {
                                            "variables": {
                                              "vm_name": "mjolmir-base",
                                              "cpu": "2",
                                              "ram_size": "2048",
                                              "disk_size": "5000",
                                              "iso_url": "ubuntu-18.04.5-server-amd64.iso",
                                              "iso_checksum_type": "sha1",
                                              "iso_checksum": "c5dc820b3b46ccdd94bb1568715852ea3bf772a4",
                                              "username" : "vagrant",
                                              "password" : "vagrant"
                                            },
                                            "builders": [
                                            {
                                              "vm_name":"{{user `vm_name`}}",
                                              "type": "virtualbox-iso",
                                              "format": "ova",
                                              "output_directory": "./data",
                                              "boot_wait": "5s",
                                              "disk_size": "{{user `disk_size`}}",
                                              "headless": true,
                                              "guest_additions_mode":"disable",
                                              "http_directory": "./http/",
                                              "iso_url": "{{user `iso_url`}}",
                                              "iso_checksum": "{{user `iso_checksum`}}",
                                              "communicator":"ssh",
                                              "ssh_username": "{{user `username`}}",
                                              "ssh_password": "{{user `password`}}",
                                              "ssh_timeout": "4h",
                                              "shutdown_command": "echo 'vagrant' | sudo -S -E shutdown -P now",
                                              "boot_command": [
                                                  "e<down><down><down><down><down><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
                                                  "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
                                                  "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
                                                  "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
                                                  "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
                                                  "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
                                                  "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
                                                  "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
                                                  "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
                                                  "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
                                                  "<bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs><bs>",
                                                  "linux /install/vmlinuz<wait>",
                                                  " auto<wait>",
                                                  " console-setup/ask_detect=false<wait>",
                                                  " console-setup/layoutcode=us<wait>",
                                                  " console-setup/modelcode=pc105<wait>",
                                                  " root=/dev/sda",
                                                  " debconf/frontend=noninteractive<wait>",
                                                  " debian-installer=fr_FR<wait>",
                                                  " vga=normal fb=false<wait>",
                                                  " kbd-chooser/method=fr<wait>",
                                                  " keyboard-configuration/layout=FR<wait>",
                                                  " keyboard-configuration/variant=FR<wait>",
                                                  " locale=fr_FR<wait>",
                                                  " netcfg/get_domain=localdomain<wait>",
                                                  " netcfg/get_hostname=mjolmir<wait>",
                                                  " grub-installer/bootdev=/dev/sda<wait>",
                                                  " noapic<wait>",
                                                  " preseed/url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/http/18.04/preseed-cloud-init.cfg",
                                                  " -- <wait><enter>",
                                                  " initrd /install/initrd.gz<wait>",
                                                  "<f10>"
                                              ],
                                              "guest_os_type": "Ubuntu_64",
                                              "firmware":"efi",
                                              "iso_interface": "sata",
                                              "vboxmanage": [
                                                [
                                                  "modifyvm","{{.Name}}","--memory","{{user `ram_size`}}"
                                                ],
                                                [
                                                  "modifyvm","{{.Name}}","--cpus","{{user `cpu`}}"
                                                ],
                                                [
                                                  "modifyvm","{{.Name}}","--firmware","EFI"
                                                ]
                                              ]
                                            }],
                                            "provisioners": [{
                                              "type": "shell",
                                              "execute_command": "echo 'vagrant' | sudo -S -E sh {{.Path}}",
                                              "scripts": [
                                                "./script/update.sh",
                                                "./script/cloud-init.sh",
                                                "./script/cleanup.sh"
                                              ]
                                            }],
                                            "post-processors": [
                                              {
                                                "keep_input_artifact": true,
                                                "output": "../../{{.Provider}}/mjolmir.box",
                                                "type": "vagrant"
                                              }
                                            ]
                                          }
                                          

                                          with provisioning script :

                                          #!/bin/sh
                                          
                                          #Disable conflict service
                                          systemctl stop apt-daily.service
                                          systemctl kill --kill-who=all apt-daily.service
                                          
                                           wait until `apt-get updated` has been killed
                                          while ! (systemctl list-units --all apt-daily.service | egrep -q '(dead|failed)')
                                          do
                                            sleep 1;
                                          done
                                          #Disable service at startup
                                          systemctl mask apt-daily.service apt-daily-upgrade.service
                                          systemctl disable apt-daily.service apt-daily-upgrade.service
                                          systemctl disable apt-daily.timer apt-daily-upgrade.timer
                                          
                                          # install cloud-init
                                          apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
                                          apt-get install linux-image-generic xserver-xorg
                                          apt-get remove linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04
                                          apt-get install --install-recommends -y cloud-init xe-guest-utilities cloud-initramfs-growroot xserver-xorg-video-all
                                          
                                          #hostname will be managed by cloud-init, but the current value will not be removed
                                          HOSTNAME=`hostname`
                                          sed -i "/${HOSTNAME}/d" /etc/hosts
                                          sed -i s/enp0s3/eth0/g /etc/network/interfaces
                                          sed -i "s/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"quiet\"/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"quiet vga=normal fb=false dsmode\=nocloud\\;s\=\/ratatosk\"/g" /etc/default/grub
                                          #sed -i "s/Before\=sysinit\.target/After\=sysinit\.target/g" /etc/systemd/system/cloud-init.target.wants/cloud-init.service
                                          #sed -i "s/\[Service\]/\[Service\]\r\nAfter\=\cloud-init.service/g" /lib/systemd/system/xe-daemon.service
                                          #sed -i "s/\[Service\]/\[Service\]\r\nExecStartPre\=\/bin\/sleep 30/g" /etc/systemd/system/cloud-init.target.wants/cloud-init.service
                                          #sed -i "s/\[Service\]/\[Service\]\r\nExecStartPre\=\/bin\/sleep 30/g" /etc/systemd/system/cloud-init.target.wants/cloud-init-local.service
                                          sed -i "s/datasource_list: \[ NoCloud, ConfigDrive, OpenNebula, DigitalOcean, Azure, AltCloud, OVF, MAAS, GCE, OpenStack, CloudSigma, SmartOS, Bigstep, Scaleway, AliYun, Ec2, CloudStack, Exoscale, RbxCloud, UpCloud, None \]//g" /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/90_dpkg.cfg
                                          cp /tmp/cloud.cfg /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg && rm /tmp/cloud.cfg
                                          cat <<EOF >> /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/90_dpkg.cfg
                                          
                                          datasource_list: [ NoCloud, None ]
                                          datasource:
                                            NoCloud:
                                              seedfrom: /ratatosk/
                                          EOF
                                          
                                          update-grub
                                          mkdir /ratatosk
                                          echo "/dev/xvdb  /ratatosk  vfat  defaults  0  2" >> /etc/fstab
                                          DI_LOG=stderr /usr/lib/cloud-init/ds-identify --force
                                          dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive cloud-init
                                          

                                          stuck on :

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                                          Any suggestion or whatever i'm missing ? Ubuntu 16.04 OVA created the same way can be imported and booted flawlessly.

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