jamesstringer90 / jamesstringer90/appsandbox

VM Stuck on installing

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Hi, I've tried using windows 11 as well as "Ubuntu 26.04 LTS". However, they build the disk and get stuck on installing. I'm not sure if this is user error or something else.

WebView2 Runtime: 149.0.4022.98
HCS: Available
VMMS certificate found.
HCN: Available
GPUs: 1 found, 1 driver shares
[0] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (GPU-PV)
Building Linux VM "myappsandbox" (direct ISO->VHDX, ~3 minutes)...
Building Linux VHDX from C:\Users\nated\Downloads\ubuntu-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso (size=32 GB)...
Prefetch 1/3: cloning repo source from GitHub...
Prefetch 2/3: apt build-deps closure...
detect_iso_kernel: codename=resolute kver=7.0.0-14-generic
Prefetch 3/3: wsl-deps .so libs...
Host locale: en-US -> en_US.UTF-8
Host keyboard: langid=0x0409 -> us
Host timezone: Eastern Standard Time -> America/New_York
Staging Linux extras: prefetches populated C:\ProgramData\AppSandbox\myappsandbox_vhdx_staging\extras
Linux admin: staged user=user + $6$ hash marker
Host regional markers staged: locale=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard=us tz=America/New_York
Linux hostname: staged /etc/appsandbox-hostname = myappsandbox
Linux staging manifest written: C:\ProgramData\AppSandbox\myappsandbox_vhdx_staging\manifest.txt (173 file(s))
NAT subnet: 192.168.42.0/24 (gateway 192.168.42.1)
Allocated NAT IP 192.168.42.2 for new VM.
Plan9 share: AppSandbox.Drv.0 -> C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_37503b637f6a53da
Plan9 share: AppSandbox.HostLxssLib -> C:\WINDOWS\system32\lxss\lib
Nested virt: host supported (ProcessorCapabilities probed).
HCS callback registered [V2] for "myappsandbox".
Applying GPU-PV...
GPU-PV applied successfully.
HCS callback registered [V2] for "myappsandbox".
VM "myappsandbox" created and started.
IDD probe: starting for "myappsandbox"
HCS enumerate: [{"Id":"myappsandbox","SystemType":"VirtualMachine","Owner":"myappsandbox","RuntimeId":"fb405fe8-65b1-5f71-a18e-96ad5a7d3864","State":"Running"}]
hcs_find_runtime_id: found fb405fe8-65b1-5f71-...
HCS enumerate: [{"Id":"myappsandbox","SystemType":"VirtualMachine","Owner":"myappsandbox","RuntimeId":"fb405fe8-65b1-5f71-a18e-96ad5a7d3864","State":"Running"}]
hcs_find_runtime_id: found fb405fe8-65b1-5f71-...

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Reproduce the installation with Windows 11 and the Ubuntu ISO, then review the HCS callback, IDD probe, and HCS enumeration output after the VM reaches Running. Compare the installation logs around that point and determine why setup does not complete; done means the VM finishes installing rather than remaining stuck.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, ubuntu
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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