Unable to create VMs with 44~beta.1-1ubuntu1

Bug #2008759 reported by J-P Nurmi
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Boxes
New
Unknown
gnome-boxes (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

Steps:
- run gnome-boxes
- create a new VM
- select file or download os

Expected result:
GNOME Boxes shows VM settings

Actual result:
The new VM dialog is stuck showing a spinner and the app prints a critical error:
```
(gnome-boxes:63557): Boxes-CRITICAL **: 07:39:29.306: boxes_installer_media_get_device_from_device_file: assertion 'client != NULL' failed
```

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: gnome-boxes 44~beta.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-29.30-generic 5.19.17
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.26.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Feb 28 07:42:06 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-13 (259 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419)
SourcePackage: gnome-boxes
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-01-30 (29 days ago)

Revision history for this message
J-P Nurmi (jpnurmi) wrote :
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
Changed in gnome-boxes (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
Changed in gnome-boxes (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-boxes - 44~rc-1ubuntu1

---------------
gnome-boxes (44~rc-1ubuntu1) lunar; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian. Remaining changes:
    - Update debian/gsettings-override & recommended-downloads.xml
      for Ubuntu
    - Use dh_migrations to remove the old cached Ubuntu logo

gnome-boxes (44~rc-1) experimental; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release
    - Fixes inability to create VMs with 44~beta.1 (LP: #2008759)

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:30:19 -0500

Changed in gnome-boxes (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in gnome-boxes:
status: Unknown → New
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