"Install Linux Mint" fails to run on Hyper-V virtual machine
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Linux Mint |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Version & Edition:
Mint 18.2 Cinnamon 64-bit
Steps to reproduce:
Create a new virtual machine in Hyper-V (1st Gen, 2-4 cores, 4096MB memory static or dynamic, no net adapter, 127GB dynamic VHD). Boot from ISO. Double-click on "Install Linux Mint" icon on desktop, or select it from the application menu.
Expected Behavior:
Installation application starts, creates a GUI to request OOBE information.
Observed Behavior:
No window is created. Top seems to indicate that processes are started in response to the double-click (or enter), but all the tasks go to sleep and eventually disappear.
Does the issue occur consistently:
No. The issue was observed about 10 times (between VM restarts) before the application started correctly.
Additional Information:
When the application finally did work, no configuration changes had been made between restarts. I tried several different configurations of VM, but I did not try a desktop other than Cinnamon. I tried the OEM install once, and it stopped responding after asking for an "OEM group" name, which doesn't seem like a coincidence (I let the cursor spin for about 30 minutes before turning off the VM). I do get a notification that Cinnamon is running in software rendering mode, but I've encountered that in previous versions of Mint, where it didn't seem to interfere with installation.
| Chris Valean (cvalean) wrote | #1 |
Hi Lucas,
I saw this bug report and tried to reproduce it to see if this would indicate an issue with the Hyper-V LIS integration.
Using release 18.2 with the Cinnamon GUI I was actually able to do an install from ISO, all GUI OOBE steps were displayed fine and was able to configure them.
Link: https:/
Please find the attached screenshot, there were no graphical artifacts in my case, and the installation finished successfully.
There might have been only a small hick-up at the end of the installation, when it ejected the ISO and prompted for [ENTER], which didn't work. But rebooting the VM allowed it to then successfully boot into the installed OS.
Can you please attach a screenshot with the issue you're seeing?