vm fails to start (macOS Intel)

[ardeguire]

Describe the Issue

VM hangs at start:

% colima start
INFO[0000] starting colima                              
INFO[0000] runtime: docker                              
INFO[0000] preparing network ...                         context=vm
INFO[0000] starting ...                                  context=vm
> msg="[hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 5: \"ssh\""
> msg="[hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 5: \"ssh\""
> msg="[hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 5: \"ssh\""
> msg="[hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 5: \"ssh\""
> msg="[hostagent] Waiting for the essential requirement 1 of 5: \"ssh\""
> msg="did not receive an event with the \"running\" status"
FATA[0600] error starting vm: error at 'starting': exit status 1 

Version

Colima Version:

What is the output of colima version:

% colima version
colima version 0.4.2
git commit: f112f336d05926d62eb6134ee3d00f206560493b

Lima Version:

What is the output of limactl --version:

% limactl --version
limactl version 0.11.1

Qemu Version

What is the output of qemu-img --version:

% qemu-img --version
qemu-img version 7.0.0

Operating System

• [ x] macOS Intel
• [ ] macOS m1
• [ ] Linux

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. brew install colima
2. brew install docker
3. colima start

Expected behavior

VM to start

Additional context

Add any other context about the problem here. ha.stderr.log serial.log

[abiosoft]

This is very strange.

• What version of macOS are you on?
• How did you install qemu?

[ardeguire]

macOS Monterey 12.3.1 (21E258) qemu was installed as a dependency with brew install colima

[ardeguire]

I don't know if this is relevant at all, but I am able to start lima with the "docker" configuration. It's kind of slow (~5 minutes), but it does eventually complete successfully complete

[abiosoft]

I don't know if this is relevant at all, but I am able to start lima with the "docker" configuration. It's kind of slow (~5 minutes), but it does eventually complete successfully complete

Except your internet is relatively slow, this sounds more like an emulation and the host CPU not being utilised directly. Are you on a relatively old MacBook?

[ardeguire]

2019 MBP, 2.6 GHz i7.

My internet is relatively slow due to my company's proxy settings, but it should still work quickly once things are cached on my machine

[ardeguire]

I will close this issue for now, as I don't have the time to troubleshoot or power to change my company's proxy settings and other restrictions.

[abiosoft]

I will close this issue for now, as I don't have the time to troubleshoot or power to change my company's proxy settings and other restrictions.

I would argue otherwise. Let us leave it open.

[Moulick]

I was seeing the exact same on a M1 Max. Cleaning out all the files in $HOME/.lima/colima/ fixed the issue. I think in my case it was just super old vm image files as I re-installed colima after many months

[fortesdev]

I am experiencing the exact same problem, Intel MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019). It was working weeks ago, all of the sudden it broke. Cleaning $HOME/.lima/colima/ or deleting Colima did not help.

[abiosoft]

@fortesdev did you update anything?

[fortesdev]

Yes, @abiosoft, I updated the common: Xcode to Version 13.4.1 + command line tools And MacOS Monterrey to 12.4 But note this: I just deleted HEAD, installed v0.3.4, and that old version works like a charm.

[ardeguire]

Coming back to this, it started working today. I'm not sure what changed, but I haven't updated anything explicitly. Any logs or additional information you'd like, @abiosoft?

colima version 0.4.2
git commit: f112f336d05926d62eb6134ee3d00f206560493b

runtime: docker
arch: x86_64
client: v20.10.8
server: v20.10.11

% colima status
INFO[0000] colima is running                            
INFO[0000] arch: x86_64                                 
INFO[0000] runtime: docker                              
INFO[0000] mountType: sshfs                             
INFO[0000] socket: unix:///Users/deguire/.colima/default/docker.sock

[abiosoft]

@ardeguire did you restart your machine?

[ardeguire]

Yes, but I'm pretty sure I also restarted several times when I was attempting to troubleshoot when I first encountered the issue