Ticket #19188 (closed defect: fixed)
Mac OSX 10.15.2 guest freezes on startup
| Reported by: | danrb | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 6.1.0 |
| Keywords: | Mac OSX Catalina 10.15.2 guest | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Mac OS X |
Description
Mac OSX 10.15.2 as a guest freezes when you try to start it or complete an upgrade from a previous version (combo update or app store update) using VirtualBox 6.1.0 or 6.1.1. Mac OSX 10.15.1 works well as a guest with VirtualBox 6.1.0 (release build) or 6.1.1 (development build). Would it be possible to implement compatibility for Mac OSX 10.15.2 guests in VirtualBox? Many thanks, Dan
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Screenshot 2020-01-25 at 14.29.32.png
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VBoxSVC.log
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VBoxSVC.log.1
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runMacOSVirtualbox.log
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VBoxLogs.zip
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VBox.log
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added by Vietwoojagig2 3 years ago.
- Tried to update from 10.15.1 to 10.15.3 in 6.1.12
Change History
comment:2 Changed 3 years ago by aeichner
We need at least a VBox.log from the affected VM to start looking into this issue.
comment:3 Changed 3 years ago by Jaanus
I attached a number of logs and screenshots. This bug is fully reproducible for me using this script: https://github.com/AlexanderWillner/runMacOSinVirtualBox I attempt a clean install with the script, and end up with the result described in this bug. My related report in Github: https://github.com/AlexanderWillner/runMacOSinVirtualBox/issues/95
comment:4 Changed 3 years ago by aeichner
We need a VBox.log of the affected VM. You attached the VBoxSVC.log which is of no use for this particular issue unfortunately. The VBox.log can be usually found in ~/VirtualBoxVMs/<VM name>/Logs.
comment:5 Changed 3 years ago by Jack_Smith
This appears to be reproducible in all versions of VirtualBox on all macOS 10.15.2 guests. A workaround involves using the "boot.efi" file from an earlier version of macOS.
Changed 3 years ago by Vietwoojagig2
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Tried to update from 10.15.1 to 10.15.3 in 6.1.12
comment:7 Changed 3 years ago by Vietwoojagig2
Also does not work with to update 10.15.3 from 10.15.1 in 6.1.2
comment:8 Changed 3 years ago by michaln
The source of the boot hangs has been identified, although fixing it correctly isn't entirely trivial. It's triggered by a very, very old problem in VirtualBox. Apple switches to 32-bit mode (i.e. out of long mode) with junk in the high byte of RDI register and expects that when it switches back to long mode, the junk will be zeroed out because the EDI register was written in 32-bit mode. That is relying on processor behavior which is not documented, or rather behavior that is explicitly undocumented. Neither Intel nor AMD say what should happen in this case, although the behavior of actual CPUs appears to be consistent.
At any rate it will be fixed for the next maintenance release.
comment:9 Changed 3 years ago by Vietwoojagig2
Was able to update to 10.15.3 with 6.1.4. It seems they solved the problem.
comment:10 Changed 3 years ago by aeichner
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
Indeed, this was fixed for 6.1.4, thanks for confirming!
VirtualBox 6.1.2 does not solve the problem.