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Stuck at "Starting dbus" during bootup after fresh install in Virtualbox.

Hello!
After a fresh install in a Virtualbox VM, the bootup effectively freezes at "Starting dbus" and I am at my wits end in regards on how to resolve it due to no relevant answers via either the Artix Wiki, this forum or Google. The network indicator of the VM indicates semi-frequent outgoing packages. No buttons register.

Using base install, the following options were used:
  • Disk layout: DOS-style partition scheme and a single large partition
  • First basestrap: "/mnt base openrc"
  • Second basestrap: "/mnt linux"

I have tried doing the following without any success before creating this topic:
  • Doing several reinstalls, without derivating from the official installation guide
  • Allocating more RAM to the VM
  • Allocating more cores to the VM
  • Restarting multiple times

Relevant hardware configuration of the VM in question:
  • 64-bit VM
  • 1GB RAM
  • 1 CPU core (PAE/NX not enabled)
  • PIIX3 Chipset (I/O APIC enabled)
  • Intel PRO/1000 MT (Bridged Adapter)
  • 8 GB virtual disk connected via AHCI SATA
  • No audio controller

Attached is a screenshot of where it gets stuck.

Thank you in advance for any help.

Re: Stuck at "Starting dbus" during bootup after fresh install in Virtualbox.

Reply #1 –
did you try pressing <Enter>?

Re: Stuck at "Starting dbus" during bootup after fresh install in Virtualbox.

Reply #2 –
Pressing enter does not work as no buttons register.

Re: Stuck at "Starting dbus" during bootup after fresh install in Virtualbox.

Reply #3 –
Did you use base install or gui installer?

Re: Stuck at "Starting dbus" during bootup after fresh install in Virtualbox.

Reply #4 –
I used the base installer. Updating the OP.

Re: Stuck at "Starting dbus" during bootup after fresh install in Virtualbox.

Reply #5 –
What about pressing Alt F(2-7) to get a tty login on another tty where you could run some commands? Check /etc/fstab in case there was an issue with mounting drives, as that was the last bit before dbus.

Re: Stuck at "Starting dbus" during bootup after fresh install in Virtualbox.

Reply #6 –
Nothing happens as the screen appears frozen.
Edit: Contents of /etc/fstab after mounting the partition via liveCD.

Re: Stuck at "Starting dbus" during bootup after fresh install in Virtualbox.

Reply #7 –
You might try the following:
- try a different graphics controller
- disable 2d and 3d acceleration
- add one more CPU
- change the paravirtualization provider setting

If this all fails check the vb log files. Probably located under ~/Virtualbox   (I'm not sure; switched to KVM a while ago)

Re: Stuck at "Starting dbus" during bootup after fresh install in Virtualbox.

Reply #8 –
I have some tmpfs things in there you don't seem to have (plus swap and boot, but those aren't always needed).
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shm		/dev/shm	tmpfs	defaults,nodev,nosuid,noexec				0 0
tmpfs		/tmp		tmpfs	defaults,nosuid,nodev					0 0
I think systemd automatically mounts those but it may not be the case with other inits.

Re: Stuck at "Starting dbus" during bootup after fresh install in Virtualbox.

Reply #9 –
After a few hours of waiting it progressed one additional line. This confirms that the freezing isn't permanent but rather something slowing the boot down significantly. There were no issues with running a cloned image in VMware so likely this is an issue specific to Virtualbox guests.

Quote from: Artist
- disable 2d and 3d acceleration
- add one more CPU
2D/3D acceleration were not enabled and adding additional CPU (cores) did not help. I'll give the other suggestions a try tomorrow.

Re: Stuck at "Starting dbus" during bootup after fresh install in Virtualbox.

Reply #10 –
/etc/init.d/devfs mounts the /dev/shm tmpfs as a fallback if it's not in fstab so that's probably not it.