Bug 479817

Summary: "neon-developer-20240104-1511.iso" shows an error and a black screen
Product: [KDE Neon] neon Reporter: Ganton <kubry>
Component: Live/Install imagesAssignee: Neon Bugs <neon-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED    
Severity: normal CC: jr, neon-bugs-null, sitter, toni.asensi
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Ganton 2024-01-14 20:18:12 UTC 
SUMMARY
"neon-developer-20240104-1511.iso" shows an error and a black screen

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Download https://files.kde.org/neon/images/developer/current/neon-developer-20240104-1511.iso 
2. Follow the instructions from https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/development/Developing_in_a_virtual_machine

OBSERVED RESULT
1. In Virtualbox, see a "[FAILED] Failed to start Migrate UID 1000 from semi-wrong groups to correct ones..."
2. In Virtualbox, see a black screen.

EXPECTED RESULT
1. In Virtualbox, see things working.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In https://pointieststick.com/2024/01/12/the-last-few-weeks-in-kde-its-coming-its-coming-its-coming/ we can see a comment from another user: "KDE Neon unstable [...] doesn’t even start graphics interface upon booting; and as I found on reddit, apparently it rarely works for anyone".

Pressing Enter doesn't change the situation (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=434229).
Comment 1 Ganton 2024-01-15 21:16:58 UTC 
After performing more tests: If the Shift key is pressed when booting the virtual machine, then a menu with "Try without installing", "Install", etc. is seen. However, in the end, the result is the same (the "[FAILED] Failed to start Migrate UID 1000 from semi-wrong groups to correct ones..." error message, a black screen and virtual machine that looks like if it were stalled).

The virtual machine reacts to REISUB commands like the B one: VBoxManage controlvm NAME_OF_THE_VIRTUAL_MACHINE keyboardputscancode 1d 38 54 30 b0 d4 b8 9

That happens for example using Virtualbox 7.0.10 in one computer, and Virtualbox 7.0.6 in another computer.
Comment 2 Ganton 2024-01-15 21:30:41 UTC 
In the last comment, I meant `9d` instead of `9`.  Thanks.
Comment 3 Ganton 2024-01-16 10:14:52 UTC 
The same happens using Virtualbox 7.0.12, 6.1.38 or 6.1.48.
Comment 4 Toni Asensi Esteve 2024-01-21 12:39:21 UTC 
The end result is the same trying the live CD in:
    - the physical machine (no virtual machine involved), 
    - another computer (no virtual machine involved).
Comment 5 Ganton 2024-01-23 00:13:44 UTC 
Closing this bug report as a new version of this .iso has been released.