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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0008945Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2024-10-09 14:17
Reporterimjustanoob Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Summary0008945: W40 Weekly Build Fails to Launch Graphical Installer
Description

When trying to install using the graphical launcher on a VMware VM, the graphical installer does not launch, and instead, a repeating error message is displayed. This is using the latest W40 ISO.

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arnaudr

arnaudr

2024-10-03 08:08

manager   ~0019872

Thanks for the report. After trying older weekly images, I can say it broke with 2024-W38. 2024-W37 is the last weekly image where it works.

Bhagwan vishwakarma

Bhagwan vishwakarma

2024-10-03 13:34

reporter   ~0019873

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kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2024-10-03 21:04

reporter   ~0019874

^ Spam?

arnaudr

arnaudr

2024-10-09 14:17

manager   ~0019884

Update. So the bug is reported at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1075713. In short: a change in recent kernel makes the xorg server very unhappy in some cases. Someone went through heroic efforts to troubleshot the issue, and even came up with a fix for the xorg server.

I applied the fix in Kali, it will be released in the next round of weekly images (2024-W42 due next Monday, 14th of October). I can confirm that it fixes the crash for QEMU with qxl graphics backend.

@imjustanoob If you have a moment next week, that would be fantastic if you could download the weekly installer ISO and confirm that it's fixed for VMware as well (I don't have VMware to test it myself). Thanks in advance!

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2024-10-02 19:00 imjustanoob New Issue
2024-10-02 19:00 imjustanoob File Added: image.png
2024-10-03 08:08 arnaudr Note Added: 0019872
2024-10-03 13:34 Bhagwan vishwakarma Note Added: 0019873
2024-10-03 21:04 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0019874
2024-10-09 14:17 arnaudr Note Added: 0019884