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Virtualization not really enabled in Windows even if it is in features list #4277

Closed lstocchi closed 5 months ago

lstocchi commented 1 year ago

Bug description

This is not really a bug of Desktop but more of Windows. Maybe we can add some message when creating a new podman machine or it can be added in the troubleshooting section (cc @themr0c) or just leave it as a closed issue so if someone makes a search they can find a sort of guidance.

When testing the onboarding i was trying to simulate an environment with WSL1 to see which were the errors the user could face. For some unknown reason, after having uninstalled everything and reinstalled wsl + virtual machine platform (vmp) the system was not able to create a podman machine. I saw these 2 errors based on how i installed/enabled wsl.

1 use case) the machine is clean (no wsl and vmp), i enabled wsl and vmp by using the Turn Windows features on or off section and rebooted the machine. I was able to install podman but then i was not able to create a podman machine. The error was

Importing operating system into WSL (this may take a few minutes on a new WSL install)...

WSL2 is not supported with your current machine configuration.
Please enable the "Virtual Machine Platform" optional component and ensure virtualization is enabled in the BIOS.
For information please visit https://aka.ms/enablevirtualization
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateVm/0x80370102

Error: the WSL import of guest OS failed: exit status 0xffffffff

Command execution failed with exit code 125

2 use case) the machine was clean (no wsl and vmp), i installed wsl using wsl --install. I can see wsl app + vmp installed/enabled but when trying to create a podman machine i faced

Importing operating system into WSL (this may take a few minutes on a new WSL install)...

The operation could not be started because a required feature is not installed. 
Error code: Wsl/Service/CreateVm/HCS_E_SERVICE_NOT_AVAILABLE

Error: the WSL import of guest OS failed: exit status 0xffffffff

Command execution failed with exit code 125

Different errors but related to the same issue. Even though the solution was explained in one of them (enabling virtualization in the BIOS) i was a bit puzzled because i saw it enabled in my features list.

Maybe we should add an additional message in the log view??

BTW the solution was to enable virtualization in the BIOS.

After enabling it i could see it in the task manager image

Operating system

Windows 11

Installation Method

Installer from website/GitHub releases

Version

1.4.0

Steps to reproduce

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Relevant log output

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Additional context

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