Error Starting Kubernetes - limactl exited with code 1

[marun790]

Actual Behavior

Hi Folks, I'm facing the similar issue, since I'm having 2018 Mac , and rancher 1.16.0.

ref: https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/issues/532

Steps to Reproduce

In Mac OS Catalina with rancher 1.16.0

Result

wile launching getting below error, also @jandubois I've tried your first script tHt you've mentioned in https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/issues/532 it works fine, but in the second one I don't find this directory /Users/$USER/Library/State/rancher-desktop/lima/rancher-desktop

in ha.stderr.log I can see

{"error":"dial unix /Users/arun/Library/Application Support/rancher-desktop/lima/0/qmp.sock: connect: connection refused","level":"warning","msg":"failed to open the QMP socket \"/Users/arun/Library/Application Support/rancher-desktop/lima/0/qmp.sock\", forcibly killing QEMU","time":"2024-10-07T02:11:11+05:30"}
{"level":"info","msg":"QEMU has already exited","time":"2024-10-07T02:11:11+05:30"}

Expected Behavior

Rancher desktop should start and run with kubernetes

Additional Information

No response

Rancher Desktop Version

1.16.0

Rancher Desktop K8s Version

1.21.10

Which container engine are you using?

containerd (nerdctl)

What operating system are you using?

macOS

Operating System / Build Version

macOS Catalina 10.15.7

What CPU architecture are you using?

x64

Linux only: what package format did you use to install Rancher Desktop?

None

Windows User Only

No response

[richardcann]

Same issue on MacOS Ventura 13.5. Tried downgrading back to Rancher version 1.15.1 and now the same error comes up

[marun790]

Ohh!!, thanks for the heads up @richardcann , thought of upgrading to Big sur. Better I hold that thought now.