Boxes: no size increase possible

ERICKS · December 25, 2022, 11:09am

Hello

I have gnome-boxes installed in Manjaro, on a 500GB SSD. I still have 122 GB free. In Boxes is mounted Windows 10, with as configuration: 4 cores, 10 GB of ram, and 85.8 of used space. The limit displayed is 92.1 GB.
I increase the limit with the plus sign to 100 GB, but Boxes refuses to validate it. As a result, I can’t install Windows updates.
Curiously, when I install applications, the limit increases automatically, but not for Windows which analyses the remaining disk space.
Thank you very much for your help. If you speak French, I would appreciate to read you more easily

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felipeborges · January 2, 2023, 10:17am

Could you please attempt to run gnome-boxes in the commandline and share here what has been printed there?

ERICKS · January 2, 2023, 11:16am

Good morning,
Thank you for your attention and for returning. Since you are not very familiar with Konsole, could you please tell me how to proceed? Thank you.

felipeborges · January 2, 2023, 12:57pm

Sure. Open your terminal application (Konsole it seems) and enter

G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all gnome-boxes

Go to the Preferences of your virtual machine and try to make the resize changes again. After that, go back to your terminal window and copy all the text printed there and paste it here.

ERICKS · January 2, 2023, 3:50pm

G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all gnome-boxes 
(gnome-boxes:3280): GLib-GIO-DEBUG: 16:49:44.719: _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation dconf (DConfSettingsBackend) for ?gsettings-backend?
(gnome-boxes:3280): dconf-DEBUG: 16:49:44.720: watch_fast: “/org/gnome/boxes/” (establishing: 0, active: 0)
(gnome-boxes:3280): Boxes-DEBUG: 16:49:44.720: shared-folders.vala:82: Not creating symlink for shared folder “/home/sle/.config/gnome-boxes/d1d1eff0-1362-486b-bc82-d01aef2c9ba0/Public”: File exists
(gnome-boxes:3280): GLib-GIO-DEBUG: 16:49:44.722: Using cross-namespace EXTERNAL authentication (this will deadlock if server is GDBus < 2.73.3)
(gnome-boxes:3280): dconf-DEBUG: 16:49:44.724: watch_established: “/org/gnome/boxes/” (establishing: 1)
(gnome-boxes:3280): GLib-GIO-DEBUG: 16:49:44.731: _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation gvfs (GDaemonVfs) for ‘gio-vfs’
(gnome-boxes:3280): GLib-DEBUG: 16:49:44.752: unsetenv() is not thread-safe and should not be used after threads are created
(gnome-boxes:3280): Gtk-DEBUG: 16:49:44.752: Connecting to session manager
(gnome-boxes:3280): Gtk-DEBUG: 16:49:44.753: Failed to get the GNOME session proxy: The name org.gnome.SessionManager is not owned
(gnome-boxes:3280): Gtk-DEBUG: 16:49:44.753: Failed to get the Xfce session proxy: The name org.xfce.SessionManager is not owned
(gnome-boxes:3280): dconf-DEBUG: 16:49:44.820: watch_fast: “/org/gnome/boxes/” (establishing: 0, active: 1)
(gnome-boxes:3280): Handy-DEBUG: 16:49:44.825: Setting org.gnome.desktop.a11y.interface.high-contrast of type b not found
(gnome-boxes:3280): dconf-DEBUG: 16:49:44.825: watch_fast: “/org/gnome/desktop/a11y/interface/” (establishing: 0, active: 0)

(gnome-boxes:3280): Handy-WARNING **: 16:49:44.825: Using GtkSettings:gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme together with HdyStyleManager is unsupported. Please use HdyStyleManager:color-scheme instead.
(gnome-boxes:3280): dconf-DEBUG: 16:49:44.825: watch_established: “/org/gnome/desktop/a11y/interface/” (establishing: 1)
(gnome-boxes:3280): dconf-DEBUG: 16:49:44.888: change_fast
(gnome-boxes:3280): dconf-DEBUG: 16:49:44.904: change_fast
(gnome-boxes:3280): Boxes-DEBUG: 16:49:44.905: util-app.vala:464: check_cpu_vt_capability: oui
(gnome-boxes:3280): Boxes-DEBUG: 16:49:44.905: util-app.vala:484: check_module_kvm_loaded: oui
(gnome-boxes:3280): dconf-DEBUG: 16:49:44.915: change_fast
(gnome-boxes:3280): dconf-DEBUG: 16:49:44.916: change_fast
** (gnome-boxes:3280): DEBUG: 16:49:44.926: Add handle 0x7f8480004d40 1 23 1 0x55773cfd8d40

** (gnome-boxes:3280): DEBUG: 16:49:44.926: Update handle 0x7f8480004d40 1 23 0

** (gnome-boxes:3280): DEBUG: 16:49:44.927: Update handle 0x7f8480004d40 1 23 1