Ubuntu 24.04 or non-graphic images install fails per doc instructions

[Joaquin Menchaca]

Describe the issue

The cloud image for Ubuntu 22.04 server does not work, nor does the latest Ubuntu 24.04 work (in either graphics or text mode) on Macbook Intel as per documentation (ref).

In the case of the cloud image jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img (src), it just goes into a boot shell, and from there, not sure what to do.

In the case of the ubuntu 24.04, with the cdrom image ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso, if shows a black screen with a mouse cursor for "Try or Install Ubuntu" option, and for the "Ubuntu (safe graphics)", I only get "Display output is not active".

The previous version Ubuntu 22.04 cdrom image ubuntu-22.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso, seems to work.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

As per online guide https://docs.getutm.app/guides/ubuntu:

1. Open UTM and click the “+” button to open the VM creation wizard.
2. Select “Virtualize”.
3. Select “Linux”.
4. Click “Browse” and select jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img
5. Pick 4096 MB RAM and 2 CPU cores. Press “Continue” to continue.
6. Selected ~/Downloads for directory to mount in VM.
7. Press "Save" to create the VM and press the Run button to start the VM.

QEMU COMMAND GENERATED

qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -L /Applications/UTM.app/Contents/Resources/qemu \
  -S \
  -spice unix=on,addr=598D3DEB-3A2A-4BE6-AE6D-63851B602E6B.spice,disable-ticketing=on,image-compression=off,playback-compression=off,streaming-video=off,gl=off \
  -chardev spiceport,name=org.qemu.monitor.qmp.0,id=org.qemu.monitor.qmp \
  -mon chardev=org.qemu.monitor.qmp,mode=control \
  -nodefaults \
  -vga none \
  -device e1000,mac=6A:CE:D3:FD:3D:A2,netdev=net0 \
  -netdev vmnet-shared,id=net0 \
  -device virtio-gpu-pci \
  -smp cpus=2,sockets=1,cores=2,threads=1 \
  -machine q35,vmport=off,i8042=off,hpet=off \
  -accel hvf \
  -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1 \
  -global ICH9-LPC.disable_s3=1 \
  -drive if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,file=/Applications/UTM.app/Contents/Resources/qemu/edk2-x86_64-code.fd,readonly=on \
  -drive if=pflash,unit=1,file=$HOME/Library/Containers/com.utmapp.UTM/Data/Documents/Linux.utm/Data/efi_vars.fd \
  -m 4096 \
  -audiodev spice,id=audio0 \
  -device intel-hda \
  -device hda-duplex,audiodev=audio0 \
  -usb \
  -device usb-tablet,bus=usb-bus.0 \
  -device usb-mouse,bus=usb-bus.0 \
  -device usb-kbd,bus=usb-bus.0 \
  -device nec-usb-xhci,id=usb-controller-0 \
  -chardev spicevmc,name=usbredir,id=usbredirchardev0 \
  -device usb-redir,chardev=usbredirchardev0,id=usbredirdev0,bus=usb-controller-0.0 \
  -chardev spicevmc,name=usbredir,id=usbredirchardev1 \
  -device usb-redir,chardev=usbredirchardev1,id=usbredirdev1,bus=usb-controller-0.0 \
  -chardev spicevmc,name=usbredir,id=usbredirchardev2 \
  -device usb-redir,chardev=usbredirchardev2,id=usbredirdev2,bus=usb-controller-0.0 \
  -device ide-cd,bus=ide.0,drive=drive3F22F019-20D4-45D5-A805-B4574FB85572,bootindex=0 \
  -drive if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive3F22F019-20D4-45D5-A805-B4574FB85572,file=$HOME/Downloads/ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso,readonly=on \
  -device ide-hd,bus=ide.1,drive=drive289B3B78-29A0-44DE-8875-E8DD6B288745,bootindex=1 \
  -drive if=none,media=disk,id=drive289B3B78-29A0-44DE-8875-E8DD6B288745,file=$HOME/Library/Containers/com.utmapp.UTM/Data/Documents/Linux.utm/Data/289B3B78-29A0-44DE-8875-E8DD6B288745.qcow2,discard=unmap,detect-zeroes=unmap \
  -device virtio-serial \
  -device virtserialport,chardev=org.qemu.guest_agent,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 \
  -chardev spiceport,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0,id=org.qemu.guest_agent \
  -device virtserialport,chardev=vdagent,name=com.redhat.spice.0 \
  -chardev spicevmc,id=vdagent,debug=0,name=vdagent \
  -fsdev local,id=virtfs0,path=$HOME/Downloads,security_model=mapped-xattr \
  -device virtio-9p-pci,fsdev=virtfs0,mount_tag=share \
  -name Linux \
  -uuid 598D3DEB-3A2A-4BE6-AE6D-63851B602E6B \
  -device virtio-rng-pcijoaquin-mac-x86:pub

ACTUAL RESULTS

• jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img - drops into some boot shell
• ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso with "Try or Install Ubuntu" option - shows black screen with cursor,
• ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso with "Ubuntu (safe graphics)" option - says "Display output is not active"
• ubuntu-22.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso with "Try or Install Ubuntu" seems to work.

EXPECTED RESULTS

I would expect that I would be able to install w/o graphics or that with Ubuntu 24 the graphics would work. Currently either of these options do not work.

Configuration

• UTM Version: 4.5.2
• macOS Version: 12.2.1
• Mac Chip (Intel, M1, ...): Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1038NG7 CPU @ 2.00GHz

Crash log

n/a no crash

Debug log

n/a no crash

Upload VM
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