Ubuntu VM won't finish booting without a VNC connection

[detlefs]

Hi guys,

I have a weird VM behavior.
The Ubuntu 18.04 in it won't finish start up without me connecting to it via VNC first.
So, I basically switch it on, then wait like 10 Minutes, but the Vm still isn't available via SSH.
Then I connect to it via VNC and can see all the boot up text scrolling through. A minuet later, the Vm will be available via SSH.

Do you have any idea why this is happening, or, why Ubuntu requires me to connect via VNC first before it starts/continues to boot?

Thanks!

 

[garm]

In the device definition for VNC, untick “wait to boot” and it won’t wait for you to boot https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/11.2-U4.1/virtualmachines.html#vnc-interface

 

[detlefs]

Thanks!