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FS#68415 - [gnome-boxes] Add edk2-ovmf to optdepends for UEFI support

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Térence Clastres (Terence) - Sunday, 25 October 2020, 17:56 GMT
Last edited by Balló György (City-busz) - Monday, 26 October 2020, 08:33 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Balló György (City-busz)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Without edk2-ovmf, gnome-boxes doesn't have UEFI support and is for example unable to boot the gnome-os image: `Boot failed: Could not read from CD-ROM (code 0009)`


Steps to reproduce:
- Do not have edk2-ovmf installed
- Install gnome-boxes
- Create a new virtual machine using "operating system download" menu and choose "GNOME OS Nightly"
- Wait for it to download the image and notice how it's unable to boot it
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Closed by  Balló György (City-busz)
Monday, 26 October 2020, 08:33 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  gnome-boxes 3.38.1-2

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