Proxmox 8 not loading GUI

[leussink]

I have Proxmox installed on my mini PC to run Home Assistant. After upgrading to Proxmox 8 something has gone wrong and I’m not able to enter the GUI anymore.

When running Linux kernel 6.2 I got a black screen and nothing happens.

When running Linux kernel 5.15 it shows the IP the server is running on but I cant access the GUI. Home assistant is working fine.

Any idea how to solve this?

I can access the terminal by using a screen and keyboard.

 

[Moayad]

Hello,

Did you check the syslog/journalctl during login/browsing the Proxmox IP?

 

[leussink]

I'm now able to access the GUI with Kernel 5.15.

This is what the syslog is saying from today:

Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: Starting dpkg-db-backup.service - Daily dpkg database backup service...
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: Starting logrotate.service - Rotate log files...
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: dpkg-db-backup.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: Finished dpkg-db-backup.service - Daily dpkg database backup service.
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve pvefw-logger[237169]: received terminate request (signal)
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve pvefw-logger[237169]: stopping pvefw logger
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: Stopping pvefw-logger.service - Proxmox VE firewall logger...
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: pvefw-logger.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: Stopped pvefw-logger.service - Proxmox VE firewall logger.
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: pvefw-logger.service: Consumed 17.314s CPU time.
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: Starting pvefw-logger.service - Proxmox VE firewall logger...
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve pvefw-logger[432398]: starting pvefw logger
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: Started pvefw-logger.service - Proxmox VE firewall logger.
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: logrotate.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 21 00:00:09 pve systemd[1]: Finished logrotate.service - Rotate log files.
Aug 21 00:17:01 pve CRON[434688]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 00:17:01 pve CRON[434689]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 00:17:01 pve CRON[434688]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 00:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 00:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 01:04:21 pve systemd[1]: Starting pve-daily-update.service - Daily PVE download activities...
Aug 21 01:04:25 pve pveupdate[441086]: <root@pam> starting task UPIDve:0006BB04:01292558:64E29BF9:aptupdate::root@pam:
Aug 21 01:04:31 pve pveupdate[441092]: update new package list: /var/lib/pve-manager/pkgupdates
Aug 21 01:04:46 pve pveupdate[441086]: <root@pam> end task UPIDve:0006BB04:01292558:64E29BF9:aptupdate::root@pam: OK
Aug 21 01:04:46 pve systemd[1]: pve-daily-update.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 21 01:04:46 pve systemd[1]: Finished pve-daily-update.service - Daily PVE download activities.
Aug 21 01:04:46 pve systemd[1]: pve-daily-update.service: Consumed 23.666s CPU time.
Aug 21 01:14:09 pve systemd[1]: Starting apt-daily.service - Daily apt download activities...
Aug 21 01:14:10 pve systemd[1]: apt-daily.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 21 01:14:10 pve systemd[1]: Finished apt-daily.service - Daily apt download activities.
Aug 21 01:14:10 pve systemd[1]: apt-daily.service: Consumed 1.352s CPU time.
Aug 21 01:17:01 pve CRON[443393]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 01:17:01 pve CRON[443394]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 01:17:01 pve CRON[443393]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 01:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 01:33:59 pve systemd[1]: Starting fstrim.service - Discard unused blocks on filesystems from /etc/fstab...
Aug 21 01:34:08 pve fstrim[445685]: /boot/efi: 510.7 MiB (535465984 bytes) trimmed on /dev/sda2
Aug 21 01:34:08 pve fstrim[445685]: /: 17.6 GiB (18857697280 bytes) trimmed on /dev/pve/root
Aug 21 01:34:08 pve systemd[1]: fstrim.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 21 01:34:08 pve systemd[1]: Finished fstrim.service - Discard unused blocks on filesystems from /etc/fstab.
Aug 21 01:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 02:17:01 pve CRON[451498]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 02:17:01 pve CRON[451499]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 02:17:01 pve CRON[451498]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 02:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 02:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 03:10:01 pve CRON[458658]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 03:10:01 pve CRON[458659]: (root) CMD (test -e /run/systemd/system || SERVICE_MODE=1 /sbin/e2scrub_all -A -r)
Aug 21 03:10:01 pve CRON[458658]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 03:17:01 pve CRON[459607]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 03:17:01 pve CRON[459608]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 03:17:01 pve CRON[459607]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 03:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 03:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 04:17:01 pve CRON[467711]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 04:17:01 pve CRON[467712]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 04:17:01 pve CRON[467711]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 04:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 04:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 05:17:01 pve CRON[475822]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 05:17:01 pve CRON[475823]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 05:17:01 pve CRON[475822]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 05:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 05:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 06:17:01 pve CRON[483927]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 06:17:01 pve CRON[483928]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 06:17:01 pve CRON[483927]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 06:22:21 pve systemd[1]: Starting apt-daily.service - Daily apt download activities...
Aug 21 06:22:22 pve systemd[1]: apt-daily.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 21 06:22:22 pve systemd[1]: Finished apt-daily.service - Daily apt download activities.
Aug 21 06:22:22 pve systemd[1]: apt-daily.service: Consumed 1.343s CPU time.
Aug 21 06:25:01 pve CRON[485059]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 06:25:01 pve CRON[485060]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || { cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily; })
Aug 21 06:25:01 pve CRON[485059]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 06:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 06:55:09 pve systemd[1]: Starting apt-daily-upgrade.service - Daily apt upgrade and clean activities...
Aug 21 06:55:10 pve systemd[1]: apt-daily-upgrade.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 21 06:55:10 pve systemd[1]: Finished apt-daily-upgrade.service - Daily apt upgrade and clean activities.
Aug 21 06:55:10 pve systemd[1]: apt-daily-upgrade.service: Consumed 1.355s CPU time.
Aug 21 06:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 07:17:01 pve CRON[492158]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 07:17:01 pve CRON[492159]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 07:17:01 pve CRON[492158]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 07:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 07:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 08:17:01 pve CRON[500270]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 08:17:01 pve CRON[500271]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 08:17:01 pve CRON[500270]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 08:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 08:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 09:17:01 pve CRON[508385]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 09:17:01 pve CRON[508386]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 09:17:01 pve CRON[508385]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 09:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 09:43:21 pve systemd[1]: Starting man-db.service - Daily man-db regeneration...
Aug 21 09:43:22 pve systemd[1]: man-db.service: Deactivated successfully.
Aug 21 09:43:22 pve systemd[1]: Finished man-db.service - Daily man-db regeneration.
Aug 21 09:46:09 pve pvedaemon[959]: <root@pam> successful auth for user 'root@pam'
Aug 21 09:47:12 pve pvedaemon[960]: <root@pam> starting task UPIDve:0007D210:015901F1:64E31680:aptupdate::root@pam:
Aug 21 09:47:18 pve pvedaemon[512528]: update new package list: /var/lib/pve-manager/pkgupdates
Aug 21 09:47:34 pve pvedaemon[960]: <root@pam> end task UPIDve:0007D210:015901F1:64E31680:aptupdate::root@pam: OK
Aug 21 09:48:01 pve pvedaemon[960]: <root@pam> starting task UPIDve:0007D498:01591557:64E316B1:vncshell::root@pam:
Aug 21 09:48:01 pve pvedaemon[513176]: starting termproxy UPIDve:0007D498:01591557:64E316B1:vncshell::root@pam:
Aug 21 09:48:02 pve pvedaemon[958]: <root@pam> successful auth for user 'root@pam'
Aug 21 09:48:17 pve pvedaemon[960]: <root@pam> end task UPIDve:0007D498:01591557:64E316B1:vncshell::root@pam: OK
Aug 21 09:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 10:10:47 pve pvedaemon[958]: <root@pam> successful auth for user 'root@pam'
Aug 21 10:17:01 pve CRON[517322]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 10:17:01 pve CRON[517323]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 10:17:01 pve CRON[517322]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 10:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 10:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 11:17:01 pve CRON[525401]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 11:17:01 pve CRON[525402]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 11:17:01 pve CRON[525401]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 11:27:00 pve kernel: usb 1-1.4: reset full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
Aug 21 11:27:01 pve kernel: usb 3-2: reset full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
Aug 21 11:27:12 pve kernel: usb 1-1.4: reset full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
Aug 21 11:27:13 pve kernel: usb 3-2: reset full-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
Aug 21 11:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 11:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 12:17:01 pve CRON[533562]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 12:17:01 pve CRON[533563]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 12:17:01 pve CRON[533562]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 12:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 12:59:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 13:17:01 pve CRON[541662]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 21 13:17:01 pve CRON[541663]: (root) CMD (cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Aug 21 13:17:01 pve CRON[541662]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Aug 21 13:29:00 pve smartd[603]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], 22 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors
Aug 21 13:45:59 pve pvedaemon[959]: <root@pam> successful auth for user 'root@pam'
Aug 21 13:54:18 pve pvedaemon[959]: <root@pam> successful auth for user 'root@pam'

 

[Moayad]

Thank you for the output!

Can you also provide us with the output of pveversion -v and the output of:

curl https://Proxmox-VE-IP:8006/ -k | grep title

 

[leussink]

Sure!

Version:
proxmox-ve: 8.0.2 (running kernel: 5.15.108-1-pve)
pve-manager: 8.0.4 (running version: 8.0.4/d258a813cfa6b390)
pve-kernel-6.2: 8.0.5
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.0.3
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.4-4
proxmox-kernel-6.2.16-8-pve: 6.2.16-8
proxmox-kernel-6.2: 6.2.16-8
pve-kernel-6.2.16-3-pve: 6.2.16-3
pve-kernel-5.15.108-1-pve: 5.15.108-1
pve-kernel-5.15.85-1-pve: 5.15.85-1
pve-kernel-5.15.83-1-pve: 5.15.83-1
pve-kernel-5.15.53-1-pve: 5.15.53-1
pve-kernel-5.15.39-4-pve: 5.15.39-4
pve-kernel-5.15.39-3-pve: 5.15.39-3
pve-kernel-5.15.35-3-pve: 5.15.35-6
pve-kernel-5.15.35-1-pve: 5.15.35-3
pve-kernel-5.15.30-2-pve: 5.15.30-3
ceph-fuse: 17.2.6-pve1+3
corosync: 3.1.7-pve3
criu: 3.17.1-2
glusterfs-client: 10.3-5
ifupdown2: 3.2.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-4
libknet1: 1.25-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.6
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.4.0
libproxmox-rs-perl: 0.3.1
libpve-access-control: 8.0.4
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.3.1
libpve-common-perl: 8.0.7
libpve-guest-common-perl: 5.0.4
libpve-http-server-perl: 5.0.4
libpve-rs-perl: 0.8.5
libpve-storage-perl: 8.0.2
libspice-server1: 0.15.1-1
lvm2: 2.03.16-2
lxc-pve: 5.0.2-4
lxcfs: 5.0.3-pve3
novnc-pve: 1.4.0-2
proxmox-backup-client: 3.0.2-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 3.0.2-1
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.0.3
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.2.0
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.4.0
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.6.2
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 4.0.6
pve-cluster: 8.0.3
pve-container: 5.0.4
pve-docs: 8.0.4
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20230228-4
pve-firewall: 5.0.3
pve-firmware: 3.7-1
pve-ha-manager: 4.0.2
pve-i18n: 3.0.5
pve-qemu-kvm: 8.0.2-4
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-3
qemu-server: 8.0.6
smartmontools: 7.3-pve1
spiceterm: 3.3.0
swtpm: 0.8.0+pve1
vncterm: 1.8.0
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.12-pve1

curl:
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 2391 100 2391 0 0 47454 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 47820

 

[Moayad]

Thank you for the output!

Have you tried to restart the pveproxy and pvedaemon services? Have you tried to restart the pveproxy and pvedaemon services? maybe the pveproxy service didn't start properly.

systemctl restart pveproxy pvedaemon

If that didn't help you can provide us of the status of the those services as well

 

[leussink]

Looks like everything is running fine now, when trying to load kernel 6.2:

proxmox-ve: 8.0.2 (running kernel: 6.2.16-8-pve)
pve-manager: 8.0.4 (running version: 8.0.4/d258a813cfa6b390)
pve-kernel-6.2: 8.0.5
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.0.3
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.4-4
proxmox-kernel-6.2.16-8-pve: 6.2.16-8
proxmox-kernel-6.2: 6.2.16-8
pve-kernel-6.2.16-3-pve: 6.2.16-3
pve-kernel-5.15.108-1-pve: 5.15.108-1
pve-kernel-5.15.85-1-pve: 5.15.85-1
pve-kernel-5.15.83-1-pve: 5.15.83-1
pve-kernel-5.15.53-1-pve: 5.15.53-1
pve-kernel-5.15.39-4-pve: 5.15.39-4
pve-kernel-5.15.39-3-pve: 5.15.39-3
pve-kernel-5.15.35-3-pve: 5.15.35-6
pve-kernel-5.15.35-1-pve: 5.15.35-3
pve-kernel-5.15.30-2-pve: 5.15.30-3
ceph-fuse: 17.2.6-pve1+3
corosync: 3.1.7-pve3
criu: 3.17.1-2
glusterfs-client: 10.3-5
ifupdown2: 3.2.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-4
libknet1: 1.25-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.6
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.4.0
libproxmox-rs-perl: 0.3.1
libpve-access-control: 8.0.4
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.3.1
libpve-common-perl: 8.0.7
libpve-guest-common-perl: 5.0.4
libpve-http-server-perl: 5.0.4
libpve-rs-perl: 0.8.5
libpve-storage-perl: 8.0.2
libspice-server1: 0.15.1-1
lvm2: 2.03.16-2
lxc-pve: 5.0.2-4
lxcfs: 5.0.3-pve3
novnc-pve: 1.4.0-2
proxmox-backup-client: 3.0.2-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 3.0.2-1
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.0.3
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.2.0
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.4.0
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.6.2
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 4.0.6
pve-cluster: 8.0.3
pve-container: 5.0.4
pve-docs: 8.0.4
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20230228-4
pve-firewall: 5.0.3
pve-firmware: 3.7-1
pve-ha-manager: 4.0.2
pve-i18n: 3.0.5
pve-qemu-kvm: 8.0.2-4
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-3
qemu-server: 8.0.6
smartmontools: 7.3-pve1
spiceterm: 3.3.0
swtpm: 0.8.0+pve1
vncterm: 1.8.0
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.12-pve1

I only don't know why I'm still having a black screen when connecting a monitor to my mini PC.

Any idea how to solve this?

 

[Moayad]

Can you ssh to your server?

 

[leussink]

Yes I can login with Putty from my Windows laptop and login as root with SSH.

Also the GUI is working. I only get a black screen when connecting a monitor to my mini PC.

 

[leussink]

See here the screen before it turns black: https://ibb.co/xJTgdyG