[SOLVED] Windows 11 VM locked?

[zappa]

I have a windows 11 pro VM installed on proxmox 7.2-3. Everything works fine and I can use it, but if I decide to lock windows and come back some time later, I can no longer unlock it, as it doesnt respond to any key-press or mouse input at all. I can see the locked screen just fine, but I cant interact with it at all.

What to do?

 

[zappa]

After further investigation, it looks like that the problem has to do with SPICE.
As long as I have SPICE selected as display output it stops responding after some time of inactivity.

But if I choose standard VGA, it works normally and doesnt time out.

 

[zappa]

Solved it by updating ProxMox, and it now works as it should.

Turns out that since I have the "free" version of ProxMox, I cant see all the latest updates, so had to go in and change the update repo in order to get all the latest updates.

Here is a simple guide on how to do that for those that are new here:

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2022/08/proxmox-update-no-subscription-repository-configuration/