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Instead, I get an error in the status area saying:\r\n```\r\n\r\nError starting VM: <vm-name>\r\nCannot execute qrexec-daemon!\r\n```\r\n\r\n### Steps to reproduce the behavior:\r\n\r\nPerform any action that should start a VM.  Including new VMs that you create after this error starts, old/existing VMs, template VMs, etc.\r\n\r\n### General notes:\r\n\r\nEDIT: I have played with this more since writing, so let me add that I think the problem is that the sys-net VM will not start, and therefore the others won't start (giving the error message above).  If I create a new NetVM and attach the firewall to it, then the other VMs start.\r\n\r\nExcept that sometimes if the moon is right and I reboot, the sys-net VM starts, and everything is good.\r\n\r\nIt is important to note that I followed the command line instructions here:\r\nhttps://www.qubes-os.org/doc/anonymizing-your-mac-address/\r\n\r\nAlso, if I detach the network devices from the sys-net VM, then it starts and so does everything else.  Without networking of course.\r\n\r\nSo I think the problem is that the setup in that link, when executed on a NetVM that has the network interfaces attached, combines to make that VM unbootable.  And if other VMs depend on that VM, none of them are bootable.\r\n\r\nI no longer think the issue has to do with creating and cancelling the creation of a VM as originally mentioned (below), except that when I rebooted the above problem magically started.\r\n\r\nOriginal post follows:\r\n\r\nBefore I had this problem, I had been creating a new VM, and I hit \"Cancel\" halfway through the creation process because I realized that I was using the wrong template.  But that process was buggy because when I tried to create the template again, although it was not in the list, I was not allowed to use the same name again.  I got an error to the effect that the name is already in use.\r\n\r\nAt that point, I tried a reboot.  The reboot took more than 5 minutes, so I manually turned the computer off by holding the power button.\r\n\r\nMaybe it's significant that one domain that was open at the time of reboot currently has a log entry (qrexec.personal.log) saying:\r\n```\r\ndomain dead\r\ncannot connect to qrexec agent: No such process\r\n\r\n```\r\nHowever the other domains do not have this log entry.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n#### Related issues:\r\n\r\nPlease see above.  And thank you for reading.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/comments/319615895","html_url":"https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2882#issuecomment-319615895","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2882","id":319615895,"user":{"login":"stone212","id":26020999,"avatar_url":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/26020999?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/stone212","html_url":"https://github.com/stone212","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stone212/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stone212/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stone212/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stone212/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stone212/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stone212/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stone212/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stone212/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/stone212/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2017-08-02T09:12:35Z","updated_at":"2017-08-02T09:12:35Z","body":"Yes, that was good advice.  Okay, two new items:\r\n\r\n1. For any VM that would not start, I can make it start if I change its NetVM to \"none\"\r\n\r\n2. The problem goes away if I completely shut down the computer and then start up cold.  The problem only happens on soft reboot of the computer.  So that means it is much less serious now.  But still a bug.\r\n\r\nPerhaps there is output from the shutdown process that you would like me to share?  Or from the boot process?"}}
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