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underhunter2021-01-14 12:17:17
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underhunter, 2021-01-14 12:17:17

When starting Whonix on VirtualBox, when I try to start Whonix-Workstation, it says "critical error" and the computer hangs?

Has anyone come across such a problem?
When starting Whonix on VirtualBox, when I try to start Whonix-Workstation, it says "critical error" and the computer hangs.

The most interesting thing is that Whonix-Gateway (gateway) starts without problems. When I try to start Whonix-Workstation, the computer seems to hang, no windows pop up with errors, the mouse cursor freezes, it is difficult to move, I was able to click on the VirtualBox window where I found "CRITICAL ERROR" in the Whonix-Workstation section and eventually , after a couple of minutes of torment, the computer screen goes blank but the mouse cursor remains and even moves, although always in different ways ((
sometimes everything just hangs
, you can tell me where to read about errors \ reasons \ ways to

solve Windows 10 pro
core isolation is disabled
Hyper-V enabled
CPU - A8-7650K APU processor supports AMD Virtualization Technology (AMD-V)

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sapogi86, 2022-04-10
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Most likely, the problem arose due to a lack of RAM on the physical machine (your PC). During startup, there is a reserve of RAM for the virtual machine, by default, the gateway and workspace account for more than 3 GB of RAM, because of this, your main system crashes (because apparently the amount of your RAM is less than or equal to 4 GB) . It will be optimal to edit the reserve of RAM when creating a virtual machine: for Whonix gateway at least 750 MB; for Whonix workstation not less than 1500 MB. These values ​​have been determined empirically and are only suitable for the simplest tasks.

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