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Gazebo freezes inside the virtual machine

Choose a workable environment for simulation without buying unnecessary hardware.

Pairs with Choose the right environment in Robotics Development Setup & Recovery. Read the concept first, then diagnose it here.

Open repair workspace

Operator report

Gazebo runs at 2 FPS while the host has 16 GB RAM and integrated graphics.

Ubuntu 24.04 setup emulator, isolated disk images, Linux recovery shell, ROS 2 Jazzy

System boundary

Trace only the relevant path.

host hardwarevirtual machine allocationGazebo renderer

How this lab works

You diagnose it — no command list.

Open the repair workspace and gather your own evidence in a real terminal. No diagnostic commands are handed to you — finding the fault is the exercise. Stuck? Progressive hints unlock inside the workspace.

Verification

Your repair must pass more than the visible symptom.

  • Renderer is accelerated
  • Demo world exceeds 25 FPS
  • Hidden regression behavior
  • Root cause explanation