I’m using a MacBook pro M1 with Parallels Desktop version 19.2.1, and while I have other Trellis/Bedrock websites running smoothly, I’m encountering an issue with a new installation.
I recently set up a brand new Trellis/Bedrock installation using trellis-cli, and I’m running into an issue when I try to bring up my Vagrant environment with trellis up. I keep encountering this error:
==> default: Mounting shared folders...
default: /vagrant => /Users/xxx/Documents/xxx/wordpress-websites/xxx.net/trellis
Vagrant was unable to mount Parallels Desktop shared folders. This is usually
because the filesystem "prl_fs" is not available. This filesystem is
made available via the Parallels Tools and kernel module.
Please verify that these guest tools are properly installed in the
guest. This is not a bug in Vagrant and is usually caused by a faulty
Vagrant box. For context, the command attempted was:
mount -t prl_fs -o uid=1000,gid=1000,_netdev vagrant /vagrant
The error output from the command was:
/vagrant: unknown filesystem type 'prl_fs'.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
I’ve already tried running vagrant destroy && vagrant up a couple of times, but I keep getting the same issue. It looks like it might be related to the Parallels tools or kernel module not being properly installed.
Has anyone encountered this before or have any suggestions on how to fix this?
I’m currently using Parallels Desktop 19.2.1, so I don’t believe the issue is related to the version of Parallels.
Can I ask which Vagrant box you’re using? Is it ‘bento/ubuntu-22.04’ or ‘bento/ubuntu-24.04’?
I’ve noticed that when I downgrade to ‘bento/ubuntu-22.04’, the VM provisions successfully; which suggests the problem might be specific to the 24.04 box.
do i need to update Parallels Desktop if I want “bento/ubuntu-24.04” ?
Thanks for the suggestion! I also tried adding vagrant_mount_type: 'parallels' on a brand new project, but I’m still seeing the same error.
As I mentioned earlier, everything works fine when I use the Vagrant box bento/ubuntu-22.04. However, switching to bento/ubuntu-24.04 results in the issue.
I’m not sure if this is due to needing Parallels Desktop version 20 for full compatibility with Ubuntu 24.04, or if it’s unrelated and caused by something else entirely.
I got to step 3, I selected prl-tools-lin-arm.iso and connected the image, but I’m not sure how to access the GUI to complete step 4. Maybe this is a stupid question, but I’ve actually never used the GUI in Ubuntu before.