Fixing INSTALL_IMAGE_LOADER_TIMED_OUT Error 52 on Crostini Linux Terminal for Chromebook
When booting up the Ubuntu shell on my Chromebook, it usually just works. However, After I updated to a new version of Chromebook OS, I was getting this error:
- vmshell failed:
- Error starting crostini for terminal:
- 52 (INSTALL_IMAGE_LOADER_TIMED_OUT)
First, I restarted my Chromebook but the error persisted after restarting. So I turned to Bing Copilot:

source: Bing
Open Crosh: ctrl + alt + T
Stop The Termina Container in Crosh
vmc stop termina
Start The Termina Container in Crosh
vmc start termina
The vmc command is used to manage Linux containers from Crosh. After I entered these two vmc commands, the error was resolved. My Crostini Linux shell is functional again!