Description (last modified by frank) ( diff )¶. When starting any (Ubuntu, FreeDos, Windows) virtual machine (either bootable iso image or vdi file) in VirtualBox on Ubuntu 8.04.1 there is only black screen displayed and the VM doesn't start at all. In 1.6.x vesrions a gray background of the bootable image could be seen when it's stopped, in 2.x it's all black.
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If VirtualBox suddenly displays a black screen without any text or mouse cursor when you are trying to boot a guest operating system, then read on as this post will guide you in fixing such issue. This black screen occurs when Windows 10 failed to provide a specific setting that VirtualBox requires. Consequently, you will not be able to install or use any guest operating system in VirtualBox even if your PC has a virtualization support, the best thing you can do now is to fix this black screen issue.
There are two ways you can fix this black screen in VirtualBox, you can either try to disable Hyber-V or disable 3D Acceleration. For more details, refer to each one of the given options below.
Hyper-V is a built-in virtualization tool available in Windows that helps users in creating a virtual machine as well as install a guest operating system without using any third party tool like VMware, VirtualBox, and many more. However, the problem with this virtualization tool is that some systems cannot run it and VirtualBox simultaneously which is most likely why the screen abruptly turns into black. Thus, you have to disable Hyper-V to resolve the problem. How? Refer to these steps:
The guest operating system will use the host computer’s GPU to render 3D graphics if you enable the 3D Acceleration for the virtual machine. To simply put it, it will enhance the graphics of the virtual machine and will let you use 3D graphics. Although it may seem nice, it can actually cause the black screen to appear as well so you might have to disable it to isolate the problem. In fact, a lot of operating systems have failed to use the 3D Acceleration for the guest operating system because of this black screen issue. To disable it, follow these steps:
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Registered and fully updated Windows 10 Pro. I downloaded VirtualBox today (button says 5.2 but it redirects to 5.1.2) so it is 5.1.2. It is strange already since O/S is 64 bit and it does not offer the installation of 64 bit Linux systems, only 32 bit ones. So I tried to install both Ubuntu and Debian. The result is about the same, boot starts, on Debian there is the installation windows (so I choose either GUI or command line install), on Ubuntu the little boot logo shows in the lower area.