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Whilst I was away (from the forum) I did a bit more research and stumbled upon an old bug reported first to VirtualBox and then to Ubuntu (Launchpad): https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/13615 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1443853 From these I got a temporary workaround ...

I didn't get that far! The install went well, I was going to install the guest additions after a reboot, but on restarting the screen just stayed blank (cannot remember if that was after the Ubuntu splash screen or straight after the BIOS page), eventually decided to power off the VM, restarted agai...

Nope. It was working, but something messed up the install - black screen on reboot. So I tried booting from the ISO again to re-install (with 3D acceleration set to off) and I am getting the same messed up graphics at the same point regardless of the setting of the 3D acceleration.

Any other ideas?

That seems to work - I have just started the install (without 3D acceleration). I will try turning it back on after a reboot later.
I assumed that because most of my other VMs have 3D acceleration turned on that it should work and install that way.

Many Thanks.

Craig

Hi I am sure I have had this issue before and read how to fix it, but I am struggling to find the search term to find the solution. So I am hoping someone here can help me. :D I have a few Ubuntu guests already and a Debian one too (created under a previous VB version), but I thought I would create ...