Debian 9.6 black screen after installation in VirtualBox

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SpaceQuester
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Debian 9.6 black screen after installation in VirtualBox

Post by SpaceQuester »

How can I run the Debian 9.6 after correct installation in virtual machine?

I see only black screen.
socratis
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Re: Debian 9.6 black screen after installation in VirtualBox

Post by socratis »

We need to see a complete VBox.log, from a complete VM run:
  • Start the VM from cold-boot (not from a paused or saved state) / Observe problem / Shutdown the VM (force close it if you have to).
  • With the VM completely shut down (not paused or saved), right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log".
  • Save only the first "VBox.log", ZIP it and attach it to your response. See the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form.
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frankcris
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Re: Debian 9.6 black screen after installation in VirtualBox

Post by frankcris »

I'm also having the same issue, black screen with a blinking cursor.
Please see my attachment for the first log.

Thanks!
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scottgus1
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Re: Debian 9.6 black screen after installation in VirtualBox

Post by scottgus1 »

Frankcris, I don't see anything unusual in your log. Everything seems fine up to booting from the hard disk:
00:00:07.116123 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Booting from Hard Disk...
00:00:22.210353 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: KBD: int09h_handler(): scancode & asciicode are zero?
00:00:26.579247 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: KBD: int09h_handler(): scancode & asciicode are zero?
00:00:26.752305 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: KBD: int09h_handler(): scancode & asciicode are zero?
00:01:17.038369 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: KBD: int09h_handler(): scancode & asciicode are zero?
00:01:17.211453 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: KBD: int09h_handler(): scancode & asciicode are zero?
A few efforts to interact, then nothing (meaning that the log was taken while the guest is still running). However there's nothing in the log to show why your guest is just blinking.

I don't think there's anything that Virtualbox can do to help this. Try troubleshooting as if this were a real PC that booted up one day with a blinking cursor. You gotta Google this one.
suatkc
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Re: Debian 9.6 black screen after installation in VirtualBox

Post by suatkc »

Sorry for necrobumping.
I am experiencing same problem now.
Solve that problem re-installing grub in rescue mode. Also i re-check the partition sda for grub (/dev/sda). Somehow i made the selection of first option (whole disk). After correct this, black screen's gone.
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