Kali hangs trying to start

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cyberbum
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Kali hangs trying to start

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I installed Kali Linux in a Virtualbox VM. It ran fine for a couple of months then started coming up to the Kali Linux logo and hang there. It is Virtualbox 6.1.18 and Kali 2021.1. I had installed Kali on a laptop, same version and it works fine.
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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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cyberbum
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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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I checked and dont have HyperV set. See Image. I looked through the log file and dont find the text the other post was talking about. I must be overlooking something. I will add the log file in a response to the post.
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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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I am attaching the log file after running the commands in the recommended post.
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cyberbum
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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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I have Windows XP running in a Virtualbox VM and it loads fine. Kali also runs fine on my laptop. I deleted the old Kali VM, created a new one and loaded Kali and it does the same thing.
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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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cyberbum wrote: I looked through the log file and dont find the text the other post was talking about
the second posted log wrote:00:00:02.922783 HM: HMR3Init: Attempting fall back to NEM: AMD-V is not available
Looks like you'll need to bone up on that search function. :lol:

Hyper-V is still enabled.
the NEM tutorial wrote:If you don't get the standard virtualization icon, post back exactly what you did and we'll try to help some more.
cyberbum
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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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I finally got it working. This is Windows 10 Pro. I did all your suggestions. Everything showed Hyper-V was not running. I think I remember turning on Memory integrity under Core Isolation. What could that hurt? Ha Ha That seems to be it.
It is working again. I turned it Off.

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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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Great! Glad you're up and running.
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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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My Kali was working fine April 14. I upgraded Virtualbox to version 6.1.22 r144080 and it trys to come up but gets a screen that says "Oh no! Something has gone wrong." I try to run OpenVAS Ubuntu and it gets a VIrtualBoxVM.exe application error.
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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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Your Hyper-V is back on.

Search for that special text first before posting a problem. If you find it, then turn Hyper-V off per the posted tutorial, then try the VM again.
cyberbum
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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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The problem I have had is it not showing it HyperV is running. I have followed your instructions about turning it off from the command line and it didnt change anything. I will try again. I am surprised that the UBuntu VM is crashiing now and it didnt before I upgraded VirtualBox.
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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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When I tried running the commands to turn off HyperV I get the message in the screenshot.
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Re: Kali hangs trying to start

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The DISM command may have failed because 'Hyper-V' could be off, and it may not be necessary. Continue with the tutorial steps.

Other things may have happened when your Virtualbox was upgraded, such as a Windows update.
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