- VM Version 6.1.22 r144080 6.1.16 r140961 (Qt5.6.2)
- logs attached (3D acceleration OFF/ON)
- GA is installed in guest (6.1.16 r140961)
- host: Windows 10 64bit
- guest: Red Hat 64bit
- pc: HP Probook 6570b
I've been unable to get a Linux guest OS to boot properly after importing an existing VM. The VM was shared by a co-worker who has shared this VM before and others have been able to boot without issue. Initially, the guest OS would boot to a black screen and simply hang with the log showing the guest resolution resetting numerous times before hanging.
I tried changing numerous settings with no luck until enabling 3D acceleration. After enabling 3D acceleration, the guest OS will boot to the login screen, however, logging in with the correct password will hang the guest OS on a black screen. The log seems to show the virtual display turns off after logging in:From "No login - 3D acc OFF - Centos 8 Dev environment-2021-05-17-10-48-20.log":
00:04:51.697552 Display::i_handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=800 h=600 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0 flags=0x2 origin=0,0
00:04:51.853978 Display::i_handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=000000000d480000 w=800 h=600 bpp=32 cbLine=0xC80 flags=0x1 origin=0,0
00:04:51.854770 GUI: UIMachineLogic: Guest-screen count changed
above repeated 5 more times over 1min
Any ideas on what may be causing the issue?From "Login screen - 3D acc ON- Centos 8 Dev environment-2021-05-17-11-01-10.log":
00:01:58.443145 Audio Mixer: Setting recording source of sink '[Recording] Line In' to '[Line-In] DirectSound'
00:03:38.828171 Display::i_handleDisplayResize: uScreenId=0 pvVRAM=0000000000000000 w=800 h=600 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0 flags=0x2 origin=0,0
There are two similar posts from what I could find referencing an observation about the guest display made by fth0, but the solutions mentioned in each aren't working for my situation:
Black screen stuck at startup of Xubuntu posted by apotheosis27
Black Screen on boot up posted by BattleFrog36
I have Hyper-V disabled in Windows settings. Aside from 3D acceleration, here is a list of options I have tried at this point:
- Setting base memory to 4096 MB / 10240 MB
- Setting processors to 1 CPU / 2 CPUs
- Setting Paravirtualization interface to Default / None / KVM
- Setting video memory to 12 MB / 128 MB / 256 MB
- Setting the Graphics controller to VMSVGA / VBoxVGA
- Resizing the guest window when hanging
- Uninstall/reinstall Virtualbox
- Installing other versions of Virtualbox (5.2 / 6.0 / 6.1.22 r144080)
- Re-downloading the imported environment