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Black screen at guest login (boot process is normal)

Posted: 6. Jan 2020, 11:55
by Stephen 1985
Sorry for posting yet another 'black screen' problem.

I'm running 6.0.14 r133895 with an osboxes dot org Debian guest. Everything was fine when I first installed things (about 6-8 weeks ago IIRC). About a month ago I responded to the popup and updated VirtualBox to the current version and then the problem appeared.

So, I start the guest, the new screen window appears, and I can see the usual Debian startup messages. When I expect to see the login screen, the window goes black. Then Click on View -> virtual screen 1 -> anything, and the login page appears as expected. Everything works then.

Anything obvious?

Regards, S

Re: Black screen at guest login (boot process is normal)

Posted: 10. Aug 2020, 10:07
by Stephen 1985
Reinstalling Guest Additions fixed it. I guess that the update either broke or uninstalled it. Regards, S

Re: Black screen at guest login (boot process is normal)

Posted: 11. Aug 2020, 03:36
by scottgus1
Thanks very much, Stephen, for letting us know. Glad you're up and running!