Stuck on Kali logo - no login screen appears

[Dandypandy]

Hi all

Wonder if you can help me. I am trying to import a ready made VMBox ISO for Kali Linux v2020.1 on Oracle VMBox v6.1

The installer loads however I get stuck on the Kali logo - it doesn't progress. I've followed all the installation and config instructions and enabled Virtualisation in BIOS etc so cannot understand why it won't let me log in.

I've uploaded the error log if that helps?

[scottgus1]

Start the guest from full power off, not save-state. Run until you see the problem happen, then shut down the guest from within the guest OS if possible. If not possible, close the Virtualbox window for the guest with the Power Off option set.

Please right-click the guest in the main Virtualbox window's guest list, choose Show Log. Save the far left tab's log, zip the log file, and post the zip file, using the forum's Upload Attachment tab.

[Dandypandy]

Here is the zipped log

[scottgus1]

Your log contains these lines:

{timestamp} HM: HMR3Init: Attempting fall back to NEM: VT-x is not available
{timestamp} NEM: WHvCapabilityCodeHypervisorPresent is TRUE, so this might work...

You might notice in the guest window's Status Bar the green turtle: The choice of animal is appropriate: Your guest is running, just really slow. Or it might guru-meditate. This is because a service that uses Microsoft Hyper-V is running on your host PC. Normally Hyper-V blocks Virtualbox. But your PC is of the type and OS where Virtualbox can attempt to run the guest using the Hyper-V engine. This arrangement is still being developed and isn't 100% yet.

If VirtualBox is running without Hyper-V enabled, and nothing else is interfering with hardware virtualization (VT-x / AMD-V), then the usual virtualization icon () will be seen in the Status Bar.

To turn Hyper-V off completely, do this:

1. Shut down all programs. You will have to reboot your host.

2. Look into I have a 64bit host, but can't install 64bit guests, 2nd post, points 2 & 3 and ensure that none of these things are running.

3. Find the Command Prompt icon, right click it and choose Run As Administrator.

4. Enter this command:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

5. Enter this command:

shutdown -s -t 2

6. When the computer turns off, unplug it for 20 seconds. Then plug it in again and boot up Windows 10.

Your Virtualbox should be running now. If the green turtle still appears and the tell-tale lines are in the log, try all the steps again. If you don't get the standard virtualization icon, post back exactly what you did and we'll try to help some more.

For further info, see https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/139 ... puter.html

[Dandypandy]

Amazing, this fixed it ! Thanks so much

[scottgus1]

Great! Glad you're up and running.

[rkshobhit]

Hi,

Kali Linux stuck during boot.

LOGS attached

[multiOS]

@rkshobhit

Your Log shows exactly the same problem as previously described by scottgus1, so I suggest you follow exactly the same advice he provided.

[scottgus1]

Locking to prevent an emerging rash of me-too's.