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Error starting Ubuntu guest on Windows host
Posted: 21. Aug 2020, 15:00
by hallmichaelr
Hi all,
I've been having mega trouble with my Ubuntu VM today, although it's been working perfectly for a long time. Upon startup the machine just stops. Logs and image attached.
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Re: Error starting Ubuntu guest on Windows host
Posted: 21. Aug 2020, 15:48
by scottgus1
The zip file is empty, it contains no log file.
Before you post a new zip, open your log file and search for:
Attempting fall back to NEM
If this text is in the log file, then Hyper-V is enabled. See
HMR3Init: Attempting fall back to NEM (Hyper-V is active).
Re: Error starting Ubuntu guest on Windows host
Posted: 21. Aug 2020, 16:14
by hallmichaelr
Wow thanks! That's exactly it. Disabled Hyper-V and my VM is now happy again.
The issue seems to be that I attempted an install of Docker on my Host to troubleshoot an issue, and that a) didn't work and b) broke Virtualbox.

Re: Error starting Ubuntu guest on Windows host
Posted: 21. Aug 2020, 17:50
by scottgus1
Great! Glad you're up and running.