Ubuntu – VirtualBox crashes Ubuntu 16.04 vm’s

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Host: xubuntu 16.04 amd64
Guests: xubuntu 16.04 and lubuntu 16.04

The vm crash right away when booting for the very first time from the desktop iso's. The screen gets garbled. And that's it. The picture shows the xubuntu 16.04 screen. Lubuntu's 16.04 looks evenly strange.

Lubuntu lets me select a language. Xubuntu crashes after the dot animation. xubuntu 15.10 seems to install properly.

Is this a known problem?

Forgot to mention this is VirtualBox 5.0.18_Ubuntu r106667.

Best Answer

Not really a solution, but to work around the problem, you have to issue the guest OS Ctrl+Alt+F2 followed by Ctrl+Alt+F7. This will cycle through the TTY and back to X11, therefore restoring resolution to the correct value. In order to issue the Ctrl+Alt+FX combo you should press Host_key+FX. (Host_key is by default mapped to the Right Ctrl key in VirtualBox). Oracle seems to consider this a bug in Ubuntu, and therefore will not try to solve it.

Alternativey, you may also reinstall and run Ubuntu on "EFI mode". Makes the issue disappear, and seems to work well enough for me.

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When you add a new network adapter and set a gateway, it becomes "default gateway" and all Internet traffic is redirected through it, in your case gateway 192.168.1.1.

Try to remove/comment gateway 192.168.1.1 in your network settings. I also use two network adapters.

First one is "NAT" type and is for Internet access and is set to dhcp. Second in "Host-only" for connection between virtual machines and is static IP. Don't set gateway to it, because it's only for connection between the VMs.

You also need to add "Host-only" adapter form File → Preferences → Networks → Host only Networks.

Here you can find detailed explanation http://www.slideshare.net/powerhan96/networking-between-host-and-guest-v-ms-in-virtual-box, and here is my /etc/network/interfaces

# The Loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

#The Primary network interface
auto enp0s3
iface enp0s3 inet dhcp

#The secondary network interface (host-only)
auto enp0s8
iface enp0s8 inet static
    address 192.168.56.101
    network 192.168.56.0
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    broadcast 192.168.56.255
    #gateway 192.168.56.1 NOTE: remove/comment gateway or set enp0s3 as a default gateway.

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My problem was solved by installing the Virtual Box expansion pack (can be located on the VirtualBox downloads page), and also installing the guest additions ON my VM.

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