VirtualBox – How to Install Lubuntu Desktop 17.04 on VM VirtualBox

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(NOTE) I do not think this is a problem with VM VirtualBox, Previously I have installed Ubuntu server 17.04 and Ubuntu desktop 17.04 on it (both 32-bit). Ubuntu desktop was slow and unstable (random crashes) so I that is why I am trying to install Lubuntu 17.04 desktop 32-bit.

I am trying to install from an .iso file, I am able to get the menu where it says:

Try Lubuntu without installing
install Lubuntu
Test memory
Check disc for defects (BTW have done this, no defects found)
etc

I click install lubuntu.
Then before I can do anything a black screen appears and then boom, this weird distorted screen appears. (This happened when installing Ubuntu 17.04 as well, but I was able use try Ubuntu without installing to get past this).

The problem is I get the same blue screen distortion when I try "Try Lubuntu without installing". So There is no way I can install Lubuntu.

Also note, when I press keys I see weird white lines show up, which I think are characters, so I think it may be a display problem?

I have allocated 1024 MB ram, 48 MB video memory 8 GB.vdi. Here an image of the distorted screen

Best Answer

On the Virtualbox site there is an argument about whether this is an Ubuntu or virtualbox problem. However there is a simple workaround.

When you see the garbled screen

hit Right Ctrl+F1 (to switch to a console display).
switch back to the graphical display, with Right Ctrl+F7.

This should clean up your display.

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Fix Lubuntu 17.04 LiveUSB Boot Hang – Troubleshooting Guide

The Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator in the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS family (including Lubuntu) is buggy. The new version introduced in version 16.04 LTS is a cloning tool and much more reliable.

You can use another cloning tool in order to make USB boot drives in Lubuntu 14.04 LTS, for example Disks alias gnome-disks, which is part of the release, and mkusb, which you can install from a ppa according to the following link.

help.ubuntu.com/community/mkusb

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mkusb/ppa  # and press Enter
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mkusb mkusb-nox usb-pack-efi

Cloning is a very reliable method to create an Ubuntu USB boot drive, and will eliminate several problems. But there are other things, that can cause problems, for example

Bad download: Please check that the md5sum of the iso file matches the listed value at

help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes
ACPI, APIC ... : There may still be problems that can be worked around with boot options.
graphics: You may have problems with the graphics chip/card, that can be fixed temporarily with the boot option nomodeset and later on fixed in the installed system with a proprietary driver.

Edit: Now that I know that you have an nvidia card, I think that you need the boot option nomodeset to run with simple graphics, and after installation you should install a proprietary graphics driver. There are several questions with good answers about that at AskUbuntu, for example How do I install the Nvidia drivers?
wifi: You may have problems with the wifi chip/card, that can be fixed in the installed system with a proprietary driver.

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Ubuntu – Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS – No option to try without installing

Yes, in that case you should get the Desktop edition. You can always find the currently supported Lubuntu releases on its official web page, though you need to scroll down a bit for the 16.04 release.

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