Problem with Natty under VirtualBox

[Jim Byrnes]

On 06/23/2011 11:18 AM, Donald Talbert wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 18:51 +0300, Donkey Hottie wrote:
>> 23.6.2011 18:10, Donald Talbert kirjoitti:
>>> On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 13:11 +0300, Donkey Hottie wrote:
>>>> I have the latest VirtualBox on a 64bit Windows 7 Home Premium.
>>>>
>>>> Under that I have 64 bit Debian Squeeze, and 32 bit Natty Narwhal. The
>>>> Debian runs fine, but the Ubuntu installation is hard to boot. I need to
>>>> "reset" it many times, it usually just puts out a black screen and
>>>> hangs. After many resets it finally boots very quickly and works then fine.
>>>>
>>>> That problem was not with earlier versions of Ubuntu.
>>>>
>>>> That might be a conflict with VirtualBox and current GRUB, or current
>>>> Ubuntu Kernel, I don't know.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone rings any bells? Maybe some kernel parameter to GRUB config? This
>>>> is irritating.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> You are installing the virtual box drivers and letting it build a kernel
>>> for it on first boot right? (Devices, Install Guest Additions) That
>>> makes a world of difference for virtual machines.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, guest additions are installed.
>>
>>> If it's not that check your settings make sure your giving enough ram
>>> and if you have a slow processor maybe give 2 cores. Also make sure your
>>> processor supports and is turned on virtualization Acceleration (BIOS:
>>> AMDV etc).
>>>
>>
>> I have Core i7 processor, and all virtualization options are on. I run
>> VMware server on this machine too (Debian clients), and everything works
>> fine, except that Ubuntu under VirtualBox.
>>
>>> I never had any problems with Ubuntu inside a virtual machine on a AMD
>>> Phenom II 1090T (or 955) BE with Virtualbox with both my host system as
>>> Ubuntu&  Windows 7. :) Let us know what you find out.
>>>
>>
>> This is strange. Earlier Ubuntus worked fine too, but not the latest.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>
> Yeah odd... just a shot in a dark. Try turning on 3D Acceleration and
> give a good bit of Video RAM. See if that helps? Also just to be sure
> you should give it at least 1GB of system RAM just for testing to rule
> out any issue with memory.
>
> On Google quite a few people have problems with Ubuntu 11.04 and Virtual
> Box... Some say to select classic mode at the login screen so unity
> doesn't try to run.
>
>

Which flavor of Virtual Box are you running?  I had to switch to the 
PUEL version to get Natty to run.

Regards,  Jim