id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 2245 Virtualbox 1.6.x - 2.0 black screen when starting any VM netoor "When starting any (Ubuntu, !FreeDos, Windows) virtual machine (either bootable iso image or vdi file) in !VirtualBox on Ubuntu 8.04.1 there is only black screen displayed and the VM doesn't start at all. In 1.6.x vesrions a gray background of the bootable image could be seen when it's stopped, in 2.x it's all black. !VirtualBox is installed from deb package successfully but isn't working. '''PC configuration:''' * Intel based motherboard i945G, 1GB, Celeron 2530MHz, S-ATA 80GB, integrated graphics. OS: Ubuntu 8.04.1 (russian) Threads on the forum, that I've tried with no success (for example IO APIC support,e etc): * http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=6369 * http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=9178" defect closed other VirtualBox 2.0.2 fixed other Linux