Got a Blank Screen After Importing Kali in Virtual Box ? Here’s How To Fix It
One of the most common questions that I get in my courses if not the most common questions is “I imported virtual box image, started the machine and got a blank black screen”, this is basically just a black screen with a cursor on the top left (something similar to the screenshot below), if you’re getting this as well don’t worry, this post will help you fix it.
There are a number of reasons that might cause this issue:
First make sure you downloaded the right version for your computer, so when downloading Kali
- Make sure you download it from here (https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-vmware-virtualbox-image-download/),
- Make sure you click on the virtual box tab to download the virtual box image.
- Download the 32 bit version if your computer is 32 bits, otherwise use the 64 but version.
- The downloaded file should have a .ova extension, if it doesn’t then you did NOT download the right file.
If you’re already using the right version then make sure that hardware virtualisation or VT is enabled from your bios, this is different depending on your computer, the usual procedure is.
- reboot your computer.
- Look for instructions (on the bottom of the screen) on how to enter bios settings .
- In the settings look for VT or hardware virtualisation, enable it, save and quit.
If you need more help then google How to enable virtualisation on <computer model>, replace <computer model> with your computer model.
If none of the above fixed the issue for you then right click the virtual machine name from virtual box, go to settings > General and make sure that the type is set to Linux and version is set to Debian 64 or Debian 32 depending on the Kali version you downloaded.
If you tried everything above and Kali is still not starting, then try increasing the video memory, this is a solution suggested by a user here “Asadmammadov” , to do that right click the virtual machine name from virtual box, go to settings > System and try increasing the video memory at least over the minimum level.
Tag:black screen, blank, kali, virtual box, vt
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Happy to be a member in this community..Zaid thanks for sharing your knowledge..
Great!!!!
hi, first of all thanks for the great course. it is very interesting.
and about black screen problem, in my case i got same error because of video memory dedicated for kali, i controlled it was less than 4 mb and vm had alredy messaged out that it is below the minimum level, so after increasing display memory from settings kali opened normally.
Thanks for the suggestion, I have included it there in the post.
Hello, thanks for your efforts zaid 🙂
but if i may, i can’t access the tutorial to create ad network, can you please send me the link for it?
big thanks.
Sure here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0PMFg-oAEs&t=3s
wow, that’s a fast reply 🙂
big thanks, it worked !
keep up the good work.
Hello sir, sorry for inconvenience;
i just can’t find anywhere else to ask you, i got your tutorial about cracking wifi, but at section Mac address changing, after following the exact steps and when typing “macchanger –random wlan0” -> it lists the old mac and new mac addresses but followed by ..
“Network driver didn’t actually change to the new MAC!!”
any help please .. ?
thanks and best regards.
hi What Happpen with this https://ibb.co/ksuYPx? , I can run my kali linus on virtual box
How did you resolved this issue? I’m having the same problem.
Settings > USB > select Disable
Im trying to change my VM setting on Kali Linux. But when I try to change the setting: Display settings. It is grayed out, and I cannot change it.
Same problem with me…even after enabling VT I am getting black screen…please do help me
turn off USB on kali-linux setting
If you having blank screen issues just disable USB on setting
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Kali-Linux-2018.4-vbox-amd64.
VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for all CPU modes (VERR_VMX_MSR_ALL_VMX_DISABLED).
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}
what to do at this point
You need to enable Virtualization for your laptop, only then you can use Virtual Machines.
Steps are simple as below:
1. Shutdown if laptop is on
2. Start up the laptop and press F10 ( that is the time when laptop is booting ) @ windows 10 OS.
3. You will be presented with BIOS settings screen
4. Navigate to tab next to security
5. Use arrow keys to come to Virtualization, and use enter key or keys showed at the bottom of the screen
6. Change virtualization to enabled and exit with save option.
Now start up the laptop again, it should work this time.
Thank You,
Srinivas ( http://testingtools.co )
i use the ASRock AB350M-HDV and it was enabled. so i was realy confused but i disabled it and now its saying its enabled. now i found this: https://gyazo.com/c8890bbd2105653267acddebe94bc0ef . now again i disabled it again and now its working. so i was already done but i turned on and of and it got fixed. i dont know the issue i got.
Hi, great work Zaid, thank you so much.
I have a problem with my usb network adapter though.
I have Khali installed as a virtual machine, i followed all the steps of adding the usb adapter to Khali, it is showing in devices but not on the terminal when i run ifconfig.
My adapter is using the realtek 802.11ac chipset.
Changing the default from Ubuntu to Debian is what fixed it for me
For me as well, this has done the trick
help please……….. cannot start the vbox
‘Kali-Linux-2018.4-vbox-i386’ has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1). More details may be available in ‘C:\Users\1111\VirtualBox VMs\Kali-Linux-2018.4-vbox-i386\Logs\VBoxHardening.log’.
I am getting the following error when I try to start the Kali VB:
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Kali-Linux-2018.4-vbox-amd64.
VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for all CPU modes (VERR_VMX_MSR_ALL_VMX_DISABLED).
Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}
If anyone has insalled Hyper-V, Disable it and then after restarting VBox works like a charm.
Was about to post this! Cheers mate
“The virtual machine ‘Kali-Linux-2018.4-vbox-i386’ has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1) ”
This is the error i get can you help please,I’ve tried everythin in the VM settings
Result Code:
E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component:
MachineWrap
Interface:
IMachine {5047460a-265d-4538-b23e-ddba5fb84976}
I have the same error. How can we fix this? I already enable the virtualization in my bios but issue persist.
E_FAIL (0x80004005)
MachineWrap
IMachine {5047460a-265d-4538-b23e-ddba5fb84976}
MR. Zaid
i follow all the procedure motioned above regarding the blank black screen, and still problem not solved.
I still stuck on BlankScreen! I had try those solution that you provide!
disable the usb also did!
Does anyone can help!
did you solve it?
Hi, great work Zaid, thank you so much.
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after connecting a wireless adapter to kali, when i am going in virtual box kali linux then usb adapter is shown and wired connection is also made but my wifi is not shown there
I downloaded it using IDM and it was downloaded in .tar format. When I extracted it i found two files one with extension of .vmdk and the other with extension .ovf. How do I use them? Please help.