I don’t seem to be able to boot up Whonix on Oracle Virtualbox running on a Windows 10 host machine ith 32GB RAM
I’ve assigned the machine with more than enough RAM, I’ve enabled VT-x in UEFI/BIOS so there’s no issue with virtualization or RAM. The installation and boot process seems to be simplicity itself and yet all I get when starting both Gateway and Workstation in the VM panel is a blackscreen with nothing (ZERO) on it.
Made all the more frustrating by the fact that I can open Whonix with no issues whatsoever on my Macbook pro. (No, I haven’t downloaded or installed the MacOS version of the installer on my Windows 10 machine.
I’ve seen a few threads here from people who’ve had similar problems but none of them have an actual fix. Maybe this thread will be the first.
Could you please answer the questions in this thread. Also there is a link to a black screen troubleshooting guide in post 7 of this thread. If you’re up for it.
You’re not supposed to answer other users questions on how to fix issues. Rather, the idea is that you answer the questions which were directed back to the user, which were asked by Whonix support, which were asked there by 0anon / 0brand.
Welcome to Whonix and thank you for your question.
Whonix is a compilation of software and not modify components on that level. If you like to debug that issue, you’d need to remove the Whonix specific part of your question and then redirect these questions in places with people specialized in this. To learn more what this means, see:
Unfortunately, I don’t have a better answer than this. Perhaps someone else has a better answer than me. Please let us know if you figure something out.