Whonix starts first, but after first Screen - Blackscreen

Hi,

every time i want to start Whonix, it starts in Normal mode, loads only 2 things (RAM and something other) and then there is blackscreen. This on gateaway and workstation. And I cant shut it down, only close.

Does anyone know what my problem is?

Hi 124Freibier

Its difficult to tell.

If none of this helps could you please try creating a Debian VM in VirtualBox and see if you have the same issue.


Edit by Patrick:

See Kicksecure ™ in VirtualBox - Troubleshooting - Kicksecure ™ does not Start?

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No, how do I verify the Images?
I’ll try opening the console when I have time later.
RAM shouldn’t be a Problem, i have 16GB and only thing thats opened is VirtualBox when I use it.

Same here. Working install fails to boot reliably after upgrade from VB5 to VB6. Could be VB and/or kernel related. Usually corrects itself if I reboot.

Host is Manjaro(arch) , stable branch, XFCE edition. Kernel 4.19.16-1

I have VirtualBox .04 and have 32GB ram. I downloaded both Whonix XFCE and CLI and both versions of the gateway are black screens right after the grub screen.

I tried opening a different console inside the VM and nothing.
I verified the downloads and still an issue.
I upgraded the RAM to 8 GB on the CLI gateway and still a black screen

I downgraded to VirtualBox 5.22 and the ova files give a OES error.
I reinstalled VirtualBox 6.04 and the OVA files import fine, but the same black screen.

Hi infosecwriter

A few users have reported this issue. Unfortunately its very difficult to troubleshoot without more information. Would you be up for a little troubleshooting/ experimentation? You could start by searching for similar issues with Vbox and try some of the solutions. For example, search for key words:

VirtualBox blackscreen at boot

One of the search results returns this thread which has a few solutions you could try out.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/371432/how-to-troubleshoot-booting-to-a-black-screen-on-virtualbox

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VT-x is enabled in the bios. I ran all the goodies to disable Hyperv and it is not found in this OS. It seems to be an issue with all the Linux (32/64 bit).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity\Enabled=0 also didn’t work

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EDIT:

See:
Kicksecure ™ in VirtualBox - Troubleshooting - Kicksecure ™ does not Start?

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I had this before as well, however with recent Whonix it is no longer a problem.
I don’t think it was a Whonix problem either. it was a kernel/virtualbox issue that has been fixed a while back then reintroduced somehow then fixed again.

It was discussed on the virtualbox forums but I can’t seem to find the link anymore

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