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I am using VirtualBox with XUbuntu 16.04. All was going fine before I install guest additions, but after the install, the OS doesn't start. I think it is the boatloader that fails (btw I am noob at Ubuntu, and I read that's called by GRUB2). The only way that I can start Ubuntu is going to the 'Recovery Mode' and then start it there. That is what happens when I turn on my VB:

Ubuntu won't start.

After searching for a bit, I discover an application that gives you the boot-info, unfortunately I don't know how to read it... The link is:

http://paste.ubuntu.com/25682089/

Thank you!

Videonauth
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João Rodrigues
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Been looking for a solution to this for a while now, finally found it here:

https://askubuntu.com/a/726285

Basically:

  • Append nomodeset to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub (after quiet splash)
  • Run sudo update-grub
  • Should reboot normally now.

See here for an explanation of what nomodeset does (shouldn't have an impact once booted):

https://askubuntu.com/a/207177

Hugh
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