Blank Screen During Startup of Ubuntu 22.04 ISO in VBox 7.2.4 on MacOS

Hello,

I am using Virtual Box version 7.2.4 r170995 (Qt6.8.0 on cocoa). I am on Apple M4 pro with Sequoia 15.7.2.

I downloaded the following iso from Ubuntu → ubuntu-22.04.5-live-server-arm64.iso.

I am seeing blank screen after Try or Install Ubuntu Server Boot option seen on the screen in Virtual Box.

I checked the VBox log for any errors. I am only seeing the following error in the VBox.log.

/DBGC/] (level 1)
00:00:00.635600 GlobalInitScript = “/Users/mustafacayci/Library/VirtualBox/dbgc-init” (cb=49)
00:00:00.635601 HistoryFile = “/Users/mustafacayci/Library/VirtualBox/dbgc-history” (cb=52)
00:00:00.635605 LocalInitScript = “/Users/mustafacayci/VirtualBox VMs/Ubuntu_22_04/dbgc-init” (cb=58)
00:00:00.635605 ERROR [COM]: aRC=VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80bb0005) aIID={6ac83d89-6ee7-4e33-8ae6-b257b2e81be8} aComponent={ConsoleWrap} aText={The VBoxGuestPropSvc service call failed with the error VERR_HGCM_SERVICE_NOT_FOUND}, preserve=false aResultDetail=-2900
00:00:00.63562

Just to troubleshoot further … I downloaded 24.04 iso file ubuntu-24.04.3-live-server-arm64.iso and created a new VM machine and was able to bring it up. I checked the VBox.log and observed the same above error. I think that error has nothing to do with why I am seeing a blank screen.

I read somewhere that I should turn off 3D Acceleration in Display. I have done that as well but it did not make any difference. I just don’t understand if this issue is with specific Ubuntu iso I am using. Is it with Virtual Box? Full transparency … I posted a similar message in Virtual Box forum as well.

Any help is much appreciated.

Mustafa

Did you install Guest Additions in VirtualBox. Similar problem at the VBox forums at the link below.

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=110440

I am getting the following error when I attempted to install Guest Additions.

Unable to insert the virtual optical disk /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso into the machine Ubuntu_22_04.

Could not mount the media/drive ‘/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso’ (VERR_PDM_MEDIA_LOCKED).

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Result Detail: -2815 (0xfffff501)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {6ac83d89-6ee7-4e33-8ae6-b257b2e81be8}
Callee: IMachine {e36a5081-a82a-40bd-9e4e-42a44d6ce50f}

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=94291

Seems this is a thing