Ubuntu 18.04 lts freezes while in boot, in wndows Virtual box. Solution?

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I am Using Ubuntu in Virtual Box.. the Host OS is Windows10 with dedicated intel's Graphics.



I have reinstalled twice, probably this starts due to sudden shutdown or some reason. Dnt know whats the problem.



Saw a old post about this type on Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 LTS ... but their problem/ solution was on Nvidia Driver. And following that didnt help me!
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  • One more thing, i have the 18.04 live server one for a while .... this happens with it too...... but reason dnt know
    – Battleseeker_Rex
    Apr 30 at 16:02











  • Same here. Virtualbox 5.2. Ubuntu 18.04. Windows 10 Host with Intel graphics. Reinstalled thrice. Fails on bootup. No error, it simply waits with a purple screen and 5 dots. No guest additions, it is a fresh install. Trying to login the first time after reboot. Based on the answers, it seems there is no single reason.
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    Jul 13 at 15:26















up vote
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I am Using Ubuntu in Virtual Box.. the Host OS is Windows10 with dedicated intel's Graphics.



I have reinstalled twice, probably this starts due to sudden shutdown or some reason. Dnt know whats the problem.



Saw a old post about this type on Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 LTS ... but their problem/ solution was on Nvidia Driver. And following that didnt help me!
.
Any solution ?







share|improve this question




















  • One more thing, i have the 18.04 live server one for a while .... this happens with it too...... but reason dnt know
    – Battleseeker_Rex
    Apr 30 at 16:02











  • Same here. Virtualbox 5.2. Ubuntu 18.04. Windows 10 Host with Intel graphics. Reinstalled thrice. Fails on bootup. No error, it simply waits with a purple screen and 5 dots. No guest additions, it is a fresh install. Trying to login the first time after reboot. Based on the answers, it seems there is no single reason.
    – RuntimeException
    Jul 13 at 15:26













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up vote
6
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I am Using Ubuntu in Virtual Box.. the Host OS is Windows10 with dedicated intel's Graphics.



I have reinstalled twice, probably this starts due to sudden shutdown or some reason. Dnt know whats the problem.



Saw a old post about this type on Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 LTS ... but their problem/ solution was on Nvidia Driver. And following that didnt help me!
.
Any solution ?







share|improve this question












I am Using Ubuntu in Virtual Box.. the Host OS is Windows10 with dedicated intel's Graphics.



I have reinstalled twice, probably this starts due to sudden shutdown or some reason. Dnt know whats the problem.



Saw a old post about this type on Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 LTS ... but their problem/ solution was on Nvidia Driver. And following that didnt help me!
.
Any solution ?









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  • One more thing, i have the 18.04 live server one for a while .... this happens with it too...... but reason dnt know
    – Battleseeker_Rex
    Apr 30 at 16:02











  • Same here. Virtualbox 5.2. Ubuntu 18.04. Windows 10 Host with Intel graphics. Reinstalled thrice. Fails on bootup. No error, it simply waits with a purple screen and 5 dots. No guest additions, it is a fresh install. Trying to login the first time after reboot. Based on the answers, it seems there is no single reason.
    – RuntimeException
    Jul 13 at 15:26

















  • One more thing, i have the 18.04 live server one for a while .... this happens with it too...... but reason dnt know
    – Battleseeker_Rex
    Apr 30 at 16:02











  • Same here. Virtualbox 5.2. Ubuntu 18.04. Windows 10 Host with Intel graphics. Reinstalled thrice. Fails on bootup. No error, it simply waits with a purple screen and 5 dots. No guest additions, it is a fresh install. Trying to login the first time after reboot. Based on the answers, it seems there is no single reason.
    – RuntimeException
    Jul 13 at 15:26
















One more thing, i have the 18.04 live server one for a while .... this happens with it too...... but reason dnt know
– Battleseeker_Rex
Apr 30 at 16:02





One more thing, i have the 18.04 live server one for a while .... this happens with it too...... but reason dnt know
– Battleseeker_Rex
Apr 30 at 16:02













Same here. Virtualbox 5.2. Ubuntu 18.04. Windows 10 Host with Intel graphics. Reinstalled thrice. Fails on bootup. No error, it simply waits with a purple screen and 5 dots. No guest additions, it is a fresh install. Trying to login the first time after reboot. Based on the answers, it seems there is no single reason.
– RuntimeException
Jul 13 at 15:26





Same here. Virtualbox 5.2. Ubuntu 18.04. Windows 10 Host with Intel graphics. Reinstalled thrice. Fails on bootup. No error, it simply waits with a purple screen and 5 dots. No guest additions, it is a fresh install. Trying to login the first time after reboot. Based on the answers, it seems there is no single reason.
– RuntimeException
Jul 13 at 15:26











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i've had the same issue:



  • 3D acceleration = off

  • 10 GB Ram

My solution was:



  • 1 processor => 4 processors

  • enable PAE/NX





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  • 4




    I also had to increase the number of processors (I set it to 2). Enabling PAE/NX was not necessary for me.
    – Ignitor
    Jun 9 at 13:12











  • Same findings as @Ignitor
    – John McCann
    Jun 29 at 14:29










  • @Ignitor worked for me too.. i.e. 2 seemed to suffice
    – bph
    Jul 6 at 8:34











  • Adding +1 CPU worked for me.
    – MichaelICE
    Jul 6 at 18:06










  • scratch that - still not working for me, well it seems to not freeze randomly once in a blue moon
    – bph
    Jul 9 at 11:29

















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In the VirtualBox machine settings, simply turn off the "3D acceleration".






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    I already had 3D acceleration turned off, but I did increase the video memory from 16 to 64 Mb and that got it to work for me.
    – Chris Chubb
    May 8 at 13:57










  • i have kept my Vid memory full -_- @Chris Chubb
    – Battleseeker_Rex
    May 9 at 6:10











  • It was already off for me. Adding a second cpu per bressers answer did the trick.
    – HDave
    Jul 5 at 15:03

















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Did you allocate enough RAM to the virtual machine? Give it 2GB or more RAM. I discovered when I ran Ubuntu 18.04 live cd on virtual box, it froze at some point, but on allocation of more RAM, I got it working perfectly






share|improve this answer




















  • i gave it 4 GB ram .... and 2 core to process from the start .... Turning off the 3d acceleration ... the problem is not repeating now !!!
    – Battleseeker_Rex
    May 1 at 5:49











  • Thanks for the tip Though !!
    – Battleseeker_Rex
    May 1 at 5:50

















up vote
0
down vote













I had the same problem. When I experienced the problems my settings were:



  • RAM 4GB

  • CPU 3

  • PAE/NX Enabled

  • VT-x/AMD-V Enabled

  • Nested Paging Enabled

  • 3D Acceleration Disabled

  • 2D Video Acceleration Disabled

I changed the following settings:



  • CPU 1

  • PAE/NX Disabled

That made it work.



I changed the following setting:



  • PAE/NX Enabled

It still worked.



Looked like there is 'something' with the number of processors. Based on the other answers, there does not seem to be a 'right' number that works for every system.



I then realized that I also have an Ubuntu 18.04 Server VM on my system. This one still works. I noticed that for this virtual machine the Paravirtualization Interface is set to Default, while for my Desktop VM (the one I was having problems with), it was set to Legacy.
I changed it to Default and now it works, with any number of CPU's.



So the solution, for me, was to:

Set Paravirtualization Interface to Default.






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    It seems like there is no definite answer to this one.



    What worked for me is - Uncheck the box labelled "Solid-state Drive" for the virtual hard disk.



    3D acceleration is Enabled. 128 MB Video Memory. 4 GB RAM. 2 CPU. Virtualbox Guest Additions are Not installed. All other system settings are at default.






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    • Hi Runtime! Can you explain why disabling the Solid-state Drive ? It's common that the 3d-acceleration can cause freezing.
      – abu_bua
      Jul 13 at 16:22










    • Select your VM in manager > Settings > Storage > Select your VDI under SATA > Uncheck the Solid-state Drive box. It is disabled by default. I have an SSD so I had enabled it. Apparently, it is for the guest to see it as an SSD. Seems like there is a bug in Virtualbox 5.2.14 and/or Ubuntu 18.04 where it cannot handle SSD properly.
      – RuntimeException
      Jul 13 at 16:37


















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    Several of my old VMs seem to hang on bootup. If in Grub I select "recovery mode", the last messages displayed on the screen are:



    smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs...
    x86: Booting SMP configuration:


    Then it hangs.



    In my case, I can confirm that for all my VMs experiencing this problem, changing the Virtualbox setting "System -> Acceleration -> Paravirtualization Interface" from "Legacy" to "Default" enabled these old VMs to work again. Switching it back to "Legacy" immediately makes it hang on boot, so I know for certain this is the key to the issue in my case.






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      i've had the same issue:



      • 3D acceleration = off

      • 10 GB Ram

      My solution was:



      • 1 processor => 4 processors

      • enable PAE/NX





      share|improve this answer
















      • 4




        I also had to increase the number of processors (I set it to 2). Enabling PAE/NX was not necessary for me.
        – Ignitor
        Jun 9 at 13:12











      • Same findings as @Ignitor
        – John McCann
        Jun 29 at 14:29










      • @Ignitor worked for me too.. i.e. 2 seemed to suffice
        – bph
        Jul 6 at 8:34











      • Adding +1 CPU worked for me.
        – MichaelICE
        Jul 6 at 18:06










      • scratch that - still not working for me, well it seems to not freeze randomly once in a blue moon
        – bph
        Jul 9 at 11:29














      up vote
      9
      down vote













      i've had the same issue:



      • 3D acceleration = off

      • 10 GB Ram

      My solution was:



      • 1 processor => 4 processors

      • enable PAE/NX





      share|improve this answer
















      • 4




        I also had to increase the number of processors (I set it to 2). Enabling PAE/NX was not necessary for me.
        – Ignitor
        Jun 9 at 13:12











      • Same findings as @Ignitor
        – John McCann
        Jun 29 at 14:29










      • @Ignitor worked for me too.. i.e. 2 seemed to suffice
        – bph
        Jul 6 at 8:34











      • Adding +1 CPU worked for me.
        – MichaelICE
        Jul 6 at 18:06










      • scratch that - still not working for me, well it seems to not freeze randomly once in a blue moon
        – bph
        Jul 9 at 11:29












      up vote
      9
      down vote










      up vote
      9
      down vote









      i've had the same issue:



      • 3D acceleration = off

      • 10 GB Ram

      My solution was:



      • 1 processor => 4 processors

      • enable PAE/NX





      share|improve this answer












      i've had the same issue:



      • 3D acceleration = off

      • 10 GB Ram

      My solution was:



      • 1 processor => 4 processors

      • enable PAE/NX






      share|improve this answer












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        I also had to increase the number of processors (I set it to 2). Enabling PAE/NX was not necessary for me.
        – Ignitor
        Jun 9 at 13:12











      • Same findings as @Ignitor
        – John McCann
        Jun 29 at 14:29










      • @Ignitor worked for me too.. i.e. 2 seemed to suffice
        – bph
        Jul 6 at 8:34











      • Adding +1 CPU worked for me.
        – MichaelICE
        Jul 6 at 18:06










      • scratch that - still not working for me, well it seems to not freeze randomly once in a blue moon
        – bph
        Jul 9 at 11:29












      • 4




        I also had to increase the number of processors (I set it to 2). Enabling PAE/NX was not necessary for me.
        – Ignitor
        Jun 9 at 13:12











      • Same findings as @Ignitor
        – John McCann
        Jun 29 at 14:29










      • @Ignitor worked for me too.. i.e. 2 seemed to suffice
        – bph
        Jul 6 at 8:34











      • Adding +1 CPU worked for me.
        – MichaelICE
        Jul 6 at 18:06










      • scratch that - still not working for me, well it seems to not freeze randomly once in a blue moon
        – bph
        Jul 9 at 11:29







      4




      4




      I also had to increase the number of processors (I set it to 2). Enabling PAE/NX was not necessary for me.
      – Ignitor
      Jun 9 at 13:12





      I also had to increase the number of processors (I set it to 2). Enabling PAE/NX was not necessary for me.
      – Ignitor
      Jun 9 at 13:12













      Same findings as @Ignitor
      – John McCann
      Jun 29 at 14:29




      Same findings as @Ignitor
      – John McCann
      Jun 29 at 14:29












      @Ignitor worked for me too.. i.e. 2 seemed to suffice
      – bph
      Jul 6 at 8:34





      @Ignitor worked for me too.. i.e. 2 seemed to suffice
      – bph
      Jul 6 at 8:34













      Adding +1 CPU worked for me.
      – MichaelICE
      Jul 6 at 18:06




      Adding +1 CPU worked for me.
      – MichaelICE
      Jul 6 at 18:06












      scratch that - still not working for me, well it seems to not freeze randomly once in a blue moon
      – bph
      Jul 9 at 11:29




      scratch that - still not working for me, well it seems to not freeze randomly once in a blue moon
      – bph
      Jul 9 at 11:29












      up vote
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      accepted










      In the VirtualBox machine settings, simply turn off the "3D acceleration".






      share|improve this answer


















      • 1




        I already had 3D acceleration turned off, but I did increase the video memory from 16 to 64 Mb and that got it to work for me.
        – Chris Chubb
        May 8 at 13:57










      • i have kept my Vid memory full -_- @Chris Chubb
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 9 at 6:10











      • It was already off for me. Adding a second cpu per bressers answer did the trick.
        – HDave
        Jul 5 at 15:03














      up vote
      1
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      accepted










      In the VirtualBox machine settings, simply turn off the "3D acceleration".






      share|improve this answer


















      • 1




        I already had 3D acceleration turned off, but I did increase the video memory from 16 to 64 Mb and that got it to work for me.
        – Chris Chubb
        May 8 at 13:57










      • i have kept my Vid memory full -_- @Chris Chubb
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 9 at 6:10











      • It was already off for me. Adding a second cpu per bressers answer did the trick.
        – HDave
        Jul 5 at 15:03












      up vote
      1
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      accepted







      up vote
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      accepted






      In the VirtualBox machine settings, simply turn off the "3D acceleration".






      share|improve this answer














      In the VirtualBox machine settings, simply turn off the "3D acceleration".







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        I already had 3D acceleration turned off, but I did increase the video memory from 16 to 64 Mb and that got it to work for me.
        – Chris Chubb
        May 8 at 13:57










      • i have kept my Vid memory full -_- @Chris Chubb
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 9 at 6:10











      • It was already off for me. Adding a second cpu per bressers answer did the trick.
        – HDave
        Jul 5 at 15:03












      • 1




        I already had 3D acceleration turned off, but I did increase the video memory from 16 to 64 Mb and that got it to work for me.
        – Chris Chubb
        May 8 at 13:57










      • i have kept my Vid memory full -_- @Chris Chubb
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 9 at 6:10











      • It was already off for me. Adding a second cpu per bressers answer did the trick.
        – HDave
        Jul 5 at 15:03







      1




      1




      I already had 3D acceleration turned off, but I did increase the video memory from 16 to 64 Mb and that got it to work for me.
      – Chris Chubb
      May 8 at 13:57




      I already had 3D acceleration turned off, but I did increase the video memory from 16 to 64 Mb and that got it to work for me.
      – Chris Chubb
      May 8 at 13:57












      i have kept my Vid memory full -_- @Chris Chubb
      – Battleseeker_Rex
      May 9 at 6:10





      i have kept my Vid memory full -_- @Chris Chubb
      – Battleseeker_Rex
      May 9 at 6:10













      It was already off for me. Adding a second cpu per bressers answer did the trick.
      – HDave
      Jul 5 at 15:03




      It was already off for me. Adding a second cpu per bressers answer did the trick.
      – HDave
      Jul 5 at 15:03










      up vote
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      Did you allocate enough RAM to the virtual machine? Give it 2GB or more RAM. I discovered when I ran Ubuntu 18.04 live cd on virtual box, it froze at some point, but on allocation of more RAM, I got it working perfectly






      share|improve this answer




















      • i gave it 4 GB ram .... and 2 core to process from the start .... Turning off the 3d acceleration ... the problem is not repeating now !!!
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 1 at 5:49











      • Thanks for the tip Though !!
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 1 at 5:50














      up vote
      0
      down vote













      Did you allocate enough RAM to the virtual machine? Give it 2GB or more RAM. I discovered when I ran Ubuntu 18.04 live cd on virtual box, it froze at some point, but on allocation of more RAM, I got it working perfectly






      share|improve this answer




















      • i gave it 4 GB ram .... and 2 core to process from the start .... Turning off the 3d acceleration ... the problem is not repeating now !!!
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 1 at 5:49











      • Thanks for the tip Though !!
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 1 at 5:50












      up vote
      0
      down vote










      up vote
      0
      down vote









      Did you allocate enough RAM to the virtual machine? Give it 2GB or more RAM. I discovered when I ran Ubuntu 18.04 live cd on virtual box, it froze at some point, but on allocation of more RAM, I got it working perfectly






      share|improve this answer












      Did you allocate enough RAM to the virtual machine? Give it 2GB or more RAM. I discovered when I ran Ubuntu 18.04 live cd on virtual box, it froze at some point, but on allocation of more RAM, I got it working perfectly







      share|improve this answer












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      answered Apr 30 at 20:54









      belovedk

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      • i gave it 4 GB ram .... and 2 core to process from the start .... Turning off the 3d acceleration ... the problem is not repeating now !!!
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 1 at 5:49











      • Thanks for the tip Though !!
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 1 at 5:50
















      • i gave it 4 GB ram .... and 2 core to process from the start .... Turning off the 3d acceleration ... the problem is not repeating now !!!
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 1 at 5:49











      • Thanks for the tip Though !!
        – Battleseeker_Rex
        May 1 at 5:50















      i gave it 4 GB ram .... and 2 core to process from the start .... Turning off the 3d acceleration ... the problem is not repeating now !!!
      – Battleseeker_Rex
      May 1 at 5:49





      i gave it 4 GB ram .... and 2 core to process from the start .... Turning off the 3d acceleration ... the problem is not repeating now !!!
      – Battleseeker_Rex
      May 1 at 5:49













      Thanks for the tip Though !!
      – Battleseeker_Rex
      May 1 at 5:50




      Thanks for the tip Though !!
      – Battleseeker_Rex
      May 1 at 5:50










      up vote
      0
      down vote













      I had the same problem. When I experienced the problems my settings were:



      • RAM 4GB

      • CPU 3

      • PAE/NX Enabled

      • VT-x/AMD-V Enabled

      • Nested Paging Enabled

      • 3D Acceleration Disabled

      • 2D Video Acceleration Disabled

      I changed the following settings:



      • CPU 1

      • PAE/NX Disabled

      That made it work.



      I changed the following setting:



      • PAE/NX Enabled

      It still worked.



      Looked like there is 'something' with the number of processors. Based on the other answers, there does not seem to be a 'right' number that works for every system.



      I then realized that I also have an Ubuntu 18.04 Server VM on my system. This one still works. I noticed that for this virtual machine the Paravirtualization Interface is set to Default, while for my Desktop VM (the one I was having problems with), it was set to Legacy.
      I changed it to Default and now it works, with any number of CPU's.



      So the solution, for me, was to:

      Set Paravirtualization Interface to Default.






      share|improve this answer
























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        down vote













        I had the same problem. When I experienced the problems my settings were:



        • RAM 4GB

        • CPU 3

        • PAE/NX Enabled

        • VT-x/AMD-V Enabled

        • Nested Paging Enabled

        • 3D Acceleration Disabled

        • 2D Video Acceleration Disabled

        I changed the following settings:



        • CPU 1

        • PAE/NX Disabled

        That made it work.



        I changed the following setting:



        • PAE/NX Enabled

        It still worked.



        Looked like there is 'something' with the number of processors. Based on the other answers, there does not seem to be a 'right' number that works for every system.



        I then realized that I also have an Ubuntu 18.04 Server VM on my system. This one still works. I noticed that for this virtual machine the Paravirtualization Interface is set to Default, while for my Desktop VM (the one I was having problems with), it was set to Legacy.
        I changed it to Default and now it works, with any number of CPU's.



        So the solution, for me, was to:

        Set Paravirtualization Interface to Default.






        share|improve this answer






















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          up vote
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          I had the same problem. When I experienced the problems my settings were:



          • RAM 4GB

          • CPU 3

          • PAE/NX Enabled

          • VT-x/AMD-V Enabled

          • Nested Paging Enabled

          • 3D Acceleration Disabled

          • 2D Video Acceleration Disabled

          I changed the following settings:



          • CPU 1

          • PAE/NX Disabled

          That made it work.



          I changed the following setting:



          • PAE/NX Enabled

          It still worked.



          Looked like there is 'something' with the number of processors. Based on the other answers, there does not seem to be a 'right' number that works for every system.



          I then realized that I also have an Ubuntu 18.04 Server VM on my system. This one still works. I noticed that for this virtual machine the Paravirtualization Interface is set to Default, while for my Desktop VM (the one I was having problems with), it was set to Legacy.
          I changed it to Default and now it works, with any number of CPU's.



          So the solution, for me, was to:

          Set Paravirtualization Interface to Default.






          share|improve this answer












          I had the same problem. When I experienced the problems my settings were:



          • RAM 4GB

          • CPU 3

          • PAE/NX Enabled

          • VT-x/AMD-V Enabled

          • Nested Paging Enabled

          • 3D Acceleration Disabled

          • 2D Video Acceleration Disabled

          I changed the following settings:



          • CPU 1

          • PAE/NX Disabled

          That made it work.



          I changed the following setting:



          • PAE/NX Enabled

          It still worked.



          Looked like there is 'something' with the number of processors. Based on the other answers, there does not seem to be a 'right' number that works for every system.



          I then realized that I also have an Ubuntu 18.04 Server VM on my system. This one still works. I noticed that for this virtual machine the Paravirtualization Interface is set to Default, while for my Desktop VM (the one I was having problems with), it was set to Legacy.
          I changed it to Default and now it works, with any number of CPU's.



          So the solution, for me, was to:

          Set Paravirtualization Interface to Default.







          share|improve this answer












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          answered Jul 9 at 21:44









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              It seems like there is no definite answer to this one.



              What worked for me is - Uncheck the box labelled "Solid-state Drive" for the virtual hard disk.



              3D acceleration is Enabled. 128 MB Video Memory. 4 GB RAM. 2 CPU. Virtualbox Guest Additions are Not installed. All other system settings are at default.






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              • Hi Runtime! Can you explain why disabling the Solid-state Drive ? It's common that the 3d-acceleration can cause freezing.
                – abu_bua
                Jul 13 at 16:22










              • Select your VM in manager > Settings > Storage > Select your VDI under SATA > Uncheck the Solid-state Drive box. It is disabled by default. I have an SSD so I had enabled it. Apparently, it is for the guest to see it as an SSD. Seems like there is a bug in Virtualbox 5.2.14 and/or Ubuntu 18.04 where it cannot handle SSD properly.
                – RuntimeException
                Jul 13 at 16:37















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              It seems like there is no definite answer to this one.



              What worked for me is - Uncheck the box labelled "Solid-state Drive" for the virtual hard disk.



              3D acceleration is Enabled. 128 MB Video Memory. 4 GB RAM. 2 CPU. Virtualbox Guest Additions are Not installed. All other system settings are at default.






              share|improve this answer






















              • Hi Runtime! Can you explain why disabling the Solid-state Drive ? It's common that the 3d-acceleration can cause freezing.
                – abu_bua
                Jul 13 at 16:22










              • Select your VM in manager > Settings > Storage > Select your VDI under SATA > Uncheck the Solid-state Drive box. It is disabled by default. I have an SSD so I had enabled it. Apparently, it is for the guest to see it as an SSD. Seems like there is a bug in Virtualbox 5.2.14 and/or Ubuntu 18.04 where it cannot handle SSD properly.
                – RuntimeException
                Jul 13 at 16:37













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              It seems like there is no definite answer to this one.



              What worked for me is - Uncheck the box labelled "Solid-state Drive" for the virtual hard disk.



              3D acceleration is Enabled. 128 MB Video Memory. 4 GB RAM. 2 CPU. Virtualbox Guest Additions are Not installed. All other system settings are at default.






              share|improve this answer














              It seems like there is no definite answer to this one.



              What worked for me is - Uncheck the box labelled "Solid-state Drive" for the virtual hard disk.



              3D acceleration is Enabled. 128 MB Video Memory. 4 GB RAM. 2 CPU. Virtualbox Guest Additions are Not installed. All other system settings are at default.







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              • Hi Runtime! Can you explain why disabling the Solid-state Drive ? It's common that the 3d-acceleration can cause freezing.
                – abu_bua
                Jul 13 at 16:22










              • Select your VM in manager > Settings > Storage > Select your VDI under SATA > Uncheck the Solid-state Drive box. It is disabled by default. I have an SSD so I had enabled it. Apparently, it is for the guest to see it as an SSD. Seems like there is a bug in Virtualbox 5.2.14 and/or Ubuntu 18.04 where it cannot handle SSD properly.
                – RuntimeException
                Jul 13 at 16:37

















              • Hi Runtime! Can you explain why disabling the Solid-state Drive ? It's common that the 3d-acceleration can cause freezing.
                – abu_bua
                Jul 13 at 16:22










              • Select your VM in manager > Settings > Storage > Select your VDI under SATA > Uncheck the Solid-state Drive box. It is disabled by default. I have an SSD so I had enabled it. Apparently, it is for the guest to see it as an SSD. Seems like there is a bug in Virtualbox 5.2.14 and/or Ubuntu 18.04 where it cannot handle SSD properly.
                – RuntimeException
                Jul 13 at 16:37
















              Hi Runtime! Can you explain why disabling the Solid-state Drive ? It's common that the 3d-acceleration can cause freezing.
              – abu_bua
              Jul 13 at 16:22




              Hi Runtime! Can you explain why disabling the Solid-state Drive ? It's common that the 3d-acceleration can cause freezing.
              – abu_bua
              Jul 13 at 16:22












              Select your VM in manager > Settings > Storage > Select your VDI under SATA > Uncheck the Solid-state Drive box. It is disabled by default. I have an SSD so I had enabled it. Apparently, it is for the guest to see it as an SSD. Seems like there is a bug in Virtualbox 5.2.14 and/or Ubuntu 18.04 where it cannot handle SSD properly.
              – RuntimeException
              Jul 13 at 16:37





              Select your VM in manager > Settings > Storage > Select your VDI under SATA > Uncheck the Solid-state Drive box. It is disabled by default. I have an SSD so I had enabled it. Apparently, it is for the guest to see it as an SSD. Seems like there is a bug in Virtualbox 5.2.14 and/or Ubuntu 18.04 where it cannot handle SSD properly.
              – RuntimeException
              Jul 13 at 16:37











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              Several of my old VMs seem to hang on bootup. If in Grub I select "recovery mode", the last messages displayed on the screen are:



              smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs...
              x86: Booting SMP configuration:


              Then it hangs.



              In my case, I can confirm that for all my VMs experiencing this problem, changing the Virtualbox setting "System -> Acceleration -> Paravirtualization Interface" from "Legacy" to "Default" enabled these old VMs to work again. Switching it back to "Legacy" immediately makes it hang on boot, so I know for certain this is the key to the issue in my case.






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                Several of my old VMs seem to hang on bootup. If in Grub I select "recovery mode", the last messages displayed on the screen are:



                smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs...
                x86: Booting SMP configuration:


                Then it hangs.



                In my case, I can confirm that for all my VMs experiencing this problem, changing the Virtualbox setting "System -> Acceleration -> Paravirtualization Interface" from "Legacy" to "Default" enabled these old VMs to work again. Switching it back to "Legacy" immediately makes it hang on boot, so I know for certain this is the key to the issue in my case.






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                  Several of my old VMs seem to hang on bootup. If in Grub I select "recovery mode", the last messages displayed on the screen are:



                  smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs...
                  x86: Booting SMP configuration:


                  Then it hangs.



                  In my case, I can confirm that for all my VMs experiencing this problem, changing the Virtualbox setting "System -> Acceleration -> Paravirtualization Interface" from "Legacy" to "Default" enabled these old VMs to work again. Switching it back to "Legacy" immediately makes it hang on boot, so I know for certain this is the key to the issue in my case.






                  share|improve this answer












                  Several of my old VMs seem to hang on bootup. If in Grub I select "recovery mode", the last messages displayed on the screen are:



                  smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs...
                  x86: Booting SMP configuration:


                  Then it hangs.



                  In my case, I can confirm that for all my VMs experiencing this problem, changing the Virtualbox setting "System -> Acceleration -> Paravirtualization Interface" from "Legacy" to "Default" enabled these old VMs to work again. Switching it back to "Legacy" immediately makes it hang on boot, so I know for certain this is the key to the issue in my case.







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