Jumping black screen at Ubuntu 16.04 on VirtualBox 5.0.20
I'm installing Ubuntu 16.04 on VirtualBox 5.0.20 at Windows 10 and I had a resolution issues which was solved by pressing Host Key + F1 and Host Key + F7. After it I tried to install and configure Google Chrome but it had some black artifacts, so I tried to play with 3D Acceleration at VB and now on boot I only see jumping black screen from one resolution to other and back. Pressing Host key for this case isn't working.
Solution 1:
I also had problems with Ubuntu 16.04 in VirtualBox 5.0.20. My problems was with Chromium not rendering at all.
I then installed the Guest Additions 5.0.16 from the Download page and it solved my problems. https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
I just installed this Guest Addition on top of the current one.
Solution 2:
I had the same issue with 3D option on VBox 5.1.10 and Ubuntu 16.
To fix this on my side :
- Stop the VM
- Be sure you have 3D enabled/checked
- Start the VM and sudo as root
- Reinstall the VBox additions as root
Seems that the VBox additions are built based on the options already enabled ! So if you installed them without 3D options and then enable it, they are not supported correctly. At least it's an assumption based on what I observed. But after few days of bad experience, it's working perfectly for me.