#Black screen, cursor blinking after (Kali) Linux install

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mental ember
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Hi,

What I did:

  1. Enabled Hyper-V

  2. Checked for Virtualization in BIOS settings (it was already enabled)

  3. Downloaded Kali x64 Installer .iso file from official page

  4. Created a VM

    • Selected Custom path, gave it name
    • Gave it 2 gb RAM, 20 gb storage (VM is on a 40 gb physical partitian), 2 Virtual Cores
    • Default Gateway and stuff

  5. Ran the VM, started "GUI Install"

  6. Also installed GRUB when asked to do so

  7. PROBLEM: When Kali reboots and GRUB asks me to boot in, I see the Kali Logo and then I see this blank screen with cursor blinking, nothing else.
    I can access the terminal.

I did tried to follow tutorials and commands but nothing seem to fix this problem

Need assistance as soon as possible 😦

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halcyon kestrel
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You're likely missing the guest OS drivers, additions or whatever it is named for your VM software. One of them and the same one I am thinking of/looking at is to do with graphic drivers.

mental ember
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I tried to run sudo lightdm (yes, I have installed this Display Manager, I tried again and it said it is already installed)
after running the command, I got this error:

** (lightdm:984): WARNING **: <my_time>: Could not enumerate user data directory /var/lib/lightdm/data: Error opening directory '/var/lib/lightdm/data': No such file or directory
mental ember
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found systemctl list-dependencies graphical.target and i see this:

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my intuition says this is the problem, I tried systemctl enable lightdm and service lightdm start after disabling it but same result

mental ember
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Also tried to logind-check-graphical=true but same error

mental ember
mental ember
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Finalizing: I tried chatpgt, we tried alot of thing like reinstalling, re configuring, reading logs and nothing worked, now I am gonna try to re-do the whole process on Virtual Box