This error shows up everytime I install Kali Linux, whenever I try to boot it. Then, it dissapears and the screen blacks out. The error is the following:+[drm:vmw_host_log [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to send host log message.
Here’s also an screenshot of the error: 
asked Feb 23, 2019 at 16:58
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Try to change display setting and check
answered Mar 1, 2019 at 10:25
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I had the same issue installing on Windows 10. I followed the instructions in this video:
https://tr-my.net/watchvideo/how-to-install-kali-linux-on-virtualbox-exdj6PNPuxA.html
…and it seems to work now. Note, I still see those messages («Failed to send host log message») but it boots all the way into Kali now and I do not have further issues.
Essentially what it boiled down to was a lack of resources. I allocated 2 CPU’s, 2 gig of memory, and 16 gig on the virtual HD for it to work.
Also make sure you have virtualization enabled in BIOS.
answered Feb 27, 2019 at 1:38
This is a bug of VMSVGA which is waiting for the upstream fix. Check these websites for more information:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19168#comment:4
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=101326
To fix this, if you are not using gui (like gnome,kde), you can just add nomodeset to the kernel boot parameters, to disable VMSVGA on boot.
#debian 11
#/etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset"
update-grub
If you are using gui, just ignore the message, it’s not a real error.
By the way , VBoxVGA and VBoxSVGA is abandoned in the latest version of virtualbox (6.1).
answered Oct 21, 2021 at 1:38
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I’ve had the same problem today, on my Mac (not sure which host system you’re working on).
The fix for me, as suggested on another forum was to downgrade to VirtualBox v5.2. Seems it has been an issue for some Mac users since last yeat.
answered Oct 26, 2020 at 14:20
TobyGTobyG
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This error shows up everytime I install Kali Linux, whenever I try to boot it. Then, it dissapears and the screen blacks out. The error is the following:+[drm:vmw_host_log [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to send host log message.
Here’s also an screenshot of the error:
asked Feb 23, 2019 at 16:58
4
Try to change display setting and check
answered Mar 1, 2019 at 10:25
5
I had the same issue installing on Windows 10. I followed the instructions in this video:
https://tr-my.net/watchvideo/how-to-install-kali-linux-on-virtualbox-exdj6PNPuxA.html
…and it seems to work now. Note, I still see those messages («Failed to send host log message») but it boots all the way into Kali now and I do not have further issues.
Essentially what it boiled down to was a lack of resources. I allocated 2 CPU’s, 2 gig of memory, and 16 gig on the virtual HD for it to work.
Also make sure you have virtualization enabled in BIOS.
answered Feb 27, 2019 at 1:38
This is a bug of VMSVGA which is waiting for the upstream fix. Check these websites for more information:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19168#comment:4
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=101326
To fix this, if you are not using gui (like gnome,kde), you can just add nomodeset to the kernel boot parameters, to disable VMSVGA on boot.
#debian 11
#/etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset"
update-grub
If you are using gui, just ignore the message, it’s not a real error.
By the way , VBoxVGA and VBoxSVGA is abandoned in the latest version of virtualbox (6.1).
answered Oct 21, 2021 at 1:38
1
I’ve had the same problem today, on my Mac (not sure which host system you’re working on).
The fix for me, as suggested on another forum was to downgrade to VirtualBox v5.2. Seems it has been an issue for some Mac users since last yeat.
answered Oct 26, 2020 at 14:20
TobyGTobyG
1413 bronze badges
This error shows up everytime I install Kali Linux, whenever I try to boot it. Then, it dissapears and the screen blacks out. The error is the following:+[drm:vmw_host_log [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to send host log message.
Here’s also an screenshot of the error:
asked Feb 23, 2019 at 16:58
4
Try to change display setting and check
answered Mar 1, 2019 at 10:25
5
I had the same issue installing on Windows 10. I followed the instructions in this video:
https://tr-my.net/watchvideo/how-to-install-kali-linux-on-virtualbox-exdj6PNPuxA.html
…and it seems to work now. Note, I still see those messages («Failed to send host log message») but it boots all the way into Kali now and I do not have further issues.
Essentially what it boiled down to was a lack of resources. I allocated 2 CPU’s, 2 gig of memory, and 16 gig on the virtual HD for it to work.
Also make sure you have virtualization enabled in BIOS.
answered Feb 27, 2019 at 1:38
This is a bug of VMSVGA which is waiting for the upstream fix. Check these websites for more information:
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/19168#comment:4
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=101326
To fix this, if you are not using gui (like gnome,kde), you can just add nomodeset to the kernel boot parameters, to disable VMSVGA on boot.
#debian 11
#/etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset"
update-grub
If you are using gui, just ignore the message, it’s not a real error.
By the way , VBoxVGA and VBoxSVGA is abandoned in the latest version of virtualbox (6.1).
answered Oct 21, 2021 at 1:38
1
I’ve had the same problem today, on my Mac (not sure which host system you’re working on).
The fix for me, as suggested on another forum was to downgrade to VirtualBox v5.2. Seems it has been an issue for some Mac users since last yeat.
answered Oct 26, 2020 at 14:20
TobyGTobyG
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VirtualBox Ubuntu Install Error Messages
I’m attempting to install Ubuntu on VirtualBox. (My PC’s OS is Windows 10). After it installed, the following error messages appeared:
«mtd device must be supplied (device name is empty)»
«*ERROR* Failed to send host log message»When I searched these messages, the general response was that they’re bugs. However, it’s frozen on this screen.
Does anyone have ideas on how to resolve it?
Thank you!
Last edited by ebryski; October 1st, 2022 at 12:31 AM.
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Re: VirtualBox Ubuntu Install Error Messages
Moved to Virtualisation which is a better fit for this question.
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Re: VirtualBox Ubuntu Install Error Messages
Installing Ubuntu in VirtualBox is usually a given.
That error is a bug, but (usually) does not prevent it from booting. I have 2 machines (metal) that have those error messages and still boot. The error just means that a file is not empty during boot, which then prompts that message. More of a nuisance.
What is the host machine and OS? What is the version of VirtualBox? What version of Ubuntu are you trying to install?
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Re: VirtualBox Ubuntu Install Error Messages
In addition to MAFoElffen’s questions, do you see something more informative if you open the GRUB menu at VM startup and boot its Ubuntu without quiet splash boot parameters?
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Meaning… If, Press <Esc> after the Bios Post messages, at the Grub2 boot menu, press the <E> key. <Arrow-down> to the line that starts with «linux». <Arrow-right> and delete the words «quiet splash». Then press <Cntrl><X> to boot…
More details on this about mid-post in my «Graphics Resolution» sticky in my signature line…
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Re: VirtualBox Ubuntu Install Error Messages
Originally Posted by MAFoElffen
What is the host machine and OS? What is the version of VirtualBox? What version of Ubuntu are you trying to install?
In the OP, he says Win10 is the hostOS. Are there different versions of that?
Don’t see any mention of the vbox version or which Ubuntu release and DE/flavor.
I put the error message into google and hit enter. Found this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1417…-name-is-empty Which says it has something to do with systemd and that it has been fixed.
For someone new, perhaps 22.04 isn’t the best release. There are a number of things that are odd in it as Canonical uses the «defaults» to get more testers.
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The error message is a sideline issue, not to be confused with not booting (which that bug report states that.)
@TheFu — I saw that bug report (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s…d/+bug/1981622) about a couple weeks ago, when my laptop was still giving that message. The bug (in the details near the end, most recent) says it was patched for 22.10 DEV. Not backported to 22.04 (yet)…
EDIT: Don’t do the «work-around» that was suggested there. It is a two edged sword. They said that you have to back off that work-around, for the new patch to work… Meaning if you did that work-around, and you get the update with that patch, that it will prevent the patch from being applied… Which I will need to back-off on one of my systems when it gets backported to 22.04 LTS….
I am part of that Bug Report. I notice that besides me, it also affects oldfred.
Last edited by MAFoElffen; October 1st, 2022 at 09:33 PM.
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If I’m reading that bug correctly, they are just messages and safely ignored. In the old mainframe days, we called them «standard errors», meaning that if the error wasn’t there, it was a problem.
Is this for all hypervisors or just vbox?
Also, seems to be for 22.04, not 18.04 or 20.04.
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It’s also showing that error when I boot my VMs of Xubuntu 22.10 and 22.04, both running in KVM/QEMU, so it’s not just in VBox.
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That’s what I told TheFu in PM. Both for KVM and RHEV.
But I have an EUFI Laptop (metal) and a Legacy Boot workstation (metal) that are hypervisors that have this error. Their 22.4 & plus guests have this error…
oldfred’s is on metal and is not a hypervisor… So not just hypervisor’s. I’ve talked to him about possibly running VM’s and he doesn’t run any.
Last edited by MAFoElffen; October 2nd, 2022 at 03:42 PM.
VirtualBox Ubuntu Install Error Messages
Originally Posted by MAFoElffen
