![]() ![]() I checked my network, internet connection, everything was fine. Should be first step after installing, but in my case I got errors like:Į: Unable to locate package linux-headers… You need to enter “quiet nomodeset” every time you wish to boot, and until you are done with the Nvidia part of the configuration. Linux / vmlinuz-4.15.0-kali2-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/Crypto-root ro quiet nomodeset On the GRUB boot menu scroll down to the linux line and again enter “quiet nomodeset” at the end of the line. On the boot screen select Kali GNU/Linux and press e on the keyboard. To get through that part and boot onto system procedure is similar to the one of the Kali Live System. I entered username and password and after that got either black screen or blank gray screen. Installation in my case went fine, but after installation is done I got stuck again on the boot screen of the OS. You will now be able to boot to the Live System. Linux / live/vmlinuz-4.15.0-kali2-amd64 boot=live components splash username=root hostname=kali quiet nomodesetĪfter you entered quiet and nomodeset at the end of the inux line press CTRL+X to boot If you wish to boot to the Live System, you need to do following – on boot menu, select Live System – press e on the keyboard I wasn’t able to boot to Live System, I was stuck in the middle of the boot process. If you plan to dual boot, your first installation should be Windows 10 and after that Kali.Īfter I made a bootable Kali installation with RUFUS on Windows and put USB into Dell XPS I was able to get Kali boot menu (pressing F12 while booting Dell XPS, on Dell logo and choosing USB drive on which you put Kali) With BIOS configured this way I managed to boot to Kali and Windows. ![]() Two most important settings are AHCI and disabled Secure Boot, other are optional and completely up to you. Settings | Secre Boot | Secure Boot Enable | Disabled Settings | System Configuration | Drives | M.2 PCIe SSD-0 (since I have M.2 drive in my system) Settings | System Configuration | SATA Operation | AHCI Settings | General | Adanced Boot Options | I selected Enable Legacy Option ROMs and Enable Attempt Legacy Boot (although not necessary since I booted into UEFI) Settings | General | Boot Sequence | Boot List Option | I selected UEFI There are few settings we need to address before getting any further. You can enter BIOS on Dell by pressing F2 while machine is booting and DELL logo is depicted. – Unable to access repositories and install anything to my Kali install. I would reach login screen, enter username and password and after that I would get either black screen, or gray screen with nothing else. – After installation – unable to boot into Kali. – Unable to boot into Kali Live installation Problems that I faced with Kali 2018.2 on Dell are as follows: My config is Dell i7-7700HQ, 32GB RAM, 1TB M.2 SSD and 4k display.Ĭonfiguration I’ll be covering here is Kali Linux 2018.2 I won’t be covering OS installation process – this article will focus only on the problems I faced and a ways I resolved them. Here are the problems I faced, and a ways to resolve them. I tried Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Kali 2018.2 and the results were not great. In my case it came with Windows 10 Pro installation, but I wished for a Linux distro on it. Here is the full tutorial.ĭell is a great and powerful machine. I got a Dell XPS 15 but getting Kali to work on it was a bit rough. Mich1010 Attachments (20.A bit late summer special. I have waited a long time (>30mins), but nothing happens, the black screen remains forever. I don't get any errors, and the VM seems to boot properly, as I can access the boot options, but then Ubuntu never actually loads and the screen is stuck on a black screen with the white underscore. I also checked and the virtualization is enabled in the Bios. I can only think of 3 event that might trigger this:Ģ) I moved the vdi from the C disk to the D disk because I needed to free space on the C disk (I did this properly by detaching, moving and retaching the vdi)Īfter this I got the vt-x error probably caused by the installation of Docker, which I solved by disabling Hyper-V. Now my Ubuntu VM is stuck on the loading black screen with a white underscore. ![]() I have been using my Ubuntu (16.04.3) VM on Windows 10 without any issues for a long time. ![]()
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