I figured out that this was the issue for me after learning that kali is developed and tested using the most recent versions of virtualbox and vmware. Once done, you should be able to launch virtualbox and run kali without issues.

Find your current version with this command uname -aĪfter downloading the virtualbox deb package, install it with the following command(replace the file path with that of your specific deb package) :ĭpkg -i ~/Downloads/virtualbox-.1_6.1.18-142142~Ubuntu~bionic_b Download Kali Linux VirtualBox Image Visit the Kali Linux official website and go to the download page. Please download files in this item to interact with them on your computer. Once you've uninstalled virtualbox, go and download the latest version from the website : Make sure that you get the one for your current version of linux. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive There Is No Preview Available For This Item This item does not appear to have any files that can be experienced on. Sudo apt-get remove virtualbox sudo apt-get purge virtualbox* If you're on linux, use the following commands(your vms shouldn't be deleted when doing this)

If you're running a 5x version, then you have found your issue. Launch virtualbox, go to help > about virtualbox Here's how I was able to fix it the other day. I've been struggling with the black screen issue for a LONG time.

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