4) then when I start my Linux VMs the screen is black **but** if I the fire up my Win10 VM the linux VMs suddenly work - the black blank screen magically turns on and I see the console - and then if I shut down that Win10 VM the linux VM suddenly goes black and. Hey, I recently updated ubuntu mate in mt vmware workstation 12 and now it just loads to a black screen. At Import time, fusion complains that the OVA 'did not pass the OVF specification.
Vmware fusion black screen ubuntu VM Ubuntu Guest OS Installation LL10 – Managing Users LL11 – Shell Scripting & Cron I then tried to create a VMware Fusion VM, but when it boots from the USB all I get is the Cloudready logo and then a black screen :(How are you creating the unofficial vmware vm in the link above? It would be nice to be able to reproduce the steps myself.