If you tried everything above and Kali is still not starting, then try increasing the video memory, this is a solution suggested by a user here “Asadmammadov”, to do that right click the virtual machine name from virtual box, go to settings > System and try increasing the video memory at least over the minimum level. If none of the above fixed the issue for you then right click the virtual machine name from virtual box, go to settings > General and make sure that the type is set to Linux and version is set to Debian 64 or Debian 32 depending on the Kali version you downloaded. If you need more help then google How to enable virtualisation on, replace with your computer model. In the settings look for VT or hardware virtualisation, enable it, save and quit.

Look for instructions (on the bottom of the screen) on how to enter bios settings. If you’re already using the right version then make sure that hardware virtualisation or VT is enabled from your bios, this is different depending on your computer, the usual procedure is. ova extension, if it doesn’t then you did NOT download the right file.

Make sure you click on the virtual box tab to download the virtual box image.ĭownload the 32 bit version if your computer is 32 bits, otherwise use the 64 but version. So to do so we have a tool in kali Linux. There are a number of reasons that might cause this issue:įirst make sure you downloaded the right version for your computer, so when downloading Kali a black-grey screen shown I checked the checksum and it was correct, tried it with virtualbox also same result.

Kali linux virtualbox black screen