Solved! on windows 10 my vmware ubuntu 16 image im using to practice for an important upcoming competition doesnt work..

[tycap315]

I am running windows 10 with a ryzen 3 2200g with a gtx 1050. With my vm, i am running Ubuntu 16.04 on an image with vulnerabilities as im practicing for the cpxi national semis. I need help solving my issue. When i lauch the vm, no issues. I know the password, when i sign in, it black screens and signs me out. When i have it auto login, there is no sidebar and no terminal. i can open tty with ctl alt del. im not sure how to fix this but ive tried stuff with .Xauthority and that doesn't fix anything. Hoping to get responses!

 

[kanewolf]

To run native you need a newer version of Linux kernel to run on Ryzen 2xxx. You need 18.04 or newer. It is possible that your Ubuntu is just too old for Ryzen 2xxx.