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  1. Wily (15.10)
  2. Bug #1548587
  3. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 1548587

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James Simas (j-simas) wrote : Re: Ubuntu 15.10 VMWare guest won't show UI after upgrading to 4.2.0-30

I'm experiencing this same issue.

After running Ubuntu Gnome's Software Updater and rebooting this morning, the OS would no longer boot. Holding shift during boot and picking an older kernel (4.2.0-27-generic) allows the OS to boot. Picking 4.2.0-30-generic on boot reproduces the problem again.

As a test, I performed a fresh installation of Ubuntu Gnome 15.10. It booted fine using 4.2.0-16, but after updating to 4.2.0-30-generic again it stopped booting.

Using VMware Workstation Pro version 12.1.0 build-3272444 on Windows 7 Enterprise SP 1 64-bit.

FWIW, as a workaround, I've used Grub Customizer and chose 4.2.0-27 as my default kernel for now.