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[Paul <prowla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've just installed the update on 5 VMs and none of them would boot.

I've interrupted boot (by holding the Shift key whilst powering on the
VM) to bring up the Grub menu (it took several attempts to get it),
selected "Advanced options for Ubuntu", highlighted the previous kernel
("Ubuntu, with Linux 4.2.0-27-generic"), and booted.

Once the system came back up I logged in and did:

apt-get --purge remove  linux-image-4.2.0-30-generic linux-image-
extra-4.2.0-30-generic

My VM(s) will now reboot.

Looks like the new kernel is broke.

I'm running VMware Workstation Pro 12.1.0 build-3272444 on Windows 7
64-bit and my VMs are using open-vm-tools.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1548587

Title:
  Ubuntu 15.10 VMWare guest won't show UI after upgrading to 4.2.0-30

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 15.10 64-bit as a guest VM in
  VMWare Workstation 12.1.0.

  After installation, I am able to log into the system. I then ran the
  updater application to install the latest updates.

  After installing the updates and restarting, the system no longer
  shows any UI after booting. I am now faced with a black screen and a
  dash that does not blink. The system also does not respond to any
  inputs.

  I was able to get back into my system by holding shift to show the
  GRUB menu and boot using the 4.2.16 kernel.

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