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[Alexandru Panoiu <alexandru.panoiu@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have experienced the same dreadful situation -- after a routine update
the virtual machine was no longer able to reach the login screen. If it
helps, I can tell that the system had actually booted all right, since I
was able to SSH into the VM and run apt-get -y purge to remove the
kernel 4.2.0-30; as far as I can tell it was just the GUI which did not
start.

Windows 7 host, VMware Workstation 11 and Player 7.1.3, Ubuntu 15.10
guest.

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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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