I have the same problem on Vmware Player 12 and Vmware Workstation 11. Fresh install of Ubuntu 15.10 downloaded yesterday, first pack of updates(suggested from update manager) and then with first reboot it fails to load, showing only the white cursor.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1550090 Title: linux-image-3.19.0-51-generic fails to boot to desktop under VMWare Player Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After updating my VMWare Player install of Ubuntu 14.04 amd64 to linux-image-3.19.0-51-generic it fails to boot - plymouth appears to hang during boot and so it never reaches the GDM login screen - also seems I am not alone: http://askubuntu.com/questions/738083/ubuntu-14-04-4-lts-hangs-on-boot-after-latest-dist-upgrade-in-vmware http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2314723 Booting from the previous kernel 3.19.0-49-generic works fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1550090/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
