I've reproduced this. Attaching the journal from within the VM. There are some warnings from gnome in there, not sure what to make of most of them. These did jump out at me though.
Sep 21 10:55:00 ubuntu-test gnome-shell[917]: Failed to apply DRM plane transform 0: Invalid argument Sep 21 10:55:00 ubuntu-test gnome-shell[917]: Failed to apply DRM plane transform 0: Invalid argument Sep 21 10:55:00 ubuntu-test gnome-shell[917]: Failed to apply DRM plane transform 0: Invalid argument Sep 21 10:55:00 ubuntu-test org.gnome.Shell.desktop[917]: Disabling glamor and dri3, EGL setup failed Sep 21 10:55:00 ubuntu-test org.gnome.Shell.desktop[917]: Failed to initialize glamor, falling back to sw ** Attachment added: "journal.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1718679/+attachment/4954495/+files/journal.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1718679 Title: Upgrade to 4.13.0-11.12 in artful amd64 VM breaks display on wayland Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have a virtualbox VM running artful which I upgrade every day. Today when upgrading from kernel 4.12.0-12.13 to 4.13.0-11.12, after a reboot gdm3 failed to display the login screen. All I got was a black screen, but I could access a virtual terminal. Downgrading the kernel back to 4.12.0-12.13 fixed the issue. jibel suggested to trying disabling wayland in gdm (by uncommenting #WaylandEnable=false in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf), and that did the trick too, but only X11 sessions were available of course. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: linux-image-4.13.0-11-generic 4.13.0-11.12 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-11.12-generic 4.13.1 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: ubuntu 1726 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: ubuntu 1726 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1726 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/timer: ubuntu 1726 f.... pulseaudio Date: Thu Sep 21 15:40:40 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-07 (106 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170606.1) IwConfig: enp0s3 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021 VirtualBox USB Tablet Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox ProcFB: 0 vboxdrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-11-generic root=UUID=e23963bd-97af-4402-b681-376a6fcaae62 ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.13.0-11-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.13.0-11-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.168 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: vboxvideo UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox dmi.board.name: VirtualBox dmi.board.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.board.version: 1.2 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Oracle Corporation dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:rvnOracleCorporation:rnVirtualBox:rvr1.2:cvnOracleCorporation:ct1:cvr: dmi.product.family: Virtual Machine dmi.product.name: VirtualBox dmi.product.version: 1.2 dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1718679/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp