I'm not sure whether this can provide any clues, but this Ubiquity oem- config crash rings a bit similar in that it's only happening when running under KVM, not when running on hardware:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1374193 Haven't tried it yet on Virtual Box, though. -- 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/1371651 Title: Daily does not boot into graphical interface after installation Status in Light Display Manager: Invalid Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: used the daily iso 2015-09-19 i386 ran installation on virtualbox 4.3.16 after installation, the system won't boot into the graphical interface. instead, switching to vt1 and back to vt7 reveals the attached errors. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-16.22-generic 3.16.2 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-16-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Sep 19 17:09:17 2014 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=de keyboard-configuration/layoutcode?=de InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-19 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20140919) ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/1371651/+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