mberna's solution here is what worked for me on an Ubuntu 18.04 host with whatever is the current Lubuntu 18.04 desktop amd64 ISO: https://superuser.com/questions/1295202/garbled-display-when-running-lubuntu-17-10-as-guest-os
1. disabling nested paging (system → acceleration → enable nested paging checkbox) 2. increasing the video memory to 128 mb (display → video memory slider) After installation you can re-enable nested paging. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766859 Title: Display corrupted in virtualbox To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/1766859/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs