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I am trying to run Ubuntu 17.04 on Oracle VirtualBox 5.1.26 from an image that I downloaded from the Ubuntu website.

I have seemingly successfully installed Ubuntu correctly, however Ubuntu runs, I see the operating system load normally up until Ubuntu is supposedly fully loaded and what is displayed is a screen of graphics that is terribly distorted.

Here's a screenshot of what is displayed inside the operating system:

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Within this screen, I can see the screen respond to my mouse movements, as if it does accept the input, but it's nothing that I can actually use.

Here is a screenshot of some of the settings I used for the Virtual Machine:

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I'm wondering if anybody has had this problem before and knows how to fix this issue.

Update

It should be noted that at the time that this question was asked, the operating system was not installed.

After using the suggested actions within the accepted answer, I was able to install Ubuntu normally. Afterwards, I need to perform this sequence of button combinations a few times while loading Ubuntu in order to run the operating system.

Sal
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As memory serves me, switching TTY's should fix the problem.

To fix your video problem, hit the host_key + F1, followed by host_key + F7. It's a bug.

On some keyboards, you may have to host_key + fn + F1 and then host_key + fn + F7

Update #1:

Note: You may have to issue the complete quoted key sequences a second time to get the screen to correct itself.

heynnema
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@Sal, same thing happened to me.

All I did to fix it is press host_key+Fn+F1 once again.

abu_bua
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jimmyblow
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