Installation Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS gets stuck on Synology Virtual Machine Manager

Question

I am trying to install Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS on a virtual machine on my Synology NAS 718+ (Intel Celeron J3455 and 10GB RAM). (Virtual Machine Manager with a VM setting of 2 CPUs, 4GB RAM, and 50GB Storage)

The machine starts booting and I get to a menu saying either to "Test / Install Unbuntu" OR "Test Memory" after confirming to install a lot of commands are passing by but even after 2 hours nothing more happened.

I tried installing the following Ubuntu versions without issues with the same VM settings:

Ubuntu Server 20.04
Ubuntu Desktop 22.04(!)

Any idea?

Thank you in advance!

Regards Alex

markx31 · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-03T13:02:28.390

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I had the same issue on DS218+ with 10GB Ram. I set the display driver to VGA from Virt_VGA and everything worked perfectly.

edited Jan 03 '23 at 13:02

answered Jan 03 '23 at 12:54

markx31

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Thank you very much it was as easy as that. Now it works. – Schnurcks Jan 03 '23 at 14:13
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Just came here to say, its 2024 and this is still the answer. – Calvin Allen Feb 21 '24 at 17:37
Just came here to say, its mid 2024 already, and this is still the answer. – Angad Cheema Jun 28 '24 at 05:35
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Just came here to say, mid 2024 as aswell, and this is still the answer, in my case i changed from "vmvga" to "vga" , ubuntu server 24.04 – Joyal Aug 27 '24 at 12:06
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It's 2025, and this worked for me too. :) – bloudraak Jan 03 '25 at 17:41
It's April 2025 and this worked for me also - RS 1221+ on DSM 7.2.1-69057 Update 7 – Justin Apr 15 '25 at 08:08
+1 Jun 2025 it's still the answer – The Diamond Z Jun 16 '25 at 12:53

Sandro · Answer 2 · 2025-09-08T21:37:18.297

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I had the same issue on DS925+. As mentioned in the accepted answer and the comments, the solution is to change the "Video Card" setting of the VM under "General" from vmvga to vga.

Update: this got me a bit further, but the installation process (Ubuntu Server LTS 24) was hanging at random places. After changing the VM settings to 2GB and 2CPUs the install went through without problems.

edited Sep 08 '25 at 21:37

answered Sep 08 '25 at 20:21

Sandro

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