OK, I'm a noob when it comes to VMs. Here is what I learned. Both Oracle Virtualbox and VMware will hit this problem on a secure boot configured ubuntu system. That is because they do not sign the drivers. You will need to generate a key and have it registered during boot. From that point either VM ought to work. My VMware is now. Link to good overview on how to resolve: https://stegard.net/2016/10/virtualbox-secure-boot-ubuntu-fail/ ... View more