The virtual device display is black, white or distorted (NVIDIA GPU + Linux)

Source: https://support.genymotion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002733817-The-virtual-device-display-is-black-white-or-distorted-NVIDIA-GPU-Linux

Published: 2026-01-25

Keywords: NVIDIA, Linux, nouveau, Genymotion Desktop, OpenGL, GPU driver, virtual device display

Document ID: support_genymotion_com_hc_en-us_articles_360002733817-The-virtual-device-display-is-black-white-or-distorted-NVIDIA-GPU-Linux

Audience: This article is for Genymotion Desktop users on Linux with NVIDIA GPUs.

Issue

The issue is that the virtual device display is black, white or distorted when using NVIDIA GPUs on Linux.
The open-source GPU driver 'nouveau' for NVIDIA video cards is usually the cause.
For details and solutions, see the article "Genymotion Desktop crashes when starting a Virtual Device (Linux)".

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