RHEL 10 virtual machine display screen goes black and does not come back when running in VMware

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Virtual machine display goes black and does not respond to mouse or keyboard.
  • Waiting a long time after VM boot without login makes the VM screen go black and it does not wake up anymore.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • VMware ESXi 7, 8, 9
  • VMware vSphere 7, 8, 9

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