Opened 9 years ago
#14242 new defect
3D Accelerate Grayed Out (Can't disable after moving VM)
| Reported by: | sraboy | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | GUI | Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.18 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description
I recently set up a new system and decided to migrate my VM to the new host. The new host doesn't support 3D acceleration so I was unable to start the VM.
Unfortunately, because VirtualBox detected that my host doesn't support 3D acceleration, it disabled the "3D Acceleration" checkbox in the VM's settings. It was disabled, yet still checked.
The workaround is just to use the commandline: vboxmanage modifyvm MY_VM_NAME --accelerate3d off
If VBox is taking the time to check for host capabilities and updating the UI appropriately, it should also remove the 3D acceleration checkbox and notify the user about the incompatibility.
I'll also note that this was in 4.3.18 since that's what's in the Debian package repository. I migrated the VM from a Windows host using 4.3.28 that supports 3D virtualization so I wasn't able to verify whether this is an issue in the latest release.
