Opened 13 years ago
Closed 10 years ago
#7835 closed defect (fixed)
Compiz and hence the new Ubuntu unity interface does not work with VirtualBox 3D support — at Version 6
| Reported by: | Pim Schellart | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | 3D support | Version: | VirtualBox 3.2.12 |
| Keywords: | 3d, compiz, ubuntu, unity | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Mac OS X |
Description (last modified by )
Currently when running Ubuntu (11.04) as a VirtualBox guest OS unity is disabled by default because 3D support is not detected. This happens even though 3D acceleration is enabled in the virtual machine settings and the guest additions are installed.
This bug prevents users and developers from test driving Ubuntu's new GUI in a controlled environment.
Change History (8)
comment:1 by , 13 years ago
comment:2 by , 13 years ago
Rather strange as we do support FBO (provided host GPU supports it as well). Could you post glxinfo output from your guest?
by , 13 years ago
| Attachment: | glxinfo.txt1 added |
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comment:3 by , 13 years ago
The compiz opengl plugin appears not to load for two reasons: Fatal: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap is missing Fatal: Software rendering detected
comment:4 by , 13 years ago
Hi, there, please be aware about this information: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/12/how-to-test-ubuntu-1104-with-unity-in.html
I just tested it as well (Natty Alpha 1 on VirtualBox 4.0.0 on a Macbook Pro). Things seem to be far better. After installing the guest additions, the unity interface starts. Resizing the Guest Desktop doesn't work properly, however.
comment:6 by , 10 years ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Resolution: | → fixed |
| Status: | new → closed |
Closing..
(from the Unity developers) Unity requires a graphics feature called Frame Buffer Objects, which virtual box does not support.