Corrupt graphics: Win8 guest additions + 3D acceleration

[bmn]

On 4.2.18 r88781 (the About says r88780), I'm getting corrupt graphics in a Win8 x86 guest on a Win8 x64 host. The moment Guest Additions are installed, no text is drawn, no bitmaps, just solid color empty squares/shapes (I saw a tray notification's round balloon). There are other symptoms as well. Disabling 3D acceleration in the host VirtualBox solves it. It looks like this:


A blog post here suggests it works okay with some older versions, and that it may depend on settings.

Is there a known workaround that does allow acceleration to work?

By the way, a warning message in the Guest Additions installer could help. I was about to give up and reinstall the guest OS, but I finally found that disabling 3D acceleration helps.

[BillG]

I have never seen that with a Windows 8 guest. Windows 8 guest with Guest Additions works fine on my Windows 8.1 x64 host.

[bmn]

Maybe it depends on the host's graphics card? I'm on an Intel HD 4000.

[gianluigi.zanettini]

I found this topic Googling for the same issue! Same problem, same integrated GPU on the host.

Disable 3D acceleration and it'll work.

[Raymond9987654321]

I'm bumping this topic because I have this issue too, I can confirm that disabling 3d acceleration "fixes" the corrupt graphics. I'd be interested in seeing this fixed, as I miss the graphics snappyness of the 3d acceleration

[mpack]

Try updating your host's graphics drivers.

[emu1]

Same thing on v4.3.16 r95972, Windows 8.1 x64 guest/host, latest Intel HD 4000 drivers.

[yelloguy]

Windows 10. VB 5.0.4 r102546. Intel HD Graphics (probably 4000). Same problem.

FYI, I reported the problem in the following thread and attached a debug log to my last post.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69577

[neptunecentury]

I have an Intel HD Graphics 4600, and am getting the same issue. The guest worked fine on my old machine which had an NVIDIA GeForce card in it.

See this:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=69577

[sunlover]

This is fixed in latest Windows build (both 5.0 and 4.3) from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Testbuilds
Please test. Do not forget to update guest additions.