HOWTO: Compiz on Ubuntu 8.10 Guest with VirtualBox 2.1.4
Posted: 6. Apr 2009, 00:22UPDATE: VirtualBox 2.2.0 is out and it comes with the 3D Video Driver for Compiz. This guide is no longer needed
This is what used to get Compiz on my Ubuntu 8.10 please keep in note that the software used (virtualbox additions) is in beta and I take no responsibility if this doesn't work for you and something bad happens to your Virtual Machine.
First of start off by making sure you have ubuntu installed on a virtual machine. Make sure you have enabled 3D accelaration and given it enough video memory (I put 128MB Video Memory)
Then do this in the terminal:
This will open up a blank text file. Put the following into the text file:
Save it and close it. On your host, download the following file: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.2.0_BETA2/VBoxGuestAdditions_2.2.0_BETA2.iso
Once the download has finished, mount it in the virtual machine in virtualbox, and install the guest addditions:
You may have to enter your password. Just enter the password that you use to log on.
Once that is done, restart the Virtual Machine. Once that is done, log back on and edit the following file using this command:
Then Make your device section look like this:
Save it, Close it, then press Control+Alt+Backspace. Log in to ubuntu again.
Now go to System->Preferences->Appearance. Then click on the Visual Effects tab. Either click on normal or extra. I set mine to normal. And now you should have Visual Effects. Here is proof:
This is what used to get Compiz on my Ubuntu 8.10 please keep in note that the software used (virtualbox additions) is in beta and I take no responsibility if this doesn't work for you and something bad happens to your Virtual Machine.
First of start off by making sure you have ubuntu installed on a virtual machine. Make sure you have enabled 3D accelaration and given it enough video memory (I put 128MB Video Memory)
Then do this in the terminal:
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mkdir ~/.config/compiz
gedit ~/.config/compiz/compiz-manager
This will open up a blank text file. Put the following into the text file:
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SKIP_CHECKS=yes
Save it and close it. On your host, download the following file: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.2.0_BETA2/VBoxGuestAdditions_2.2.0_BETA2.iso
Once the download has finished, mount it in the virtual machine in virtualbox, and install the guest addditions:
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cd /media/cdrom
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
You may have to enter your password. Just enter the password that you use to log on.
Once that is done, restart the Virtual Machine. Once that is done, log back on and edit the following file using this command:
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sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Then Make your device section look like this:
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "vboxvideo"
EndSection
Save it, Close it, then press Control+Alt+Backspace. Log in to ubuntu again.
Now go to System->Preferences->Appearance. Then click on the Visual Effects tab. Either click on normal or extra. I set mine to normal. And now you should have Visual Effects. Here is proof:
