[Solved] Mint 18.3 Mate or Cinamon (GUEST) no video / weird

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Jeff Bourdeau
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[Solved] Mint 18.3 Mate or Cinamon (GUEST) no video / weird

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Here is what I see in the GUest Window when booting with a Mate or Cinamon ( Mint) 18.3 iso
the video is not clear
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Host machine is a Linux mint 18.3
Version 5.2.2 r119230 (Qt5.6.1) or virtual box
JF
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Jeff Bourdeau
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Re: Mint 18.3 Mate or Cinamon (GUEST) no video / weird

Post by Jeff Bourdeau »

Enabling 3D acceleration Fixed the problem
Note : After turning it off again, the problem didn't came back! No logical explanation but I'm ok.
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Re: [Solved] Mint 18.3 Mate or Cinamon (GUEST) no video / weird

Post by socratis »

Great, thanks for the feedback. And thank you for marking it as [Solved]... ;)
I guess that something "clicked" in the video card/drivers/vRAM? I've seen glitches like that come and go.
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