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VB - 4.1.4
Host - Windows 7 64-bit with ATI Radeon HD4550
Guest - Ubuntu 11.10

I have the Guest Additions installed:


I have the VM settings for 3D:


However, every indication I know of says 3D Acceleration is not working:



I've googled for hours, and checked everything I've found, but still no luck. Please help!

deactivate the one from Ubuntu and install the one from VirtualBox. You also need to install the following first.
dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic

You also need to sure to update your hosts graphics drivers to the latest version.

Perryg wrote:deactivate the one from Ubuntu and install the one from VirtualBox.

I don't understand what you mean here. Would you please clarify.

Perryg wrote:You also need to install the following first. dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic

Already done.

Perryg wrote:You also need to sure to update your hosts graphics drivers to the latest version.

Already done.

Run this on the Ubuntu guest in a terminal and post here.
/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p

Also post the guests log file (as an attachment)

Perryg wrote:Run this on the Ubuntu guest in a terminal and post here.
/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p

OpenGL vendor string: Mesa Project
OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.11

Not software rendered: no
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: no
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program: yes
GL fragment program: yes
GL vertex buffer object: yes
GL framebuffer object: yes
GL version is 1.4+: yes

Unity 3D supported: no

Perryg wrote:Also post the guests log file (as an attachment)

Please clarify with the requested file path.

In the VirtualBox Main Manager click on the device tab at the top and then show log. save and post as an attachment

While you are at it go ahead and post the model and version of the hosts graphics card and the version of the driver.

Perryg wrote:In the VirtualBox Main Manager click on the device tab at the top and then show log. save and post as an attachment

Tell me if this is wrong:
In 'Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager' window on host, Machine->Show Log, Vbox.log tab, Save. (see attached)

Perryg wrote:While you are at it go ahead and post the model and version of the hosts graphics card and the version of the driver.

Hardware: Sapphire Radeon HD4550
Driver:

• Name: ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series
  Date: 2011-04-19
  Version: 8.850.0.0

I am going to need to see the guests /var/log/xorg.0.log (as an attachment)

Perryg wrote:I am going to need to see the guests /var/log/xorg.0.log (as an attachment)

see attached

OK one final question. In the screen shot above you show that the VirtualBox graphics driver is active. Tell me exactly how you installed the VirtualBox guest additions.

I have a working 11.10 and my Ubuntu Additional Drivers show it as inactive. Meaning I did not install the one they presented to me. Also you can check the installed VirtualBox modules (you will need to install synaptic) and make sure that none of the VirtualBox selections are actually loaded. If they are remove them. Then you click on the device menu at the top of the window and select install guest additions from there. Here is a screen shot of what I have. Also it may be an issue with the ATI card as I have seen a lot of issues from users that have it. Not saying that it is not a good card but I do know Linux has issues with it. Anyway this should give you some ideas what to try.

I used the standard method to install the additions. However, I did manually activate the driver. So, I deactivated the driver and restarted.

Checked and have no virtualbox packages:


From VM window, Devices->Install Guest Additions...:





Restarted, but still:


From the Xorg.0.log error, I do confirm that vboxvideo_dri.so does not exist in /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri. After that load failure comes the dreaded 'AIGLX: reverting to software rendering' error. I'm just not sure how that DRI driver is installed. However, it seems the most likely cause of the problem. Any idea why that driver is missing?

BTW, THANKS for hammering away at this with me!

I am afraid that you are going to need to get the assistance of the DEVs now. I have gone as far as I can go since I don't have an ATI graphics card.
Please post to bugtracker and be sure to reference this topic. Don't forget to post your guest log file as an attachment and post the ticket number here as well so others can follow the progress.

OK, Thanks again for all your help!

Opened Ticket #9799 - https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9799.

OK, two possible solutions were found:

1. Install this: https://www.virtualbox.org/download/tes ... r74568.iso

Or

2. Install Ubuntu package virtualbox-ose-guest-utils (via apt-get or synaptic) instead of the standard VB Guest Additions.