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Vbox 2.2 breaks with compiz
Posted: 7. May 2009, 03:21
by fizk
I can't run compiz while running VirtualBox 2.2.
Here are the screenshots:
- Before comiz
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- after compiz
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Host: Ubuntu Jaunty
Guest: Windows Vista
Re: Vbox 2.2 breaks with compiz
Posted: 7. May 2009, 03:29
by Perryg
More video memory
Re: Vbox 2.2 breaks with compiz
Posted: 7. May 2009, 13:58
by fizk
Perryg wrote:More video memory
It's maxed out at 128MB. Can/should I increase this?
Re: Vbox 2.2 breaks with compiz
Posted: 7. May 2009, 17:41
by Perryg
Try turning off the 3d effect in the vbox settings for the windows guest. It can't use it right now anyway.
Re: Vbox 2.2 breaks with compiz
Posted: 7. May 2009, 20:56
by Sasquatch
fizk wrote:Perryg wrote:More video memory
It's maxed out at 128MB. Can/should I increase this?
What about decreasing it. If your video card has only 128 MB VRAM, it will give everything to VB and the Guest will fail to allocate the allotted memory because the Host also needs it. I usually use 8 or 12 MB of VRAM, works like a charm. You can set it to 32 if it makes you feel better.
Re: Vbox 2.2 breaks with compiz
Posted: 7. May 2009, 21:40
by Upsurged
Please check this topic.
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... 991#p72229
Thanks to townk it works.
townk wrote:I ran more tests here and if I start VirtualBox with environment variable XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 and Cairo-Dock, VirtualBox works fine:
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env XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 VirtualBox
I put this on my launcher and it's working, but I still think that this is a workaround not a fix.