I'm not 100% sure if this is a virtualbox issue, but no doubt someone can tell me
I am running Ubuntu 11.04 as guest on Virtualbox 4.1.10 on Windows 7 Pro.
I need to change the X windows server settings to enable backing store for some old application that I have. I have spent some time trawling through the internet and tried a few different things, but apparently all to no avail. xdpyinfo still reports
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options: backing-store NO, save-unders NO
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option "backingstore" "on"
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Section "Device"
BoardName "VirtualBox Graphics"
Driver "vboxvideo"
Identifier "Device[0]"
VendorName "Oracle Corporation"
Option "backingstore" "on"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Device[0]"
# Screen "Screen[0]"
Option "BackingStore" "on"
EndSection
I do know that the X server is using the modified file, because when I make a mistake, it tells me so. By the way, I've tried a variety of ways to restart the xserver. The quickest seems to be
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sudo service lightdm restart
So, now I don't know what to do anymore. I confess that I don't know if the "backingstore" is implemented by the X server, or by the driver (i.e. virtualbox in this case).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks