Troubles with 3D acceleration using debian 9.6 and cinnamon

[Niko88]

Hello,

I've some optical troubles if activating 3D acceleration for Debian 9.6 guest (running with cinnamon) on Windows 7 host.

I've two guest (same debian version) - and both distorts the colors/transparency:

Guest 1:

After I'm starting the guest, the desktop background is like here:

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If I'm selecting another background and switch back again to the first one, the background is normally, like here:

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After restart, the behavior is like in first picture.

The description of behavior of second guest and more information I'll describe in next post because of attachment files limitation.

[Niko88]

Guest 2:

The background of the second guest behaves well. But if I'm starting e.g. Terminal, the background has transparency despite selected color theme green on black.

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After the 3D acceleration is disabled, I get an warning on start up:

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But the error pattern is gone:

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For both guests:

• Windows 7 Host
• Debian 9.6.0 with Cinnamon
• 128 MB display memory
• Guest additions installed for each guest
• Virtual box and Guest additions version is 6.0.4 r128413
• Unity 3d support test (like described in scoters blog oracle-vm-virtualbox-6-3d-acceleration-for-ubuntu-1804-guest) is positive (yes for all entries)

How to solve this error?

Thank you!

[Niko88]

Since last post, I've updated the virtual box and the guest addition to version Version 6.0.8 r130520 (Qt5.6.2) and reinstalled guest additions from ISO file on the guest.

I'll provide more information.

Host:

Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit 8 GB RAM

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C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe list hostinfo
Host Information:

Host time: 2019-05-16T08:01:10.403000000Z
Processor online count: 4
Processor count: 4
Processor online core count: 4
Processor core count: 4
Processor supports HW virtualization: yes
Processor supports PAE: yes
Processor supports long mode: yes
Processor supports nested paging: yes
Processor#0 speed: unknown
Processor#0 description: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460S CPU @ 2.90GHz
Processor#1 speed: unknown
Processor#1 description: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460S CPU @ 2.90GHz
Processor#2 speed: unknown
Processor#2 description: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460S CPU @ 2.90GHz
Processor#3 speed: unknown
Processor#3 description: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460S CPU @ 2.90GHz
Memory size: 8105 MByte
Memory available: 2668 MByte
Operating system: Windows 7
Operating system version: 6.1.7601sp1

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0:   Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version:      6.0.8
Revision:     130520
Edition:
Description:  USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 Host Controller, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP,
PXE ROM, Disk Encryption, NVMe.
VRDE Module:  VBoxVRDP
Usable:       true
Why unusable:

Guest:

Debian 9.6.0 Cinnamon 32 bit 1GB RAM

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uname -a

returns

Linux {my computer name} 4.9.0-8-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.9.144-3.1 (2019-02-19) i686 GNU/Linux

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C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox>VBoxManage.exe showvminfo OfflineSimulatorCom
piler
Name:                        OfflineSimulatorCompiler
Groups:                      /
Guest OS:                    Debian (32-bit)
UUID:                        2e9c667d-9b5f-4a78-bfa2-8d10a80efb27
Config file:                 C:\Users\username\VirtualBox VMs\OfflineSimulatorCompiler\OfflineSimulatorCompiler.vbox
Snapshot folder:             C:\Users\username\VirtualBox VMs\OfflineSimulatorCompiler\Snapshots
Log folder:                  C:\Users\username\VirtualBox VMs\OfflineSimulatorCompiler\Logs
Hardware UUID:               2e9c667d-9b5f-4a78-bfa2-8d10a80efb27
Memory size                  1024MB
Page Fusion:                 disabled
VRAM size:                   128MB
CPU exec cap:                100%
HPET:                        disabled
CPUProfile:                  host
Chipset:                     piix3
Firmware:                    BIOS
Number of CPUs:              2
PAE:                         enabled
Long Mode:                   disabled
Triple Fault Reset:          disabled
APIC:                        enabled
X2APIC:                      enabled
Nested VT-x/AMD-V:           disabled
CPUID Portability Level:     0
CPUID overrides:             None
Boot menu mode:              message and menu
Boot Device 1:               DVD
Boot Device 2:               HardDisk
Boot Device 3:               Not Assigned
Boot Device 4:               Not Assigned
ACPI:                        enabled
IOAPIC:                      enabled
BIOS APIC mode:              APIC
Time offset:                 0ms
RTC:                         UTC
Hardw. virt.ext:             enabled
Nested Paging:               enabled
Large Pages:                 enabled
VT-x VPID:                   enabled
VT-x unr. exec.:             enabled
Paravirt. Provider:          Default
Effective Paravirt. Prov.:   KVM
State:                       running (since 2019-05-16T07:33:31.037000000)
Monitor count:               1
3D Acceleration:             enabled
2D Video Acceleration:       disabled
Teleporter Enabled:          disabled
Teleporter Port:             0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Tracing Enabled:             disabled
Allow Tracing to Access VM:  disabled
Tracing Configuration:
Autostart Enabled:           disabled
Autostart Delay:             0
Default Frontend:
Storage Controller Name (0):            IDE
Storage Controller Type (0):            PIIX4
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0):  2
Storage Controller Port Count (0):      2
Storage Controller Bootable (0):        on
Storage Controller Name (1):            SATA
Storage Controller Type (1):            IntelAhci
Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (1):  30
Storage Controller Port Count (1):      1
Storage Controller Bootable (1):        on
IDE (1, 0): Empty (ejected)
SATA (0, 0): C:\Users\username\VirtualBox VMs\OfflineSimulatorCompiler\Snapshots/{bb82e96c-2df8-4680-88da-66b585a08c43}.vdi (UUID: bb82e96c-2df8-4680-88da-66b585a08c43)
NIC 1:                       MAC: 08002715A154, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 2:                       MAC: 080027C77195, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 3:                       disabled
NIC 4:                       disabled
NIC 5:                       disabled
NIC 6:                       disabled
NIC 7:                       disabled
NIC 8:                       disabled
Pointing Device:             PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard Device:             PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:                      disabled
UART 2:                      disabled
UART 3:                      disabled
UART 4:                      disabled
LPT 1:                       disabled
LPT 2:                       disabled
Audio:                       enabled (Driver: DSOUND, Controller: AC97, Codec: AD1980)
Audio playback:              disabled
Audio capture:               enabled
Clipboard Mode:              Bidirectional
Drag and drop Mode:          Bidirectional
Session name:                GUI/Qt
Video mode:                  1280x960x32 at 0,0 enabled
VRDE:                        disabled
OHCI USB:                    enabled
EHCI USB:                    enabled
xHCI USB:                    disabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:

Name: 'share', Host path: 'C:\share' (machine mapping), writable

VRDE Connection:             not active
Clients so far:              0

Capturing:                   not active
Capture audio:               not active
Capture screens:             0
Capture file:                C:\Users\username\VirtualBox VMs\OfflineSimulatorCompiler\OfflineSimulatorCompiler.webm
Capture dimensions:          1024x768
Capture rate:                512kbps
Capture FPS:                 25kbps
Capture options:             ac_enabled=false

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size: 0MB
OS type:                     Linux26
Additions run level:         2
Additions version            6.0.8 r130520

Guest Facilities:

Facility "VirtualBox Base Driver": active/running (last update: 2019/05/16 07:33:43 UTC)
Facility "VirtualBox System Service": active/running (last update: 2019/05/16 07:35:28 UTC)
Facility "Seamless Mode": active/running (last update: 2019/05/16 07:33:43 UTC)
Facility "Graphics Mode": active/running (last update: 2019/05/16 07:36:05 UTC)

Snapshots:

   Name: Sicherung 1 (UUID: 829dbf2c-7024-440f-97fd-9eab2fad5941) *
   Description:
Sicherung des Systems bevor verschiedene Desktoptypen entfernt werden.

Log files are in the zip file in attachment. I had to zip them because they are to big. I've seen that opengl32.dll will be loaded multiple times. The file exists, is spelled in lower case and has version 6.1.7600.16385