Hey every1
I successfully installed 2.2.2 , however when i tried running the guest os , the vm display was really corrupted (looked as if the screen would not clear between updates) . I am running this on gentoo 2.6.29 (custom vanilla) , nvidia 8600 (driver ver 180.44) , on a twinview config . My window manager is compiz-fusion... the odd thing is that if i were to click on the power off machine (which would tint the screen black) it momentarily make the screen look sane. I tried the different video options to no avail . Also as soon I turn a vm on the virtualbox splash screen is also washed out in the display ... Could this be an sdl issue ? I'm using 1.2.13..
Thanx for any help ...
stan
display corruption
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Sasquatch
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Re: display corruption
Do you have things like Cairo running or something? Users have mentioned here that running ARGB apps can cause such display corruption. Also, disable Compiz-Fusion and start a VM, check how that works.
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k11stan
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Re: display corruption
Looks like the problem fixed itself when i restarted X .. thanx to all that replied
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k11stan
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Re: display corruption
Just a quick pointer - virtualbox (2.2.2) runs fine with compiz as long as you do not open any applications using hw transparency first (like gnome-terminal with trans. background) . Just a quick observation .. other than that no problems ..
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danz
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Re: display corruption
I had a same issue with virtualbox 3.0.0 + debian on Windows Vista, where the gdm greeting screen is corrupted. Restarting gdm wouldn't help. But the display comes back to normal if kill gdm and run "startx" directly.