Display problems after installing GA in Ubuntu 9.10

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thie
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Joined: 31. Mar 2010, 13:50
Primary OS: Solaris
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Unbuntu 9.10

Display problems after installing GA in Ubuntu 9.10

Post by thie »

Running VirtualBox 3.1.6 r59338 on a Solaris 10 x86 host (Dell Optiplex 755).
The Guest OS is Ubuntu 9.10, updated to latest via the update manager and dkms is installed.
Display settings: 32 MB video memory and 3D acceleration enabled.

Everything works just fine until after I install the Guest Additions.
Attached are screen shots before
Before_GA_Installation.jpg
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and after
After_GA_Installation.jpg
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GA installation
As you can see the display becomes partially garbled, particularly in the areas where you move the
mouse and/or popup menu's.
Any clues or somebody seen this before.

tia,
Tim
blari18
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Joined: 31. Mar 2010, 19:47
Primary OS: Ubuntu other
VBox Version: OSE Debian
Guest OSses: ubuntu 9.10

Re: Display problems after installing GA in Ubuntu 9.10

Post by blari18 »

I have the same problem
thie
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Joined: 31. Mar 2010, 13:50
Primary OS: Solaris
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Unbuntu 9.10

Re: Display problems after installing GA in Ubuntu 9.10

Post by thie »

Update: the problem is gone in Ubuntu 10.04 beta 1 so I guess I'll take the practical approach and use that for now, it's going to be officially released in a couple of weeks anyway.
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