HELP..cant activate Ubuntu 9.10 effects..

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gelmo214
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HELP..cant activate Ubuntu 9.10 effects..

Post by gelmo214 »

Sir,i have a problem on both winxp and win7 host,.,i installed both of them with vbox and ubuntu 9.10,i also installed guest additions on both and enabled 3d accl,and then installed compiz config settings but the problem is,the Ubuntu effects doesnt show up,does it because of the both host pc just have a built in video card?i also notice that the default video memory on both machines are just 128mb,.,does it prevent the ubuntu to run graphical effects?thanks for any reply sir..
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Re: HELP..cant activate Ubuntu 9.10 effects..

Post by Sasquatch »

Check the VirtualBox FAQ for 3D effects. VRAM doesn't matter, can even be 16 MB.
Read the Forum Posting Guide before opening a topic.
VirtualBox FAQ: Check this before asking questions.
Online User Manual: A must read if you want to know what we're talking about.
Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions
Howto: Use Shared Folders on Linux Guest
See the Tutorials and FAQ section at the top of the Forum for more guides.
Try searching the forums first with Google and add the site filter for this forum.
E.g. install guest additions site:forums.virtualbox.org

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gelmo214
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Re: HELP..cant activate Ubuntu 9.10 effects..

Post by gelmo214 »

stefan.becker wrote:Maybe. What is the graphic card?
sir,.,my graphic card was is what is displayed in Display tab in DXDIAG?it says that i have a intel(R)82865G Graphic Controller..
Sasquatch
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Re: HELP..cant activate Ubuntu 9.10 effects..

Post by Sasquatch »

That is in the FAQ. Cards that are the 945 or older do NOT support hardware OpenGL. That is needed for VB's 3D. Get a real video card.
Read the Forum Posting Guide before opening a topic.
VirtualBox FAQ: Check this before asking questions.
Online User Manual: A must read if you want to know what we're talking about.
Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions
Howto: Use Shared Folders on Linux Guest
See the Tutorials and FAQ section at the top of the Forum for more guides.
Try searching the forums first with Google and add the site filter for this forum.
E.g. install guest additions site:forums.virtualbox.org

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gelmo214
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Joined: 3. Aug 2010, 05:52
Primary OS: MS Windows XP
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Guest OSses: Ubuntu 9.10,Windows 98

Re: HELP..cant activate Ubuntu 9.10 effects..

Post by gelmo214 »

thanks for nice info sir.. :D
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