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Re: "Desktop effects could not be enabled" on Ubuntu 10.10 x64
Posted: 15. Oct 2010, 21:28
by weconsultants
weconsultants wrote:weconsultants wrote:EDIT: I am going to uninstall VirtualBox 3.2.10 and reinstall the VirtualBox 3.2.8 to see if I can change The Desktop Effects.
I installed VirtualBox 3.2.8 on my Ubuntu 10.10 and the only VA that worked was the
Shared folders. The cursor was locked into the virtual Ubuntu console but I could <Ctrl> to exit. The Ubuntu console would not expand as the virtual window was expanded. So I guess I need to go back to VirtualBox 3.2.10. This is a strange problem.
Re: "Desktop effects could not be enabled" on Ubuntu 10.10 x64
Posted: 15. Oct 2010, 21:37
by Perryg
weconsultants wrote:weconsultants wrote:weconsultants wrote:EDIT: I am going to uninstall VirtualBox 3.2.10 and reinstall the VirtualBox 3.2.8 to see if I can change The Desktop Effects.
I installed VirtualBox 3.2.8 on my Ubuntu 10.10 and the only VA that worked was the
Shared folders. The cursor was locked into the virtual Ubuntu console but I could <Ctrl> to exit. The Ubuntu console would not expand as the virtual window was expanded. So I guess I need to go back to VirtualBox 3.2.10. This is a strange problem.
I doubt that you would have gotten Ubuntu to work in 3.2.8 since they changed xorg to 1.9. You would need to install the test GAs that have been floating around here for a while. 3.2.9 IIRC. Conical is still working on the release (shoot I got a kernel update the very next day) and there are plenty of people having problems on metal. Just hang in there.
Re: "Desktop effects could not be enabled" on Ubuntu 10.10 x64
Posted: 16. Oct 2010, 14:51
by loukingjr
Just so everyone knows, I have all 4 flavors of Ubuntu 10.10 running in VB 3.2.10 just as they should. All were fresh installs however.
and btw, it's the first time I've ever seen desktop effects in Kubuntu or any KDE based distro for that matter. I have screens of all four running if anyone cares. Just click my link.
Re: "Desktop effects could not be enabled" on Ubuntu 10.10 x64
Posted: 16. Oct 2010, 17:53
by boomshankerx
This is what I did to get it working on 10.04 and 10.10.
- Install 3.2.10
Install Ubuntu 10.04/10.10
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential
install guest editions
reboot
turn on Desktop effects
If you experience the weird mouse moving windows in the wrong direction install compiz manager and turn off "Snapping Windows" and it goes away.
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sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Re: "Desktop effects could not be enabled" on Ubuntu 10.10 x64
Posted: 21. Oct 2010, 13:41
by fatso
Installing build-essential and dkms made it work for me! Thanks, boomshankerx
Unfortunately it only works in windowed mode, not fullscreen. In fullscreen the picture is static. Nothing moves or can be moved.
I reported that bug half a year ago and still no go ...
boomshankerx wrote:sudo apt-get install dkms build-essentials
BTW. That should say
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sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential
(no 's')
Re: "Desktop effects could not be enabled" on Ubuntu 10.10 x64
Posted: 26. Oct 2010, 18:17
by chudilo
Installing build-essential and dkms worked for me as well.
Don't forget to reinstall VBox additions (as it rebuilds some packages) and reboot afterward.
Re: "Desktop effects could not be enabled" on Ubuntu 10.10 x64
Posted: 30. Oct 2010, 21:02
by Kingy
It's needed for Mint Linux 10 too (which is based off Ubuntu 10.10) however I noticed as the GAs are reinstalling, this appears... Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions... has anyone else noticed this as well? Happens in both the x86 and x64 versions of Mint 10.
Re: "Desktop effects could not be enabled" on Ubuntu 10.10 x64
Posted: 5. Nov 2010, 13:27
by xuqake
I can confirm installing dkms and build-essential make the trick for me.
Thanks a lot!
Re: "Desktop effects could not be enabled" on Ubuntu 10.10 x64
Posted: 19. Nov 2010, 07:51
by boomshankerx
Thanks for the typo fix fatso!
Re: "Desktop effects could not be enabled" on Ubuntu 10.10 x64
Posted: 20. Nov 2010, 15:39
by weconsultants
xuqake wrote:I can confirm installing dkms and build-essential make the trick for me.
Same here...