2d chance at Unity

[jim byrnes]

NoOp wrote:
> On 04/18/2011 08:43 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> ...
>    
>> I saw a link to the hardware requirements in another thread.  It wants
>> 512mb video ram and I can only give it 128 in a VM.  There are a lot of
>> smart people on this list and I am sure one of them has figured out how
>> to do it, but it's not worth the effort to me just to get an early peek
>> at Unity.  I'll wait for it to get out of beta and then put on my
>> laptop.  I'm running 10.04 on my main machine and I don't want to get to
>> adventuresome with it.
>>      
> Jim, for the heck of it I installed VirtualBox 4.0.4 on the Windows 7
> partition on my laptop (it also runs natty in it's own partition, so I
> know natty w/Unity works on the machine). When I first booted into natty
> it defaulted to GNOME 2 (Ubuntu Classic). I then installed:
>
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
> <quote>
>      VirtualBox 4.0.5 Guest Additions pre-release. The Guest Additions in
> the VirtualBox 4.0.4 packages do not support the most recent Linux
> distribution versions with X.Org Server 1.10 and version 2.6.38 of the
> Linux kernel. If you install such a guest (e.g. Ubuntu 11.04 or Fedora
> 15) you should use this Guest Additions pre-release. If you use an older
> Linux distribution as a guest there is no need to download it. Download
> </quote>
>
> rebooted, and it now comes up with the Unity desktop. Note: I only have
> 128MB Video Memory assigned&  I do have 3D enabled.
>
> So installed:
> VirtualBox 4.0.4
> VirtualBox 4.0.4 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
> VirtualBox 4.0.5 Guest Additions pre-release
> and it's working a-ok. Go back to Settings|Display&  tick 'Enable 3D
> Acceleration'&  start the VM. After natty boots, install VirtualBox
> 4.0.5 Guest Additions pre-release&  restart the VM.
>
> NB: I need to patch a few things in VMWare Player to get that working...
> but VirtualBox is working.
>
>
>
>    
Hey, thanks for the info.  I'm away from the house now, all I have is my 
laptop, so it will be a couple of days before I can try it.  I'll let 
you know how it goes.

Regards,  Jim