2d chance at Unity

[NoOp]

On 04/21/2011 12:58 PM, jim byrnes wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
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> 
>> 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.
>>
> 
> By the tine I got there the Extension Pack was at 4.0.6. Could you clear 
> up something.  I'm confused about the reference to 4.0.5 Guest 
> Additions. I thought that was Vers 3 terminology and now they are called 
> Extension Packs.  So when they say 4.0.5 Guest Addition pre-release they 
> are talking about an update to 4.04 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack, 
> right? Or maybe this my problem and need something else installed

There are two updates (as of today): VirtualBox 4.0.6 and VirtualBox
4.0.6 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack -
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. Today's 4.0.6 Oracle VM
VirtualBox Extension Pack replaced the VirtualBox 4.0.4 Oracle VM
VirtualBox Extension Pack and the updated 4.0.6 VirtualBox now contains
an updated VirtualBox 4.0.6 Guest Additions replacing the previous
VirtualBox 4.0.5 Guest Additions pre-release.

Guest additions info is here:
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html

Extention packs:
http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch01.html#intro-installing
[Installing VirtualBox and extension packs]

> 
> I've done what you outline above and still don't see anything that looks 
> like Unity.
> 
> For the record my host is a HP with an Athlon quad core and 8GB of 
> memory with video being a Geforce 9100.  I gotta think that would run 
> Unity if I installed Natty for real.

VBox is now up to 4.0.6 as of today. However I just came across these
bug reports that may help:

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox-guest-additions/+bug/738330>
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox-ose/+bug/749602>

Rather than installing the 4.0.6 Extention pack, install
'virtualbox-ose-guest-x11' from within the 11.04 guest.

$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11

Reboot the guest & then check Additional Drivers to see if the Ubuntu
version is installed & activated.
  Note: the version is 4.0.4, but works for me on the Win7 host, Natty
11.04 guest. I came across those today when I was trying to figure out
why 'Auto-resize Guest Display' was checked but greyed out.

> 
> jfb at jfb-ubuntu64:~$ VBoxManage list extpacks
> Extension Packs: 1
> Pack no. 0:   Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
> Version:      4.0.6
> Revision:     71344
> Description:  USB 2.0 Host Controller, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM with 
> E1000 support.
> VRDE Module:  VBoxVRDP
> Usable:       true
> Why unusable:
> 
> Indicates the Extension Pack is installed and usable.

See above. Also, from within a terminal on the natty guest, try David's
command:

$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p

To see if you get 'Unity supported: yes'.
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