Nvidia Card Question.

Jesse Palser SLNTHERO at AOL.com
Fri Jan 14 21:03:39 UTC 2011


On 01/14/2011 03:37 PM, MirJafar Ali wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have one naive question. I am not a window fan and almost all the 
> time use Ubuntu. But lately I downloaded
> Maya and other software for which I had to install VirtualBox ( with 
> Window 7 as guest).
>
> I have Nvidia GeForce 460 on my linux and it works fine, but should I 
> install new driver for the window machine
> in order to use Nvidia Card ?
>
> How do I know if the window is using Nvidia card ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mir

Hi,

You don't install nVidia drivers for a VirtualBox Windows 7 guest.
VirtualBox creates a virtual video adapter that is not nVidia.
You must install VirtualBox Guest Additions for Windows guest.

Jesse




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