That's because currently Virtualbox 4.2.4 does not support 3D acceleration in ubuntu 12.10 guests due to an incompatability with xorg 1.13. The VB team are working on it.
Thanks for the clarification. I shall bear that in mind.
Always make regular backups of your data (and test them).
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