Visual 3D effects not working in Ubuntu virtulalized workstation

[manishchauhan17]

Hi
I have Dell Inspiron 1564, with intel(R) 5 Series/ 3400 Chipset Family , and Display Adapter of intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator HD , I have installed Ubuntu 11 on VMware workstation 7....but i dont get 3D graphics effects, also i dont get option of " Visual Effects " under Systems -> Prefrences -> Apperance ,
please help
Thanks.:)

[KL_72_TR]

I don't remember the menus in 11.04 but I think you should take a look at 'Help' pages.
Also see if you have activated 'Proprietary drivers': System > Administration > Hardware Drivers(Additional Drivers).

[colin.p]

Unity 3D won't work in VMWare at the moment. It will work fine in VBox 4.08.
Several threads about it.

[manishchauhan17]

@ KL_72_TR - Additional driver are already activated , but no luck :(


@ colin.p - I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 64 , on Vbox 4 , still 3D effects are not appearing , also after installing error poped " Unity - you do not have the hardware required to run unity "

also when checked VGA controller through - sudo sudo lshw -C display

it gave Output -

*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: VirtualBox Graphics Adapter
vendor: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: vga_controller bus_master
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:e0000000-e0ffffff
,
What and where i do changes it takes intel graphics card/controller ,
please advice

Thanks :)

[shirilover]

You need to install the guest additions to be able to use unity and/or 3D effects.

[migs73]

You need to install the guest additions to be able to use unity and/or 3D effects.

And there is a check box that requires to be checked in the Display settings, to enable 3D (or at least was in V3, I'll need to try Vbox 4!)

Mike

[colin.p]

here's some more reading for you:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox#USB
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/virtualbox-guest-addons.html

[manishchauhan17]

@ all

Thanks for your replies , i really apritiate it .

,, I Tried using Virtual box and did all mentioned but it was getting hanged and machine was not loading after installing " Guest addition " ,,

Moreover i checked VMware workstation 7 doesnot support ubuntu 11 and RHL 6

link -> http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/new.html

Now i installed ubuntu 10 , and now it is giving option for , ' Visual Effects ' but while enabling it

gives error : " Desktop Effects cannot be Enabled "

Kindly help
Thanks :)

[JustinR]

Hi,

Before you install Guest Additions you need to open the guest OS (Ubuntu guest), and open up a terminal and type:



sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential


Then in the VirtualBox menu bar go to Devices > Install Guest Additions.
In the Terminal run 'sudo /media/VBOX*/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run' and it should install correctly, make sure you restart the VM after that.

Also, make sure 3D acceleration is checked in the VM settings, with at least 64MB of video memory.