[ale] Ubuntu 11.04 Under VirtualBox

[JD]

I don't have XP anymore, except inside VMs. The tested hostOS is win7
x64 with 32-bit clientOSes.

The blog link explains how to load unity-2d, nothing special, just
select it at the login session screen.

On 05/05/2011 10:46 AM, Omar Chanouha wrote:
> I have to use XP at work, so I run ubuntu in vbox on top of it,
> everything is 32bit.
> 
> I turned on 3d acceleration with full vram, but when I log into unity
> the screen gets garbled, hard to explain but imagine a snowy color tv.
> 
> I have the latest vbox guest additons and the latest vbox. Did you
> need to do anything special?
> 
> Also, how do you switch to 2D Unity?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -O
> 
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:45 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:
>> Someone mentioned they were interested in any experience with Natty ...
>>
>> So I loaded up Natty last week under VirtualBox. I don't really use any
>> OS directly on hardware any more - the OS running directly on the
>> hardware is a hosting platform for virtual machines. I prefer
>> "virtualized hardware" these days.  That causes issues when GPU
>> acceleration is demanded by a GUI, like Natty. VirtualBox 3D accel is
>> fairly new and definitely needs more time to mature, IMHO.
>>
>> Anyway, here's a poorly written blog entry about Natty:
>> http://blog.jdpfu.com/2011/05/04/first-look-at-natty-narwhal-ubuntu-11-04-and-unity

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