Ubuntu 3D Visual effects in Virtual Box

Ubuntu 11.04 need 3D acceleration to work. But some systems may not provide support for 3D acceleration and some systems will provide but the feature will not be enabled in Virtual box. Then how can we get 3D visual effects in Virtual box for Ubuntu? Below is the steps to go through.

• Click here to Install virtual box and Ubuntu in Virtual box.

• If you need USB 2.0 support, Virtualbox RDP and PXE boot for Intel cards you can also download the extension pack from here.

• First check whether you have enabled option of 3D acceleration in display tab of Virtual box.

• Now type the following commands in terminal.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-utils

Now you will be able to have 3D acceleration and visual effects in Ubuntu through virtual drive.

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Ubuntu 11.04 unity in Virtual Box

Virtual Box is one of the best virtual system environment provider. Using which, we can host and use many operating systems within a main system. Now lets see, how to install Ubuntu in virtual box.

Steps :-

• Download Virtual Box from here.

• Download and get image file of Ubuntu 11.04.

• Open Virtual Box and click on New button.

• Type Ubuntu in name and select Operating System as Linux and version as Ubuntu.

• Set 512 as base size.

• Select Create new harddisk option and then click next. Now select Fixed-size storage.

• Now set Harddisk size as 4 or 8GB.

• Now click on Display tab in left panel and check Enable 3D acceleration option and click OK.

That's it. Ubuntu is ready to be used in Virtual Box.

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