ubuntu 11-10 [hijack] vbox guest addition + unity3d

[sktsee]

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:17:11 -0700, NoOp wrote:

> On 10/24/2011 11:58 AM, sktsee wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:10:47 -0700, NoOp wrote:
>> 
>> [snip]
>>> 
>>> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.virtualbox.user/2733
>>> [[Ubuntu 11.10] Lost Unity Launch bar & top panel
>>> w/vboxadditions_4.1.4_74291]
>> 
>> Apologies for thread hijack, but I wanted to suggest a solution to the
>> Vbox guest addition + unity issue.
>> 
>> The problem is that the current PUEL version is not aware of the new
>> multi-arch filesystem layout of the system libraries in Ubuntu/Debian.
>> 
>> Create the following symbolic link for 11.10 32-bit guest then reboot.
>> 
>> $ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri /usr/lib/dri
>> 
>> I don't have the 64-bit version installed, but I think the following
>> should work:
>> 
>> $ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri /usr/lib64/dri
>> 
>> AFAIK, this issue is fixed with the Ubuntu supplied version and in the
>> latest OSE trunk.
>> 
>> 
> Well... it was worth a try, but no joy. Thanks for the suggestion
> though. BTW: I upgraded my natty test partition on the same laptop last
> night to 11.10, and that runs just fine (full 3D), so it is an issue
> with vbox.

Sorry, I forgot add that you'll need to reinstall the guest additions 
after you create the link. I did a number things before stumbling upon 
the multi-arch issue and thought that the link solution was the last 
thing I did to get it working. Anyway, I retested on a fresh 11.10 vm and 
after creating the link and then installing the guest additions, I 
rebooted and was able to login to unity3d.

Here are the revised steps

1. create symbolic link from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri to /usr/lib/dri 
2. install guest additions
3. reboot vm
4 . log into unity

Troubleshoot tip:
make sure in /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri that there is the link
vboxvideo_dri.so --> /usr/lib/VBoxOGL.so present.

-- 
sktsee