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

[NoOp]

On 10/25/2011 02:13 PM, sktsee wrote:
> 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 
Done.
> 2. install guest additions
Done (after uninstalling first).
> 3. reboot vm
Done.
> 4 . log into unity
Did & still the same.
> 
> Troubleshoot tip:
> make sure in /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri that there is the link
> vboxvideo_dri.so --> /usr/lib/VBoxOGL.so present.
It is.

~$ ls -al /usr/lib/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2011-10-25 17:14 /usr/lib/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so
-> /usr/lib/VBoxOGL.so

I'll file a bug report on VB later in the week. Thanks again.

Gary