Compiz crashes when starting 11.04 Unity in VirtualBox 4.0.0

[Takkat]

Binary package hint: compiz

Running a fresh install of Natty 11.04 in Virtual Box 4.0.0 Beta4 leads to a segmentation fault in Compiz when trying to start Unity:

segfault at 0 ip (null) sp 00007fffbd308458 error 14 in compiz[400000+6d000]

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.2.1+glibmainloop3-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-10.24-generic 2.6.37-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-10-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins'
Date: Mon Dec 20 19:47:51 2010
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
PackageArchitecture: all
PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter [80ee:beef] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-10-generic root=UUID=125d971b-21f3-428d-8b32-40492f9b6f99 ro vt.handoff=7 quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3b1
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu3
 libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
SourcePackage: compiz
dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
dmi.product.version: 1.2
dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = x86_64, kernel = 2.6.37-10-generic

[Takkat (takkat-nebuk)]

In Virtual Box 4.0 final release a workaround was added to fix the crash from Unity/Compiz.

[Takkat (takkat-nebuk)]

Maybe related to bug #692966