I can confirm that reverting to an earlier nvidia driver allows me to successfully re-enable 3d acceleration for the VM.
:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current nvidia-current: Installed: 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 270.18-0ubuntu1~maverick~xup1 Version table: 270.18-0ubuntu1~maverick~xup1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages *** 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I can confirm that reverting to an earlier nvidia driver allows me to successfully re-enable 3d acceleration for the VM.
:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current 0ubuntu1~ maverick~ xup1 18-0ubuntu1~ maverick~ xup1 0 ppa.launchpad. net/ubuntu- x-swat/ x-updates/ ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages us.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted amd64 Packages dpkg/status
nvidia-current:
Installed: 260.19.06-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 270.18-
Version table:
270.
500 http://
*** 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/