virtualbox video driver doesn't load on quantal guests
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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virtualbox (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Running quantal in a VM results in llvmpipe being used because the vboxvideo driver isn't loaded, so 3d acceleration drops to software rendering. This adversely affects performance for users using/testing Ubuntu in a VM.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: virtualbox-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 4 12:39:42 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120627)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virtualbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.