No window border/decoration when unity activated in virtualbox/ubuntu 18.04

The name of the pictureThe name of the pictureThe name of the pictureClash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP








up vote
1
down vote

favorite












I installed unity on my brand new ubuntu 18.04 hoping it would solve my problem with virtualbox not wanting to use the 3D acceleration. It did, 3D acceleration now works, but I don't have window decoration/border anymore. Also some menus do not show when clicked on (like the power menu, or most choice lists).



I tried unity --replace, it disables 3D acceleration and brings the borders back.



Any idea ?







share|improve this question
























    up vote
    1
    down vote

    favorite












    I installed unity on my brand new ubuntu 18.04 hoping it would solve my problem with virtualbox not wanting to use the 3D acceleration. It did, 3D acceleration now works, but I don't have window decoration/border anymore. Also some menus do not show when clicked on (like the power menu, or most choice lists).



    I tried unity --replace, it disables 3D acceleration and brings the borders back.



    Any idea ?







    share|improve this question






















      up vote
      1
      down vote

      favorite









      up vote
      1
      down vote

      favorite











      I installed unity on my brand new ubuntu 18.04 hoping it would solve my problem with virtualbox not wanting to use the 3D acceleration. It did, 3D acceleration now works, but I don't have window decoration/border anymore. Also some menus do not show when clicked on (like the power menu, or most choice lists).



      I tried unity --replace, it disables 3D acceleration and brings the borders back.



      Any idea ?







      share|improve this question












      I installed unity on my brand new ubuntu 18.04 hoping it would solve my problem with virtualbox not wanting to use the 3D acceleration. It did, 3D acceleration now works, but I don't have window decoration/border anymore. Also some menus do not show when clicked on (like the power menu, or most choice lists).



      I tried unity --replace, it disables 3D acceleration and brings the borders back.



      Any idea ?









      share|improve this question











      share|improve this question




      share|improve this question










      asked May 9 at 23:05









      Tom

      264




      264




















          1 Answer
          1






          active

          oldest

          votes

















          up vote
          1
          down vote













          So, here is a solution that worked for me. ubuntu 18.04 on virtualbox with 3D acceleration (on windows 10 host).
          Step to reproduce :



          1. install virtualbox 5.2.8

          2. install ubuntu 18.04 from official CD image (I choose the minimal install at startup)

          3. install build-essential and ubuntu-unity-desktop

          4. reboot

          5. install virtualbox guest extension from the virtualbox menu (not the apt-get version, maybe it works, did not test it).

          6. reboot

          7. ????

          8. Profit !

          I don't know if it worked this time because I installed unity before the guest extension or because I use the guest extension provided by virtualbox and not from the repo.



          It would seem it works with unity because unity does not use X11 and virtualbox does not support X11 very well ? (not sure about that part though, lots of other thread read, I might be a bit confused)






          share|improve this answer






















            Your Answer







            StackExchange.ready(function()
            var channelOptions =
            tags: "".split(" "),
            id: "89"
            ;
            initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

            StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
            // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
            if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
            StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
            createEditor();
            );

            else
            createEditor();

            );

            function createEditor()
            StackExchange.prepareEditor(
            heartbeatType: 'answer',
            convertImagesToLinks: true,
            noModals: false,
            showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
            reputationToPostImages: 10,
            bindNavPrevention: true,
            postfix: "",
            onDemand: true,
            discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
            ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
            );



            );








             

            draft saved


            draft discarded


















            StackExchange.ready(
            function ()
            StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1034268%2fno-window-border-decoration-when-unity-activated-in-virtualbox-ubuntu-18-04%23new-answer', 'question_page');

            );

            Post as a guest






























            1 Answer
            1






            active

            oldest

            votes








            1 Answer
            1






            active

            oldest

            votes









            active

            oldest

            votes






            active

            oldest

            votes








            up vote
            1
            down vote













            So, here is a solution that worked for me. ubuntu 18.04 on virtualbox with 3D acceleration (on windows 10 host).
            Step to reproduce :



            1. install virtualbox 5.2.8

            2. install ubuntu 18.04 from official CD image (I choose the minimal install at startup)

            3. install build-essential and ubuntu-unity-desktop

            4. reboot

            5. install virtualbox guest extension from the virtualbox menu (not the apt-get version, maybe it works, did not test it).

            6. reboot

            7. ????

            8. Profit !

            I don't know if it worked this time because I installed unity before the guest extension or because I use the guest extension provided by virtualbox and not from the repo.



            It would seem it works with unity because unity does not use X11 and virtualbox does not support X11 very well ? (not sure about that part though, lots of other thread read, I might be a bit confused)






            share|improve this answer


























              up vote
              1
              down vote













              So, here is a solution that worked for me. ubuntu 18.04 on virtualbox with 3D acceleration (on windows 10 host).
              Step to reproduce :



              1. install virtualbox 5.2.8

              2. install ubuntu 18.04 from official CD image (I choose the minimal install at startup)

              3. install build-essential and ubuntu-unity-desktop

              4. reboot

              5. install virtualbox guest extension from the virtualbox menu (not the apt-get version, maybe it works, did not test it).

              6. reboot

              7. ????

              8. Profit !

              I don't know if it worked this time because I installed unity before the guest extension or because I use the guest extension provided by virtualbox and not from the repo.



              It would seem it works with unity because unity does not use X11 and virtualbox does not support X11 very well ? (not sure about that part though, lots of other thread read, I might be a bit confused)






              share|improve this answer
























                up vote
                1
                down vote










                up vote
                1
                down vote









                So, here is a solution that worked for me. ubuntu 18.04 on virtualbox with 3D acceleration (on windows 10 host).
                Step to reproduce :



                1. install virtualbox 5.2.8

                2. install ubuntu 18.04 from official CD image (I choose the minimal install at startup)

                3. install build-essential and ubuntu-unity-desktop

                4. reboot

                5. install virtualbox guest extension from the virtualbox menu (not the apt-get version, maybe it works, did not test it).

                6. reboot

                7. ????

                8. Profit !

                I don't know if it worked this time because I installed unity before the guest extension or because I use the guest extension provided by virtualbox and not from the repo.



                It would seem it works with unity because unity does not use X11 and virtualbox does not support X11 very well ? (not sure about that part though, lots of other thread read, I might be a bit confused)






                share|improve this answer














                So, here is a solution that worked for me. ubuntu 18.04 on virtualbox with 3D acceleration (on windows 10 host).
                Step to reproduce :



                1. install virtualbox 5.2.8

                2. install ubuntu 18.04 from official CD image (I choose the minimal install at startup)

                3. install build-essential and ubuntu-unity-desktop

                4. reboot

                5. install virtualbox guest extension from the virtualbox menu (not the apt-get version, maybe it works, did not test it).

                6. reboot

                7. ????

                8. Profit !

                I don't know if it worked this time because I installed unity before the guest extension or because I use the guest extension provided by virtualbox and not from the repo.



                It would seem it works with unity because unity does not use X11 and virtualbox does not support X11 very well ? (not sure about that part though, lots of other thread read, I might be a bit confused)







                share|improve this answer














                share|improve this answer



                share|improve this answer








                edited May 9 at 23:49

























                answered May 9 at 23:43









                Tom

                264




                264






















                     

                    draft saved


                    draft discarded


























                     


                    draft saved


                    draft discarded














                    StackExchange.ready(
                    function ()
                    StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1034268%2fno-window-border-decoration-when-unity-activated-in-virtualbox-ubuntu-18-04%23new-answer', 'question_page');

                    );

                    Post as a guest













































































                    Popular posts from this blog

                    GRUB: Fatal! inconsistent data read from (0x84) 0+xxxxxx

                    Do not install recommended packages of dependencies

                    What makes Checkinstall packages not suitable for distribution?