# Ubuntu Budgie v19.10, on VirtualBox 6.1 Enabling 3D Acceleration support causing bad Desktop screen

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**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [January 6, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/ubuntu-budgie-v19-10-on-virtualbox-6-1-enabling-3d-acceleration-support-causing-bad-desktop-screen/2857 "2020-01-06T18:57:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![shamb0](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/shamb0/32/1930_2.png) [@shamb0](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/shamb0)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/ubuntu-budgie-v19-10-on-virtualbox-6-1-enabling-3d-acceleration-support-causing-bad-desktop-screen/2857/1 "2020-01-06T18:57:47Z")

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**VirtualBox 6.1 - Enabling 3D Acceleration support causing bad Desktop screen**

Trying to install Ubuntu Budgie v19.10, on VirtualBox 6.1 and end up with bad desktop screen error.

 ![](https://i.imgur.com/y2A2wst.png)

 ![](https://i.imgur.com/IcImOVE.jpg)

### System Info

```auto

System:
  Host: lboxservmac1 Kernel: 5.4.8-050408-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: Budgie 10.5 Distro: Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) 
Machine:
  Type: Virtualbox System: innotek product: VirtualBox v: 1.2 
  serial: <root required> 
  Mobo: Oracle model: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <root required> 
  BIOS: innotek v: VirtualBox date: 12/01/2006 
CPU:
  Topology: 8-Core model: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X bits: 64 type: MCP 
  L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
  Speed: 3593 MHz min/max: N/A Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3593 2: 3593 3: 3593 
  4: 3593 5: 3593 6: 3593 7: 3593 8: 3593 
Graphics:
  Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.15.0.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.5 driver: vmware 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1141x760~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: SVGA3D; build v: 2.1 Mesa 19.2.1 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio driver: snd_intel8x0 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.8-050408-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet driver: e1000 
  IF: enp0s3 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 08:00:27:6c:87:04 
  Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge 
  driver: piix4_smbus 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 500.00 GiB used: 10.22 GiB (2.0%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK size: 500.00 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 497.85 GiB used: 9.79 GiB (2.0%) fs: xfs dev: /dev/sda2 
  ID-2: /boot size: 1.88 GiB used: 440.0 MiB (22.9%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda1 
Sensors:
  Message: No sensors data was found. Is sensors configured? 
Info:
  Processes: 272 Uptime: 3m Memory: 15.64 GiB used: 838.7 MiB (5.2%) 
  Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.36 

lbox@lboxservmac1:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p 
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: SVGA3D; build: RELEASE; LLVM;
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 19.2.1

Not software rendered: yes
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program: yes
GL fragment program: yes
GL vertex buffer object: yes
GL framebuffer object: yes
GL version is 1.4+: yes

Unity 3D supported: yes

```

### Disabling the 3D acceleration, screen looks OK

 ![](https://i.imgur.com/BdEQC1q.png)

```auto
lbox@lboxservmac1:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p 
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 9.0, 128 bits)
OpenGL version string: 3.1 Mesa 19.2.1

Not software rendered: no
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program: yes
GL fragment program: yes
GL vertex buffer object: yes
GL framebuffer object: yes
GL version is 1.4+: yes

Unity 3D supported: no

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Plz let me know if any additional details required

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/ubuntu-budgie-v19-10-on-virtualbox-6-1-enabling-3d-acceleration-support-causing-bad-desktop-screen/2857/2 "2020-01-06T19:15:35Z")

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Please report this bug to Oracle themselves. There isnt anything we can do ourselves.

Thx

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**Author:** ![Faisal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Faisal](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Faisal)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/ubuntu-budgie-v19-10-on-virtualbox-6-1-enabling-3d-acceleration-support-causing-bad-desktop-screen/2857/3 "2020-01-06T22:59:43Z")

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yeah, VB 6.1 is not the best release.

In there attempt to make people switch from the VBoxVGA for the 3D acceleration, they caused a lot of problems.