VirtualBox 2.1 in Ubuntu

VirtualBox finally support Accelerated 3D Graphics via OpenGL. The latest released on the 17th December 2008, version, 2.1.0, has a lot new features. See the changelog for more information. Must try it~

Basically the interface is about the same like previous version.


But there is a little problem with the USB. When I want to do come configuration, an error popup:-


Well, this problem can be easily solve, VirtualBox FAQ has the answer.

USB on Ubuntu/Intrepid:-

Add these lines to at the end of the start() function of /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh. (before the } )

mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb

After that I try to enable the 3D Acceleration.


No error.... OK then lets install a Windows XP pro and see.


No Direct3D acceleration support. But the OpenGL screen saver work fine. I didn't try any 3D game that support OpenGL yet. (Recently busy with my project) So...

to be continue ...