Vbox and GNOME3 issue

notlinuxsavy · 04-30-2012, 08:29 AM

I'm running a DELL studio laptop with VBOX and Fedora 16. After installing i got my first error stating

"GNOME 3 failed to load" unfortunately GNOME 3 failed to start properly and started in the fallback mode.

This mostly likely means your system graphics hardware or driver is not capable of delivering the full GNOME 3 experience.

What other options do i have?

smoker · 04-30-2012, 02:29 PM

If you're referring to Fedora 16 running inside Oracle VirtualBox, then you can get experimental 3D graphics drivers by installing the Guest Additions. Don't expect miracles, but they do work.

http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#guestadd-3d

http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#idp7403328

notlinuxsavy · 05-03-2012, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smoker

If you're referring to Fedora 16 running inside Oracle VirtualBox, then you can get experimental 3D graphics drivers by installing the Guest Additions. Don't expect miracles, but they do work.

http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#guestadd-3d

http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#idp7403328

So i think the difference was how i stalled the guestadditions which resolved the issue. After installing guest additions i no longer have an issue. Thanks for your help, though.