VirtualBox & Linux Mint : unable to activate graphic acceleration

[MilesTEG1]

Hello,
I'm trying to get rid of this message in Linux Lint installed in Virtual Box:


Here what settings I have in VB :




But for this last screenshot, I am unable to get this checkbox checked after validating the settings: when I get back here, it's always unchecked...
And 3D acceleration is grayed... so unable to activate it too...

My NAS is Asustor AS6704T. It has an iGPU.

Is there a way to have a graphic acceleration working?
Thanks, in advance.
Miles

[Nazar78]

Try below:

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/usr/local/AppCentral/virtualbox/bin/VBoxManage modifyvm "Linux Mint 20.3 UEFI" --accelerate3d on

The box will still be grayed out but checked.

Note, I've given up using VB on the NAS as the overhead is too much even for non-GUI instances. So I'm not sure if it'll work correctly. I've switched to use LXC (Linux Center), modified to work with Ubuntu Desktop.

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[MilesTEG1]

Hello,
I'll try what you suggest

But I'm eager to know how you managed to install an Ubuntu in Linux Center and to control it with a remote desktop connection.

[MilesTEG1]

Try below:

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/usr/local/AppCentral/virtualbox/bin/VBoxManage modifyvm "Linux Mint 20.3 UEFI" --accelerate3d on

The box will still be grayed out but checked.

Note, I've given up using VB on the NAS as the overhead is too much even for non-GUI instances. So I'm not sure if it'll work correctly. I've switched to use LXC (Linux Center), modified to work with Ubuntu Desktop.

Screenshot-2022-11-21-232203.jpg

Hello again
So I tried the command to activate 3D acceleration...
And now my VM is stuck à 20% boot :


ANd If I tried to connect with remote desktop, ti won't work:


So

I've switched to use LXC (Linux Center), modified to work with Ubuntu Desktop.

How do you managed to do that ?
I had to shutdown VirtualBox by disabling it in ADM, the re-enabling it, the hit "--accelerate3d off" command, to get my VM working again...
It's a fail

[Nazar78]

I can launch the VM with the 3D acceleration checked, just tested fresh install of Mint 21 MATE, but wasn't able to use any hardware acceleration despite installing the vbox kernel modules via the extension pack.

For LXC, first when I got the NAS and played around, I did a dirty workaround by modifying the apt source from debian 10 to ubuntu 22. Lots of work there, many failures and crashes. But after getting everything working, I started fresh using the proper LXC method to deploy the instance with full privilege to even the udev to gain access to game controllers, snap and such. You can research here, https://linuxcontainers.org/. I could probably create a guide when I'm free but it's already all there.

The RDP was from built in Gnome, works great even with sound in RDP via pipewire which replaced pulseaudio, only that it doesn't scale the display well, black excess borders when in fullscreen (NAS 1080p on PC 1440p), so I just ran in window mode. It also doesn't work with MS RDP Android, got display corruption, so I just use VNC. Best is I have sound when both connected via RDP or HDMI to my TV. Does 4K hardware acceleration without issue. Have a look here of me doing demo game streaming using the Asustor NAS, viewtopic.php?f=240&t=13001. I've tried playing Street Fighter 5 and Fifa 19 on multi-gamepads without noticeable lag.

[MilesTEG1]

Thanks for your answer

It seems to be a bit too difficult for me to follow... And I don't master the Asustor NAS very well...
I think I let go this... an continue using Virtual Box as my Linux in it is isolated from the NAS system files.