If you are having trouble with 3D support on Ubuntu Virtual Machine, following this steps system will increase the performance. To verify is rendering software is working, run this command line on Terminal.
/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
If everything is green you don’t have to worry, otherwise follow this steps.
To enable 3D supported, fist you will need to update linux-headers
uname -r
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Now insert vitualbox guest iso from devices and to install manually
cd /media
ls
cd username
ls
cd VBOX*
ls
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Insert vboxvideo to /etc/modules
sudo nano /etc/modules
Add “vboxvideo” at the end of the file
loop
lp
vboxvideo
Reboot the machine
sudo reboot
Check ”Not software rendered” and “Unity 3D supported” are enabled or not after rebooting
/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
