Anyone get GNOME Shell working in Virtualbox yet?

The latest version of Virtualbox came out today and it's supposed to have 3D support for GNOME 3 now and I've heard of some people on other distros getting GNOME Shell working, but I'm not having any such luck. I did a fresh install of Arch tonight, just in case, but I still get fallback mode (after upgrading Virtualbox and enabling 3D support, guest additions, etc). This is the error I'm getting:
[root@sandbox ~]# gnome-shell --replace
failed to create drawable
(gnome-shell:1242): Clutter-CRITICAL **: Unable to initialize Clutter: Unable to select the newly created GLX context
Window manager error: Unable to initialize Clutter.
It's the same error that someone was getting here a few weeks ago: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=928760
However, with the Virtualbox upgrade, it's *supposed* to be running now, so I have no idea... So has anyone got this to work yet?

djgera wrote:
In guest:
ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri /usr/lib/dri
or if the directory /usr/lib/dri is present, then
ln -s /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so /usr/lib/dri
Or use latest virtualbox-guest-additons package.
Enjoy!
Somehow, it fails to work for me, don't know why! I just did a fresh install of Arch on a VM inside VirtualBox. Then installed Gnome by pacman -Sf gnome (yeah, conflicts. Had to force!) But, it dropped to fallback mode! Now, how do I get the 3d support?

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It's wonderful that DivX has tutorials dealing with XBox360 and PS3, but the Mac seems to have been lost in the shuffle -- I think, from an aesthetic point, the guy in the sideways hat and the emphasis on animé and "blow 'em up" games in what few tutorials are actually there pretty much sums up DivX's idea of their market focus. Maybe they're right, but if this "free" version, that so far I have not been able to get to work as advertised on my 27" iMac, is supposed to entice any Mac user into forking over even the piddling $20.00 for the "Pro" version, the "free" version isn't DivX any "gotta have it" favors.
Now for the final mystery: I have two Safari -- v5.0.5 (6533.21.1) -- extensions from DivX:
1. DivX HiQ 2.1.1.94, which is supposed to allow you to watch videos on YouTube, Vimeo, etc. in the DivX Player for Mac, but refuses to work when enabled: EVERY SINGLE time I've selected DivX HiQ, the YouTube screen turns into the gray DivX player window for a few seconds, then an error window pops up that says "DivX Plus Web Player could not download the video, please check your internet connection."
2. DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video> 2.1.1.94, the little blurb in the Safari Extensions window for which says "Increase performance and video formats for your HTML5 <video>
Clicking on the "by DivX, Inc." link in the Safari Extensions window of either of these extensions takes me to http://www.divx.com/en/software/divx-plus/web-player
"High-quality video shouldn’t stop at your browser. DivX Plus® Web Player gives you the best web video performance around, even on sites using Flash®. The latest feature, DivX HiQ™ beta, lets you replace the default Flash player on popular sites for improved performance. Of course you can still watch stunning DivX® and DivX Plus HD (MKV) videos right in your browser, and even enjoy MKV features like multiple audio tracks, subtitles and 5.1 channel AAC audio."
That's all well and good, but, not when it doesn't work. I don't know what the story is with these Safari Extensions: a manual (unfortunately the only way you can do it), category by category search of Apple's "Safari Extensions Gallery" turns up NO information about these extensions, neither does -- as far as I can tell -- a search of the DivX site. Am I supposed to use BOTH extensions? Neither? One or the other? Which? So far, if I use them, I get the HiQ option in YouTube (and elsewhere), but when I click on it, I get the error message above, and the window reverts to the usual plain old YouTube window. If I disable the DivX Safari extensions, I don't even get the HiQ option.
Has ANYONE gotten the DivX for Mac Bundle v7.1, or even the DivX Plus Web Player for Mac, v2.1.1, to actually work on a Mac running OS X 10.6.7?
If so, PLEASE tell me how you got it to work.
I'd gladly for over the 20 bucks for this product if it actually worked, but not until it does.
Bart Brown

Well, I can start banging my head against the brick wall again.
"I have never knowingly come across Divx in any shape or form. YouTube uses either Flash or HTML5."
I don't understand how you can make that statement, considering the discussion you participated in at:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12210423#12210423
under: Apple Support Communities > Mac OS & System Software > Safari > Discussions
DivX Web Player and Safari
...from July 2009 to September 2010, sections of which you copied and pasted verbatim into this discussion, for example:
"Klaus1
Somerset, UK
Level 7 (22,700 points)
Re: Plug-ins
Jul 12, 2009 2:09 PM (in response to Martin Alper)
"...In Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime/ delete any files relating to DivX (Perian already has them). However it should be noted that Perian is not an internet plugin and will not play DivX files imbedded on a website. For that you will need the DivX Player browser plugin available from http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/"
And on September 4, 2010:
"Klaus1
Somerset, UK
Level 7 (22,700 points)
Helpful AnswerRe: DivX Web Player and Safari
Sep 4, 2010 5:31 AM (in response to Philippe Pauwels)
You should read this support page http://perian.org/#support in case you need to delete older codecs. In Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime/ delete any files relating to DivX (Perian already has them). However it should be noted that Perian is not an internet plugin and will not play DivX files imbedded on a website. For that you will need the DivX Player browser plugin available from http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/"
And, in reply to Philippe Pauwels response to the above post:
Philippe Pauwels
Level 1 (0 points)
Re: DivX Web Player and Safari
Sep 4, 2010 6:28 AM (in response to Klaus1)
Hi,
Thanks for your answer. After some more experimenting, i finally got it to work ... However, not every embedded DivX movie will play.
I just deleted another codec in the Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime folder. (One of the codecs mentioned on http://perian.org/#support was still in the folder). Before I had only deleted the files whose name has "DivX" in it.
I did NOT install the DivX Web Player plugin.
Now some DivX videos play, some don't... So maybe I should re-install the DivX Web Plugin? But the Web Plugin never worked for me ... If I re-install it, won't I go back to where I started?
You replied, 10 minutes later:
Klaus1
Somerset, UK
Level 7 (22,700 points)
Re: DivX Web Player and Safari
Sep 4, 2010 6:38 AM (in response to Philippe Pauwels)
It could be that your previous DivX player was out of date.
As Perian says, you need both.
First, I certainly wish you (or my search of Apple Discussions, which, inexplicably, did not turn up this discussion) had referred me to this discussion before -- it would have saved a LOT of time.
Now, to your reply to Philippe Pauwels: "As Perian says, you need both." Both WHAT, exactly?
From the initial release of Perian 0.5, September 29, 2006, to the latest release, Perian 1.2.2 - Tuesday, April 13, 2011, there is not a single mention of DivX in the entire 2006 to 2011 version history. The only information on the Perian support page regarding DivX is the paragraph that states, in part, "Please consider removing obsolete QuickTime Components: ...DivX, DivX Decoder..."
Can you please tell me what you mean by "Perian says, you need both," in regard to putative DivX Extensions, Plug-Ins, Components, whatever?
Finally, on July 12, 2009, you posted, in a reply to martin Alper, a list of "the downloads and the settings you need in order to view/hear/play pretty much everything that the net can throw at you." Taking into consideration that it's 2 years later and most versions have newer updates -- including Mac OS X itself -- some items are no longer among us, and some NEW ones have shown up. could you please update or comment on this list, for the benefit of all sufferers?
Thank you very much,
Bart Brown
Your list as of July 12, 2009, taking into consideration your wise caveat that "nothing in life carries a guarantee!:
The setup described below has proved repeatedly successful on both PPC and Intel macs, but
It is known to work in the great majority of cases with Safari 3 and 4, QT 7.4.x, 7.5.x and 7.6 and OS 10.4.11 and 10.5.7.
Download and install (or re-install even if you already had them) the latest versions, suitable for your flavor of Mac, of:
RealPlayer 11.1 for Mac from:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15540
Flip4Mac WMV Player from http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm (Windows Media Player for the Mac is no longer supported, even by Microsoft)
Perian from http://perian.org/
You should read this support page http://perian.org/#support in case you need to delete older codecs.
The latest version of Adobe FlashPlayer can be obtained from here:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveFlas h
(You can check here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/ to see which version you should install for your Mac and OS.
It is suggested that you first uninstall any previous version of Flash Player, using the uninstaller from here (make sure you use the correct one!):
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157
and also that you follow the instructions closely, such as closing ALL applications first before installing. You must also carry out a permission repair after installing anything from Adobe.
You should also ensure that you have downloaded and installed the correct version for your Mac of Security Update 2009-001 (and for Tiger only, 2009-002). (N.B. Security Updates require both a restart and a permission repair.)
In Macintosh HD/Library/Quicktime/ delete any files relating to DivX (Perian already has them). However it should be noted that Perian is not an internet plugin and will not play DivX files imbedded on a website. For that you will need the DivX Player browser plugin available from http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/
Now go to Safari Preferences/Security, and tick the boxes under Web Content (all 4 of them) to enable Java.
Lastly open Audio Midi Setup (which you will find in the Utilities Folder of your Applications Folder) and click on Audio Devices. Make sure that both Audio Input and Audio Output, under Format, are set to 44100 Hz, and that you have selected 'Built in Audio'.
Important: Now repair permissions and restart.
You should also consider having the free VLC Player from http://www.videolan.org/ in your armory, as this plays almost anything that DVD Player might not.
There is an additional 'fix' you could try if you are having problems with Flash and Quicktime, depending on which type of Mac you have:
On Intel Macs, make sure that you are not running Safari in Rosetta. You can check this, and change it, in the Get Info window.
On PPC Macs, go to the Hard Disk/Library/Internet Plug-Ins folder, and drag the file 'QuickTime Plugin.webplugin' to the desktop. Quit and restart Safari. If things have improved you can trash that file. If they haven't put it back, as the lack of this plug-in can cause QT content in some widgets to cease functioning.
And there is an additional kid on the block: SilverLight. Microsoft has created their own version of what a replacement for Flash could be. You can read more about it here:
http://silverlight.net/
So, if you go to any sites that have been designed for this new Silverlight stuff, you can download the plug-in from here (but make certain that you are downloading SilverLight v.1.0 for OS X (10.4.8 upwards) if you are using a PPC Mac. Version 2 only works with Intel Macs:
http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/
Recommendation: Close all applications before installing any of the above, repair permissions, reboot, and repair permissions again.
Thanks again
Bart Brown
PS: You wrote "It is a pity you chose a camera that produces video in that format! As you have discovered it is incompatible with iMovie." Uhh, I don't know where this question came from -- more stray copying and pasting, perhaps? I have no camera, and am not trying to do anything pertinent to this discussion with iMovie.

Unable to get USB devices working on VirtualBOX (Puel)

Hello, when I put and USB device on a Windows Virtualbox machine, I always get this error:
Not permitted to open the USB device, check usbfs options
Is there any solution to this problem for arch?
This is my fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
#/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd udf ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/sda4 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda2 /home ext3 defaults,noatime 0 0
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and showing you that I'm on the vboxusers group
[davigetto@helena ~]$ cat /etc/group | grep vbox
vboxusers:x:102:davigetto
I also load vboxdrv on rc.conf modules section, so Virtual Machines Works, only USB devices don't work.
Greetings

Hi,
your post is a little bit older. But I have never used USB on a VirtualBox. Yesterday I need to get working it.
I have add this:
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs devgid=<vboxusers-gid>,devmode=664 0 0
to my /etc/fstab and reboot my machine (maybe there is another possibility to get working it without reboot). After that, USB support fully works in the VirtualBox guest system.
Maybe your user isn't in the right groups.
Daniel
Last edited by ise (2007-09-25 06:20:45)

Anyone get shuffle to work in iOS7 slideshow?

(Apologies for double-post in iPhone and iPad forums, but not everyone will read both.)
My devices are out of support so Apple will not troubleshoot for me.Yes, there is a slider to turn shuffle on and off in settings, but since my forced upgrade to iOS7, slideshows do not shuffle. Not on the iPad, not on the iPhone, no matter the slider position, one photo or many selected.
Now wondering, after finding many complaints about this: has anyone, anywhere gotten a 'Photos' app slideshow to shuffle since the update to iOS7?
Trying to figure out if this is a bug with iOS7, or just the iOS7.0.6 update.

Made a little progress through kind help from the iPad forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24978851#24978851
it appears that slideshows accessed via different ways (the word slideshow at the top of an album view on the iPad vs the slideshow icon when an individual image is selected on iPad/iPhone) work differently. The slideshow from the word slideshow follows the toggle from settings to shuffle or not the slideshow icon does not follow the toggle rule. This is a bug, not a feature, since there does not seem to be a functional way to get to that 'Slideshow' function on the phone.

XPS M1530 - Anyone Get OpenGL Acceleration Working?

I've got Photoshop CS4 up and running on my laptop, but no matter what video settings/drivers I use, I'm unable to get the harware acceleration working so Photoshop uses the video card to speed up operations. I've got the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with the latest drivers from Dell.
Anyone else get acceleration working with their XPS laptop, or 8600M video card?

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I don't have that setup here, but I have a suggestion, try getting the
driver from the NVIDA web site rather than Dell. Dell my not be posting
the true latest driver.
John Passaneau

Does anyone get this to work on WinXP?

I found a bunch of threads on this topic, but none of the recommended fixes have worked for me.
Here's my setup:
The Mac is a Dual 867 G4 (MDD), running OS 10.4.5. Uses Airport to connect wirelessly to a Linksys 4-port WAP.
The printer is an HP Laserjet 1300 connected to the Mac via USB. Printer sharing is enabled on the Mac, and the model is selected.
The PC is running Windows XP Pro SP 2. All recommended updates applied. Connects via a Linksys USB Wireless to the same WAP. Had previously configured network printing from the XP machine to the Mac, but it was always an arduous task.
I downloaded and installed Bonjour before removing the old queue. Ran the Bonjour Printer Wizard, which saw the printer. I selected the drivers already present, set it to the default printer, and got the "Error: You do not have sufficient access to your computer to connect to the selected printer" message.
Found the KB article that told me to dump the old printer queue, and I deleted both the older icons for this HP printer. Still got the message. Remembering the wisdom of Dogbert, I shut-up and re-booted. Still get the message.
Made sure I was running as administrator, and I am. Found a thread where someone suggested checking Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment to see that "Load and unload device drivers" was present and available to Administrators. It is. Still get the error.
Found another KB article that mentioned SP2 is a problem because it turns on Windows Firewall by default. So I went into that control panel, and added Bonjour as an Exception app, then created a new port TCP 5353 to open that up in the firewall.
I still get the error.
What else can I look at? What am I missing?
And is "Bonjour" a re-christened "Rendezvous?"
Thanks for any help...

Hi Buzz_kill:
I have Bonjour configured on my Windows XP SP2 machine and I'm able to connect and print to a shared printer on my Mac.
In one of the KB articles, it suggests the following: For Service Pack 2 systems
If you've installed Service Pack 2 on your system, you can use Bonjour for Windows to reconfigure the firewall automatically afterwards—you should not manually reconfigure this setting. To do this:
1. Go to the Control Panel and click Add or Remove Programs.
2. Select Bonjour from the list, then click Change/Remove.
3. Choose Repair, then follow the onscreen instructions.
If repairing doesn't resolve the issue, try uninstalling and reinstalling Bonjour.
1. Go to the Control Panel and click on Add or Remove Programs.
2. Select Bonjour from the list, then click Change/Remove.
3. Choose Remove, then follow the onscreen instructions.
4. Reinstall Bonjour for Windows by downloading the program from the Apple website, or install it from the media on which it came.
The other suggestion that I have is:
If you are using a router, you really don't need a firewall on any machine. To see if it's the firewall on your XP macnine that is causing the issue, turn off the Windows XP firewall. Sounds simple doesn't it, but to actually turn off the windows firewall, select it from your control panel, select Advanced, and uncheck all of the connects and click ok.
Give that a shot and let us know how/if it works.
Oh, Bonjour is the same client as before, it was just renamed due to naming issues.

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