Bug 383510

Summary:	KDE-Plasma don't work in VirtualBox 5.1.26 with 3D-acceleration
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Hanisch <ch-hanisch>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	bugseforuns, kde, lassi.vaatamoinen, leonchik1976, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	triaged
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian stable
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Hanisch 2017-08-14 15:28:07 UTC

in my Debian 9 Installation in a VirtualBox 5.1.26 the KDE-Plasma Desktop don't work with 3D-acceleration.
Only without 3D-acceleration it work well.

But without 3D-acceleration the Xfce-Desktop with Compiz/Emerald don't work.

In Debian 8 the KDE-Plasma work well with 3D-acceleration.

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2017-08-14 15:46:37 UTC

"Does not work" is not a bug report. Please ask in the forum of your distribution how to provide console output or log files. From your description, it is not even clear which component of the KDE software fails with your VirtualBox setup.

Please also check pure QtQuick/QML applications.

Comment 2 Hanisch 2017-08-14 20:28:50 UTC

>... it is not even clear which component of the KDE software fails with your 
> VirtualBox setup.
KDE-Plasma don't fails. The Desktop and handling are whole impossible.
The problem is similar as on KDE-Plasma in Kubuntu 15.04 (Show https://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/plasma-5-in-virtualbox-nur-ohne-guestadditions/#post-7672693  from Juli 2015).

KDE-Plasma has an conflict with 3D-acceleration in VirtualBox.

Comment 3 Hanisch 2017-08-15 15:12:40 UTC

That problem is also in Kubuntu 17.04.

I think, that problem is inherent for the whole Debian family.
Other distributions like Manjaro know this problem not.

Comment 4 Patrick Silva 2017-09-03 18:18:28 UTC

I can confirm this problem with opensuse tumbleweed, virtualbox running on windows 7 x64 host.

Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-28 02:40:26 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days, the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging

If you have already provided the requested information, please set the bug status as REPORTED so that the KDE team knows that the bug is ready to be confirmed.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 6 Hanisch 2018-09-28 14:58:42 UTC

I think this problem is always in KDE and Virtualbox with 3D-acceleration.

Comment 7 Nate Graham 2020-09-28 23:51:36 UTC

I can confirm this issue.

Comment 8 Leonid Kopylov 2020-10-08 10:33:15 UTC

i also can confirm - have the same problem

Comment 9 Lassi Väätämöinen 2023-10-07 21:26:05 UTC

I've been using Plasma 5 on VirtualBox with 3D acceleration enabled daily at work, for several monts  and seems to be working quite nicely. So maybe WORKSFORME?