enabling shadow effect in ubuntu (inside virtualbox)

Ubuntu has impressive graphical effects. But while running inside virutalbox i was little upset that ubuntu can’t detect any graphics hardware inside virtualbox. I was just thinking how can i enable those nice effects in ubuntu while running inside virtualbox. I was searching in google and i endup with a solution, here i am sharing it.

step1: after logging in ubuntu press alt+f2 (it will open a run application popup)

step2: type gconf-editor in there (it will open configuration editor).

step3: in configuration editor find app->metacity->general->compositing_manager (mark compositing manager checked and it will enable the shadow effect)

enjoy 😉

Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu

Step 1: After starting the ubuntu in VirtualBox Select Device->Install Guest Additions… from VirtualBox menu.

Step 2: Now in ubuntu open terminal and type the following bash command to install the VirtualBox guest addition

cd /media/cdrom
sudo bash ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

Then it will ask for the password, type your password and just after that you will have VirtualBox guest addition installed in your ubuntu. If you have older version of Ubuntu then it might require to upgrade your Linux kernel.

Here VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run is the file name of my VirtualBox guest addition.