Emacs does not redraw properly inside VirtualBox
I am running Emacs inside a virtual machine, and are experiencing redrawing problems when scrolling or adding/removing lines of text. It seems only a small portion of the window is being redrawn, causing some lines to be repeated and others to be obscured.
I have not experienced any similar problems with other applications inside the virtual machine.
The problem is present whether I run the virtual machine in fullscreen or windowed mode.
This is my setup:
- Windows 7 Pro 64-bit host OS
- nVidia GTX 770 graphics card with latest drivers
- VirtualBox 4.3.6
- Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit guest OS
- VirtualBox Guest Additions installed
- 3D acceleration enabled
- Cinnamon 2.0.14 desktop environment
- Emacs 24.3.1
My workaround for now is to run Emacs in terminal mode, but I would prefer a solution that makes it work properly in its own graphical window.
ubuntu virtualbox virtual-machine emacs cinnamon
asked Jan 16 '14 at 11:27
Lars HaugsethLars Haugseth
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I am running Emacs inside a virtual machine, and are experiencing redrawing problems when scrolling or adding/removing lines of text. It seems only a small portion of the window is being redrawn, causing some lines to be repeated and others to be obscured.
I have not experienced any similar problems with other applications inside the virtual machine.
The problem is present whether I run the virtual machine in fullscreen or windowed mode.
This is my setup:
- Windows 7 Pro 64-bit host OS
- nVidia GTX 770 graphics card with latest drivers
- VirtualBox 4.3.6
- Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit guest OS
- VirtualBox Guest Additions installed
- 3D acceleration enabled
- Cinnamon 2.0.14 desktop environment
- Emacs 24.3.1
My workaround for now is to run Emacs in terminal mode, but I would prefer a solution that makes it work properly in its own graphical window.
ubuntu virtualbox virtual-machine emacs cinnamon
asked Jan 16 '14 at 11:27
Lars HaugsethLars Haugseth
232317
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I am running Emacs inside a virtual machine, and are experiencing redrawing problems when scrolling or adding/removing lines of text. It seems only a small portion of the window is being redrawn, causing some lines to be repeated and others to be obscured.
I have not experienced any similar problems with other applications inside the virtual machine.
The problem is present whether I run the virtual machine in fullscreen or windowed mode.
This is my setup:
- Windows 7 Pro 64-bit host OS
- nVidia GTX 770 graphics card with latest drivers
- VirtualBox 4.3.6
- Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit guest OS
- VirtualBox Guest Additions installed
- 3D acceleration enabled
- Cinnamon 2.0.14 desktop environment
- Emacs 24.3.1
My workaround for now is to run Emacs in terminal mode, but I would prefer a solution that makes it work properly in its own graphical window.
ubuntu virtualbox virtual-machine emacs cinnamon
asked Jan 16 '14 at 11:27
Lars HaugsethLars Haugseth
232317
I am running Emacs inside a virtual machine, and are experiencing redrawing problems when scrolling or adding/removing lines of text. It seems only a small portion of the window is being redrawn, causing some lines to be repeated and others to be obscured.
I have not experienced any similar problems with other applications inside the virtual machine.
The problem is present whether I run the virtual machine in fullscreen or windowed mode.
This is my setup:
- Windows 7 Pro 64-bit host OS
- nVidia GTX 770 graphics card with latest drivers
- VirtualBox 4.3.6
- Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit guest OS
- VirtualBox Guest Additions installed
- 3D acceleration enabled
- Cinnamon 2.0.14 desktop environment
- Emacs 24.3.1
My workaround for now is to run Emacs in terminal mode, but I would prefer a solution that makes it work properly in its own graphical window.
ubuntu virtualbox virtual-machine emacs cinnamon
ubuntu virtualbox virtual-machine emacs cinnamon
asked Jan 16 '14 at 11:27
Lars HaugsethLars Haugseth
232317
asked Jan 16 '14 at 11:27
Lars HaugsethLars Haugseth
232317
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asked Jan 16 '14 at 11:27
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I have had the same problem and it seems that disabling 3D acceleration in VirtualBox properties solved the problem.
answered Apr 23 '14 at 13:34
TieumTieum
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Thank you for the answer. I have since gone over to using GNOME Flashback desktop on this VM, and don't experience that problem there, even with 3D acceleration enabled. I will add that as a separate answer, but mark yours as the accepted one.
– Lars Haugseth
Apr 28 '14 at 18:29
Switching to gnome-flashback also solved my emacs performance problems in a vmware linux guest (fedora).
– Francois
Jun 1 '17 at 8:53
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As a workaround in cases where Cinnamon is not a requirement, I have found that when using the GNOME Flashback desktop that ships with Ubuntu 13.10, I do not experience this problem, even with 3D acceleration enabled. The functionality and feel of GNOME Flashback is pretty similar to Cinnamon, at least for my use.
answered Apr 28 '14 at 18:34
Lars HaugsethLars Haugseth
232317
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I followed the tip provided by Lars to great success. I wanted to provide some detail to help other users with this issue.
My setup:
- Windows 10 Host
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Guest
- 3D acceleration is enabled in VirtualBox settings.
- Emacs 26.1
- Guest Additions installed.
- VirtualBox 5.2.22 r126460
Steps:
- Replace Unity with Gnome Flash Back Metacity.
Instructions on how to do that:
https://www.debugpoint.com/2016/04/install-classic-gnome-flashback-in-ubuntu-16-04-replacing-unity/
Performance is great. Emacs, using the same init.el, loads faster in VirtualBox than on Windows.
answered Dec 22 '18 at 9:31
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I have had the same problem and it seems that disabling 3D acceleration in VirtualBox properties solved the problem.
answered Apr 23 '14 at 13:34
TieumTieum
462
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Thank you for the answer. I have since gone over to using GNOME Flashback desktop on this VM, and don't experience that problem there, even with 3D acceleration enabled. I will add that as a separate answer, but mark yours as the accepted one.
– Lars Haugseth
Apr 28 '14 at 18:29
Switching to gnome-flashback also solved my emacs performance problems in a vmware linux guest (fedora).
– Francois
Jun 1 '17 at 8:53
add a comment |
I have had the same problem and it seems that disabling 3D acceleration in VirtualBox properties solved the problem.
answered Apr 23 '14 at 13:34
TieumTieum
462
1
Thank you for the answer. I have since gone over to using GNOME Flashback desktop on this VM, and don't experience that problem there, even with 3D acceleration enabled. I will add that as a separate answer, but mark yours as the accepted one.
– Lars Haugseth
Apr 28 '14 at 18:29
Switching to gnome-flashback also solved my emacs performance problems in a vmware linux guest (fedora).
– Francois
Jun 1 '17 at 8:53
add a comment |
I have had the same problem and it seems that disabling 3D acceleration in VirtualBox properties solved the problem.
answered Apr 23 '14 at 13:34
TieumTieum
462
I have had the same problem and it seems that disabling 3D acceleration in VirtualBox properties solved the problem.
answered Apr 23 '14 at 13:34
TieumTieum
462
answered Apr 23 '14 at 13:34
TieumTieum
462
answered Apr 23 '14 at 13:34
TieumTieum
462
answered Apr 23 '14 at 13:34
TieumTieum
462
462
1
Thank you for the answer. I have since gone over to using GNOME Flashback desktop on this VM, and don't experience that problem there, even with 3D acceleration enabled. I will add that as a separate answer, but mark yours as the accepted one.
– Lars Haugseth
Apr 28 '14 at 18:29
Switching to gnome-flashback also solved my emacs performance problems in a vmware linux guest (fedora).
– Francois
Jun 1 '17 at 8:53
add a comment |
1
Thank you for the answer. I have since gone over to using GNOME Flashback desktop on this VM, and don't experience that problem there, even with 3D acceleration enabled. I will add that as a separate answer, but mark yours as the accepted one.
– Lars Haugseth
Apr 28 '14 at 18:29
Switching to gnome-flashback also solved my emacs performance problems in a vmware linux guest (fedora).
– Francois
Jun 1 '17 at 8:53
1
1
Thank you for the answer. I have since gone over to using GNOME Flashback desktop on this VM, and don't experience that problem there, even with 3D acceleration enabled. I will add that as a separate answer, but mark yours as the accepted one.
– Lars Haugseth
Apr 28 '14 at 18:29
Thank you for the answer. I have since gone over to using GNOME Flashback desktop on this VM, and don't experience that problem there, even with 3D acceleration enabled. I will add that as a separate answer, but mark yours as the accepted one.
– Lars Haugseth
Apr 28 '14 at 18:29
Switching to gnome-flashback also solved my emacs performance problems in a vmware linux guest (fedora).
– Francois
Jun 1 '17 at 8:53
Switching to gnome-flashback also solved my emacs performance problems in a vmware linux guest (fedora).
– Francois
Jun 1 '17 at 8:53
add a comment |
As a workaround in cases where Cinnamon is not a requirement, I have found that when using the GNOME Flashback desktop that ships with Ubuntu 13.10, I do not experience this problem, even with 3D acceleration enabled. The functionality and feel of GNOME Flashback is pretty similar to Cinnamon, at least for my use.
answered Apr 28 '14 at 18:34
Lars HaugsethLars Haugseth
232317
add a comment |
As a workaround in cases where Cinnamon is not a requirement, I have found that when using the GNOME Flashback desktop that ships with Ubuntu 13.10, I do not experience this problem, even with 3D acceleration enabled. The functionality and feel of GNOME Flashback is pretty similar to Cinnamon, at least for my use.
answered Apr 28 '14 at 18:34
Lars HaugsethLars Haugseth
232317
add a comment |
As a workaround in cases where Cinnamon is not a requirement, I have found that when using the GNOME Flashback desktop that ships with Ubuntu 13.10, I do not experience this problem, even with 3D acceleration enabled. The functionality and feel of GNOME Flashback is pretty similar to Cinnamon, at least for my use.
answered Apr 28 '14 at 18:34
Lars HaugsethLars Haugseth
232317
As a workaround in cases where Cinnamon is not a requirement, I have found that when using the GNOME Flashback desktop that ships with Ubuntu 13.10, I do not experience this problem, even with 3D acceleration enabled. The functionality and feel of GNOME Flashback is pretty similar to Cinnamon, at least for my use.
answered Apr 28 '14 at 18:34
Lars HaugsethLars Haugseth
232317
answered Apr 28 '14 at 18:34
Lars HaugsethLars Haugseth
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answered Apr 28 '14 at 18:34
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answered Apr 28 '14 at 18:34
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232317
232317
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I followed the tip provided by Lars to great success. I wanted to provide some detail to help other users with this issue.
My setup:
- Windows 10 Host
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Guest
- 3D acceleration is enabled in VirtualBox settings.
- Emacs 26.1
- Guest Additions installed.
- VirtualBox 5.2.22 r126460
Steps:
- Replace Unity with Gnome Flash Back Metacity.
Instructions on how to do that:
https://www.debugpoint.com/2016/04/install-classic-gnome-flashback-in-ubuntu-16-04-replacing-unity/
Performance is great. Emacs, using the same init.el, loads faster in VirtualBox than on Windows.
answered Dec 22 '18 at 9:31
rorsachrorsach
112
add a comment |
I followed the tip provided by Lars to great success. I wanted to provide some detail to help other users with this issue.
My setup:
- Windows 10 Host
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Guest
- 3D acceleration is enabled in VirtualBox settings.
- Emacs 26.1
- Guest Additions installed.
- VirtualBox 5.2.22 r126460
Steps:
- Replace Unity with Gnome Flash Back Metacity.
Instructions on how to do that:
https://www.debugpoint.com/2016/04/install-classic-gnome-flashback-in-ubuntu-16-04-replacing-unity/
Performance is great. Emacs, using the same init.el, loads faster in VirtualBox than on Windows.
answered Dec 22 '18 at 9:31
rorsachrorsach
112
add a comment |
I followed the tip provided by Lars to great success. I wanted to provide some detail to help other users with this issue.
My setup:
- Windows 10 Host
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Guest
- 3D acceleration is enabled in VirtualBox settings.
- Emacs 26.1
- Guest Additions installed.
- VirtualBox 5.2.22 r126460
Steps:
- Replace Unity with Gnome Flash Back Metacity.
Instructions on how to do that:
https://www.debugpoint.com/2016/04/install-classic-gnome-flashback-in-ubuntu-16-04-replacing-unity/
Performance is great. Emacs, using the same init.el, loads faster in VirtualBox than on Windows.
answered Dec 22 '18 at 9:31
rorsachrorsach
112
I followed the tip provided by Lars to great success. I wanted to provide some detail to help other users with this issue.
My setup:
- Windows 10 Host
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Guest
- 3D acceleration is enabled in VirtualBox settings.
- Emacs 26.1
- Guest Additions installed.
- VirtualBox 5.2.22 r126460
Steps:
- Replace Unity with Gnome Flash Back Metacity.
Instructions on how to do that:
https://www.debugpoint.com/2016/04/install-classic-gnome-flashback-in-ubuntu-16-04-replacing-unity/
Performance is great. Emacs, using the same init.el, loads faster in VirtualBox than on Windows.
answered Dec 22 '18 at 9:31
rorsachrorsach
112
answered Dec 22 '18 at 9:31
rorsachrorsach
112
answered Dec 22 '18 at 9:31
rorsachrorsach
112
answered Dec 22 '18 at 9:31
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