Just so everyone knows, this is certainly an issue with VirtualBox (or Unity's graphics requirements depending on how you see it). Unity requires a graphics feature called Frame Buffer Objects, which virtual box does not support.
** Changed in: unity Status: Triaged => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/688947 Title: unity does not work in VirtualBox guest -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs