I'm using VMWare Player to run Ubuntu 14.04 on a Windows 8 Host and the 3d acceleration checkbox for the VM is disabled

Question

Ubuntu 14.04 is usable, but noticeably slower in the Unity interface, apparently due to lack of hardware 3d acceleration, and I see in the VM settings that there is a checkbox to enable hardware 3d acceleration, but I can't check the box (it's disabled). Is there some way I can fix this?

Answer 1

OOOooooh, If I shutdown the virtual machine (not just suspend it), then it allows me to edit the display settings.

Well, that answers that. :)