ok - changing the display ram allocation from the default 12MB to 128MB fixes this issue.
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1659412 Title: Ubuntu Budgie live session in virtualbox not displayed correctly Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Ubuntu Budgie Alpha 2 AMD64 and i386 see screenshot Note - this affect virtualbox only. In QEMU the display of the live-session is ok To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1659412/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp