Comment 51 for bug 561734

This bug reappears in Maverick, maybe the newer xserver package is missing the patch?

This is using virtualbox:
$ quadrapassel --clutter-debug=all
ClutterX11-Message: [BACKEND] ./clutter-backend-x11.c:143: XOpenDisplay on ':0.0'
ClutterX11-Message: [BACKEND] ./clutter-backend-x11.c:170: Getting the X screen
Clutter-Message: [BACKEND] ./clutter-backend.c:173: Units per em: 11.96
ClutterX11-Message: [BACKEND] ./clutter-device-manager-x11.c:70: XInput support not enabled
ClutterX11-Message: [BACKEND] ./clutter-device-manager-x11.c:167: Added core pointer device
ClutterX11-Message: [BACKEND] ./clutter-device-manager-x11.c:176: Added core keyboard device
ClutterX11-Message: [BACKEND] ./clutter-backend-x11.c:225: X Display ':0.0'[0x9604a0] opened (screen:0, root:258, dpi:95.849057)
Clutter-Message: [MISC] ./clutter-feature.c:91: checking features
Clutter-Message: [MISC] ./clutter-feature.c:95: allocating features data
ClutterGLX-Message: [BACKEND] clutter-backend-glx.c:407: Retrieving GL fbconfig, dpy: 0x9604a0, xscreen; 0x8e2f10 (0)
ClutterGLX-Message: [BACKEND] clutter-backend-glx.c:509: Creating GLX Context (display: 0x9604a0)
ClutterGLX-Message: [GL] clutter-backend-glx.c:528: Setting direct context
failed to create drawable
ClutterGLX-Message: [BACKEND] clutter-backend-glx.c:587: Selecting dummy 0x3c00004 for the GLX context
Failed to initialise clutter: Unable to select the newly created GLX context

$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-core:
  Installed: 2:1.8.1.902-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2:1.8.1.902-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2:1.8.1.902-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status