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On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 8:32 PM, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Because I'm paranoid, I update my virtualbox ~amd64-gentoo-guest machine every |
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> day *before* I update my (real hardware) "production" machine. (The definition |
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> of "production" is left as an exercise for the reader.) |
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> |
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> Not long ago I noticed that the vbox guest machine failed to start a gnome |
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> session because "3D hardware support" is not available on the guest machine. |
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> To make a very long story short, I downgraded the xorg-server on the gentoo |
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> guest from 1.16.0 to 1.15.1, and now gnome3 is happy again. |
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> |
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> Techie detail for nerds only: /usr/libexec/gnome-session-check-accelerated |
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> returns an error message with xorg-server-1.16.0, but works normally with |
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> xorg-server-1.15.1. |
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> |
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> Has anyone else seen the same behavior? |
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I cannot recommend on VirtualBox (although, as some kernel developers |
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have said, their modules are "crap"[1]), but I've succeeded in running |
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GNOME 3 with Qemu using the qxl virtual video card. It's slow, but it |
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works. |
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Regards. |
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[1] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk5Mw |
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-- |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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