Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware opengl

[Matt Harrison]

On 07/06/2011 20:34, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 06/07/2011 09:43 PM, Matt Harrison wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I have to run windows most of the time on my main desktop for work
>> reasons, but every now and then I install a gentoo guest on vmware to
>> see how the latest DMs are coming along.
>>
>> The current KDE4 is vastly improved from last time, extremely responsive
>> and everything is really nice...except that I cannot get opengl working
>> for compositing.
>>
>> The virtual machine has acceleration enabled, everything relevant has
>> opengl compiled. I'm not very experienced with X/opengl/etc so I'm not
>> sure what else needs to be done.
>>
>> glxinfo gives me:
>>
>> name of display: :0
>> Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
>>
>> I'm not sure if it's even possible to get opengl working here...but I
>> assume it is as a mythbuntu vm works perfectly displaying live tv etc.
>>
>> Anyway, any tips on this subject appreciated. It's hard to find anything
>> on google related to this.
>
> You need to use the vmware DRM kernel driver and vmwgfx Gallium driver.
> Only then can you have accelerated 3D in Linux guests.
>
> The DRM driver is easily enabled in the kernel configuration (it's in
> the "staging drivers" section). Not sure about the vmwgfx gallium driver
> though.

The DRM driver compiles and loads, the next step is to build the vmwgfx 
module from mesa. There is a post on the vmware forums with a user who 
talks about "tweaking the ebuild" for mesa to get the module built. 
Unfortunately that's all the info he gives.

Plus, the rest of the post ends with people pretty much giving up on the 
whole project. It sounds like vmware aren't really interested in 
continuing development for it...shame.