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