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On 07/06/2011 21:40, Matt Harrison wrote: |
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> On 07/06/2011 20:34, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> On 06/07/2011 09:43 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: |
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>>> Hi list, |
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>>> |
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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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>>> |
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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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>>> |
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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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>>> |
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>>> glxinfo gives me: |
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>>> |
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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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>>> |
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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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>>> |
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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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>> |
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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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>> |
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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 driver |
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>> though. |
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> The DRM driver compiles and loads, the next step is to build the vmwgfx |
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> module from mesa. There is a post on the vmware forums with a user who |
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> talks about "tweaking the ebuild" for mesa to get the module built. |
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> Unfortunately that's all the info he gives. |
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> Plus, the rest of the post ends with people pretty much giving up on the |
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> whole project. It sounds like vmware aren't really interested in |
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> continuing development for it...shame. |
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Well I eventually managed to get the vmwgfx gallium driver to compile, |
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but I get an undefined symbol when trying to load it with xorg. I'll |
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give up with it now unless anyone else has an idea. It was a nice |
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thought that I might get to see the power of vmware opengl :P |
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