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.
Thanks both of you, I'll take that as a no, but I'll keep playing and
see if I can get anywhere :)
