OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare
I'm finally giving VMWare a whirl, and am hoping someone here can help. VMWare installed okay, and I was able to set up a virtual machine with Windows-98SE. However, I am unable to get sound working, and am also having some video issues. My motherboard uses the nForce-2 chipset, with onboard sound. I was able to get the nForce Linux drivers up and running, and have sound outside of VMWare, but sound is disabled on 98SE within the VMWare virtual machine. I was hoping that just installing the 98 drivers off the CD that came with my board would do the job, but the installer claims that there is no compatible hardware installed. As for video, I am currently using the driver that comes with VMWare, VMWare SVGA-2. That enabled me to set my resolution properly (1024x768 - 32-Bit color). However, that particular driver doesn't allow realization of my video card's full potential. The card is a 256MB GeForce 5600 FX. Like with the nForce drivers, the nVidia drivers for Linux are working fine, but I can't get certain features working under Linux, specifically Direct 3D, and the Windows installer for the video card does not see the card as a compatible device. So what does it take to enable 3D features under VMWare? I'm trying the Windows version of America's Army as my test app, and it won't run because Direct 3D isn't working. Any advice on these problems? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare
Hi, I have an Asus A7vm266 ( something like that) motherboard. It uses nforce 2 chipset. had lot of problems gettin drivers to work on win98 se. made system unstable. u might be better off with XP. Win98se drivers seem problematic. spent almost like a week tryin to get it to work. about geforce, check Nvidia's site for drivers. they do have 3d acceleration support. did u download the driver from their site? u might have to do some tuning. just check the download for instructions. should be in readme file HTH, Sanjay Scarletdown [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: debian-users [EMAIL PROTECTED] ter.net cc: Subject: OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare 27/01/2004 12:36 PM I'm finally giving VMWare a whirl, and am hoping someone here can help. VMWare installed okay, and I was able to set up a virtual machine with Windows-98SE. However, I am unable to get sound working, and am also having some video issues. My motherboard uses the nForce-2 chipset, with onboard sound. I was able to get the nForce Linux drivers up and running, and have sound outside of VMWare, but sound is disabled on 98SE within the VMWare virtual machine. I was hoping that just installing the 98 drivers off the CD that came with my board would do the job, but the installer claims that there is no compatible hardware installed. As for video, I am currently using the driver that comes with VMWare, VMWare SVGA-2. That enabled me to set my resolution properly (1024x768 - 32-Bit color). However, that particular driver doesn't allow realization of my video card's full potential. The card is a 256MB GeForce 5600 FX. Like with the nForce drivers, the nVidia drivers for Linux are working fine, but I can't get certain features working under Linux, specifically Direct 3D, and the Windows installer for the video card does not see the card as a compatible device. So what does it take to enable 3D features under VMWare? I'm trying the Windows version of America's Army as my test app, and it won't run because Direct 3D isn't working. Any advice on these problems? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare
Hi, VMWare virtual machine emulates the SB Ensoniq AudioPCI adapter (at least version 4 or later). Driver for this one doesn't come with the original windows installation so you will have to get it from www.creative.com Seek more detailed info in vmware support: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/ws40_vidsound.html#1010378 AFAIK vmware doesn't support Direct3D yet. Jan Suchy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare
Jan Suchy wrote: Hi, VMWare virtual machine emulates the SB Ensoniq AudioPCI adapter (at least version 4 or later). Driver for this one doesn't come with the original windows installation so you will have to get it from www.creative.com That did the trick. Now I can go ahead and pull the other sound card I put in in hopes of getting sound in VMWare. http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/ws40_vidsound.html#1010378 AFAIK vmware doesn't support Direct3D yet. Bummer. I guess for now then, at least until I can decipher the technique for configuring WINE-X, I'll just maintain a minimal Win-98SE setup for when I want to play games that require 3D stuff. Hopefully, I can manage to shrink my current Windows partitions and enlarge the Linux partition without screwing up my Linux installation...Either that, or make a new partition from the freed-up space, and have it mount as /usr or whichever directory most apps go into...Probably go ahead and make a dedicated partition to mount as /home as well... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare
Sanjay Chigurupati wrote: Hi, I have an Asus A7vm266 ( something like that) motherboard. It uses nforce 2 chipset. had lot of problems gettin drivers to work on win98 se. made system unstable. u might be better off with XP. Win98se drivers seem problematic. spent almost like a week tryin to get it to work. about geforce, check Nvidia's site for drivers. they do have 3d acceleration support. did u download the driver from their site? u might have to do some tuning. just check the download for instructions. should be in readme file I think you completely misunderstood what I was trying to accomplish. I was attempting to get these devices working on a Win-98SE _virtual machine_ under VMWare. On the native Win-98 side of things, I had no problems whatsoever getting either the nForce or the GeForce drivers working. And there is absolutely no fuggin' way I am going to allow XP to exist anywhere on my network anyway...M$ will also never get any of my scarce and hard-earned cash (my Windows-98SE disk was purchased at a thrift store...) Anyhow, the VMWare sound problem has been solved. But it looks like the VMWare 3D issue will be a no-go for now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare
Quoting Scarletdown [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [snip] Bummer. I guess for now then, at least until I can decipher the technique for configuring WINE-X, I'll just maintain a minimal Win-98SE setup for when I want to play games that require 3D stuff. Hopefully, I can manage to shrink my current Windows partitions and enlarge the Linux partition without screwing up my Linux installation...Either that, or make a new partition from the freed-up space, and have it mount as /usr or whichever directory most apps go into...Probably go ahead and make a dedicated partition to mount as /home as well... In my experience, action games in VMware are problematic. I have used several versions of VMware. Sound has gotten a lot better, from unusable to minor stutters. Playing video clips from the TurboTax CD was unusable. Haven't tried video w/ the latest beta. Within VMware, Freecell is about the only playable game. For things that need 3D acceleration, stick to native booting Windows. Wine quite possibly will be worse. YMMV Jeffrey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 07:16:30AM -0600, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: In my experience, action games in VMware are problematic. I have used several versions of VMware. Sound has gotten a lot better, from unusable to minor stutters. Yes, it has improved quite a bit. I've actually managed frequently clear playback of audio from my VMWare installation. Within VMware, Freecell is about the only playable game. For things that need 3D acceleration, stick to native booting Windows. Wine quite possibly will be worse. YMMV I've been using WineX for about a year now. There are a number of games that it won't play or install, but ther are also quite a few that it plays quite well. However, if your goal is to play a game that uses DirectPlay multiplayer, don't bother. DirectPlay doesn't work at the moment. -- Jamin W. Collins Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:20:00PM +0530, Sanjay Chigurupati wrote: Hi, I have an Asus A7vm266 ( something like that) motherboard. It uses nforce 2 chipset. had lot of problems gettin drivers to work on win98 se. made system unstable. u might be better off with XP. Win98se drivers seem problematic. spent almost like a week tryin to get it to work. about geforce, check Nvidia's site for drivers. they do have 3d acceleration support. did u download the driver from their site? u might have to do some tuning. just check the download for instructions. should be in readme file HTH, Sanjay Scarletdown [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: debian-users [EMAIL PROTECTED] ter.net cc: Subject: OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare 27/01/2004 12:36 PM I'm finally giving VMWare a whirl, and am hoping someone here can help. VMWare installed okay, and I was able to set up a virtual machine with Windows-98SE. However, I am unable to get sound working, and am also having some video issues. My motherboard uses the nForce-2 chipset, with onboard sound. I was able to get the nForce Linux drivers up and running, and have sound outside of VMWare, but sound is disabled on 98SE within the VMWare virtual machine. I was hoping that just installing the 98 drivers off the CD that came with my board would do the job, but the installer claims that there is no compatible hardware installed. As for video, I am currently using the driver that comes with VMWare, VMWare SVGA-2. That enabled me to set my resolution properly (1024x768 - 32-Bit color). However, that particular driver doesn't allow realization of my video card's full potential. The card is a 256MB GeForce 5600 FX. Like with the nForce drivers, the nVidia drivers for Linux are working fine, but I can't get certain features working under Linux, specifically Direct 3D, and the Windows installer for the video card does not see the card as a compatible device. So what does it take to enable 3D features under VMWare? I'm trying the Windows version of America's Army as my test app, and it won't run because Direct 3D isn't working. Any advice on these problems? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] What are you trying to do? It sounds like you might be better off installing Windows XP, or maybe, just maybe installing Debian since this is a Debian mailing list. Also Direct 3d is a Windows only graphics layer, Whats wrong with using Nvidia Linux drivers, and OpenGL, do some research, a lot of people have gotten their Nvidia Chipsets to work in Linux. You might also want to post to a VMWare mailing list about your VMware problems. Rthoreau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT - nForce, GeForce and VMWare
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Scarletdown wrote: My motherboard uses the nForce-2 chipset, with onboard sound. I was able to get the nForce Linux drivers up and running, and have sound outside of VMWare, but sound is disabled on 98SE within the VMWare virtual machine. The virtual sound device is a soundblaster in the VMWare virtual machine. - 32-Bit color). However, that particular driver doesn't allow realization of my video card's full potential. The card is a 256MB GeForce 5600 FX. Like with the nForce drivers, the nVidia drivers for I think you have a misunderstanding on how VMWare works. What it does is create virtual machine inside your host OS (in your case, Linux). It then creates some virtual devices, like a soundblaster soundcard, a generic video device etc, which it connects to your real devices. But as far as hosted OS is concerned, it only sees the virtual devices, which means you don't get the full potential of your device. - -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkAWtucACgkQkz0vhQtHHRhA2gCgyshM+lDk4AupWdJcqDlT1ZzB d4EAn3MO3V+yum4tnmj1Ho5ska6E2mvs =aGIQ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
