Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware opengl

[Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@genestate.com>]

On 07/06/2011 21:40, Matt Harrison wrote:
> 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.

Well I eventually managed to get the vmwgfx gallium driver to compile, 
but I get an undefined symbol when trying to load it with xorg. I'll 
give up with it now unless anyone else has an idea. It was a nice 
thought that I might get to see the power of vmware opengl :P