From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A048138A6C for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 23:45:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A887CE0912; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 23:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72EA5E0903 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 23:45:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E79120817 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 19:45:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2 ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:45:27 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=zv0XbwFlpqs4gzt 2ma9ufxWnAM8=; b=BwgKvXC4IYt9z1HILQp1xt2bubLpd8xb1VQz9y9l3LkINgH DlER+gCIPXyPp6Ihop4JccYKlTq7Srk4TFYfXjTbDXoBthcgrxjLcm7/OWBCgsnJ 4WnOsMD0Eh00ADfp3gXNby0YjnjGNTsUUoHMsKtzRVcNhoH6ZRHMng6c+CII= X-Sasl-enc: c0rFTX2sGpijcFciyEPj8yZlbX5zEGCr04psub8jyVyu 1428536726 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (unknown [68.37.5.231]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id CFEA2680076 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 19:45:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <5525BD96.4010509@alectenharmsel.com> Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:45:26 -0400 From: Alec Ten Harmsel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Running gentoo ~amd64 as a virtualbox guest References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 93a567e2-61e6-4266-95f8-ed095e28a768 X-Archives-Hash: f8068bf455194d64062db7a02112d8db On 04/08/2015 07:35 PM, walt wrote: > I have a persistent problem (described below) with my ~amd64 guest > machine and I can't figure it out. > > I run all the major linux distros as virtualbox guests so I can keep > track of what's happening on planet non-gentoo, but only the ~amd64 > gentoo guest machine is having this problem: Depending on what you are keeping track of, I would recommend using docker. It is far lighter-weight than a virtual machine in every respect - disk space, cpu utilization, etc. However, if you need to see graphical stuff (which it appears you do), then docker will not work. > When I start an X session in the gentoo guest machine, the 3D video > acceleration is emulated with the "Software Rasterizer" function of > mesa, as shown below: > > # glxinfo | grep renderer > OpenGL renderer string: Software Rasterizer > > The problem is that "Software Rasterizer" is so slow and inefficient > that the gnome3 shell specifically tests for it and refuses to start > if it's found. Have you tried setting VIDEO_CARD="virtualbox" in make.conf and/or installing app-emulation/virtualbox-modules in your guest? > Other guest linux distros report the "Chromium" rasterizer or maybe > the "llvmpipe" rasterizer, both of which are fast enough to satisfy > the gnome3 shell. > > So, could the problem be caused by the vbox package on my gentoo host > machines? I don't know, but I can propose a test: If the other distros can detect a fast virtualized renderer, I doubt the host has a problem. That said, I have little virtualbox experience other than just playing around. Hope this helps, Alec