VMWARE 11 refuses to use 3d acceleration on Ubuntu 14.04 - where is the log?

[livior]

I have the following from glxinfo:

Workstation 11 refuses to use 3d acceleration for any Windows guest.

Is there a log somewhere that can help troubleshooting this?

I looked in the vmware host log and syslog but there is nothing there..

Can someone from VMWARE help?

name of display: :smileylaugh:

display: :smileylaugh:  screen: 0

direct rendering: Yes

server glx vendor string: SGI

server glx version string: 1.4

server glx extensions:

    GLX_ARB_create_context, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile,

    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB, GLX_ARB_multisample,

    GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB,

    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_visual_info,

    GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_INTEL_swap_event, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,

    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,

    GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_SGI_swap_control

client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI

client glx version string: 1.4

client glx extensions:

    GLX_ARB_create_context, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile,

    GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float,

    GLX_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,

    GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float,

    GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GLX_EXT_import_context,

    GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating,

    GLX_INTEL_swap_event, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,

    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_query_renderer,

    GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,

    GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,

    GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,

    GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync

GLX version: 1.4

GLX extensions:

    GLX_ARB_create_context, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile,

    GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB,

    GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample,

    GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB,

    GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_visual_info,

    GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_INTEL_swap_event, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,

    GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_swap_control,

    GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGIS_multisample,

    GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group,

    GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync

OpenGL vendor string: X.Org

OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV770

OpenGL core profile version string: 3.1 (Core Profile) Mesa 10.1.3

OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 1.40

OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)

[rachelsunsm]

Hi, thanks for using VMware

I think this problem is because you didn't install the Graphics driver on you host.

On Linux Host, you need to install the Graphics driver from your Graphics manufacture.

What kind of Graphics card are you using?

I only use the Nvidia Graphics card on my Ubuntu host, if you use this too,  you can refer to the following steps:

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$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mamarley/nvidia

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-xxx(check if driver number on the nvidia website for your own graphics card)

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If you use other kind of graphics card, please go to their website and download the dirver for your host.

Thanks,

[skitheo]

I've been using WS9/10/11 on Linux Mint for several years.

Host Configuration:

Linux Mint 17.1

nVidia driver version 331.113 for Linux-x86_64

nVidia Quadro K600

1024 MB dedication GPU RAM

Dell Precision T3600

32GB RAM

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo

processor    : 11

vendor_id    : GenuineIntel

cpu family    : 6

model        : 45

model name    : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1660 0 @ 3.30GHz

stepping    : 7

microcode    : 0x70d

cpu MHz        : 3301.000

cache size    : 15360 KB

physical id    : 0

siblings    : 12

core id        : 5

cpu cores    : 6

apicid        : 11

initial apicid    : 11

fpu        : yes

fpu_exception    : yes

cpuid level    : 13

wp        : yes

flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid

bogomips    : 6584.61

clflush size    : 64

cache_alignment    : 64

address sizes    : 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual

power management:

With WS11 and Win7 32 & 64-bit guests, disabling 3D dramatically improves performance of the guests.

WHY?????