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twsnnva
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Contributor
‎09-01-2012 12:30 PM

VMware Tools skipping X drivers

Hello,
I am trying to install VMware Tools on a Linux Mint Debian Edition guest. With a clean install, I am left unable to login to Cinnamon as it complains there is no 3D acceleration. When trying to build VMware Tools, I get the following message:
Detected X server version 1.11.4
Distribution provided drivers for Xorg X server are used.
Skipping X configuration because X drivers are not included.
I then removed xserver-xorg-video-vmware, restarted the VM and tried running the install script again, only to recieve the same message.
The last time I used a VMware product was before VMware modules were included with distributions, and all of the modules were compiled when running the tools install script. This is what I would prefer to do anyway, to ensure I am using the latest VMware Tools. Is there a way to force the script to build the X module with 3D acceleration? I saw another thread about this a few posts up - certainly I don't have to use git to grab the sources and manually compile stuff? Finally, does anyone know why the script states "Distribution provided drivers for Xorg X server are used." even after I have removed them? Thank you.
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vm_George
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‎09-09-2013 03:10 AM

I am having the same issue with VMware Workstation 10 and Debian Wheezy and Linux Mint.

if you run xrandr it also fails.

Let us know if anyone learns the answer, please.

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wjwj
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎09-15-2013 08:37 PM

Yes, VMware Tools does not include the 3D driver any more.

Typically, OpenGL 3D driver is included in Linux distro. Regarding the installation component, etc, please refer to this link http://www.mesa3d.org/vmware-guest.html.

Hope this is helpful for you!

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vm_George
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‎09-16-2013 04:40 AM

Hi, Gave this a try, but the installation did not go as per the instructions;

Instead of the result giving

OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.

OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on SVGA3D; build: RELEASE;

OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0

The installation gave;

# glxinfo | grep OpenGL

OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.

OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x209)

OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4

OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20

OpenGL extensions:

Also Linux Mint did reported no 3D graphics.

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