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| author | Brian Paul <brianp@vmware.com> | 2015-08-13 13:50:13 -0700 |
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| committer | Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com> | 2015-08-14 03:40:31 -0700 |
| commit | ec3643cf16c02421f02aefe240dbfadad8080136 (patch) | |
| tree | 3855816703fb6c12c0dc866d17e1a4113fbbc773 | |
| parent | b535428c0a96b580c4f821acf0628938586e8cc1 (diff) | |
docs: document VMware OpenGL 3.3 supportsvga-gl3-merge
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diff --git a/docs/vmware-guest.html b/docs/vmware-guest.html index b5ea4e0beb..e2432a96eb 100644 --- a/docs/vmware-guest.html +++ b/docs/vmware-guest.html @@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ MacOS are all supported. </p> <p> +As of the 2015 Workstation 12 / Fusion 8 releases, OpenGL 3.3 is supported +in the guest. +This requires: +<ul> +<li>The VM is configured for virtual hardware version 12. +<li>The host GPU supports DX11 or OpenGL 4.0. +</ul> +</p> + +<p> +Otherwise, OpenGL 2.1 is supported. +</p> + +<p> Most modern Linux distros include the SVGA3D driver so end users shouldn't be concerned with this information. But if your distro lacks the driver or you want to update to the latest code @@ -227,6 +241,15 @@ If you don't see this, try setting this environment variable: then rerun glxinfo and examine the output for error messages. </p> +<p> +If OpenGL 3.3 is not working (you only get OpenGL 2.1): +</p> +<ul> +<li>Make sure the VM uses hardware version 12. +<li>Check the vmware.log file for errors. +<li>Run 'dmesg | grep vmwgfx' and look for "DX: yes". + + </div> </body> </html> |