Thread: Is a 3D desktop possible in a VM?

hi

running ubuntu 11.10 in virtualbox on win 7 laptop. great take advantage of graphics card on laptop enable 3d desktop in unity see like.

if run: -

code:

/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p  opengl vendor string:   mesa project  opengl renderer string: software rasterizer  opengl version string:  2.1 mesa 7.11    not software rendered:    no  not blacklisted:          yes  glx fbconfig:             yes  glx texture pixmap:  no  gl npot or rect textures: yes  gl vertex program:        yes  gl fragment program:      yes  gl vertex buffer object:  yes  gl framebuffer object:    yes  gl version 1.4+:       yes    unity 3d supported:       no

yet know graphics card should able handle it. brand new i7 vaio supports 3d movies , games etc.

when @ card vm: -

code:

/home/brad >lspci | grep vga  00:02.0 vga compatible controller: innotek systemberatung gmbh virtualbox graphics adapter  /home/brad >sudo lshw -c video  [sudo] password brad:     *-display unclaimed              description: vga compatible controller         product: virtualbox graphics adapter         vendor: innotek systemberatung gmbh         physical id: 2         bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0         version: 00         width: 32 bits         clock: 33mhz         capabilities: vga_controller bus_master         configuration: latency=0         resources: memory:e0000000-e0ffffff

according windows graphics card nvidia geforce gt 540m running driver version 8.17.12.6830

can tell me if possible set run 3d desktop?

in advance

i run 3d unity in vm, make sure running latest vbox or whatever (i think vmware 3d aswell) , enable 3d acceleration graphics settings in vm , thats it.

thats me anyways

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