Stuck in software rendering in Virtualbox

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Stuck in software rendering in Virtualbox

Post#1 by drjaking » 12 Apr 2017, 13:40

Hi,

I'm struggling to get hardware accelerated rendering working in 3.2.2 Cinnamon x86_64 which is booting in Virtualbox 5.1.18 on a Windows host. I've tried using the VirtualBox-5.1.10-porteus-v3.2-x86_64-1prt.xzm module and also tried installing from the ISO supplied with Virtualbox.

Can anyone advise me how to debug this (and it's a long time since I tried to do anything in Linux!).

Cheers

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Re: Stuck in software rendering in Virtualbox

Post#2 by Bogomips » 12 Apr 2017, 16:58

Welcome to Porteus. AFAIK we do boast quite a few experts in this area. Probably have to wait on opposing TZ. :)
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Re: Stuck in software rendering in Virtualbox

Post#3 by fulalas » 13 Apr 2017, 10:35

AFAIK, you need to give Linux a hint of what virtual hardware you have. In other words you need a VirtualBox graphics driver for Linux that can handle kind-of-direct calls to the hardware. I'm not sure if VirtualBox comes with such a driver. Try to follow the option called 'install guest additions'. ;)

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Re: Stuck in software rendering in Virtualbox

Post#4 by jpagan » 28 Jun 2017, 21:06

drjaking wrote:Hi,

I'm struggling to get hardware accelerated rendering working in 3.2.2 Cinnamon x86_64 which is booting in Virtualbox 5.1.18 on a Windows host. I've tried using the VirtualBox-5.1.10-porteus-v3.2-x86_64-1prt.xzm module and also tried installing from the ISO supplied with Virtualbox.

Can anyone advise me how to debug this (and it's a long time since I tried to do anything in Linux!).

Cheers
@drjaking - I am having the exact same problem on the same setup. Except that I am using VirtualBox 5.1.22. I was able to install the guest additions successfully but when I reboot I get the same error message. Were you able to resolve this issue?

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Re: Stuck in software rendering in Virtualbox

Post#5 by fulalas » 28 Jun 2017, 21:15

jpagan wrote:I am having the exact same problem on the same setup. Except that I am using VirtualBox 5.1.22. I was able to install the guest additions successfully but when I reboot I get the same error message. Were you able to resolve this issue?
As soon as Porteus finishes booting process, can you go to the terminal and call 'glxgears' with success?

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