Trying to DUMP Windows.... But

Derek Broughton derek at pointerstop.ca
Fri Mar 27 16:30:19 UTC 2009


Vincent Trouilliez wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:00:10 -0300
> Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> Again, I'm sure you're right.  Virtualbox does actually claim to be able
>> to do 3D, now, but I wouldn't count on it.
> 
> It only does OpenGL not DirectX aiui, so no good for Windows.
> Still, even OpenGL under a Linux guest didn't appear to work for me.
> In a terminal if I query "glxinfo |grep rendering", it does say
> "Yes"... however when I tried to run desktop effects or Googleearth,
> both failed...

Yeah, that's why I said I wouldn't count on it.  I don't do much 3D, but
thought I had run into problems some weeks back.
-- 
derek





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