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How to fix 3D Acceleration for Vmware Workstation 9?

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I have recently installed Vmware workstation 9 on Ubuntu 12.04 & i have migrated my VM's from windows to Ubuntu 12.04 . Now i am getting openGL error & it says no 3D acceleration as shown in pic below

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How Do I Fix It ?

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answered 2 Years ago eanda · Accepted Answer

Add the following to the .vmx file of the VM

mks.gl.allowBlacklistedDrivers = "TRUE"

Next, install the Mesa-libtxc_dxtn1 (aka the S3 texture compression), this will probably called something be different since you are on Ubuntu and I'm using OpenSUSE 12.2.

Chances are this will crash your VM like it does to mine and only a reboot will fix it. Trying nomodeset from the boot-loader then uses the Nvidia graphics (I think - my CPU usage still rockets with glxspheres) which then WON'T crash your VM.

FYI - I have tried this but I'm afraid 3D acceleration support with Bumblebee is totally shite on Linux.