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Pleze Playfair

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Join date: 27 Aug 2004

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01-24-2005 16:52

Anyone used vmware for linux with Secondlife? I'm debating on going this path or if I can even pull it off.

Francis Chung

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Join date: 22 Sep 2003

Posts: 918

01-25-2005 12:56

Last time I checked, VMWare didn't write-through the openGL API calls from windows to into the linux host drivers.

Which, basically means that it would be umpossible (it's a word if we keep using it!) to get SL to run under VMWare.

However! There are people roaming around in SL under Linux

There was a bit long thread at one point (Bit Phaeton maybe?) who explained how to do it.

http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/screenshots/single.mhtml?screenshot_id=522

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Taliesin Psaltery

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Join date: 5 Jul 2004

Posts: 7

08-03-2005 00:21

VMware Workstation 5.0 was released in April 2005 with "experimental support' for 3D OpenGL. I hope I won't get flamed for saying I have run the There.com client in a Workstation 5 virtual machine. I've been meaning to try it for SL, too.

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Maxx Monde

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08-03-2005 05:38

VMWare Workstation 5.0 is nice, I bought a license for use at work, because frankly - I do most of my stuff in Suse v9.2 anyway, and only need IE and Outlook in windows. The things I really like are -- if something is going on (like some 'pushed-down' update that our support people screw up) then I can suspend the virtual machine immediately, but still do admin work on our network gear.

If I blow something up in the VM, then the worst case scenario is I re-transfer the VM machine files over to my machine again for a clean start.

I also have more portable backups now, which just involve copying the VM files to my raid-arrays, or burning them. If you have license for both linux and windows variants of VM Workstation, then you can have a machine that never is incompatible with your 'host' OS. This is a huge plus.

Anyway, for games, its true - DX and GL calls aren't really supported too well...so...maybe you can squeak by for some things, but I'm not so sure about SL. I wish you luck though.

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Drake Bacon

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Join date: 13 Jul 2005

Posts: 443

08-04-2005 17:20

Tried myself in VMWare 5.0, and it only experimentally supports DirectX calls currently. OpenGL isn't supported except through DirectX. Second Life isn't running.

Still waiting for the port by Icculus...

vmware for linux & secondlife?
Pleze Playfair Registered User Join date: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 100	01-24-2005 16:52 Anyone used vmware for linux with Secondlife? I'm debating on going this path or if I can even pull it off.
Francis Chung This sentence no verb. Join date: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 918	01-25-2005 12:56 Last time I checked, VMWare didn't write-through the openGL API calls from windows to into the linux host drivers. Which, basically means that it would be umpossible (it's a word if we keep using it!) to get SL to run under VMWare. However! There are people roaming around in SL under Linux There was a bit long thread at one point (Bit Phaeton maybe?) who explained how to do it. http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/screenshots/single.mhtml?screenshot_id=522 _____________________ -- ~If you lived here, you would be home by now~
Taliesin Psaltery anais reborn Join date: 5 Jul 2004 Posts: 7	08-03-2005 00:21 VMware Workstation 5.0 was released in April 2005 with "experimental support' for 3D OpenGL. I hope I won't get flamed for saying I have run the There.com client in a Workstation 5 virtual machine. I've been meaning to try it for SL, too. _____________________ "Smile pretty, and watch your back." Ani DiFranco.
Maxx Monde Registered User Join date: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,848	08-03-2005 05:38 VMWare Workstation 5.0 is nice, I bought a license for use at work, because frankly - I do most of my stuff in Suse v9.2 anyway, and only need IE and Outlook in windows. The things I really like are -- if something is going on (like some 'pushed-down' update that our support people screw up) then I can suspend the virtual machine immediately, but still do admin work on our network gear. If I blow something up in the VM, then the worst case scenario is I re-transfer the VM machine files over to my machine again for a clean start. I also have more portable backups now, which just involve copying the VM files to my raid-arrays, or burning them. If you have license for both linux and windows variants of VM Workstation, then you can have a machine that never is incompatible with your 'host' OS. This is a huge plus. Anyway, for games, its true - DX and GL calls aren't really supported too well...so...maybe you can squeak by for some things, but I'm not so sure about SL. I wish you luck though. _____________________ Opensim Tutorial - http://opensimuser.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/opensim-install-and-configuration-tutorial/ Run your own simulator on your personal machine!
Drake Bacon Linux is Furry Join date: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 443	08-04-2005 17:20 Tried myself in VMWare 5.0, and it only experimentally supports DirectX calls currently. OpenGL isn't supported except through DirectX. Second Life isn't running. Still waiting for the port by Icculus...

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