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Tod69 Talamasca

The Human Tripod ;)

Join date: 20 Sep 2005

Posts: 4,107

01-22-2008 20:32

Just wondering if anyone got SL to work on it or other Virtual Machines?

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Rudy Schwartzman

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Join date: 28 Dec 2006

Posts: 66

01-29-2008 17:30

That's not going to happen. Not any time soon, anyway. Virtualization software, be it VMware, VirtualBox, Xen, Parallels or something else, does not emulate the 3D hardware that is absolutely essential to Second Life.

One must imagine and expect that some day a virtualization system will supply virtual 3D hardware, but until that day arrives, you'll have to run Second Life in an OS running directly on physical hardware.

Rudy

Merrick Moose

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Join date: 20 Oct 2005

Posts: 191

02-05-2008 07:45

Currently in beta from VMware:

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_vidsound_d3d_enabling_vm.html

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vee.pdf

Fusion will probably have support, since it is beta right now. It's BETA, so be warned. http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/faqs.html

Akai Kilian

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Join date: 8 Jul 2005

Posts: 3

04-05-2009 12:26

actually, virtualbox does do 3D emulation now.... and I am able to get to the login screen, but SL doesn't recognize the actual video card (which is a virtualbox card by name/chipset)... if the Lindens would add support for this video card, I am sure SL would work fine in Virtualbox. I am sure of it, because I have been able to play NeverWinter Nights just fine in my virtualbox installaiton of XP... I'm also testing out other XP games so that I can request support for the virtualbox video card for games that are able to load, but not play... just a matter of support now...

Missy Malaprop

♥Diaper Girl♥

Join date: 28 Oct 2005

Posts: 544

04-08-2009 21:58

old thread...

but a few months ago i was in Linux Mint 6 on VMware Fusion, and I got the linux client of SL to run... was about 1 to 2 FPS, but it ran... in a Windows VM, it just always errored out saying the hardware wasn't good enough.

Boy Lane

Evil Dolly

Join date: 8 May 2007

Posts: 690

04-08-2009 22:38

SL works fine in Virtualbox. That is Ubuntu guest on WinXP host. At the beginning it shows a warning that it can't identify the graphics card, but you can simply close that popup and it will work. Performance however is not playable, but good enough for a fast test without having to boot into Linux itself.

Haven't tried the other way around with Windows guest on Linux host.

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Tod69 Talamasca The Human Tripod ;) Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 4,107	01-22-2008 20:32 Just wondering if anyone got SL to work on it or other Virtual Machines? _____________________ really pissy & mean right now and NOT happy with Life.
Rudy Schwartzman Registered User Join date: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 66	01-29-2008 17:30 That's not going to happen. Not any time soon, anyway. Virtualization software, be it VMware, VirtualBox, Xen, Parallels or something else, does not emulate the 3D hardware that is absolutely essential to Second Life. One must imagine and expect that some day a virtualization system will supply virtual 3D hardware, but until that day arrives, you'll have to run Second Life in an OS running directly on physical hardware. Rudy
Merrick Moose Registered User Join date: 20 Oct 2005 Posts: 191	02-05-2008 07:45 Currently in beta from VMware: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_vidsound_d3d_enabling_vm.html http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vee.pdf Fusion will probably have support, since it is beta right now. It's BETA, so be warned. http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/faqs.html
Akai Kilian Registered User Join date: 8 Jul 2005 Posts: 3	04-05-2009 12:26 actually, virtualbox does do 3D emulation now.... and I am able to get to the login screen, but SL doesn't recognize the actual video card (which is a virtualbox card by name/chipset)... if the Lindens would add support for this video card, I am sure SL would work fine in Virtualbox. I am sure of it, because I have been able to play NeverWinter Nights just fine in my virtualbox installaiton of XP... I'm also testing out other XP games so that I can request support for the virtualbox video card for games that are able to load, but not play... just a matter of support now...
Missy Malaprop ♥Diaper Girl♥ Join date: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 544	04-08-2009 21:58 old thread... but a few months ago i was in Linux Mint 6 on VMware Fusion, and I got the linux client of SL to run... was about 1 to 2 FPS, but it ran... in a Windows VM, it just always errored out saying the hardware wasn't good enough.
Boy Lane Evil Dolly Join date: 8 May 2007 Posts: 690	04-08-2009 22:38 SL works fine in Virtualbox. That is Ubuntu guest on WinXP host. At the beginning it shows a warning that it can't identify the graphics card, but you can simply close that popup and it will work. Performance however is not playable, but good enough for a fast test without having to boot into Linux itself. Haven't tried the other way around with Windows guest on Linux host. _____________________ Cool Viewers for Virtual Worlds, Home of Rainbow: http://my.opera.com/boylane Download: http://coolviewer.googlecode.com Source: http://github.com/boy Be plurked: http://plurk.com/BoyLane/invite

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