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On Sunday 28 November 2010 15:42:04 Ivan Voras wrote:
> On 28 November 2010 15:17, Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> wrote:
> > On Sunday 28 November 2010 14:24:36 Ivan Voras wrote:
> >> I don't think this trick will work with ATI cards? I did try some
> >> Linux 3d app a while ago and IIRC it crashed X.
> >
> > In that case probably the only way to get it working properly is porting
> > jinput and lwjgl to FreeBSD. These libraries are stored in .minecraft/bin
> > btw.
>
> Well, given infinite time... :)
Yeah my thoughts exactly.

>
> > Or you could try some VM with working OpenGL passthrough.
>
> There are no such things for FreeBSD.
Yes there is :D 
I just tried it on FreeBSD 9-CURRENT amd64. These steps should work:
1) Create a VirtualBox VM with a Windows XP guest.
2) Enable 3D acceleration in the VirtualBox settings under "Display -> Video" 
(I also allocated 32MB to the video card) 
3) Install the VirtualBox guest additions.
4) Disable mouse integration
5) Install java 6 & enjoy minecraft !

Performance seems satisfactory. Hardware: Phenom II X4 3Ghz and a nVidia 
460GTX.

BTW I thought of yet another way to play minecraft; you can also try wine. On 
amd64 wine works when installed in a chroot/jail.  I know of at least one 
person who plays World of Warcraft on FreeBSD/amd64 using wine.

-- 
Pieter de Goeje