From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 1 15:04:30 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B68B61065670 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:04:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.farley.org (mail.farley.org [IPv6:2001:470:1f0f:20:2::11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 722918FC0C for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:04:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thor.farley.org (HPooka@thor.farley.org [IPv6:2001:470:1f0f:20:1::5]) by mail.farley.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o91F4Q19082659; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:04:27 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:04:26 -0500 (CDT) From: "Sean C. Farley" To: Mario Lobo In-Reply-To: <201009291929.52476.lobo@bsd.com.br> Message-ID: References: <9b2994ac03546972fd1c0d1a4ae64dfa@ringofsaturn.com> <201009291929.52476.lobo@bsd.com.br> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on mail.farley.org Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox 2D acceleration X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:04:30 -0000 On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Mario Lobo wrote: > On Wednesday 29 September 2010 19:09:03 Rusty Nejdl wrote: *snip* >> Just found the enable 2d acceleration checkbox. I only works for >> Windows clients that you have installed the 2d acceleration drivers. >> Using it for Diablo II has a noticeable improvement. No mouse >> stuttering that I have seen since then. > > Just found something. > > On a win 7 guest. When I tried to refresh the "Windows Experience > Index", the VM was summarily closed midway through the process. No > crash or abort warnings of any kind. No host disturbance whatsoever > however. > > Without the 2d enebled, the refresh runs without problems. It looks like a known bug even when the host is Windows 7: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5236 > FreeBSD amd 64 8G Ram > Nvidia driver 256.52 I am running 256.53 which is a certified/non-beta driver. You can find it from the main driver download; I did not see it in the forum under the "Current Releases" thread. Sean -- scf@FreeBSD.org