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Date:      Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:02:16 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: VirtualBox 2D acceleration
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010071400140.3952@thor.farley.org>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTincR36Xj9gHQMtnRGT01XhQFquPJVohv1mJKhyH@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote:

> Hello!
>
> 2010/9/30 Sean C. Farley <scf@freebsd.org>:
>>>> apparent regressions.  I tested this with the Nvidia driver, and it 
>>>> shows improvement within the VM.  I do not know how other drivers 
>>>> will work.  EXA may be required over XAA.
>>
>> Just remember to check "Enable 2D Video Acceleration" in the 
>> configuration of the VM in question.
>
>  I've just rebuilt the VirtualBox, package version is
> virtualbox-ose-3.2.8_1 now. However, when I select my WinXP guest in
> the VirtualBox GUI -> Settings -> Display, I see that "Enable 3D
> Acceleration" checkbox is selectable, but "Enable 2D Video
> Acceleration" one is inactive! I use 8.1-STABLE/amd64 with ATI RV370
> [Radeon X300SE] video adapter, X.Org X Server 1.7.5, video driver
> "radeon", direct rendering enabled, "AccelMethod" is "EXA".
> What else should I check in order to verify why the "Enable 2D Video
> Acceleration" option is inactive?

Run VBoxTestOGL and check the log's output:
VBoxTestOGL --test 2D --test 3D --log vboxtest.log

It may show something.  Before the patch, --help did not show --test 2D 
as a valid option.

Sean
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