From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 7 19:02:19 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 35A9B106564A for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:02:19 +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 C4B208FC14 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:02:18 +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 o97J2GPw084159 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:02:16 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:02:16 -0500 (CDT) From: "Sean C. Farley" To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="56599777-1892919478-1286478136=:3952" 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: 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: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:02:19 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --56599777-1892919478-1286478136=:3952 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote: > Hello! > > 2010/9/30 Sean C. Farley : >>>> 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 -- scf@FreeBSD.org --56599777-1892919478-1286478136=:3952--