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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">So in general, we don't recommend
running Chimera within vmware (or any other virtual machine, like
virtualbox) because Chimera needs direct access to the graphics
hardware for the best performance.<br>
<br>
That said, to get it to work, you'll need to read the vmware
documentation to figure out how to enable "accelerated 3D
graphics". It will probably requiring installing an appropriate
graphics driver in your Linux virtual machine, and might require
a newer version Linux in your virtual machine, or possibly a newer
version of vmware. Some links I found: <a
href="http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10365">VMware
Horizon View 5.2 and Hardware Accelerated 3D Graphics</a>,<br>
<a
href="http://pubs.vmware.com/fusion-4/index.jsp?topic=/com.vmware.fusion.help.doc/GUID-C0E9FDAC-BC40-4A6B-8940-013597CA5E5B.html">VMware
Fusion Help > Configuring Your Virtual Machines</a>, <a
href="http://www.x.org/wiki/vmware/">X.org Drivers for VMware
virtual graphics</a>,<br>
<a
href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/181829/how-to-fix-3d-acceleration-for-vmware-workstation-9">How
to fix 3D Acceleration for Vmware Workstation 9?</a>, <a
href="http://www.itworld.com/virtualization/378971/vmware-promises-better-3d-graphics-virtualized-desktops">VMware
promises better 3D graphics on virtualized desktops</a>. It
appears that 3D graphics in vmware is still a "work in progress".<br>
<br>
Perhaps someone who has configured vmware for 3D will speak up.<br>
<br>
Good luck,<br>
<br>
Greg<br>
<br>
On 10/23/2013 10:21 AM, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:5268059D.1090802@sbcglobal.net" type="cite">I
have installed chimera-1.8-linux-x86_64 in VMware Player v-6.0.0
build-1295980 without any waning or error messages.
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<br>
When I start chimera I get the splash screen, then:
<br>
<br>
./chimera
<br>
X Error of failed request: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window
parameter)
<br>
Major opcode of failed request: 72 (X_PutImage)
<br>
Resource id in failed request: 0x4000064
<br>
Serial number of failed request: 1352
<br>
Current serial number in output stream: 1358
<br>
computation@inga:~/Apps/chimera/bin$
<br>
<br>
Please advise.
<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance.
<br>
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