3D acceleration does not work in VMware Player

[deconstruct]

Hello,

I can't get 3d acceleration to work in VMware Player 2.04 64bit running on Ubuntu Linux 8.04 64bit.
The vmplayer is installed correctly and works, as I can boot without any problems into my
Windows XP vmware image (SP2, VMware tools installed) and everything works (network, sound, etc)

But if I activate 3d-acceleration in the VMX-file like this...

mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
vmmouse.present = "FALSE"

... then vmware player crashes at startup with an unrecoverable error.
Here is the part of the LOG-file with the information about the crash:

Jun 17 11:51:54.349: mks| Current OpenGL Version: 2.1.7412 Release major: 2, minor: 1, release: 7412
Jun 17 11:51:54.349: mks| GLUtil_InstallExtensionLists: Missing extension GL_ARB_imaging
Jun 17 11:51:54.349: mks| GLUtil_InstallExtensionLists: Missing extension GL_NV_texture_shader
Jun 17 11:51:54.350: mks| Using FBO
Jun 17 11:51:54.390: mks| glXMakeCurrent failed!! (0:no error).
Jun 17 11:51:54.390: mks| Panic: dropping lock (was bug 49968)
Jun 17 11:51:54.390: mks| NOT_REACHED /build/mts/release/bora-93057/bora/mks/hostops/GL/backend/GLHostX.c:410
....
Jun 17 11:51:54.399: mks| Msg_Post: Error
Jun 17 11:51:54.399: mks| [msg.log.error.unrecoverable] VMware Player unrecoverable error: (mks)
Jun 17 11:51:54.399: mks| NOT_REACHED /build/mts/release/bora-93057/bora/mks/hostops/GL/backend/GLHostX.c:410


I have an ATI HD3200 graphics card and I use the ATI Catalyst 8.5 driver (fglrx) on a
linux kernel 2.6.24-18. In my linux host OS the 3D acceleration works great, as
I can run 3d games like quake3 or apps like google earth.

fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
OpenGL version string: 2.1.7412 Release

$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2


Does anyone have an idea what causes this crash and how i can get 3d-acceleration
in VMware Player to work? I would be glad, if someone could help here.

[LordMoonstone]

Just a helpful bump.

I'm having the same problem, and searching for the error message (VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (mks)
NOT_REACHED /build/mts/release/bora-93057/bora/mks/hostops/GL/backend/GLHostX.c:410) yields nothing.

I want to say it's something with OpenGL, but I have no clue what I'm talking about. As deconstruct points out, is it a problem with the ATI drivers?
I'm running a HD2400 however; but still on the same kernel (as far as I know..).

3D acceleration works fine from what I can tell and direct rendering is set and glxgears runs quite smoothly.

Anyone got anything?

[MyFreakinUserName]

I have ATI Radeon HD 3650, and VMware Workstation 6.0.4 gives me the same when I try to enable 3D:
NOT_REACHED /build/mts/release/bora-93057/bora/mks/hostops/GL/backend/GLHostX.c:410

I use fglrx version 8.6, no compiz/beryl.
fgl_glxgears and glxgears work fine.

Just wondering what do you have in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf section Device,
do you have UseFastTLS enabled?

aticonfig manual says that you should disable it if you have problems with virtual machines or wine.

Thus, maybe the following could help:
aticonfig --initial --tls=off

Another thought would be to try the very latest fglrx drivers (8.7) from AMD site.

I have not tried it myself yet, will play with it on weekend...