I’ve been waiting for OpenGL 3D in VMware for Linux guests for a while now and I’m happy to say I finally have it working. This guide has been specifically tested for the following setup:
- Windows 7 Professional x64 host running VMware Workstation 8
- Kubuntu 11.10, 64bit guest
This guide is based on the original post by khogan, 3D hardware acceleration in Linux. Hello GNOME 3, and the guide by Joost, VMware Linux guest with 3D accelerated graphics.
- This seems to work out of the box on Kubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2, 64bit! Simply update your packages and install VMware tools. (I needed to run a package update twice; the second time included the new mesa drivers. Also, you may want to reboot after each step just to be safe.)
- OpenGL 3D acceleration works out of the box on Kubuntu 12.04!