<li>Xserver version at least 1.7
<li>Ubuntu: For ubuntu you need to install a number of build dependencies.
<pre>
- sudo apt-get install git-core
- sudo apt-get install ninja-build meson libpthread-stubs0-dev
- sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev libx11-xcb-dev
- sudo apt-get install libxcb-glx0-dev libxrender-dev
- sudo apt-get build-dep libgl1-mesa-dri libxcb-glx0-dev
+sudo apt-get install git-core
+sudo apt-get install ninja-build meson libpthread-stubs0-dev
+sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev libx11-xcb-dev
+sudo apt-get install libxcb-glx0-dev libxrender-dev
+sudo apt-get build-dep libgl1-mesa-dri libxcb-glx0-dev
</pre>
<li>Fedora: For Fedora you also need to install a number of build dependencies.
<pre>
- sudo yum install mesa-libGL-devel xorg-x11-server-devel xorg-x11-util-macros
- sudo yum install libXrender-devel.i686
- sudo yum install ninja-build meson gcc expat-devel kernel-devel git-core
- sudo yum install makedepend flex bison
+sudo yum install mesa-libGL-devel xorg-x11-server-devel xorg-x11-util-macros
+sudo yum install libXrender-devel.i686
+sudo yum install ninja-build meson gcc expat-devel kernel-devel git-core
+sudo yum install makedepend flex bison
</pre>
</ul>
<p>
Depending on your Linux distro, other packages may be needed.
-The configure scripts should tell you what's missing.
+Meson should tell you what's missing.
</p>
Begin by saving your current directory location:
<pre>
- export TOP=$PWD
+export TOP=$PWD
</pre>
<ul>
<li>Mesa/Gallium master branch. This code is used to build libGL, and the direct rendering svga driver for libGL, vmwgfx_dri.so, and the X acceleration library libxatracker.so.x.x.x.
<pre>
- git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa.git
+git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa.git
</pre>
<li>VMware Linux guest kernel module. Note that this repo contains the complete DRM and TTM code. The vmware-specific driver is really only the files prefixed with vmwgfx.
<pre>
- git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/vmwgfx
+git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/vmwgfx
</pre>
<li>libdrm, a user-space library that interfaces with drm.
Most distros ship with this but it's safest to install a newer version.
To get the latest code from git:
<pre>
- git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm.git
+git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/drm.git
</pre>
<li>xf86-video-vmware. The chainloading driver, vmware_drv.so, the legacy driver vmwlegacy_drv.so, and the vmwgfx driver vmwgfx_drv.so.
<pre>
- git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-vmware
+git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-vmware
</pre>
</ul>
</p>
For 32-bit Ubuntu systems:
<pre>
- export LIBDIR=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
+export LIBDIR=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu
</pre>
For 64-bit Ubuntu systems:
<pre>
- export LIBDIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+export LIBDIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
</pre>
For 32-bit Fedora systems:
<pre>
- export LIBDIR=/usr/lib
+export LIBDIR=/usr/lib
</pre>
For 64-bit Fedora systems:
<pre>
- export LIBDIR=/usr/lib64
+export LIBDIR=/usr/lib64
</pre>
</li>
<li>Build libdrm:
<pre>
- cd $TOP/drm
- meson builddir --prefix=/usr --libdir=${LIBDIR}
- ninja -C builddir
- sudo ninja -C builddir install
+cd $TOP/drm
+meson builddir --prefix=/usr --libdir=${LIBDIR}
+ninja -C builddir
+sudo ninja -C builddir install
</pre>
<li>
<p>Build Mesa and the vmwgfx_dri.so driver, the vmwgfx_drv.so xorg driver, the X acceleration library libxatracker.
The following configure options doesn't build the EGL system.
<pre>
- cd $TOP/mesa
- meson builddir --prefix=/usr --libdir=${LIBDIR} -Dgallium-drivers=svga -Ddri-drivers=swrast -Dgallium-xa=true -Ddri3=false
- ninja -C builddir
- sudo ninja -C builddir install
+cd $TOP/mesa
+meson builddir --prefix=/usr --libdir=${LIBDIR} -Dgallium-drivers=svga -Ddri-drivers=swrast -Dgallium-xa=true -Ddri3=false
+ninja -C builddir
+sudo ninja -C builddir install
</pre>
<p>
building and replacing the current Xorg driver.
First check if your system is 32- or 64-bit.
<pre>
- cd $TOP/xf86-video-vmware
- ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=${LIBDIR}
- make
- sudo make install
+cd $TOP/xf86-video-vmware
+./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir=${LIBDIR}
+make
+sudo make install
</pre>
<li>vmwgfx kernel module. First make sure that any old version of this kernel module is removed from the system by issuing
<pre>
- sudo rm /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx.ko*
+sudo rm /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx.ko*
</pre>
Build and install:
<pre>
- cd $TOP/vmwgfx
- make
- sudo make install
- sudo depmod -a
+cd $TOP/vmwgfx
+make
+sudo make install
+sudo depmod -a
</pre>
If you're using a Ubuntu OS:
<pre>
- sudo update-initramfs -u
+sudo update-initramfs -u
</pre>
If you're using a Fedora OS:
<pre>
- sudo dracut --force
+sudo dracut --force
</pre>
Add 'vmwgfx' to the /etc/modules file:
<pre>
- echo vmwgfx | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
+echo vmwgfx | sudo tee -a /etc/modules
</pre>
Note: some distros put DRM kernel drivers in different directories.
After installing vmwgfx.ko you might want to run the following command to
check that the new kernel module is in the expected place:
<pre>
- find /lib/modules -name vmwgfx.ko -exec ls -l '{}' \;
+find /lib/modules -name vmwgfx.ko -exec ls -l '{}' \;
</pre>
If you see the kernel module listed in more than one place, you may need to
move things around.
Now try to load the kernel module by issuing
<pre>
- sudo modprobe vmwgfx</pre>
+sudo modprobe vmwgfx</pre>
Then type
<pre>
- dmesg</pre>
+dmesg</pre>
to watch the debug output. It should contain a number of lines prefixed with "[vmwgfx]".
<p>
<p>
If you don't see this, try setting this environment variable:
<pre>
- export LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose</pre>
+export LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose</pre>
<p>
then rerun glxinfo and examine the output for error messages.
</p>
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