Ubuntu 14.04 guest reports software 3D rendering

[jbeta]

Hi. I am not sure if this is a problem or not, but I installed Ubuntu 14.04 x64 as a guest on windows 8.1 today with 3D acceleration enabled (128MB video memory set) and the guest reports it is falling back to software rendering for 3D. Well, I don't remember it saying that in any previous Ubuntu, so I believe the guest additions should be considered hardware acceleration by the guest, right? Or is 14.04 just too new for that to be implemented?

If that's the case, then nevermind, but otherwise please let me know if I need to troubleshoot this more (i.e. if it's working for other people.)

Thanks!

[loukingjr]

3D acceleration works with all 14.04 LTS 'buntus. Are you sure you installed the guest additions? attach the vbox.log file zipped.

[Perryg]

You can run the following in the guests terminal and see if the VBox 3D drivers are actually being used.

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glxinfo | grep OpenGL

If it says chromium/humper they are VBox Anything else is software rendering mode.

Note: You will need to install mesa-utils to be able to use glxinfo

[jbeta]

Hey, I don't know why, but it's not throwing the error now. I had rebooted several times before after installing the guest additions, which I did twice. The performance seems the same though...I installed a bunch of dev packages, and maybe... I don't know, but glxinfo shows humper/chromium. Thanks for the advice, I guess it was just a small thing.

In case anyone might be curious, after the normal install I installed these for working on VLC:
gcc-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-i686 mingw-w64-tools lua5.2 libtool automake autoconf autopoint make gettext pkg-config qt4-dev-tools git subversion cmake cvs zip p7zip bzip2 mesa-utils

The last one just now without reboot. I don't know if any of that mattered, but all seems good at the moment.

Thanks again!

EDIT: I added the last two log files just in case they are relevant.

[bohboh]

I have the similar problem with jbeta's VirtualBox.

My VirtualBox verison is 4.3.10 on Windows 7 64 bit host and I've installed Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop 64bit as a guest.
The video memory is 128MB and the 3D acceleration option is checked.

My Ubuntu has been installed with the following steps:

1. Create a new VM and install Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit.
2. Run "sudo apt-get update" as the user guide Chapter 4.2.2 Guest Additions for Linux.
3. Run "sudo apt-get upgrade".
4. Run "sudo apt-get install dkms".
5. Mount Guest Additions CD through the VirtualBox VM menu and install it.

After above steps, I checked "unity-support-test" and got the result as follows.

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bohemian@bohemian-VirtualBox:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
libGL error: pci id for fd 4: 80ee:beef, driver (null)
OpenGL Warning: glFlushVertexArrayRangeNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glVertexArrayRangeNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerInputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerOutputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterfNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameteriNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glFinalCombinerInputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerInputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerInputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerOutputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerOutputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFinalCombinerInputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFinalCombinerInputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glDeleteFencesNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glFinishFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGenFencesNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFenceivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glIsFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glSetFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glTestFenceNV not found in mesa table
libGL error: core dri or dri2 extension not found
libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo
OpenGL vendor string:   Humper
OpenGL renderer string: Chromium
OpenGL version string:  2.1 Chromium 1.9

Not software rendered:    yes
Not blacklisted:          yes
GLX fbconfig:             yes
GLX texture from pixmap:  yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program:        yes
GL fragment program:      yes
GL vertex buffer object:  yes
GL framebuffer object:    yes
GL version is 1.4+:       yes

Unity 3D supported:       yes

I installed other versions of Ubuntu(13.10, 12.10) but the results are the same.

Could you check this issue, please?

Thank you.

P.S. I've attached the result of "glxinfo | grep OpenGL".

[Perryg]

@bohboh,

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OpenGL vendor string:   Humper
OpenGL renderer string: Chromium
OpenGL version string:  2.1 Chromium 1.9

Not software rendered:    yes

I know it ( the wording ) is confusing but the snip I cut from the test post of yours actually says it is not software rendered.
What are you symptoms?

[bohboh]

Thank you very much for your quick reply.

I'm not good at English and Linux, so quite difficult to explain my situation.
I'm so sorry.

I thought that a few libGL errors mean 3D acceleration does not work well.

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libGL error: pci id for fd 4: 80ee:beef, driver (null)
libGL error: core dri or dri2 extension not found
libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo

And in Xorg.0.log has a few errors too.

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bohemian@bohemian-VirtualBox:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep '(EE)'
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    17.469] (EE) AIGLX error: vboxvideo does not export required DRI extension
[    17.469] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering

I guess vboxvideo is an important driver for OpenGL because many articles about vboxvideo are in this forum and the web.
My VirtualBox cannot load it and some errors about vboxvideo occur.

Does my VirtualBox and Ubuntu have no problem, or not?
Could you confirm it, please?

Thank you.

[Perryg]

I can confirm that the errors you are seeing do not seem to indicate an issue. If you did not have 3D acceleration then the tests would say that you are running gallium instead of chromium and the ubuntu test would say Not software rendered: no

Most of these tests are designed for machines on metal and are not able to detect the VirtualBox drivers properly.

[newbi]

I have the same errors as bohboh. Also, scilab would not start and show the following errors:

OpenGL Warning: glFlushVertexArrayRangeNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glVertexArrayRangeNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerInputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerOutputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterfNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameteriNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glFinalCombinerInputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerInputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerInputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerOutputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerOutputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFinalCombinerInputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFinalCombinerInputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glDeleteFencesNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glFinishFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGenFencesNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFenceivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glIsFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glSetFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glTestFenceNV not found in mesa table

Also, chromium browser stays on top of all windows. Aside from these tow issues, everything else seem to work. Please point me to the right direction.

Thanks,

[loukingjr]

I have the same errors as bohboh. Also, scilab would not start and show the following errors:
Also, chromium browser stays on top of all windows. Aside from these tow issues, everything else seem to work. Please point me to the right direction.

Thanks,

As far as the Scilab and Chromium issues. They may not have been updated to work with the latest kernels etc.

[bohboh]

I can confirm that the errors you are seeing do not seem to indicate an issue. If you did not have 3D acceleration then the tests would say that you are running gallium instead of chromium and the ubuntu test would say Not software rendered: no

Most of these tests are designed for machines on metal and are not able to detect the VirtualBox drivers properly.

Thank you for your reply.

As you told, 3d acceleration might work.
But, I don't know why the libGL errors occur.

In order to check the 3d performance, I executed glmark2, however, it didn't work.

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bohemian@bohemian-VirtualBox:~$ glmark2
libGL error: pci id for fd 4: 80ee:beef, driver (null)
OpenGL Warning: glFlushVertexArrayRangeNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glVertexArrayRangeNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerInputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerOutputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterfNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameteriNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glFinalCombinerInputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerInputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerInputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerOutputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerOutputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFinalCombinerInputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFinalCombinerInputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glDeleteFencesNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glFinishFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGenFencesNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFenceivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glIsFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glSetFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glTestFenceNV not found in mesa table
libGL error: core dri or dri2 extension not found
libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo
OpenGL Warning: glXChooseVisual: ignoring attribute 0x22
OpenGL Warning: glXChooseFBConfig returning NULL, due to attrib=0x2, next=0x1
Error: glXChooseFBConfig() failed
Error: Error: Could not get a valid XVisualInfo!
Error: Error: Couldn't create X Window!
Error: main: Could not initialize canvas

These kind of errors are common in the case of executing 3d applications.

In addition, my graphic driver seems to be strange.

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The above screenshot is the capture of "Additional Driver"

Is it normal status?

I guess the driver should be enabled. Isn't it?

[loukingjr]

You shouldn't have the Additional Driver installed along with the VirtualBox Guest additions.

[bohboh]

You shouldn't have the Additional Driver installed along with the VirtualBox Guest additions.

I changed my environment from Korean to English.

During this job, an error popup occurred. Ubuntu asked me that it would send the error log.
I clicked yes, but, after that, another popup window as attached screenshot:

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I have four doubtful things.

1. According to the attached error popup, X seems not to use H/W acceleration.
2. In the window of "Additional Drivers", I cannot use x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module.
InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH seems not to be working.
3. According to Xorg.0.log, "(EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering".
4. Some libGL errors, "core dri or dri2 extension not found", "failed to load driver: vboxvideo" and so on, are displayed whenever I execute the applications related to 3d. (unity-support-test, glxgears and glmark2)

I think 3d H/W acceleration have some problems in my system though Chromium is the renderer.

[loukingjr]

as I said, you need to remove the VirtualBox additional driver. restart the guest. you may have to reinstall the guest additions after that and reboot again.

[bohboh]

as I said, you need to remove the VirtualBox additional driver. restart the guest. you may have to reinstall the guest additions after that and reboot again.

I have never install an additional driver.
I just open Additional Drivers Window for checking.

I'm weak at English. Please forgive me if I misunderstand your article.