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Re: Mint/Cinnamon "running in software rendering mode"

Posted: 15. May 2019, 16:03
by leonardopereira
socratis wrote:Why you should worry with getting it working first, and then we can deal with the 2nd monitor. Shall we?
Hello @socratis

It took me a long time to get back to this thread. Remembering, I recreated a VM and, finally, it started with 3D acceleration successfully. And I did not even have to downgrade NVIDIA drivers.

It remains to know why this VM does not open on two monitors, as I usually work. Could you help me with that? I'll send you the attached LOG.

Thank you so much again.

Re: Mint/Cinnamon "running in software rendering mode"

Posted: 19. May 2019, 09:08
by socratis
00:00:04.623989 VMMDev: SetVideoModeHint: Got a video mode hint (1920x975x32)@(0x0),(1;0) at 0
00:00:04.624021 VMMDev: SetVideoModeHint: Got a video mode hint (640x480x0)@(0x0),(0;0) at 1
I see the two screens for your guest. Maybe you should configure the 2nd screen from within your guest.
00:00:03.117764 3DEnabled <integer> = 0x0000000000000000 (0)
I thought that we already discussed this...


PS. For future reference, you should completely shut down the VM before grabbing the VBox.log.

Re: Mint/Cinnamon "running in software rendering mode"

Posted: 20. May 2019, 15:31
by leonardopereira
socratis wrote:For future reference, you should completely shut down the VM before grabbing the VBox.log.
I've attached a new log so you can check it out if it's not upsetting. As you can see, this time I left 3D enabled. This is no longer a problem for me. Now all that is left is to make the two monitors appear.

Thank you again.

Re: Mint/Cinnamon "running in software rendering mode"

Posted: 20. May 2019, 19:43
by socratis
The complete shut down was for future reference. I saw whatever I wanted to see from the incomplete log.

And that was that you do have 2 virtual screens. The only thing now is to configure them from within your guest. Could you tell me the name in the title bar of your VM?

Re: Mint/Cinnamon "running in software rendering mode"

Posted: 22. May 2019, 15:27
by leonardopereira
The VM title bar is: "Mint_x64_RW [Executando] - Oracle VM VirtualBox: 1".

Re: Mint/Cinnamon "running in software rendering mode"

Posted: 22. May 2019, 23:36
by socratis
leonardopereira wrote:"Mint_x64_RW [Executando] - Oracle VM VirtualBox: 1"
You see that ": 1" part? That means Window/Screen1. There is a Window/Screen2 somewhere, perhaps behind your 1st screen?

Go to the host's "View" menu and try to see what's there. Do you have a "Virtual Screen 1" and a "Virtual Screen 2"?

Re: Mint/Cinnamon "running in software rendering mode"

Posted: 23. May 2019, 15:35
by leonardopereira
You killed the charade. Look at the attached image.

I was taken to error, because whenever I chose 2 monitors, both automatically opened. But this time the second monitor was disabled I do not know why.

Good, thank goodness. Everything is OK now. I would like to thank you for all the help since the beginning of this thread. Big hug.

Re: Mint/Cinnamon can't see two monitors

Posted: 23. May 2019, 21:33
by socratis
leonardopereira wrote:Everything is OK now
Finally! ;)
I split the related posts from the original thread. I should have done that long ago. Anyway, marking as [Resolved].