Hey guys, I have a fresh installation of Gentoo Linux. I've used the example xorg.conf file from the Guest Additions. Using the latest everything. Virtualbox 3.2.4 + 3.2.4 Guest Additions of course...
Anyways, glxgears is accelerated while running under root, but not under a non-root user. The non-root user I'm using is in the "video" group, if that matters.
Gentoo Linux Guest, 3D Acceleration only under root.
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ori0n
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Re: Gentoo Linux Guest, 3D Acceleration only under root.
I've found the answer!
Add your non-root user to the "vboxguest" group. I didn't find this documented anywhere, but I found the group in my /etc/group file and decided to try it.
As root, run the following:
Add your non-root user to the "vboxguest" group. I didn't find this documented anywhere, but I found the group in my /etc/group file and decided to try it.
As root, run the following:
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usermod -a -G vboxguest <non-root username>-
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Re: Gentoo Linux Guest, 3D Acceleration only under root.
Odd, I don't have that group on my Ubuntu VMs. Nor do I need to be in any group for 3D capabilities inside the Guest.
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