VBox 4.2 - Arch Linux - video problems with blender

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yug
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VBox 4.2 - Arch Linux - video problems with blender

Post by yug »

I'm kind of lost finding a solution to this.

Since upgrading to VBox 4.2 running blender on Arch Linux there is no solid view. I can see wire frame stuff and renders but not textured or solid views.
The system-info.txt output from blender :
OpenGL
=============================================

renderer: 'Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x301)'
vendor: 'VMware, Inc.'
version: '2.1 Mesa 8.0.4'
==================

On a Fedora 17 VM the renderer is Chromium and it works fine.

I guess the guest additions install script worked differently on the different distros but what did it or didn't it do on Arch as opposed to Fedora to create this problem?
yug
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Joined: 18. Aug 2011, 20:08
Primary OS: Fedora other
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: fedora
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Re: VBox 4.2 - Arch Linux - video problems with blender

Post by yug »

Nevermind - Arch packages for guest additions and modules fixed it.
Installing from the guestadditions iso left old xorg drivers.
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