I dual boot Win10 and Linux on my Thinkpad T540p. Within Linux, I run Win7 in Virtualbox for the purpose of running some windows based CAD programs. One of those, Sketchup, when run returns a message that says it must have OpenGL 3.0 or higher. I have tried updating the Win7 drivers but, get a message that the existing driver is the best. Interestingly, when I install and run Sketchup in Win10, it works just fine. That makes me assume that the problem has something to do with Win7 but, I suppose, it could also have something to do with Virtualbox. Anyone have any suggestions?
You might ask, why don't I just run it in Win10. I use Linux most of the time and I can easily switch back and forth between it and Virtualbox when needed. I need to reboot in order to switch between Win10 and Linux. Of course, that is what I do when I have to.
OpenGL Graphic Driver
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Re: OpenGL Graphic Driver
The maximum OpenGL version supported by a VirtualBox guest is OpenGL 2.1. I'm assuming that SketchUp uses Direct3D on Windows PCs.