Enable 3D support of ASUS B85M-E integrated intel graphics card

[Guest]

Hi,
I'm using Kubuntu 14.04 on ASUS B85M-E motherboard with integrated intel graphics card. When starting a virtual machine in VMWare Workstation it reports that "Hardware graphics acceleration is not available" and "No 3D support is available from the host". Also in KInfocenter > Graphical Information > OpenGL > 3D Accelerator I see "unknown" as value. How can I enable 3D Acceleration in my Kubuntu? How can I check if 3D Acceleration is enabled?

"lspci -k | grep -A 2 VGA" returns:

~$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8534
Kernel driver in use: i915

Thank you!
avtod

[vinnywright]

vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1425
        Kernel driver in use: i915

older than yours and I have 3D ,,,,,,Kinfocenter reports the same as you hear .

I think it can be difacult to get 3D in a VM ,,,unless the "guest additions" includes a vid driver that supports it .

do any of your (in Kubuntu not the VM) 3D Kwin effects work ,,,,cube,pesent windows, bla bla ?

install "mesa-utils and try running "glxgears" you should get output like this from the Konsole

vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$ glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 60.047 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.629 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.617 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.634 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.626 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.628 FPS
299 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.623 FPS

and a graphic of some 3D gears turning

VINNY

[claydoh]

Not sure how well VMWare supports 3d acceleration in hosts. In Virtualbox it is fairly new. Intel graphics might not have the oomph to do it, perhaps, in Windows?
having said that, using Virtualbox, my Kubuntu host has 3d acceleration enabled in my linux and win2k guests. This is on an old dual core intel laptop

[SteveRiley]

Google found this...

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...st-4175503780/

[Guest]

vinnywright, claydoh, SteveRiley,
thank you very much for the prompt response!
Starting glxgears showed the thurning gears without any additional configuration in my Kubuntu.
I was able make VMWare workstation to use the 3D acceleration successfully following the linuxquestions thread provided by SteveRiley.