Ubuntu – 3d acceleration under kvm

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Hey guys I'm new to kvm and virt-manager.
Recently I've been trying testing the new ubuntu 12.04 alpha 2 and found unity3d in a unacceptable speed.
After some googleing, I found it may be the kvm-opengl problem.

And since I'm using virt-manager to manage my guest ubuntu under host ubuntu 11.10 64bit,Is there any chance to get it work in a acceptable speed?

I see there is qxl\vga\vmvga\xen\cirrus options under the graphic driver selection preference, but qxl and xen is not working to boot up my os.

And it seems that vmgl is not working on 64bit os.
So I really don't get a clue how to do so.
Wish someone could help me out!

Thanks for your patience.

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Unfortunately 3D hardware-acceleration is a no-go for KVM yet - it's something I'm eagerly awaiting myself.

Keep an eye on the Spice project: http://spice-space.org/page/PlannedFeatures

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The command below could provide at least a partial answer to your question.

/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p

The command tests whether your video adapter will support Unity 3D. While it does not test 3D acceleration per se, it will at least test for the 3D features which Unity 3D requires.

And, what the heck, it comes with Ubuntu so all you have to do is open a terminal window and run it. ;-)

Here is an example of the output.

irrational@VBx64:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
OpenGL vendor string:   Humper
OpenGL renderer string: Chromium
OpenGL version string:  2.1 Chromium 1.9

Not software rendered:    yes
Not blacklisted:          yes
GLX fbconfig:             yes
GLX texture from pixmap:  yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program:        yes
GL fragment program:      yes
GL vertex buffer object:  yes
GL framebuffer object:    yes
GL version is 1.4+:       yes

Unity 3D supported:       yes

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