Hi all, I can run google earth just fine on my winXP home edition machine, when I boot the OS natively. But, when I run a winXP home edition domU under Xen, it can''t run Google Earth. It displays a message something like: "The DirectX version doesn''t work, try the OpenGL version", and pops up a button to let you launch the OpenGL version. But the button does nothing, and nor does the quit button, because by then Google Earth has hung up solid. Now I''m quite ignorant about what OpenGL and DirectX are, but I assume they have to do with the graphics hardware -- that Google Earth requires some feature that''s present in the physical hardware, but not in the emulated hardware under Xen. Something like that? At any rate, in anyone has any pointers to things I should try, please share them. Or is it just a lost cause? Thanks, Derek. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Mark Williamson
2007-May-26 00:32 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Windows under Xen can''t run Google Earth
> I can run google earth just fine on my winXP home edition machine, when I > boot the OS natively. > > But, when I run a winXP home edition domU under Xen, it can''t run Google > Earth. It displays a message something like: > "The DirectX version doesn''t work, try the OpenGL version", and pops up a > button to let you launch the OpenGL version. But the button does nothing, > and nor does the quit button, because by then Google Earth has hung up > solid.Hrmmm, a bit disappointing!> Now I''m quite ignorant about what OpenGL and DirectX are, but I assume they > have to do with the graphics hardwareThey''re both APIs to access the 3D acceleration hardware. Xen doesn''t currently support 3D acceleration for Windows VMs, so I''m afraid this is unlikely to work :-(> At any rate, in anyone has any pointers to things I should try, please > share them. Or is it just a lost cause?I don''t know of a way you could get this to work for now. Except to run the Linux version of Google Earth in dom0, I guess :-/ Cheers, mark -- Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat? And no pedals! Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard? Dave: Skateboards have wheels. Mark: My wheel has a wheel! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Christian Horn
2007-May-26 10:49 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Windows under Xen can''t run Google Earth
On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 01:32:46AM +0100, Mark Williamson wrote:> > I don''t know of a way you could get this to work for now. Except to run the > Linux version of Google Earth in dom0, I guess :-/Could also work running it from a linux-domU using http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~andreslc/xen-gl/ Christian _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users