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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Man page of VMWARE</TITLE>
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<H1>VMWARE</H1>
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Section: Devices and Network Interfaces (4)<BR>Updated: xf86-video-vmware 13.3.0<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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vmware - VMware SVGA video driver
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<PRE>
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<B>Section "Device"</B>
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<B> Identifier "</B><I>devname</I><B>"</B>
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<B> Driver "vmware"</B>
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<B>EndSection</B>
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</PRE>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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<B>vmware </B>
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is an Xorg driver for VMware virtual video cards.
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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>MODESETTING, XINERAMA AND RANDR12</H2>
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If the driver can connect to the "vmwgfx" kernel module on linux, it
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will attempt to use kernel modesetting and will then also use RandR12 for
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multiple output operation instead of Xinerama. The X server log or the
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"xrandr" application can be used to determine whether RandR12 or Xinerama
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is actually used.
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>3D ACCELERATION</H2>
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If the driver can connect to the "vmwgfx" kernel module on linux, and
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the Virtual Machine is set up to use 3D acceleration, the driver will try to
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use Gallium3D XA to accelerate 3D operations. It will also by default enable
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DRI, the Direct Rendering Infrastructure, primarily for accelerated OpenGL.
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If 3D acceleration is available,
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the driver will in addition provide an additional XVideo adaptor for textured
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video. Gallium3D XA,ibxatracker.so" and the accelerated OpenGL driver,
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"vmwgfx_dri.so" is provided by the mesa distribution.
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<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>CONFIGURATION DETAILS</H2>
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Please refer to <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+xorg.conf">xorg.conf</A>(5) for general configuration
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details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this
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driver.
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<P>
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The driver auto-detects the version of any virtual VMware SVGA adapter.
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<P>
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The following driver
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<B>Options</B>
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are supported:
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT id="1"><B>Option "HWCursor" "</B><I>boolean</I><B>"</B>
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<DD>
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Enable or disable the HW cursor. Default: off.
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<DT id="2"><B>Option "Xinerama" "</B><I>boolean</I><B>"</B>
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<DD>
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Disable or enable Xinerama support. Default: xinerama is enabled if the
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hardware supports it.
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<DT id="3"><B>Option "StaticXinerama" "</B><I>string</I><B>"</B>
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<DD>
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Provide a static xinerama geometry that will be active at server startup
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and will not be overridden at runtime.
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The format is "Width1xHeight1+Xoffset1+Yoffset1;Width2xHeight2+Xoffset2+Yoffset2" and so on. Negative offsets are not supported. If the driver is using
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RandR12, this option should be used to place and enable outputs at driver
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startup time or else when VMware tools is not used for that purpose.
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Also please see option "GuiLayout".
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<DT id="4"><B>Option "GuiLayout" "</B><I>string</I><B>"</B>
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A synonym to option "StaticXinerama", since the latter name is somewhat
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misleading when RandR12 is favoured before Xinerarma.
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<DT id="5"><B>Option "AddDefaultMode" "</B><I>boolean</I><B>"</B>
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<DD>
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Provide a default mode with a resolution identical to the resolution of the
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guest before the X server was started. The X server will thus try to start
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without changing resolution. Default: on.
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<DT id="6"><B>Option "RenderAccel" "</B><I>boolean</I><B>"</B>
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<DD>
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Try to accelerate render operations if the operations are reading from
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previously accelerated contents (3D or video). This option is needed for
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3D support. Default: on if 3D acceleration is supported. Otherwise off.
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<DT id="7"><B>Option "DRI" "</B><I>boolean</I><B>"</B>
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<DD>
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Enable the Direct Rendering Infrastructure. Default: on if 3D acceleration is
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supported and "RenderAccel" is enabled. Otherwise off.
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<DT id="8"><B>Option "DirectPresents" "</B><I>boolean</I><B>"</B>
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<DD>
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Speed up OpenGL swapbuffers by skipping a copy operation. This provides some
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OpenGL swapbuffer speedups, but may cause performance
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degradation and rendering errors when 3D contents is read back for mixing
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with software rendered contents. Default: off.
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<DT id="9"><B>Option "HwPresents" "</B><I>boolean</I><B>"</B>
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<DD>
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This is a developer convenience option and should not be used by distros
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or normal users. When enabled, it copies software rendered contents to a
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3D surface before presenting it, so that the visible screen is always present
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on a 3D surface. Default: off.
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<DT id="10"><B>Option "RenderCheck" "</B><I>boolean</I><B>"</B>
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<DD>
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This is a developer convenience option and should not be used by distros
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or normal users. When enabled, it tries to use 3D acceleration for all
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XRender operations where 3D acceleration is supported, resulting in a
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considerable slowdown due to the increased number of readbacks of
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accelerated contents from host to guest. This option is used to verify
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that the accelerated Xrender paths works correctly with the "rendercheck"
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application. Default: off.
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<DT id="11"></DL>
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<DD>
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+Xorg">Xorg</A>(1), <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+xorg.conf">xorg.conf</A>(5), <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+Xserver">Xserver</A>(1), <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+X">X</A>(7), <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+xrandr">xrandr</A>(1)
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<A NAME="lbAI"> </A>
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<H2>AUTHORS</H2>
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Copyright (c) 1999-2007 VMware, Inc.
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<P>
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<HR>
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DL>
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<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAE">MODESETTING, XINERAMA AND RANDR12</A><DD>
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<DT id="16"><A HREF="#lbAF">3D ACCELERATION</A><DD>
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<DT id="17"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFIGURATION DETAILS</A><DD>
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<DT id="18"><A HREF="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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<DT id="19"><A HREF="#lbAI">AUTHORS</A><DD>
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</DL>
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using the manual pages.<BR>
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