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opengl not working on vmware

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pekelney
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OpenGL is not not working in Firefox 6.0 in VMware fusion 3.1.3 (current), Win 7 sp1 (current). Safari for windows works fine.

From firefox: Adapter DescriptionVMware SVGA 3D (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)Vendor ID15adDevice ID0405Adapter RAM0Adapter Driversvm3dum vm3dglDriver Version7.14.1.50Driver Date4-18-2011Direct2D EnabledBlocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues.DirectWrite Enabledfalse (6.1.7601.17563)ClearType ParametersClearType parameters not foundWebGL RendererBlocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues.GPU Accelerated Windows0/1. Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issue

From the Mac:

Model Name: MacBook Pro 

 Model Identifier:    MacBookPro6,2
 Processor Name:    Intel Core i7
 Processor Speed:    2.66 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M:

Does anyone else have problems with Firefox 6.0 on VMware fusion 3.1.3?

OpenGL is not not working in Firefox 6.0 in VMware fusion 3.1.3 (current), Win 7 sp1 (current). Safari for windows works fine. From firefox: Adapter DescriptionVMware SVGA 3D (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)Vendor ID15adDevice ID0405Adapter RAM0Adapter Driversvm3dum vm3dglDriver Version7.14.1.50Driver Date4-18-2011Direct2D EnabledBlocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues.DirectWrite Enabledfalse (6.1.7601.17563)ClearType ParametersClearType parameters not foundWebGL RendererBlocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues.GPU Accelerated Windows0/1. Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issue From the Mac: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2 Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M: Does anyone else have problems with Firefox 6.0 on VMware fusion 3.1.3?

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pekelney
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The problem was that Firefox 6 blacklists the VMWare 3.1.3 video driver. You will want to keep this post.

First, in Firefox 6.0 open: about:support

At the bottom of the page look to see a Graphics section. Mine had: Adapter DescriptionVMware SVGA 3D (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) Vendor ID15ad Device ID0405 Adapter RAM0 Adapter Driversvm3dum vm3dgl Driver Version7.14.1.50 Driver Date4-18-2011 Direct2D EnabledBlocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues. DirectWrite Enabledfalse (6.1.7601.17563) ClearType Parameters ClearType parameters not found WebGL RendererGoogle Inc. -- ANGLE -- OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 0.0.0.686) GPU Accelerated Windows0/1. Blocked for your graphics card because of unresolved driver issues.

If the user has a blocked driver, then open: about:config Then double click on: webgl.force-enabled=false This will change it to: webgl.force-enabled=true

Restart Firefox and WebGL will work.

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