Re: FOX 1.7.78 OpenGL not working?

Thank you all,  for the kind inputs and insights.

I have a happy ending to report -  VMware SVGA3D is the graphic driver 
that VMWare uses for its guest VM.  I installed the latest version of 
vmtools version 11.3 which includes new SVGA3D driver,  then everything 
works now!

Even better,  I found that (see attached two snapshot for comparison):

- gltest  build with Fox v1.7.78 has much BETTER visuals,  than gltest 
build with Fox v1.6.57, on the same VM.  JVZ,  what magic did you put 
into the latest FXGLVisuals?
- SUMO with Fox v1.7.78 should have better visuals than Fox v1.6.57 too. 
I am very happy about that.

Thank you again, and cheers.  I think I start to love Fox GUI now.

Wuping

------ Original Message ------
From: "John Selverian" <[email protected]>
To: "Hardy Family" <[email protected]>
Cc: "FOX Users" <[email protected]>
Sent: 8/19/2021 7:46:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Foxgui-users] FOX 1.7.78 OpenGL not working?

>I’m not entirely sure if this is pertinent but…
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>I’m wrote a Fox app (v1.7.50) using several OpenGL 3D drawing calls 
>from within Fox. I’m running ubuntu in a VMWare virtual machine on 
>Windows 10.
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>https://www.jahm.com/free_software.html#P3D
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>From: Hardy Family <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 7:40 PM
>Cc: FOX Users <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Foxgui-users] FOX 1.7.78 OpenGL not working?
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>I have used VMWare (VM Player) and have had trouble with 3D 
>applications, such as Altium (PCB layout software) - getting the same 
>"black window" as you see.  This was the Linux-hosted version of 
>VMplayer, running a Windows 7 VM.  I don't use VMplayer under native 
>Windows, but I would imagine it has the same problems accessing the 
>graphics hardware.
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>I would not blame FOX for any 3D problems in that environment.
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>Not really relevant to you as a Windows user, but I have had more 
>success using Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) to run windows 3D 
>applications under Linux, than trying to use a VM.
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>Regards,
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>SJH
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>On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 3:19 PM Wuping Xin <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>Understand.  I am not complaining about that  :-)
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>>- Just trying to figure out - why with the same VM environment, gltest
>>was working with Fox version 1.6.57.  Now it stops working with Fox
>>version 1.7.78 for the same VM.
>>- I use VM for development/testing my SUMO project. And with version
>>1.7.78 SUMO won't work inside the VM environment at all.
>>- I need to mention - on a NON-vm environment, i.e., a physical
>>computer,  gltest build with Fox v1.7.78 works just fine.
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>>Any insights or hints would be appreciated.
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>>Thanks again
>>Wuping
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>>----- Original Message ------
>>From: [email protected]
>>To: "Wuping Xin" <[email protected]>
>>Cc: "FOX Users" <[email protected]>
>>Sent: 8/18/2021 4:25:28 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Foxgui-users] FOX 1.7.78 OpenGL not working?
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>> >On 2021-08-18 14:26, Wuping Xin wrote:
>> >>Greetings JVZ,
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>> >>Sorry My bad.  In the previous email, I attached two snapshots - not
>> >>sure if you were able to view it.
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>> >>Here are more information:
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>> >>-  I used the gltest project that is included in the FOX code base
>> >>-  Windows Server 2016 (on a VMWare Virtual Machine),  Visual Studio
>> >>2019; but on the SAME virtual machine,  gltest project compiled with
>> >>Fox version 1.6.57 work normal.
>> >>-  I tested the gltest project both 32 bit and 64bit,  and both 
>>Debug
>> >>and Release.  The issue seems prevailing on all of them
>> >>-  I didn't make any changes to the source file, compiler flags, or
>> >>preprocessor macros
>> >>-  I haven't done any further tracing work (yet, I am still learning
>> >>Fox but I'd love to be helpful and contributing once I can)
>> >>-  I sent out the email just to check if it is known or someone else
>> >>has already encountered the same.
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>> >>I suspect the OpenGL driver (that comes with VMWare ?) somehow is
>> >>"incompatible" with Fox v1.7.78.  It works with Fox v1.6.57, though.
>> >>That is why I wonder what has changed between the two versions.
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>> >Well, if you're running inside a VM, you very likely won't be able to
>> >get full 3D performance, if it even works!  I believe direct H/W 
>>access to card and drivers is required, and those are walled off by 
>>the hypervisor.
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>> >   -- JVZ
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