Re: [Xen-users] Windows under Xen can't run Google Earth

[Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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 hardware

They'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

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