Running in VMware?

[darkfrog]

I'm currently trying to get my VMware Workstation 6 guest OS with Windows XP to run the LWJGL demos from the site.  Is this possible?  I keep getting the following error:

Java Web Start 1.6.0_02
Using JRE version 1.6.0_02 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\Matthew D. Hicks
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c:   clear console window
f:   finalize objects on finalization queue
g:   garbage collect
h:   display this help message
m:   print memory usage
o:   trigger logging
p:   reload proxy configuration
q:   hide console
r:   reload policy configuration
s:   dump system and deployment properties
t:   dump thread list
v:   dump thread stack
0-5: set trace level to <n>
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Use -fullscreen for fullscreen mode
java.lang.Exception: Failed to set display mode.
	at org.lwjgl.util.Display.setDisplayMode(Display.java:243)
	at org.lwjgl.examples.spaceinvaders.Game.setDisplayMode(Game.java:279)
	at org.lwjgl.examples.spaceinvaders.Game.initialize(Game.java:213)
	at org.lwjgl.examples.spaceinvaders.Game.<init>(Game.java:179)
	at org.lwjgl.examples.spaceinvaders.Game.main(Game.java:580)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Unable to enter fullscreen, continuing in windowed mode
Game exiting - exception in initialization:
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Could not find a valid pixel format
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplayPeerInfo.initDC(WindowsDisplayPeerInfo.java:54)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:149)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:260)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:743)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:695)
	at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:677)
	at org.lwjgl.examples.spaceinvaders.Game.initialize(Game.java:216)
	at org.lwjgl.examples.spaceinvaders.Game.<init>(Game.java:179)
	at org.lwjgl.examples.spaceinvaders.Game.main(Game.java:580)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.doLaunchApp(Unknown Source)
	at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
#### Java Web Start Error:
#### null

I've enabled 3D acceleration on the VMware instance, but not sure what else to do.

[elias4444]

I personally have never had any luck. I just don't think the drivers for VMWare's pseudo 3D support can handle it.

[darkfrog]

That's what I was afraid of.  I don't suppose there's anything LWJGL could do to make it compatible is there?

[Matzon]

try running with:
-Dorg.lwjgl.opengl.Display.allowSoftwareOpenGL=true

[elias]

As far as I know, vmware 3d support only covers direct3d, not opengl.

- elias

[darkfrog]

Thanks for the tip Matzon, that seems to have gotten me a bit further, but now I'm getting this exception:

java.lang.RuntimeException: OpenGLException caused before any GL commands by LWJ
GLImageGraphics!
        at com.jmex.awt.swingui.LWJGLImageGraphics.update(Unknown Source)
        at com.jmex.awt.swingui.ImageGraphics.update(Unknown Source)
        at com.jmex.awt.swingui.JMEDesktop.draw(Unknown Source)
        at com.jme.scene.Spatial.onDraw(Unknown Source)
        at com.jme.scene.Node.draw(Unknown Source)
        at com.jme.scene.Spatial.onDraw(Unknown Source)
        at com.jme.renderer.lwjgl.LWJGLRenderer.draw(Unknown Source)
        at com.captiveimagination.jme.GameManager.render(GameManager.java:288)
        at com.captiveimagination.jme.GameManager.run(GameManager.java:348)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.lwjgl.opengl.OpenGLException: Invalid enum (1280)
        at org.lwjgl.opengl.Util.checkGLError(Util.java:56)
        ... 10 more

[elias]

This is probably a bug in jME, where it doesn't check for opengl capabilities before using them. The default windows opengl software renderer only supports opengl 1.1 with few extensions.

- elias