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Rodrigo Martins de Oliveira
Asked: 2011-07-14 15:54:38 +0800 CST

Is it possible to run Gnome 3 without 3D acceleration hardware?

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If I don't have a hardware that supports 3D acceleration, is it possible to run Gnome 3? If no, is there some work on it and where I can go to get tunned about the progress of it?

Just one extra doubt: I run Unity 3D not Unity 2D, but my hardware doesn't support 3D acceleration, is it possible? If no, maybe my hardware supports it, but I just don't know and if it's true, why I can't set Gnome 3 to run?

[Added] /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p returns:

OpenGL vendor string:   Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 915GM GEM 20100330 DEVELOPMENT x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string:  1.4 Mesa 7.10.2

Not software rendered:    yes
Not blacklisted:          yes
GLX fbconfig:             yes
GLX texture from pixmap:  yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes
GL vertex program:        yes
GL fragment program:      yes
GL vertex buffer object:  yes
GL framebuffer object:    yes
GL version is 1.4+:       yes

Unity supported:          yes

So, yes my hardware seems to support 3D hardware acceleration (OMG! This dinosaur has it's tricks! I just can't believe), well I always stay happy with sooo many YESes and no errors =D Glad! Resuming, I really want to use Gnome 3, not Gnome-shell or fallback, so, what is missing? Maybe my 480Mb RAM Memory? Or my Celeron M at 1.6GHz???

11.04

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    GNOME 3 has GNOME Shell (requires 3D acceleration) and GNOME Fallback (does not require 3D acceleration, it's similar to the traditional GNOME 2 Panel).

    There are no plans to make GNOME Shell to work without 3D acceleration, so sadly you are out of luck.

    Reading your question, I think it would help if you can run

    /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p

    which will show whether your driver for the graphic card is capable for 3D acceleration. Post the results in your initial question.

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