How to fix 3d rendering for a Windows guest in VMWare Workstation 11 Ubuntu 14.10 host

Hi all!

Getting a message when you start your Windows guest in VMWare Workstation 11 hosted by Ubuntu 14.10?

I was, and I had a little trouble finding a fix, until finally it worked! it's simply a matter of upgrading to the latest OpenGL drivers in Ubuntu.

To install open a terminal window and enter

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade<br />

To remove, you can use ppa-purge

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers

Now when you start your Windows guest, it should no longer complain about 3D acceleration!

That's it! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reply!

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