NAME

       vmware - VMware SVGA video driver

SYNOPSIS

       Section "Device"
         Identifier "devname"
         Driver "vmware"
         ...
       EndSection

DESCRIPTION

       vmware is an Xorg driver for VMware virtual video cards.

MODESETTING, XINERAMA AND RANDR12

       If  the  driver  can  connect  to  the  "vmwgfx"  kernel  module  on linux, it will attempt to use kernel
       modesetting and will then also use RandR12 for multiple output  operation  instead  of  Xinerama.  The  X
       server  log  or the "xrandr" application can be used to determine whether RandR12 or Xinerama is actually
       used.

3D ACCELERATION

       If the driver can connect to the "vmwgfx" kernel module on linux, and the Virtual Machine is  set  up  to
       use 3D acceleration, the driver will try to use Gallium3D XA to accelerate 3D operations. It will also by
       default  enable  DRI,  the  Direct  Rendering  Infrastructure,  primarily  for accelerated OpenGL.  If 3D
       acceleration is available, the driver will in addition provide an additional XVideo adaptor for  textured
       video. Gallium3D XA,ibxatracker.so" and the accelerated OpenGL driver, "vmwgfx_dri.so" is provided by the
       mesa distribution.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS

       Please  refer  to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details.  This section only covers configuration
       details specific to this driver.

       The driver auto-detects the version of any virtual VMware SVGA adapter.

       The following driver Options are supported:

       Option "HWCursor" "boolean"
              Enable or disable the HW cursor.  Default: off.

       Option "Xinerama" "boolean"
              Disable or enable Xinerama support. Default: xinerama is enabled if the hardware supports it.

       Option "StaticXinerama" "string"
              Provide a static xinerama geometry that  will  be  active  at  server  startup  and  will  not  be
              overridden              at             runtime.              The             format             is
              "Width1xHeight1+Xoffset1+Yoffset1;Width2xHeight2+Xoffset2+Yoffset2" and so  on.  Negative  offsets
              are  not supported. If the driver is using RandR12, this option should be used to place and enable
              outputs at driver startup time or else when VMware tools is  not  used  for  that  purpose.   Also
              please see option "GuiLayout".

       Option "GuiLayout" "string"
              A synonym to option "StaticXinerama", since the latter name is somewhat misleading when RandR12 is
              favoured before Xinerarma.

       Option "AddDefaultMode" "boolean"
              Provide  a  default  mode  with a resolution identical to the resolution of the guest before the X
              server was started. The X server will thus try to start without changing resolution. Default: on.

       Option "RenderAccel" "boolean"
              Try to accelerate render operations if the operations  are  reading  from  previously  accelerated
              contents  (3D  or  video). This option is needed for 3D support. Default: on if 3D acceleration is
              supported. Otherwise off.

       Option "DRI" "boolean"
              Enable the Direct Rendering Infrastructure. Default:  on  if  3D  acceleration  is  supported  and
              "RenderAccel" is enabled. Otherwise off.

       Option "DirectPresents" "boolean"
              Speed  up  OpenGL  swapbuffers  by skipping a copy operation. This provides some OpenGL swapbuffer
              speedups, but may cause performance degradation and rendering errors when 3D contents is read back
              for mixing with software rendered contents. Default: off.

       Option "HwPresents" "boolean"
              This is a developer convenience option and should not be used by distros  or  normal  users.  When
              enabled,  it  copies  software rendered contents to a 3D surface before presenting it, so that the
              visible screen is always present on a 3D surface. Default: off.

       Option "RenderCheck" "boolean"
              This is a developer convenience option and should not be used by distros  or  normal  users.  When
              enabled,  it  tries  to  use  3D  acceleration for all XRender operations where 3D acceleration is
              supported, resulting in a considerable slowdown due  to  the  increased  number  of  readbacks  of
              accelerated  contents  from  host  to  guest.  This  option is used to verify that the accelerated
              Xrender paths works correctly with the "rendercheck" application. Default: off.

       SEE ALSO
              Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7), xrandr(1)

AUTHORS

       Copyright (c) 1999-2007 VMware, Inc.

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