Linux host, Windows XP guest. Is it possible to run an app that requires DirectX 7? I'm successfully running one that needs DirectX 6.0, and according to dxdiag, DirectX 8 and 9 are working fine, but 7 is a problem.
The specific symptom is that Chocolatier 2 dies with error messages: "Sorry, but this product isn't compatible with your display. Try using a different display, if you have the option." followed by: "Failed to initalize window. Please try running the game again. If that doesn't help, try changing the screen resolution and color depth. If that fails, then your video card does not support this game." and finally: "Error: Access violation at 0x004579A0 (tried to read from 0x0000000C), program terminated." Playing with resolution/colors doesn't change anything. In dxdiag, testing Direct3D returns: "Test failed at step 40 (Creating flipping primary surface with one back buffer): HRESULT = 0x88760064 (error code)" Direct3D 8 and 9 tests work correctly. My VM display settings are: 128MB video memory allocated (the maximum), 1 monitor, 3D and 2D acceleration enabled. I installed the latest DirectX from Microsoft (9.0c), then booted to Safe Mode and reinstalled Guest Additions; no change. I'm running VirtualBox 4.2.6 r82870 under Ubuntu 10.10. The only reference I could find online to DirectX 7 support was this forum post with a non-authoritative statement: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=51832#p237359 Is this indeed the case? Thanks in advance! Chris Angelico ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel - in partnership with Geeknet, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials, tech docs, whitepapers, evaluation guides, and opinion stories. Check out the most recent posts - join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
