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XDroidie626

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Registered: 2014-02-05

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Parallels GPU Driver

Hi All,
Does anyone know what the gpu driver is on Parallels for Arch? I tried vesa but it failed to launch X.

Suggestions?

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

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Re: Parallels GPU Driver

What is the output of:

lspci | grep -i VGA

?

XDroidie626

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Registered: 2014-02-05

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Re: Parallels GPU Driver

It says
grep: VGA: no such file or directory

But vesa graphics are installed

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

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Re: Parallels GPU Driver

You are booted into say the Arch installation medium?  Listing the devices on the PCI bus and filtering for the word "VGA" with an case-insensitive match should tell you what your graphics hardware is.  You could also do:

lspci | less

And use the up and down arrow keys to move the text and press q to exit it.  In that text look for "VGA," "Graphics," "nVidia," "AMD," "Intel," or any thing else that might be graphics hardware.  Post back with what you find.

Edit: VESA is a driver, not your actual graphics hardware.

Last edited by headkase (2016-07-16 10:22:58)

XDroidie626

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Registered: 2014-02-05

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Re: Parallels GPU Driver

Okay so following that command the hardware is as follows.
01:00.0 VGA Compatible controller: Parallels, Inc. Accelerated Virtual Video Adapter.

Wonder if the Parallels disc would work

'EDIT' - Parallels disk contains no video drivers and may break on kernel upgrade

Last edited by XDroidie626 (2016-07-16 10:35:43)

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

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Re: Parallels GPU Driver

Ok, you're in a virtual machine.  See the Wiki page for Parallels which should help you get going:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Parallels

Work through it step-by-step and if any individual step gives you difficulty then post back here with the exact step, what you expected to happen, and what actually did happen.

Edit: And looking at that page I think there are going to be some difficulties as it is definitely out-of-date.  Good luck. 

Last edited by headkase (2016-07-16 10:46:21)

xzzz9097

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Registered: 2013-07-24

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Re: Parallels GPU Driver

The driver is prlvideo, you have to install the extensions. They only work on Xorg 1.17, also they're often broken with new kernels. I'm running 4.2.5 and Xorg 1.17 at the moment, everything works perfectly with 2880x1800 resolution and video acceleration.

Last edited by xzzz9097 (2016-08-15 10:06:46)