QtQuick Application wont run on VMWare (Virtual Machine)

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18258386

Question

Build System:

  • Qt Creator 2.7.2 Based on Qt 5.1.0 (32 bit) Built on Jul 2 2013
  • Qt 5.1.0 MSVC2010 32bit (ANGLE)
  • Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 (7.1.7600.0.30514)

Environment:

  • Windows 7 (VMWare)

Problem: A new Qt Quick 2 Application (Built-in Elements) project will not run as I receive:

class QWindowsEGLStaticContext *__cdecl QWindowsEGLStaticContext::create(void): Could not initialize egl display: error 12289

QOpenGLFunctions created with non-current context 
List of attribute names is either too long or not null-terminated.
Maximum number of attributes on this hardware is 0.
Vertex shader:
attribute highp vec4 vertexCoord;              
attribute highp vec4 vertexColor;              
uniform highp mat4 matrix;                     
uniform highp float opacity;                   
varying lowp vec4 color;                       
void main() {                                  
    gl_Position = matrix * vertexCoord;        
    color = vertexColor * opacity;             
}
Fragment shader:
varying lowp vec4 color;                       
void main() {                                  
    gl_FragColor = color;                      
}

I believe this is due to it running on a virtual machine.

I have tried both ANGLE and OpenGL versions of Qt but both fail. The OpenGL I expected to fail as I don't believe our VMWare infrastructure has a compatible video driver.

Has anyone else experienced this and managed to work around it?

Thanks, Marcus

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Solution

I had the same problem and I resolved it by activating "Accelerate 3D graphics" in vmplayer conf. After that, I don't have the error message, but the apps still doesn't work: it display a blank screen.

OTHER TIPS

This issue is due to the missing of d3dcompiler, provided by DirectX End-User Runtime, as remarked by Friedemann Kleint's comment on QTBUG-31611. I had the same problem (a blank window) and installing DirectX and reboot the system, has been the resolution.

Installation of a NVIDIA graphic acceleration + the related NVIDIA Software driver of the graphic card will fix the problem after a restart of the PC

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