build_mesa.sh

#!/bin/sh

sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y

sudo apt-get install -y git-core 
sudo apt-get install -y automake libtool libpthread-stubs0-dev
sudo apt-get install -y xserver-xorg-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev libx11-xcb-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libxcb-glx0-dev libxrender-dev
sudo apt-get install -y llvm-dev xutils-dev
sudo apt-get build-dep -y libgl1-mesa-dri libxcb-glx0-dev

export TOP=$PWD

git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/mesa
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/vmwgfx
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/mesa/drm
git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-vmware

cd $TOP/drm
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/lib/drm --libdir=/usr/lib64
make
sudo make install

cd $TOP/mesa
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/lib/mesa --libdir=/usr/lib64 --with-gallium-drivers=svga,swrast --enable-xa --disable-dri --enable-xlib-glx
make
sudo make install

cd $TOP/xf86-video-vmware
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/lib/xf86-video-vmware --libdir=/usr/lib64
make
sudo make install

sudo rm /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko*

cd $TOP/vmwgfx
make
sudo make install

# “Can't read private key” is an expected error, it simply means you aren’t an Ubuntu maintainer

sudo cp 00-vmwgfx.rules /etc/udev/rules.d

# After installing vmwgfx.ko you might want to run the following command to check that the new kernel module is in the expected place:
find /lib/modules -name vmwgfx.ko -exec ls -l '{}' \;
# If you see the kernel module listed in more than one place, you may need to move things around.

# Is this necessary? modinfo vmwgfx ppears broken otherwise
sudo mv /lib/modules/3.13.0-32-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ /lib/modules/3.13.0-32-generic/extra/vmwgfx.ko

modprobe vmwgfx

#sudo apt-get install -y mesa-utils
#LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64 LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo | grep direct
#LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64 LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo | grep OpenGL