Installed VMWare Player on an Ubuntu 14.04 machine. Appear to have it installed correctly.
Installed Windows XP, then VMWare Tools, then updated XP to SP3 using Windows Update. All seems well.
Ran DXDIAG and it says I have version 9.0c of DirectX installed.
Installed Origin, used it to download Spore. When I attempt to run Spore I receive the error in the title of this thread.
I've done several google searches with various keywords, and I can't find anything that jumps out at me. I clearly have Direct X installed, and it works because I've run the diagnostic texts. However, Direct3D Acceleration is not available, which I understand is normal?
Anyone have any thoughts as to next steps?