Recent updates break arch install in vmware

c0re · 2013-03-19 20:56:51

Hello,

this is just to let the powers that be know that recent updates (including kernel update to 3.8.3-2, open-vm-tools and -modules, xorg, xf86-video-vmware-13.0.0-2) break my arch install in vmware fusion.

X does not start properly and keeps switching back and forth between slim login screen and a tty. I blame the vmware gfx driver since the only error I can spot inbetween the kms-flickering is something like "vmw_kms_write_svga: *ERROR* wrong depth, host expects 24 bbp".

It is probably worth mentioning that I disabled glx in xorg conf due to https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34040.

Unfortunately, I lack time and knowledge to really debug this. Maybe someone can reproduce this?

Thanks.

Inxsible · 2013-03-19 20:58:43

Unfortunately the powers that be don't read the forum posts too frequently. if you can downgrade and confirm that the errors go away, then try opening a bug report.

c0re · 2013-03-19 21:06:04

Well I reverted to a snapshot taken before those updates were installed and everything works fine again.

Jessehk · 2013-03-19 21:50:26

I have the same issue.

Would you please file a bug?

Zygote · 2013-03-22 13:49:10

Same problem here. A while ago it would hang on GLX when I started x. I got around this issue by disabling glx. After the update to xorg 1.14 however, I cant start x at all. It seems Vmware simply doesnt support it currently.

B-Con · 2013-04-02 18:52:27

Zygote wrote:

Same problem here. A while ago it would hang on GLX when I started x. I got around this issue by disabling glx. After the update to xorg 1.14 however, I cant start x at all. It seems Vmware simply doesnt support it currently.

I hit the same issue. After an upgrade of xorg to 1.14 it would segfault on startup, no matter how many configurations I rebuilt or WMs I tried. The only solution was to roll back to 1.13.

You say you think VMware doesn't support it. Is this a guess, or is there some information to back that up? I have almost no idea how VMWare and xorg interact and what type of "support" VMWare has to offer.

paulbarker · 2013-04-11 14:00:45

Looks like https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61780

I've created a PKGBUILD with the proposed fix, you can grab it from https://bitbucket.org/betafive/arch/src … ?at=master if you fancy testing it.

jdmssmkr · 2013-04-12 08:14:43

paulbarker wrote:

Looks like https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61780
I've created a PKGBUILD with the proposed fix, you can grab it from https://bitbucket.org/betafive/arch/src … ?at=master if you fancy testing it.

This patch works on VMWare Fusion. Thx!

Still a GLX problem though

Last edited by jdmssmkr (2013-04-12 08:33:31)

Piggoz · 2013-04-15 22:14:27

jdmssmkr wrote:

paulbarker wrote:
Looks like https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61780
I've created a PKGBUILD with the proposed fix, you can grab it from https://bitbucket.org/betafive/arch/src … ?at=master if you fancy testing it.
This patch works on VMWare Fusion. Thx!
Still a GLX problem though

I can see it is now on the main repo, then it still have problems related with GLX. You still need to disable the login manager if you want to log on, becouse it need the "startx -- -extension GLX" command line or it will not work :-(((

Any idea how to apply this string before GDM load? If don't the system wont work :-(

So, this, can't absolutely marked solved :-(

Last edited by Piggoz (2013-04-15 22:15:42)

jdmssmkr · 2013-04-16 07:29:46

Piggoz wrote:

I can see it is now on the main repo, then it still have problems related with GLX. You still need to disable the login manager if you want to log on, becouse it need the "startx -- -extension GLX" command line or it will not work :-(((
Any idea how to apply this string before GDM load? If don't the system wont work :-(
So, this, can't absolutely marked solved :-(

You can disable GLX loading like this: Create a file in the directory /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ (eg 20-gpu.conf). This configuration file contains:

Section "Module"
    Disable "glx"
EndSection

GDM should work now (but in fallback-mode, just like Gnome 3).

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#1 2013-03-19 20:56:51

Recent updates break arch install in vmware

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