kernel 6.10.4 fails in VM for unaccelerated wayland

gfilipski · 2024-08-14 19:41:07

TLDR: Problem narrowed to kernel 6.10.4, not mesa or vulkan updates.

The recent mesa or vulkan updates (a/o 2024 0813) cause a
failure under wayland when inside a VM using an unaccelerated
video environment which causes a completely blank & dead GNOME
desktop after login. This occurs in wayland and does not occur
under Xwin.

This is both a report of a/the problem, a possible wordaround,
and a few questions about how arch should be run in a VM by
someone that's new to arch.

Environment Setup
-----------------
Human: Greybeard software developer (various languages) w/long time
(but not indepth) knowledge of H/W & Linux. Abandoned Windows
9 years ago, but still runs one VM of it. Has been running
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS forever.

Base System (13 years ancient)
Win7 on Intel Core I7-980 w/24GB
which runs only VMware Workstation Pro v12.5.8
with an nVidia GeForce 470 card to a Dell 2560x1600 display

arch VM setup (where problem occurs)
----------------------------------------
VMware Workstation Pro 12.5.8 VM with
2 Processors/2GB mem/16GB HD/Bridged/USB/Sound/1 Display
Desktop 1920 x 1200 - no 3D acceleration
GNOME desktop under wayland

Events/Problem
--------------

System was updated on Aug 8, 2024 and was working fine.

On Aug 13:
$ sudo pacman -Syu
which updated about 26 or so packages:

         audit (4.0.1-3 -> 4.0.2-1)
         composefs (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
         cracklib (2.10.1-1 -> 2.10.2-1)
         libei (1.2.1-1 -> 1.3.0-1)
         hwdata (0.384-1 -> 0.385-1)
         libssh (0.10.6-2 -> 0.11.0-1)
         mesa (1:24.1.5-1 -> 1:24.1.5-2)
         libdeflate (1.20-2 -> 1.21-1)
         libdovi (3.3.0-2 -> 3.3.1-1)
         firefox (129.0-1 -> 129.0.1-2)
         libheif (1.18.1-1 -> 1.18.2-1)
         libnm (1.48.6-1 -> 1.48.8-1)
         libva-mesa-driver (1:24.1.5-1 -> 1:24.1.5-2)
         linux (6.10.3.arch1-2 -> 6.10.4.arch2-1)
         polkit (124-2 -> 125-1)
         networkmanager (1.48.6-1 -> 1.48.8-1)
         poppler (24.06.1-1 -> 24.08.0-1)
         poppler-glib (24.06.1-1 -> 24.08.0-1)
         vim-runtime (9.1.0648-1 -> 9.1.0672-1)
         vim (9.1.0648-1 -> 9.1.0672-1)
         vte-common (0.76.3-1 -> 0.76.4-1)
         vte3 (0.76.3-1 -> 0.76.4-1)
         vte4 (0.76.3-1 -> 0.76.4-1)
         vulkan-intel (1:24.1.5-1 -> 1:24.1.5-2)
         vulkan-radeon (1:24.1.5-1 -> 1:24.1.5-2)
         xfburn (0.7.1-1 -> 0.7.2-1)

After the update a reboot was done and the login screen presented
itself as it normally does. I entered my password and hit <Enter> ...

NO DESKTOP APPEARED ... ever

<Ctrl+Alt+F2> to login and look at whatever log files I could find.
At the end of the dmesg log I found many messages:

[drm:vmw_kms_new_framebuffer [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Invalid surface format for requested mode.
[drm:vmw_kms_fb_create [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* failed to create vmw_framebuffer: -22

[ Yes, I have the complete dmesg log for a boot under both
wayland and Xwin under both unaccelerated and accelerated 3D
scenarios, but they're virtually identical from start to
finish except for about 25 messages identical to the two above
that come at the end of the wayland dmesg log. ]

Hmmmm... rebooting with the backup initramfs produced the same results.

Knowing only enough to seriously suspect that this was a video problem
I decided to remove the following packages:

        # pacman -U [cache...]/mesa-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
        # pacman -U [cache...]/libva-mesa-driver-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
        # pacman -U [cache...]/linux-6.10.3.arch1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
        # pacman -U [cache...]/vulkan-intel-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
        # pacman -U [cache...]/vulkan-radeon-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

After this the system again booted to the login screen and
afterwards showed the desktop... all was (somewhat) well.

[ The pacman.log for these two updates and the update just previous
to these two is below. ]

Remediation
-----------
Playing with the 3D acceleration option showed that the problem only
exhibits in wayland if the acceleration is turned off. Turned on
everything works as advertised:

                        Xwin    Wayland
                        -----   ------- 
        3D Accel off     OK      Broken
        3D Accel on      OK        OK

Interestingly, Xwin does not show 1920x1200 display setting as available
unless 3D accel is enabled.

Problem/Question(s):
--------------------

(a) Do I have a reasonable testing set up for arch?
The system has been running fine since Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
(2015) with two changes (caused by "advances" in Linux) to
the VM setup to run the more recent arch & linux distros.

1) The "Guest Operating System" is no longer tagged in
VMware as a linux subvariant ("Ubuntu 64 bit" or
"Debian 64 bit"), but is now just plain "Other 64
bit". This was caused by SERIOUS performance issues
that developed with later (2018+) versions of the
O/S and, I suspect, with the age of the VMware Workstation
platform.

2) Video acceleration ended up being left disabled for
the display device in the scramble to find the
performance issue with later versions of linux.

(b) Regardless of the answer to the above, it seems like there
should be a fallback in wayland to something that will mostly
work.

(c) Is this an upstream problem?

I'm not sure what to do with this info. "Technically" I don't have
the problem any longer... but it seems like the day I spent
tracking this down aught to be reported and possibly help someone...
but to whom/where?

Thanks,
Gary

---------------------------- pacman.log --------------------------------

[2024-08-08T16:28:09-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2024-08-08T16:28:09-0500] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2024-08-08T16:28:24-0500] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2024-08-08T16:35:14-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -R vlc'
[2024-08-08T16:38:18-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -R vlc'
[2024-08-08T16:38:22-0500] [ALPM] transaction started
[2024-08-08T16:38:23-0500] [ALPM] removed vlc (3.0.21-1)
[2024-08-08T16:38:23-0500] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2024-08-08T16:38:23-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2024-08-08T16:38:23-0500] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...
[2024-08-08T16:38:24-0500] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...
[2024-08-08T17:09:29-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S reflector'
[2024-08-08T17:09:34-0500] [ALPM] transaction started
[2024-08-08T17:09:35-0500] [ALPM] installed reflector (2023-2)
[2024-08-08T17:09:35-0500] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2024-08-08T17:09:35-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-daemon-reload-system.hook'...
[2024-08-08T17:09:36-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2024-08-08T17:15:11-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2024-08-08T17:15:11-0500] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2024-08-08T17:15:12-0500] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2024-08-08T17:15:41-0500] [ALPM] running '60-mkinitcpio-remove.hook'...
[2024-08-08T17:15:42-0500] [ALPM] transaction started
[2024-08-08T17:15:43-0500] [ALPM] upgraded glibc (2.40-1 -> 2.40+r16+gaa533d58ff-2)
[2024-08-08T17:15:43-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Generating locales...
[2024-08-08T17:15:45-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   en_US.UTF-8... done
[2024-08-08T17:15:45-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Generation complete.
[2024-08-08T17:15:46-0500] [ALPM] upgraded gcc-libs (14.1.1+r309+gbb34b7eda1f-1 -> 14.2.1+r32+geccf707e5ce-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:46-0500] [ALPM] upgraded gtest (1.14.0-2 -> 1.15.2-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:47-0500] [ALPM] upgraded abseil-cpp (20240116.2-2 -> 20240722.0-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:47-0500] [ALPM] upgraded alsa-card-profiles (1:1.2.1-1 -> 1:1.2.2-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:47-0500] [ALPM] upgraded readline (8.2.010-1 -> 8.2.013-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:47-0500] [ALPM] upgraded bash (5.2.026-5 -> 5.2.032-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:47-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libtirpc (1.3.4-1 -> 1.3.5-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:47-0500] [ALPM] upgraded ca-certificates-mozilla (3.102.1-1 -> 3.103-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:47-0500] [ALPM] upgraded curl (8.9.1-1 -> 8.9.1-2)
[2024-08-08T17:15:48-0500] [ALPM] upgraded binutils (2.42+r195+g29ae8b8ea71-1 -> 2.43+r4+g7999dae6961-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:48-0500] [ALPM] upgraded cracklib (2.9.11-2 -> 2.10.1-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:48-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libx11 (1.8.9-1 -> 1.8.10-1)
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[2024-08-08T17:15:57-0500] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-bluetooth-3.0 (46.0-1 -> 46.1-1)
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[2024-08-08T17:15:57-0500] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-xwayland (24.1.1-1 -> 24.1.2-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:57-0500] [ALPM] upgraded mutter (46.3.1-1 -> 46.4-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:58-0500] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-shell (1:46.3.1-1 -> 1:46.4-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:58-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libwbclient (4.20.3-1 -> 4.20.4-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:58-0500] [ALPM] upgraded smbclient (4.20.3-1 -> 4.20.4-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:58-0500] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-keybindings (46.3-1 -> 46.4-1)
[2024-08-08T17:15:58-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libnvme (1.9-1 -> 1.10-1)
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[2024-08-08T17:15:58-0500] [ALPM] upgraded gnome-remote-desktop (46.3-1 -> 46.4-1)
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[2024-08-08T17:16:08-0500] [ALPM] upgraded samba (4.20.3-1 -> 4.20.4-1)
[2024-08-08T17:16:09-0500] [ALPM] upgraded vulkan-intel (1:24.1.4-2 -> 1:24.1.5-1)
[2024-08-08T17:16:09-0500] [ALPM] upgraded vulkan-radeon (1:24.1.4-2 -> 1:24.1.5-1)
[2024-08-08T17:16:09-0500] [ALPM] upgraded xmlsec (1.3.4-1 -> 1.3.5-1)
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[2024-08-08T17:16:23-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2024-08-08T17:16:23-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
[2024-08-08T17:16:23-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2024-08-08T17:16:23-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: '6.10.3-arch1-2'
[2024-08-08T17:16:23-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2024-08-08T17:16:24-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2024-08-08T17:16:24-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2024-08-08T17:16:24-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [microcode]
[2024-08-08T17:16:24-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2024-08-08T17:16:24-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
[2024-08-08T17:16:24-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keymap]
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[2024-08-08T17:16:26-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
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[2024-08-08T17:16:26-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
[2024-08-08T17:16:26-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Initcpio image generation successful
[2024-08-08T17:16:26-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[2024-08-08T17:16:26-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
[2024-08-08T17:16:26-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2024-08-08T17:16:26-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: '6.10.3-arch1-2'
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[2024-08-08T17:16:27-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
[2024-08-08T17:16:29-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keymap]
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[2024-08-08T17:16:30-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed'
[2024-08-08T17:16:30-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx'
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[2024-08-08T17:16:30-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa'
[2024-08-08T17:16:30-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x'
[2024-08-08T17:16:31-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280'
[2024-08-08T17:16:33-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2024-08-08T17:16:35-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2024-08-08T17:16:37-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2024-08-08T17:16:38-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img'
[2024-08-08T17:16:39-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
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[2024-08-13T13:08:51-0500] [ALPM] transaction started
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[2024-08-13T13:08:51-0500] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2024-08-13T13:08:51-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-daemon-reload-system.hook'...
[2024-08-13T13:08:52-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:25:18-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2024-08-13T16:25:18-0500] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2024-08-13T16:25:19-0500] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2024-08-13T16:25:51-0500] [ALPM] running '60-mkinitcpio-remove.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:25:53-0500] [ALPM] transaction started
[2024-08-13T16:25:53-0500] [ALPM] upgraded audit (4.0.1-3 -> 4.0.2-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:53-0500] [ALPM] upgraded composefs (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:53-0500] [ALPM] upgraded cracklib (2.10.1-1 -> 2.10.2-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:53-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libei (1.2.1-1 -> 1.3.0-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:53-0500] [ALPM] upgraded hwdata (0.384-1 -> 0.385-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:53-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libssh (0.10.6-2 -> 0.11.0-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:53-0500] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (1:24.1.5-1 -> 1:24.1.5-2)
[2024-08-13T16:25:53-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libdeflate (1.20-2 -> 1.21-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:54-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libdovi (3.3.0-2 -> 3.3.1-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:56-0500] [ALPM] upgraded firefox (129.0-1 -> 129.0.1-2)
[2024-08-13T16:25:56-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libheif (1.18.1-1 -> 1.18.2-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:56-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libnm (1.48.6-1 -> 1.48.8-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:56-0500] [ALPM] upgraded libva-mesa-driver (1:24.1.5-1 -> 1:24.1.5-2)
[2024-08-13T16:25:58-0500] [ALPM] upgraded linux (6.10.3.arch1-2 -> 6.10.4.arch2-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:58-0500] [ALPM] upgraded polkit (124-2 -> 125-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:59-0500] [ALPM] upgraded networkmanager (1.48.6-1 -> 1.48.8-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:59-0500] [ALPM] upgraded poppler (24.06.1-1 -> 24.08.0-1)
[2024-08-13T16:25:59-0500] [ALPM] upgraded poppler-glib (24.06.1-1 -> 24.08.0-1)
[2024-08-13T16:26:00-0500] [ALPM] upgraded vim-runtime (9.1.0648-1 -> 9.1.0672-1)
[2024-08-13T16:26:00-0500] [ALPM] upgraded vim (9.1.0648-1 -> 9.1.0672-1)
[2024-08-13T16:26:00-0500] [ALPM] upgraded vte-common (0.76.3-1 -> 0.76.4-1)
[2024-08-13T16:26:00-0500] [ALPM] upgraded vte3 (0.76.3-1 -> 0.76.4-1)
[2024-08-13T16:26:00-0500] [ALPM] upgraded vte4 (0.76.3-1 -> 0.76.4-1)
[2024-08-13T16:26:00-0500] [ALPM] upgraded vulkan-intel (1:24.1.5-1 -> 1:24.1.5-2)
[2024-08-13T16:26:00-0500] [ALPM] upgraded vulkan-radeon (1:24.1.5-1 -> 1:24.1.5-2)
[2024-08-13T16:26:00-0500] [ALPM] upgraded xfburn (0.7.1-1 -> 0.7.2-1)
[2024-08-13T16:26:01-0500] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2024-08-13T16:26:01-0500] [ALPM] running '20-systemd-sysusers.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:26:01-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-daemon-reload-system.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:26:02-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-daemon-reload-user.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:26:02-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-tmpfiles.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:26:03-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-udev-reload.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:26:04-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:26:04-0500] [ALPM] running '60-depmod.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:26:07-0500] [ALPM] running '90-mkinitcpio-install.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:26:08-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2024-08-13T16:26:08-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
[2024-08-13T16:26:08-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2024-08-13T16:26:08-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: '6.10.4-arch2-1'
[2024-08-13T16:26:08-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2024-08-13T16:26:09-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2024-08-13T16:26:09-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2024-08-13T16:26:09-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [microcode]
[2024-08-13T16:26:09-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2024-08-13T16:26:09-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
[2024-08-13T16:26:09-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keymap]
[2024-08-13T16:26:09-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2024-08-13T16:26:09-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2024-08-13T16:26:10-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2024-08-13T16:26:10-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2024-08-13T16:26:10-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2024-08-13T16:26:10-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux.img'
[2024-08-13T16:26:11-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
[2024-08-13T16:26:11-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Initcpio image generation successful
[2024-08-13T16:26:11-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[2024-08-13T16:26:11-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
[2024-08-13T16:26:11-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2024-08-13T16:26:11-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: '6.10.4-arch2-1'
[2024-08-13T16:26:11-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2024-08-13T16:26:11-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2024-08-13T16:26:11-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [microcode]
[2024-08-13T16:26:11-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2024-08-13T16:26:12-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
[2024-08-13T16:26:13-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keymap]
[2024-08-13T16:26:13-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2024-08-13T16:26:13-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2024-08-13T16:26:14-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed'
[2024-08-13T16:26:14-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx'
[2024-08-13T16:26:14-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx'
[2024-08-13T16:26:14-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa'
[2024-08-13T16:26:14-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x'
[2024-08-13T16:26:15-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280'
[2024-08-13T16:26:17-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2024-08-13T16:26:18-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2024-08-13T16:26:20-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2024-08-13T16:26:21-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img'
[2024-08-13T16:26:22-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
[2024-08-13T16:26:22-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Initcpio image generation successful
[2024-08-13T16:26:22-0500] [ALPM] running 'dbus-reload.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:26:22-0500] [ALPM] running 'gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:26:22-0500] [ALPM] running 'gtk-update-icon-cache.hook'...
[2024-08-13T16:26:23-0500] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...
[2024-08-13T17:01:46-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/mesa-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2024-08-13T17:01:46-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/libva-mesa-driver-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2024-08-13T17:01:46-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-6.10.3.arch1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2024-08-13T17:01:46-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/vulkan-intel-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2024-08-13T17:01:46-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/vulkan-radeon-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2024-08-13T17:06:25-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/mesa-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2024-08-13T17:06:27-0500] [ALPM] transaction started
[2024-08-13T17:06:28-0500] [ALPM] downgraded mesa (1:24.1.5-2 -> 1:24.1.5-1)
[2024-08-13T17:06:28-0500] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2024-08-13T17:06:28-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2024-08-13T17:06:28-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/libva-mesa-driver-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2024-08-13T17:06:29-0500] [ALPM] transaction started
[2024-08-13T17:06:29-0500] [ALPM] downgraded libva-mesa-driver (1:24.1.5-2 -> 1:24.1.5-1)
[2024-08-13T17:06:29-0500] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2024-08-13T17:06:29-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2024-08-13T17:06:29-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-6.10.3.arch1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2024-08-13T17:06:33-0500] [ALPM] running '60-mkinitcpio-remove.hook'...
[2024-08-13T17:06:35-0500] [ALPM] transaction started
[2024-08-13T17:06:39-0500] [ALPM] downgraded linux (6.10.4.arch2-1 -> 6.10.3.arch1-2)
[2024-08-13T17:06:40-0500] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2024-08-13T17:06:40-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2024-08-13T17:06:40-0500] [ALPM] running '60-depmod.hook'...
[2024-08-13T17:06:43-0500] [ALPM] running '90-mkinitcpio-install.hook'...
[2024-08-13T17:06:44-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2024-08-13T17:06:44-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
[2024-08-13T17:06:44-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2024-08-13T17:06:44-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: '6.10.3-arch1-2'
[2024-08-13T17:06:44-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2024-08-13T17:06:44-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2024-08-13T17:06:44-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2024-08-13T17:06:44-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [microcode]
[2024-08-13T17:06:44-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2024-08-13T17:06:45-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
[2024-08-13T17:06:45-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keymap]
[2024-08-13T17:06:45-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2024-08-13T17:06:45-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2024-08-13T17:06:45-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2024-08-13T17:06:45-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2024-08-13T17:06:46-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2024-08-13T17:06:46-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux.img'
[2024-08-13T17:06:46-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
[2024-08-13T17:06:46-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Initcpio image generation successful
[2024-08-13T17:06:46-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
[2024-08-13T17:06:46-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
[2024-08-13T17:06:46-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2024-08-13T17:06:46-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: '6.10.3-arch1-2'
[2024-08-13T17:06:46-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2024-08-13T17:06:46-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2024-08-13T17:06:47-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [microcode]
[2024-08-13T17:06:47-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2024-08-13T17:06:47-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci'
[2024-08-13T17:06:48-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keymap]
[2024-08-13T17:06:48-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2024-08-13T17:06:48-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2024-08-13T17:06:49-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed'
[2024-08-13T17:06:49-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx'
[2024-08-13T17:06:49-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx'
[2024-08-13T17:06:49-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa'
[2024-08-13T17:06:50-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x'
[2024-08-13T17:06:50-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280'
[2024-08-13T17:06:52-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2024-08-13T17:06:53-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2024-08-13T17:06:55-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2024-08-13T17:06:55-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img'
[2024-08-13T17:06:56-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
[2024-08-13T17:06:57-0500] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Initcpio image generation successful
[2024-08-13T17:06:57-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/vulkan-intel-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2024-08-13T17:06:58-0500] [ALPM] transaction started
[2024-08-13T17:06:58-0500] [ALPM] downgraded vulkan-intel (1:24.1.5-2 -> 1:24.1.5-1)
[2024-08-13T17:06:58-0500] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2024-08-13T17:06:58-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2024-08-13T17:06:58-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/vulkan-radeon-1:24.1.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
[2024-08-13T17:07:01-0500] [ALPM] transaction started
[2024-08-13T17:07:01-0500] [ALPM] downgraded vulkan-radeon (1:24.1.5-2 -> 1:24.1.5-1)
[2024-08-13T17:07:01-0500] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2024-08-13T17:07:01-0500] [ALPM] running '30-systemd-update.hook'...
[2024-08-13T17:13:06-0500] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syp'
[2024-08-13T17:13:06-0500] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists

Last edited by gfilipski (2024-08-15 17:52:40)

Lone_Wolf · 2024-08-15 09:25:18

Please use code tags for such output, see https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

Also change the title (edit first post of the thread) to reflect you're running arch in a VM.

There are issues with kernel 6.10-4 and vmware , see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=298491
Try booting with linux-lts or downgrade the kernel.

gfilipski · 2024-08-15 16:19:38

@Lone_wolf

Thanks for the suggestion -- I saw that post, but my ignorance of the Linux video subsystem stack left me wondering - the problem(s) appears to be centered around the vmwgfx module and mine could be/(probably) is related. I'll try a kernel downgrade and see if there's a difference and post the results here.

Sorry about the BBCode stuff - I wondered what that was and looked for help, but there was no 'help' link, the ? wasn't a link and I thought that clicking on BBCode itself would turn the feature/option on/off -- and not knowing what it was, I wasn't going to mess with it. Needless to say, I don't normally do social media.

Thanks again,
Gary

Update: Reverting to the LTS kernell 6.6.46-1 and/or the 6.10.3 kernel resolves the problem. The issue does not appear to be with either mesa or vulkan.

Last edited by gfilipski (2024-08-15 17:56:50)

Arch Linux

#1 2024-08-14 19:41:07

kernel 6.10.4 fails in VM for unaccelerated wayland

#2 2024-08-15 09:25:18

Re: kernel 6.10.4 fails in VM for unaccelerated wayland

#3 2024-08-15 16:19:38

Re: kernel 6.10.4 fails in VM for unaccelerated wayland

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