[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] [NEW] VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update
Public bug reported: See detailed discussion here on the VMWare board: https://communities.vmware.com/message/2388776 I can confirm that downgrading to 3.2.0.63 works, and booting into 3.2.0.64 causes the "split screen" issue. ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-vmware (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-vmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328898 Title: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/+bug/1328898/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update
regression is caused by a this patch applied with the 3.2.0.58 -> 3.2.0.59 update which happened between -64 and -65 (LP#1319885): drm/vmwgfx: correct fb_fix_screeninfo.line_length rolling back just that one patch fixes the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-vmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328898 Title: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/+bug/1328898/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update
LKML post: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/1/41 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-vmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328898 Title: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/+bug/1328898/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update
Hi Chris. my host is a custom distro derived from Ubuntu with custom 3.13 kernel, guest is a plain 12.04 x64. i have performed steps 1-6, this is how i isolated your patch: 1) sudo apt-get install linux-source-3.2.0=3.2.0-63.95 2) make -j3 deb-pkg, this produces linux-image-3.2.59_3.2.59-0_amd64.deb 3) dpkg -i linux-image-3.2.59_3.2.59-0_amd64.deb this kernel boots fine, no issues. repeat with linux-source-3.2.0=3.2.0-64.97 - this kernel boots into a "split screen". in the same source tree, edit drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c to manually back out changes made in lkml/2014/2/1/41, make deb-pkg, install -> this kernel (3.2.59-2) boots normally. i'll try removing vmw_write now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-vmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328898 Title: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/+bug/1328898/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update
removing (commenting out) vmw_write is not enough, the following patch still produces "split screen" output. http://pastebin.com/FYJEULF3 and to confirm what cedrig91 is saying - yes, my VM is also quite old. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-vmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328898 Title: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/+bug/1328898/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update
booting kernel with the following patch http://pastebin.com/NBeRfwYJ and running "dmesg | grep fb_fix" comes back empty, so vmw_fb_check_var is not invoked. however, in my setup there is a reliably reproducible link between changes to info->fix.line_length and the split screen issue: comment out info->fix.line_length changes => everything's fine, put them back in info->fix.line_length => "split screen" on boot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-vmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328898 Title: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/+bug/1328898/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update
i was running with quiet mode disabled but just to be sure i added a printk statement to vmw_fb_init and it does appear in the output. current patch: http://pastebin.com/4g0Pw5Bg dmesg output: $ dmesg | grep vmw [2.014495] vmwgfx :00:0f.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [2.041379] vmw_fb_init called [2.055168] [drm] Initialized vmwgfx 2.3.0 20111025 for :00:0f.0 on minor 0 [ 11.613973] init: vmware-tools pre-start process (1744) terminated with status 1 $ dmesg | grep fb_fix (nothing) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-vmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328898 Title: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/+bug/1328898/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update
Chris, as mentioned above, my host is a modified Ubuntu 12.04 (with a newer 3.13 kernel), amd64. i'm afraid i cannot post exact build details because it's an internal corporate build. my player version is 6.0.2 build-1744117, guest os is a vanilla 12.04 amd64 the image i'm using was created a couple years ago using earlier versions of vmware. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-vmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328898 Title: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/+bug/1328898/+subscriptions ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 424165] Re: Apply screen blanking patches as noted by the gnome-power-manager
the following patch is also required: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=c1d901d723c3bee523736eacc15b44a7dff484fe per email conversation with the maintainer: === > in short: your patch to X.org seems to be not enough, i see exactly the same > problem on an X server with the patch applied. any ideas what else needs to > be done? > feel free to send me patches to try or event an idea where to look, i'm not > code-shy :) Try http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/?id=c1d901d723c3bee523736eacc15b44a7dff484fe There are 3 patches to apply against the release, or just use git master. === this patch solved the issue, so please do apply it. -- Apply screen blanking patches as noted by the gnome-power-manager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/424165 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
