[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update

2014-07-03 Thread cfriedt
Oh dear... It seems like we're narrowing it down at least, but it definitely seems to be limited to older VMWare versions and possibly only Windows hosts. @cedricg91 would you be able to follow up with Thomas Hellstrom's request for a VM image? In fact, would you be able to just put it up publica

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update

2014-07-02 Thread cfriedt
Not sure atm, but you might need to remove "quiet" from the boot args to see KERN_INFO messages. -- 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 v

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update

2014-07-02 Thread cfriedt
Hmm... I'm still skeptical that this code path is even touched. Thomas Hellstrom is removing the write to BYTES_PER_LINE in any case, because it is a read-only register. The most decisive test would be to log entry into this function call, like I said in my last message, but that would really onl

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update

2014-07-01 Thread cfriedt
Hi cedricg91, While I don't have a Windows 7 PC handy, I have tested using the following two host environments. * ElementaryOS (VMWare Player 6.0.2 build-1744117 / 3D acceleration OFF) * Mac OS X Mountain Lion (VMWare Fusion 5.0.4 1435862 / 3D acceleration ON) With each of these host environment

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update

2014-06-30 Thread cfriedt
correction. might be an issue with vmwgfx kms / fbdev. further discussion is happening on LKML. -- 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 vi

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1328898] Re: VMware guest video broken by the 3.2.0.64 kernel update

2014-06-30 Thread cfriedt
The issue is with xorg-video-vmware, not vmwgfx. -- 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 ma