[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-07 Thread Tim
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #686994 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686994 ** Also affects: linux (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686994 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Summary changed: - vmwgfx kernel module not lo

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-07 Thread Tim
** Bug watch added: Virtualbox Trac #10901 http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10901 ** Also affects: linux via http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10901 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-07 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.5.0-14.15 --- linux (3.5.0-14.15) quantal-proposed; urgency=low [ Andy Whitcroft ] * SAUCE: fs: d_revalidate methods may be passed a NULL nameidata - LP: #1038075 [ Dave Airlie ] * SAUCE: drm/vmwgfx: add MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE so

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-06 Thread Tim Gardner
** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-vmware (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: virtualbox-guest-additions (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-06 Thread Tim Gardner
Tim (darkxst) - good catch. I've applied the patch in #34 with minor formatting changes. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal) Assignee: (unassigned) => Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) -- You received this bug notificat

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-06 Thread Tim Gardner
** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-vmware (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: virtualbox-guest-additions (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New **

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-06 Thread Ubuntu Foundation's Bug Bot
The attachment "vbox.patch" of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The ubuntu-reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this situation by removing the tag 'patch' from the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-06 Thread Tim
** Patch added: "kernel patch to fix udev loading of vmwgfx" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox-guest-additions/+bug/1039157/+attachment/3295583/+files/2-2-drm-vmwgfx-add-MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE-so-vmwgfx-loads-at-boot-2.patch -- You received this bug notification because you a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-06 Thread Tim
Here is a patch against virtualbox-guest-dkms, that fixes the udev loading of vboxvideo at boot. ** Patch added: "vbox.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox-guest-additions/+bug/1039157/+attachment/3295573/+files/vbox.patch -- You received this bug notification because

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Tim
exactly the same issue on virtualbox, it also requires a similar patch (albeit in a different package) ** Also affects: virtualbox-guest-additions (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Tim
Rebuilt kernel with the above patch, I can confirm that vmwgfx does get loaded by udev now 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/1039157 Title: vmwgfx kern

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Tim
vmwgfx does not export modalias, I found this patch https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1379071/ -- 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/1039157 Title: vmwgfx kernel

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Tim
I tested a few of the older mainline kernels going right back to 3.4.0, and vmwgfx fails to auto-load on all of the ones I tested. -- 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/bug

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Tim
** Attachment added: "syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1039157/+attachment/3295079/+files/syslog -- 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/

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Tim
I am attaching some logs from a clean boot off the live CD. vmwgfx has not been added to /etc/modules ** Attachment added: "kern.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1039157/+attachment/3295078/+files/kern.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a membe

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Barry Warsaw
FWIW, the 3.6.0-030600rc4-generic kernel seems supremely unhappy. No graphics at all. -- 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/1039157 Title: vmwgfx kernel module not

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Sep 05, 2012, at 03:11 PM, Joseph Salisbury wrote: >Was there a prior kernel version that did not have this issue? Yes, but I can't remember exactly which version this broke on. It definitely worked all through 12.04 and in 12.10 up until whatever upgrade I happened to do on-or-about 2012-08-

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Barry Warsaw
Hi Tim, On Sep 05, 2012, at 04:54 PM, Tim Gardner wrote: >Barry - its not clear if the attached kern.log in comment #11 is after >you've added vmwgfx to /etc/modules. At any rate, that module is getting >loaded about 20 seconds into the boot: > >[ 20.863814] [drm] Initialized vmwgfx 2.4.0 20120

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Tim Gardner
Barry - its not clear if the attached kern.log in comment #11 is after you've added vmwgfx to /etc/modules. At any rate, that module is getting loaded about 20 seconds into the boot: [ 20.863814] [drm] Initialized vmwgfx 2.4.0 20120209 for :00:0f.0 on minor 0 The vmwgfx module is a PCI devi

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Joseph Salisbury
@Barry, Was there a prior kernel version that did not have this issue? I see that the vmwgfx driver is configured to be a module in the kernel config file: config.common.ubuntu:CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX=m Can you also attach your /var/log/syslog file? One additional request, can you test the latest ma

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Joseph Salisbury
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[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-05 Thread Tim
** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-vmware (Ubuntu) => linux-meta (Ubuntu) ** Package changed: linux-meta (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-vmware (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-vmware (Ubuntu) Status:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-02 Thread Tim
Also, shouldnt this be filed against the kernel? its not a problem with the Xorg driver, but the kernel drm driver. -- 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/1039157 Titl

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-02 Thread Tim
A couple of other observations `modinfo vmwgfx`, does not return any modalias' for this driver. I can't see anything in any of the logs to even suggest that the kernel made any attempt to load vmwgfx. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribe

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-09-02 Thread Tim
I am seeing this as well, while its not a huge issue on a desktop system, as can easily workaround via adding to /etc/modules. Its a big problem on the LiveCD's that fail to load vmwgfx (even if I pass in loadmodules=vmwgfx, via grub boot options) -- You received this bug notification because you

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-08-27 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-vmware (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-vmware in Ubuntu. https://

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1039157] Re: vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default

2012-08-21 Thread Barry Warsaw
** Summary changed: - X problems in Fusion guest + vmwgfx kernel module not loaded by default -- 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/1039157 Title: vmwgfx kernel mo