Any known problems with vmplayer and git driver?

Fri Jan 21 11:36:06 PST 2011

Hi,

you mentioned virtualbox and vmware.

Does virtualbox work or does it crash, too? If virtualbox isn't working too it seems
to be a problem with some other piece of software.
I'm using virtualbox with the radeon driver for month without any issues.

Regards,
Felix

On 21. January 2011 - 11:00, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:00:18 -0800
> From: Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com>
> To: Michel Dänzer <michel at daenzer.net>
> Cc: xorg-driver-ati at lists.x.org
> Subject: Re: Any known problems with vmplayer and git driver?
> 
> 2011/1/20 Michel Dänzer <michel at daenzer.net>:
> > On Don, 2011-01-20 at 12:55 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>    I switched to the git version of xf86-video-ati this morning and I
> >> immediately noticed some improvements with things like KDE menus and
> >> such. However almost immediately I started having problems with
> >> VMWare's vmplayer app. Appliances that I have run for months now won't
> >> run at all. Lock files are left in the appliance directories and the
> >> player won't play them.
> >>
> >>    There have been a few other changes to this machine over the last
> >> few days so I want to be careful about debugging what the root cause
> >> is but they were certainly working this morning before I tried the new
> >> driver.
> >>
> >>    At this point I'm unable to run my most important appliances.
> >>
> >>    I have not yet downgraded back to the normal release. I'll be doing
> >> that soon.
> >>
> >>    Thanks in advance for any info.
> >
> > I'm afraid it's you who needs to provide us with more information about
> > the problem... I assume the lock files are just leftovers from the
> > original problem.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Earthling Michel Dänzer           |                http://www.vmware.com
> > Libre software enthusiast         |          Debian, X and DRI developer
> >
> 
> OK, back again and as far as I can tell the problem is real. If I open
> any VM in vmplayer after having upgraded to xf86-video-ati from git
> then the VM hangs and there's no good way to get back out gracefully.
> I do agree that the lock files are likely just a by-product of not
> closing the machine normally. emerging vmware-workstation and doing a
> reconfigure seems to clear that problem up.
> 
> Here's what I did to test:
> 
> 1) First, running the older xf86-video-6.13.2 I upgraded to mesa-7.10
> & mesa-progs-0.8
> 
> 2) Rebooted and tested glxgears. Rendering was disabled in Xorg.0.log
> and FPS was about 200. glxgears -info showed I was using mesa-7.10.
> 
> 3) Ran both a Virtualbox and VMware VM. Both worked fine.
> 
> 4) Updated to xf86-video-ati-9999 which comes from git.
> 
> 5) For safety ran module-rebuild -X rebuild which rebuilds all the
> stuff I normally build after creating a new kernel.
> 
> 6) Rebooted and tested glxgears. Rendering was now enabled which is
> good. FPS was still at 200 which was no improvement.
> 
> 7) I then ran a VMware VM which hung immediately.If you're familiar
> with running VMs there's a first step where it looks like a BIOS boot
> screen and then you see VMware and a bar which gets bigger to the
> right over time. With the new driver installed this bar never appears
> and the VM is hung.
> 
> 8) Rebooted and emerged vmware-workstation again. Ran modules-rebuild
> -X rebuild again. For safety rebooted.
> 
> 9) Tried running the player again but it's still unable to show the
> first portion of the boot screen.
> 
> From my perspective the problem is real and it's the new driver from
> git that kicks it off.
> 
> There's certainly a possibility that it's another piece of software
> that's involved. xorg-server is a little old. I could update to
> 1.9.3.901. There is a newer version of vmware-workstation but I cannot
> get it to even install yet.
> 
> With VMware back to working as of right now this is what's on the system:
> 
> c2stable ~ # uname -a
> Linux c2stable 2.6.36-gentoo-r6 #28 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 20 12:03:50
> PST 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @ 3.33GHz GenuineIntel
> GNU/Linux
> c2stable ~ #
> 
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-libs/libdrm-2.4.23  USE="libkms -static-libs"
> VIDEO_CARDS="radeon vmware -intel -nouveau" 0 kB [0]
> 
> [ebuild   R   ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.28-r1  0 kB [1]
> 
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.9.2  USE="nptl udev xorg -dmx
> -doc -ipv6 -kdrive -minimal -static-libs -tslib" 0 kB [0]
> 
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.13.2  0 kB [0]
> 
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.2  0 kB [0]
> 
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware-11.0.3  0 kB [0]
> 
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa-2.3.0  USE="-debug" 0 kB [0]
> 
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.9  INPUT_DEVICES="evdev
> keyboard mouse -acecad -aiptek -elographics -fpit -joystick -penmount
> -synaptics -tslib -virtualbox -vmmouse -void -wacom"
> VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev radeon vesa vmware -apm -ark -ast -chips -cirrus
> -dummy -epson -fglrx (-geode) -glint -i128 (-i740) (-impact) -intel
> -mach64 -mga -neomagic (-newport) -nouveau -nv -nvidia -r128
> -rendition -s3 -s3virge -savage -siliconmotion -sis -sisusb (-sunbw2)
> (-suncg14) (-suncg3) (-suncg6) (-sunffb) (-sunleo) (-suntcx) -tdfx
> -tga -trident -tseng -v4l -via -virtualbox (-voodoo) (-xgi)" 0 kB [0]
> 
> 
> If you need more info let me know. If I should be filing a bug report
> somewhere please let me know that also.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
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