I have tested with mesa 9.1 from x-staging ppa, and this does resolve the issue
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1136475 Title: clutter freezes due to unsupported GL extension in vmwgfx Status in Mesa: Fix Released Status in “mesa” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Currently vmwgfx is completely broken with any clutter based apps. It is not possible to load gdm, gnome-shell etc. This is caused by a certain GL extension, that is enabled but not availble in the vmwgfx driver. There are patches in the upstream bug to fix this. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mesa/+bug/1136475/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

