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 Desktop Packages, 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 Status in “xserver-xorg-video-vmware” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: 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. 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/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
