Source: xorg
Version: X.Org X Server 1.18.4 xorg-server 2:1.18.4-1 Build Date: 20 July 2016
Severity: important
to reproduce: install debian 9 on vmware, just "base system tools" and "ssh
server",
then apt-get install lightdm xorg-xserver-video-dummy xorg-xserver-video-vmware
x11vnc; Xorg :0 -configure;
now if you reboot, you're welcomed by the lightdm login screen,
but if you do "cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf" before you restart,
you'll be welcomed by a black screen with a mouse pointer that moves around, but
does nothing. it does not react to "ctrl+alt+delete" either.
simiarly, if you install an xorg.conf for using video-dummy, like
`wget
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/divinity76/ce210b5dbcd9ea7d0585ac403caef577/raw/
-O /etc/X11/xorg.conf`,
then reboot, then connect to the vm via ssh, then do
`service lightdm status`, there you should see a line containing "-auth
/var/run/lightmd/SOMETHING",
then do `x11vnc -auth /var/run/lightmd/SOMETHING -display :0` ,
then connect to it via a vnc client (default port 5900),
and you'll see that video-dummy suffers the same issue, it's just a black
screen with a mouse pointer.
doing the same steps on debian 8 works fine, eg, you're welcomed by the lightdm
login screen.
-- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
ii x11-xkb-utils7.7+3
ii xkb-data 2.17-1
ii xserver-xorg-core2:1.18.4-1
ii xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.7+16
ii xserver-xorg-input-libinput [xorg-driver-input] 0.19.0-1
ii xserver-xorg-input-wacom [xorg-driver-input] 0.30.0-1+b1
ii xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.7+16
ii xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu [xorg-driver-video]1.1.2-1
ii xserver-xorg-video-ati [xorg-driver-video] 1:7.7.1-1
ii xserver-xorg-video-fbdev [xorg-driver-video] 1:0.4.4-1+b4
ii xserver-xorg-video-intel [xorg-driver-video] 2:2.99.917+git20160706-1
ii xserver-xorg-video-nouveau [xorg-driver-video] 1:1.0.12-2
ii xserver-xorg-video-qxl [xorg-driver-video] 0.1.4-3+b1
ii xserver-xorg-video-radeon [xorg-driver-video]1:7.7.1-1
ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa [xorg-driver-video] 1:2.3.4-1+b1
ii xserver-xorg-video-vmware [xorg-driver-video]1:13.1.0-2+b1
Versions of packages xserver-xorg recommends:
ii libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.3-1
