Re: [oi-dev] Xorg vmware_drv resize problem? (OI vmware guest)

2017-11-27 Thread Gordon Ross
I tried after another update yesterday. Same problem. After a little more experimenting, and I noticed that copy/paste between the Windows host and the guest no longer work either. As I understand it, both copy/paste and resize involve an interaction between the hypervisor and the guest, and the

Re: [oi-dev] Xorg vmware_drv resize problem? (OI vmware guest)

2017-11-27 Thread Michael Kruger
On 11/27/2017 10:54 AM, Gordon Ross wrote: I tried after another update yesterday. Same problem. After a little more experimenting, and I noticed that copy/paste between the Windows host and the guest no longer work either. As I understand it, both copy/paste and resize involve an interaction b

Re: [oi-dev] Xorg vmware_drv resize problem? (OI vmware guest)

2017-11-27 Thread Aurélien Larcher
On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 3:28 AM, Michael Kruger wrote: > On 11/27/2017 10:54 AM, Gordon Ross wrote: > >> I tried after another update yesterday. Same problem. >> >> After a little more experimenting, and I noticed that copy/paste >> between the Windows host and the guest no longer work either. >

Re: [oi-dev] Xorg vmware_drv resize problem? (OI vmware guest)

2017-11-27 Thread Gordon Ross
Oh, that's interesting. The notes on https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools mention that some distributions ship two packages, one "base" with just the system components to support things like graceful power control etc, and another "desktop" package with dependencies on the base and X11. We'll

Re: [oi-dev] Xorg vmware_drv resize problem? (OI vmware guest)

2017-11-27 Thread Gordon Ross
Thanks for the info. FYI, copy/paste and resize have usually worked for me, but broke with the most recent updates. On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Michael Kruger wrote: > On 11/27/2017 10:54 AM, Gordon Ross wrote: >> >> I tried after another update yesterday. Same problem. >> >> After a littl

Re: [oi-dev] Xorg vmware_drv resize problem? (OI vmware guest)

2017-11-27 Thread Aurélien Larcher
On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 4:37 AM, Gordon Ross wrote: > Thanks for the info. FYI, copy/paste and resize have usually worked > for me, but broke with the most recent updates. > Yes we should investigate the possibility to ship a more comprehensive package. Unfortunately I have no access to any VMw