So, with Prf_Jakob's help, I added vmwgfx to /etc/modules and rebooted. That gave me 3d, no tiny fonts on lightdm, and no llvmpipe based corruptions. So that's a great workaround, but why isn't vmwgfx being loaded automatically?
% grep -i 3d /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 8.737] (II) vmware(0): Gallium3D XA version: 1.0.0. [ 8.737] (--) vmware(0): Direct rendering (3D) is enabled. % grep -i open /tmp/glxinfo.txt OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on SVGA3D; build: RELEASE; OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20 OpenGL extensions: % lsmod | grep vmwgfx vmwgfx 121226 3 ttm 83595 1 vmwgfx drm 275528 4 vmwgfx,ttm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1039157 Title: X problems in Fusion guest To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-vmware/+bug/1039157/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
