The stable overlay has now had the rebuilt vmware driver added to it. This has enabled me to upgrade my vmware machines without X breaking any more.
On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 2:02 AM, Michi Henning <[email protected]> wrote: > After the latest apt-get upgrade, I again have a VM that won't boot. > Unfortunately, it seems to fail very early during the boot. I can't get a > VT, and there are no error messages, just an underscore cursor at the top > left. > > At any rate, if the vmware driver is missing in the PPA, it would be > really great to add it! > > Cheers, > > Michi. > > > On 4 Sep 2015, at 20:23 , Pete Woods <[email protected]> wrote: > > You guys have uploaded the other video drivers to the PPA, but I suspect > we also need to upload: > > xserver-xorg-video-vmware > > in addition. I am encountering the same problems as michi. > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Michi Henning < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> For what it's worth, in case someone else stumbles into this: >> >> apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg >> >> This fixed it. (Thanks dobey!) >> >> Michi. >> >> >> On 14 Aug 2015, at 6:53 , Michi Henning <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Thanks for your help guys! >> > >> > There are no obvious errors in Xorg.0.log, but in lightdm.log, I find: >> > >> > DisplayServer x-0: Can't launch Xserver X -core, not found in path >> > DisplayServer x-0: Xserver stopped >> > >> > Any ideas? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Michi. >> > >> > >> > On 14 Aug 2015, at 0:05 , Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> Hey, >> >> >> >> I uploaded the intel, ati and nvidia drivers to the overlay PPA when >> >> working on getting this resolved. Those were the three drivers that >> >> seemed to be affected by the original bug. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> W dniu 13.08.2015 o 15:15, Albert Astals Cid pisze: >> >>> Ah then probably you're not using the intel driver, i'd say have a >> >>> look at the /var/log/Xorg* and see which driver is failing, maybe we >> >>> need rebuilds of more drivers, myself i'm using >> >>> >> >>> ii xserver-xorg-core >> >>> 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu0.1~overlay1 amd64 >> >>> Xorg X server - core server >> >>> ii xserver-xorg-dev >> >>> 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu0.1~overlay1 amd64 >> >>> Xorg X server - development files >> >>> ii xserver-xorg-video-intel >> >>> 2:2.99.917-1~exp1ubuntu2.3~overlay1 amd64 >> >>> X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Michi Henning >> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> On 13 Aug 2015, at 21:05 , Albert Astals Cid < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>>> If you update && dist-upgrade you should get the new intel driver >> from >> >>>>> the stable-phone-overlay that fixes it. >> >>>> >> >>>> Thanks! I tried that, but no joy. I still get a black screen with a >> blinking cursor at the top. >> >>>> >> >>>> I've tried both with both versions mentioned earlier, same result. >> >>>> >> >>>> What version should I be seeing for things to work? >> >>>> >> >>>> All this is in a VMWare Fusion VM. I've rebuilt Vmware Tools with >> both driver versions installed, but that didn't make any difference. >> >>>> >> >>>> Is anyone else around who has Vivid with the overlay working in >> VMWare Fusion? I'm running the latest version (7.1.2). >> >>>> >> >>>> Thanks, >> >>>> >> >>>> Michi. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Michi Henning >> >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>>> After doing an upgrade and installing >> xserver-xorg-core=2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 >> >>>>>> again, I still don't get a desktop. >> >>>>>> The same thing happens with >> xserver-xort-core=2:1.17.2-1ubuntu0.1~overlay1. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can my desktop back? >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Thanks, >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Michi. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> On 6 Aug 2015, at 8:25 , Kevin Gunn <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Hi all - >> >>>>>> So I felt like this needed to be shared just in case. >> >>>>>> Some folks have added the ppa for stable-phone-overlay to their >> vivid >> >>>>>> desktop to assist their efforts with development activities for >> the phone. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> This has worked with no issues in recent history, however today it >> was >> >>>>>> discovered by one of our team mates that if you're using >> >>>>>> vivid+stable-phone-overlay on your desktop and you update(today) >> on intel >> >>>>>> you may not get graphics but... >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> "Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so: >> >>>>>> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so: undefined symbol: >> xorgMir >> >>>>>> in /var/log/Xorg.*" >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> To recover your graphics >> >>>>>> sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core=2:1.17.1-0ubuntu3 >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> I'm on wily so I can't speak to the experience or specifics, but I >> wanted to >> >>>>>> share just in case this might be effecting so silent but >> frustrated folks. >> >>>>>> br,kg >> >>>>>> -- >> >>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> >>>>>> Post to : [email protected] >> >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> -- >> >>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> >>>>>> Post to : [email protected] >> >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >>>>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak >> >> Foundations Team >> >> [email protected] >> >> www.canonical.com >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> >> Post to : [email protected] >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > >
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