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kelmo
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Post subject: VmWare boot broken
 Posted: Apr 12, 2008 - 01:15 PM
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I broke booting in vmware in recent changes to automatic xorg.conf creation. The mouse section is missing (below keyboard section, usually):
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "VMMouse 0"
Driver "vmmouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection
The reason was a missing template in fll-xorgconfig package, which would be fixed with following patch:
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--- fll-live-initscripts-3.0.24/share/fll-live-xorgconfig/templates/inputdevice_vmmouse 1970-01-01 10:00:00.000000000 +1000
+++ fll-live-initscripts-3.0.24.vmmouse/share/fll-live-xorgconfig/templates/inputdevice_vmmouse 2008-04-12 22:57:24.000000000 +1000
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Section "InputDevice"
+ Identifier "@@NAME@@"
+ Driver "vmmouse"
+ Option "Device" "@@DEVICE@@"
+ Option "Protocol" "@@PROTOCOL@@"
+ Option "@@COREPOINTER@@"
+EndSection
Thanks to a buch of people for spotting and debugging, sorry to affected users. |
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michaa
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Post subject: VmWare boot broken
Posted: Apr 12, 2008 - 01:25 PM
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| is there a way to fix the downloaded iso? |
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Meine HW: asus A7V133-C , 512 RAM, nvidia FX5200 (Gainward), sb128pci ; classic-ide-only system with additional ide-hostadapter: promise Ultra100TX2;
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kelmo
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Post subject: RE: VmWare boot broken
Posted: Apr 12, 2008 - 01:26 PM
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This patch should probably be added too:
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--- fll-live-initscripts-3.0.24/debian/fll-live-xorgconfig.fll-xorgconfig.init 2008-04-05 19:39:33.000000000 +1000
+++ fll-live-initscripts-3.0.24.vmmouse/debian/fll-live-xorgconfig.fll-xorgconfig.init 2008-04-12 23:23:54.000000000 +1000
@@ -308,6 +308,10 @@ do_start() {
XMODULE="vmware"
# ...and mouse
XCFG_OPTS="${XCFG_OPTS} --input name=VMMouse type=vmmouse device=/dev/input/mice corepointer=CorePointer protocol=Auto"
+ # disable monitor probe
+ XNOXRESPROBE="1"
+ # disable modelines
+ XNOMODELINES="1"
;;
esac
fi
Adding it here, since berlios.de SVN is kaput, so I don't forget it... |
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kelmo
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Post subject: Re: VmWare boot broken
Posted: Apr 12, 2008 - 01:28 PM
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michaa wrote:
is there a way to fix the downloaded iso?
No. You add the missing section yourself, or use a nice program like Virtualbox, which gets more attention from our tools  |
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michaa
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Post subject: Re: VmWare boot broken
Posted: Apr 12, 2008 - 01:39 PM
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kelmo wrote:
michaa wrote:
is there a way to fix the downloaded iso?
No. You add the missing section yourself, or use a nice program like Virtualbox, which gets more attention from our tools
Actually I am using Virtualbox, I mixed it up with VM when reading your initial post. |
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DeepDayze
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Post subject: Re: VmWare boot broken
Posted: Apr 12, 2008 - 03:36 PM
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kelmo wrote:
michaa wrote:
is there a way to fix the downloaded iso?
No. You add the missing section yourself, or use a nice program like Virtualbox, which gets more attention from our tools
perhaps could be included in an xdelta (albeit a tiny patch, perhaps including fixes for any other bugs) ? |
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slh
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Post subject: RE: Re: VmWare boot broken
Posted: Apr 12, 2008 - 04:26 PM
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| It neither affects real hardware and only affects non-free software (which is even in a dark legal area of licensing), rest assured that there won't be any xdelta for this issue alone. The fix is simple, use free software like virtualbox-ose. |
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