[oi-dev] OI hipster-2015 under vmware

[Gordon Ross]

Here's what I have installed:

-bash-4.2$ ls /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers
amd64             cirrus_laguna.so  r128_drv.so       vmware_drv.so
ast_drv.so        intel_drv.so      radeon_drv.so     vmwlegacy_drv.so
ati_drv.so        mach64_drv.so     savage_drv.so
cirrus_alpine.so  mga_drv.so        trident_drv.so
cirrus_drv.so     nv_drv.so         vesa_drv.so
-bash-4.2$ pkg search vmware_drv.so
INDEX      ACTION VALUE                                            PACKAGE
basename   file   usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amd64/vmware_drv.so
pkg:/x11/server/xorg/driver/xorg-video-vmware at 13.1.0-2015.0.1.0
basename   file   usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so
pkg:/x11/server/xorg/driver/xorg-video-vmware at 13.1.0-2015.0.1.0
-bash-4.2$ ls /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input
amd64           kbd_drv.so      mouse_drv.so    vmmouse_drv.so
-bash-4.2$ pkg search vmmouse_drv.so
INDEX      ACTION VALUE                                           PACKAGE
basename   file   usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/amd64/vmmouse_drv.so
pkg:/x11/server/xorg/driver/xorg-input-vmmouse at 13.1.0-2015.0.2.0
basename   file   usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/vmmouse_drv.so
pkg:/x11/server/xorg/driver/xorg-input-vmmouse at 13.1.0-2015.0.2.0
basename   file   usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/amd64/vmmouse_drv.so
pkg:/x11/server/xorg/driver/xorg-input-vmmouse at 13.1.0-2015.0.2.0
basename   file   usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/vmmouse_drv.so
pkg:/x11/server/xorg/driver/xorg-input-vmmouse at 13.1.0-2015.0.2.0


On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Gordon Ross <gordon.w.ross at gmail.com> wrote:
> It looks like the tools provided by vmware are not compatible with the
> Xorg server in hipster-2015.  Xorg.0.log says:
>
> [ 56371.097] (II) LoadModule: "vmmouse"
> [ 56371.097] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/amd64/vmmouse_drv.so
> [ 56371.098] (II) Module vmmouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> [ 56371.098]    compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 12.7.0
> [ 56371.098]    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
> [ 56371.098]    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0
> [ 56371.098] (EE) module ABI major version (7) doesn't match the
> server's version (19)
> [ 56371.098] (II) UnloadModule: "vmmouse"
> [ 56371.098] (II) Unloading vmmouse
>
> These appear to be available here.
>    http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/
>
> Has anyone tried to get these to build? If not, where would one add
> it?  I guess the xnv consolidation, but where is the one hipster uses?
>
> Strangely, this vmware driver (on the same system) seems to be OK:
>
> [ 56370.489] (II) LoadModule: "vmware"
> [ 56370.490] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amd64/vmware_drv.so
> [ 56370.497] (II) Module vmware: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> [ 56370.497]    compiled for 1.14.7, module version = 13.1.0
> [ 56370.497]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
> [ 56370.497]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
>
> But that could stop working too...
>
> Thanks,
> Gordon