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

[Alexander Pyhalov]

On 11/15/17 06:36 PM, Gordon Ross wrote:
> After a recent hipster update, Xorg resize in vmware broke.
> Before this I could go in and out of vmware full-screen mode
> and the guest would update the Xorg display size.  After, it
> doesn't appear to allow the video mode wanted by full screen
> (in this case 1600x900)
> 
> Anyone else see this?  Ideas what needs to be fixed?
> Anyone else running under vmware?
> (vmware workstation 10.0.7)
> 
> Xorg.log from the failing and working cases attached.
> I don't see any surprising differences between them.
> Here's the info. about the driver.
> 
> Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/amd64/vmware_drv.so
> [ 10231.876] (II) Module vmware: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> [ 10231.876]    compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 13.2.1
> [ 10231.876]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
> [ 10231.876]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0

Hi, Gordon.
I haven't run illumos and Xorg in vmware for a long time, so can't 
comment on this, but try updating, latest Xorg which we ship is 1.19.5.

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Best regards,
Alexander Pyhalov,
system administrator of Southern Federal University IT department