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flin n00b
Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 69 Location: Duesseldorf, Germany
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:53 pm Post subject: VMware and kernel 2.6.10-r6 |
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Hi,
does anybody else have a problem with VMware and gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r6? I am getting a strange effect that somehow the palette used on the desktop (X and Vmware window) gets distorted when I start an OS in VMware, which is strange because I am using 24bit color depth. When I switch to a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+F1 and back to X, the effect is gone but usually reappears after a couple of minutes.
When I switch back to an older kernel, like 2.6.9-r9, the problem does not appear.
Does anybody have an idea how to get rid of the problem (apart from switching back to 2.6.9?)
Btw, I am using:
sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r6
media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r1
media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.6629-r1
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x11-base/xorg-x11 |
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yaneurabeya Veteran
Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 1754 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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I don't have any issues with 2.6.10-r4 and the latest version of vmware. |
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lotw Guru
Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 342 Location: Palmdale
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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 1:20 am Post subject: Re: VMware and kernel 2.6.10-r6 |
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flin wrote: | Hi,
does anybody else have a problem with VMware and gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r6? I am getting a strange effect that somehow the palette used on the desktop (X and Vmware window) gets distorted when I start an OS in VMware, which is strange because I am using 24bit color depth. When I switch to a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+F1 and back to X, the effect is gone but usually reappears after a couple of minutes.
When I switch back to an older kernel, like 2.6.9-r9, the problem does not appear.
Does anybody have an idea how to get rid of the problem (apart from switching back to 2.6.9?)
Btw, I am using:
sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.10-r6
media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r1
media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.6629-r1
and
x11-base/xorg-x11 |
You must be using an ATI card with the older drivers, not ment for XORG-X11. Try doing an emerge --sync, then emerge -uDp world. If you see the ati-drivers in there, they should fix your problem. |
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flin n00b
Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 69 Location: Duesseldorf, Germany
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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:40 am Post subject: |
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I am using an nvidia card with the latest drivers (problem also appears with older nvidia-kernels, e.g. nvidia-kernel-1.0.6111-r3, I checked that as well).
But when I switch to kernel 2.6.9-r9, the problem is gone.
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lotw Guru
Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 342 Location: Palmdale
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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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flin wrote: | I am using an nvidia card with the latest drivers (problem appears also with older nvidia-kernels, e.g. nvidia-kernel-1.0.6111-r3, I checked that as well).
But when I switch to kernel 2.6.9-r9, the problem is gone. |
Are you using the frame buffer support in the kernel? I found that turning it off if you have it on works. |
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grimzy n00b
Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 27 Location: Down the rabbithole
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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Im having the same issue.
2.6.10-gentoo-r6
VMware Workstation 4.5.2 build-8848
Found a solution?
Really dont wanna downgrade my kernel.. |
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cyner n00b
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not having these issues and I'm running VMWare 4.5.2, kernel 2.6.10-r6, nvidia-kernel 6629 and xorg-x11 6.8.0. |
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lotw Guru
Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 342 Location: Palmdale
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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grimzy wrote: | Im having the same issue.
2.6.10-gentoo-r6
VMware Workstation 4.5.2 build-8848
Found a solution?
Really dont wanna downgrade my kernel.. |
I just checked my Laptop running the NVidia Chipset, VMWARE Workstation v4.5.2.8848-r2, and kernel 2.6.10 and it works perfect. Make sure that you are not using the frame buffer support in the kernel. That caused me a lot of headaches with VMWARE and video in general. |
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grimzy n00b
Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 27 Location: Down the rabbithole
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, thanks. I'll try that. |
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grimzy n00b
Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 27 Location: Down the rabbithole
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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Woah, for some reason that worked great.
Thanks! |
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flin n00b
Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 69 Location: Duesseldorf, Germany
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:34 am Post subject: |
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I am currently using the kernel version 2.6.9 with framebuffer support and have no problems. I am going to try if turning off framebuffer helps (I guess so, because framebuffer is known to cause a lot of problems).
That's sad though, I kind of like framebuffer terminals |
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tredman2 Apprentice
Joined: 06 Dec 2002 Posts: 169 Location: Holiday, FL
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject: Framebuffer Support |
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I had the same problem.
I really hated the idea of getting rid of my pretty screens, but then I thought to myself, "Self, how often do you use a vc?" The answer to that is "almost never, unless something goes south with my nVidia driver. So in the true spirt of only compiling things into the kernel that you'll actually use, I said au revoir to the framebuffer. _________________ Tim
"I drank what?" - Socrates, 399 BCE |
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yaneurabeya Veteran
Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 1754 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 5:47 am Post subject: |
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framebuffer does seem to cause more problems than it's worth with the nvidia drivers >_<... |
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tredman2 Apprentice
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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NVidia isn't the only culprit. I have problems with the Radeon driver, too. _________________ Tim
"I drank what?" - Socrates, 399 BCE |
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