[Bug 1212138] Re: uvesafb not working on Saucy

2013-10-22 Thread Steven Shiau
This issue still exists on the released saucy, i.e. linux kernel 3.11.0-12-generic. Apparently the issue is about vmwgfx, so a workaround is to disable vmwgfx by adding a boot parameter like "vmwgfx.enable_fbdev=no" because if "vmwgfx.enable_fbdev=0" is used, vmwgfx module is still loaded. The

[Bug 1212138] Re: uvesafb not working on Saucy

2013-09-29 Thread steven_shiau
BTW, the vmware workstation version I am testing is 10.0.0-1295980. This issue also exists on VMWare workstation 9.0.2-1031769. steven. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212138 Title:

[Bug 1212138] Re: uvesafb not working on Saucy

2013-09-29 Thread steven_shiau
Today I upgraded to linux kernel 3.11.0-9-generic, and this issue still remains: = [ 21.274317] uvesafb: VMware, Inc, VMware virtual machine, 2.0, OEM: V M ware, Inc. VBE support 2.0, VBE v2.0 [ 21.331168] uvesafb: NX protection is active, better not use the PMI. [

[Bug 1212138] Re: uvesafb not working on Saucy

2013-09-21 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212138 Title: uvesafb not

[Bug 1212138] Re: uvesafb not working on Saucy

2013-08-26 Thread steven_shiau
This issue still exist in "Linux version 3.11.0-3-generic (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.8 .1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.1-9ubuntu1) ) #8-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 23 16:49:15 UTC 2013 ( Ubuntu 3.11.0-3.8-generic 3.11.0-rc6)". BTW, more info in the output of dmesg: === [ 14.957517] u

[Bug 1212138] Re: uvesafb not working on Saucy

2013-08-14 Thread steven_shiau
** Package changed: jfbterm (Ubuntu) => ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212138 Title: uvesafb not working on Saucy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.l