[issue1280] grml under ESXi 5.5

[Andrzej Tobola]

Andrzej Tobola <ato at iem.pw.edu.pl> added the comment:

Hi,

On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 04:26:48PM +0000, Michael Prokop wrote:
> * Andrzej Tobola wrote in grml's BTS on 20131005 / 17:25:
> > I diagnosed problem - it was vga=791 kernel option
> > I am booting physical and virtual machines from LAN using iPXE:
> [...]
> > without vga= all is OK.
>
> Hm interesting, my only guess here as relevant change between rc1
> and stable release is an update in xserver packages (related to
> kms/modesetting), what graphics card is in use at your machine(s)?
> Use e.g. 'hwinfo --gfxcard' to identify.

It is a standard VMware emulated Video card:

49:nPCI60f.0:e0300dVGA compatible controller (VGA)
  [Created at pci.318]
  Unique ID: _+Pw.jBKePf3JQB5
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0f.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:00:0f.0
  Hardware Class: graphics card
  Model: "VMWare VMWARE0405"
  Vendor: pci 0x15ad "VMWare, Inc."
  Device: pci 0x0405 "VMWARE0405"
  SubVendor: pci 0x15ad "VMWare, Inc."
  SubDevice: pci 0x0405
  Driver: "vmwgfx"
  Driver Modules: "drm"
  I/O Ports: 0x1070-0x107f (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xec000000-0xefffffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xfe000000-0xfe7fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0x80000000-0x80007fff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 16 (no events)
  I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000015ADd00000405sv000015ADsd00000405bc03sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    XFree86 v4 Server Module: vmware
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

Primary display adapter: #49

> > I have another (old) problem with Logitech USB Unifying receiver (connects kbd+mouse)
> > It is not working. The same under Debian Live 7.0.0 so it is not GRLM specific.
> > Any clue ?
>
> Sorry, no idea, but maybe
> http://tycho.ws/blog/2011/12/logitech-unifying-receiver
> is a start?
>
> > PS
> > Any url/example how to generate and use encpasswd= ?
>
> I'll try to come up with some documentation, in the meanwhile
> http://openwall.info/wiki/john/sample-hashes should be a start.

Thanks - works.

regards,
-a

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messages: 4642, 4643, 4644, 4645, 4646, 4647
nosy: ato
priority: bug
status: need-eg
title: grml under ESXi 5.5

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