[issue1280] X not working under VMware ESXi 5.5

[Michael Prokop]

Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> added the comment:

* Andreas Gredler wrote in grml's BTS on 20140318 / 06:17:

> I did a lot of tests today, with vSphere 5.0 and 5.5 (IBM Edition) and different 
> versions of Grml including a daily build from last week. Same result for all 
> setups: Boot hangs after "Waiting for /dev/". When ssh is enabled I can ssh into 
> the machine so it's just the display driver which hangs or just stops to draw 
> output.
> With Grml's boot parameter noudev or without framebuffer everything works. I'm 
> sure it's because of https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=714929
> The bug report also mentions another workaround: Set kernel parameter 
> vmwgfx.enable_fbdev=1. This worked for me, too.
> So we could provide a file in modprobe.d with content "options vmwgfx 
> enable_fbdev=1". But I'm not sure it that breaks anything.

Very nice find!

I've just implemented this in grml-live:

  https://github.com/grml/grml-live/commit/c5ba433b66fa49433a601b5e8f831d201548b993

and there's a first ISO available which includes this fix:

  http://jenkins.grml.org/job/grml64-full_testing/835/

(Starting with 2014-03-19 all the daily ISOs should include this fix.)

Would be great if someone could verify that this works as expected.

regards,
-mika-

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title: X not working under VMware ESXi 5.5

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