[issue1280] X not working under VMware ESXi 5.5

[Andrzej Tobola]

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

On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 09:20:10AM +0000, Michael Prokop wrote:
> 
> 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.

Tested under the latest  ESXi 5.5.0U1 + latest iPXE
Works OK

-a
PS
Any cmdline/kickstart to change default user/pass or preconnect to LDAP ?
(necessary in my university student labs)

In Debian-Live I am using:

set args ${args} hostname=${hostname}                           #
set args ${args} username=${USER}                               # OK
set args ${args} noautologin nox11autologin                     # OK
set args ${args} passwd=${PASS} noautologin nox11autologin      # TODO: not working so this is necessary:
set args ${args} hooks=${http}/zetis/hooktest.sh|${http}/zetis/hook_ldap.sh # local patch fo 7.2

regards,
-a

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title: X not working under VMware ESXi 5.5

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