[udev] Default rules fail to set PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY for vmwgfx driver

[Reagan Sanders]

Ubuntu 13.04
175-0ubuntu26

The default 78-graphics-card.rules does not set PRIMARY_DEVICE_FOR_DISPLAY=1 for devices using the vmwgfx driver (from the open-vm-tools package). Several other drm subsystem drivers are special-cased here (i915, radeon, nouveau). This causes a misleading failure message in the boot log, such as:

* Starting load fallback graphics devices [ FAIL ]

caused by /etc/init/udev-fallback-graphics.conf erroneously trying to modprobe vesafb because it thinks that no graphics driver has been successfully loaded. The VM does still function properly, this bug just causes a spurious error message.

Adding a rule for vmwgfx similar to what already exists for other drivers fixes the issue.

Example of others experiencing this issue:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/142213/ubuntu-12-04-server-failed-to-load-fallback-graphics-devices

[Reagan Sanders (vexo)]

As a workaround, dropping the following rules file into your local /etc/udev/rules.d/ should correct the issue.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "udev_vmwgfx_fix.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Thanks! Committed to packaging tree.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 204-0ubuntu10

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systemd (204-0ubuntu10) saucy; urgency=low

  * debian/systemd-services.install: Install systemd-multi-seat-x
    (LP: #1214146)
  * debian/local/78-graphics-card.rules: Also recognize vmwgfx driver. Thanks
    Reagan Sanders! (LP: #1208024)
  * Add 0000-upstream-hwdb-updates.patch: Update to latest upstream fixes of
    hwdb, to get proper keyboard support.
  * Move to hwdb keymap database to be able to continue to sync to upstream,
    and benefit from the improved speed and eased maintenance:
    - Drop 0000-upstream-keymaps.patch.
    - Add 0000-upstream-hwdb-keyboard.patch to backport the "keymap" builtin.
    - Add debian/extra/60-keyboard.hwdb (straight copy from upstream master),
      install in debian/udev.install.
    - debian/rules: Configure with --disable-keymap to not build/install the
      old keymap stuff any more.
    - Adds keymap for Samsung NP53U3C (LP: #1203853)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Tue, 27 Aug 2013 13:09:08 +0200