libxatracker2 causes OpenGL 2.1 support regression on VMware Fusion

[Barry Warsaw]

I have the launcher set to reveal on the left side, with auto-hide. When the launcher hides, full screen windows expand to the left edge, but there is a strip of light gray exactly the size of the launcher obscuring the windows below it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.1.2+14.04.20131106.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:

ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 12.755962] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1562) terminated with status 1
 [ 12.827808] dm-0: WRITE SAME failed. Manually zeroing.
Date: Wed Jan 1 19:59:25 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DpkgLog:

EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-06 (26 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0e0f:0008 VMware, Inc.
 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.12.0-7-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/31/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00
dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: None
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd07/31/2013:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform
dmi.product.version: None
dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.50-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.0.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Wed Jan 1 19:53:39 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse MOUSE, id 7
 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 8
 input ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse MOUSE, id 9
xserver.errors: No surface to present from.
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs: Output Virtual2 Virtual3 Virtual4 Virtual5 Virtual6 Virtual7 Virtual8
xserver.version: 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2
xserver.video_driver: vmware

[Christopher Townsend (townsend)]

This is a bug in low graphics mode and should be fixed in the next update (whenever that will be). It is a duplicate of bug #1179210.

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

Why is this low graphics mode? VMware supports OpenGL 2.1 on Linux.

[Christopher Townsend (townsend)]

@Barry,

From the UnitySupportTest.txt file attached to this bug:

OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.4, 256 bits)

llvmpipe is the software renderer and so this is running in low graphics mode. I don't know much about VMWare, so I can't speculate as to why it's not running hardware accelerated 3D.

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

I'm de-duping this because the X server *should* be choosing Gallium 0.4 on SVGA3D, which it does on older xorg-server versions in Trusty. A recent update broke this. Targetting xorg-server and I will update it with some version numbers.

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

By the process of elimination, I've determined that the bug is in binary package libxatracker2 (source package mesa). If I apt-mark hold that binary package and dist-upgrade everything else, all is good. If I then upgrade that package, I end up with broken OpenGL support.

Last known good version: 10.0.0-1ubuntu4
Bad version: 10.0.1-1ubuntu2

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

Confirmed that downgrading restores 3D:

Gallium 0.4 on SVGA3D; build: RELEASE;

[Maarten Lankhorst (mlankhorst)]

Downgrading libxatracker2? It's a new package. What exactly are you downgrading?

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

Comment #7 might have been a little misleading. Here's what's happening. On Trusty right now I have:

% dpkg-query -W libxatracker2
libxatracker2:amd64 10.0.0-1ubuntu4

If however in the course of normal apt-get upgrades, I install:

% rmadison libxatracker2
 libxatracker2 | 10.0.1-1ubuntu2 | trusty | amd64, armhf, i386, powerpc

Then graphics degrade to llvm low-graphics mode. thus 10.0.1-1ubuntu2 is broken for Trusty on Fusion based VMs.

Currently, I have the package pinned at 10.0.0-1ubuntu4.