It's not possible to enable the VMware SVGA II Adapter, from software properties UI

[Marco Trevisan (Treviño)]

I've installed ubuntu groovy in a VMware machine without selecting the easy install mode, and without requesting to install drivers automatically during setup.

Once logged in, I tried to install the vmware drivers from software updates, but this is not enabled:
 https://i.imgur.com/MyESY7P.png

If I launch `sudo ubuntu-drivers install` from a terminal, the drivers gets correctly installed (and working) instead (and UI adapts things well afterwards https://i.imgur.com/BLMk5Og.png):

$ sudo ubuntu-drivers install
[sudo] password for marco:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  ethtool libmspack0 libxmlsec1-openssl net-tools open-vm-tools zerofree
Suggested packages:
  cloud-init
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  ethtool libmspack0 libxmlsec1-openssl net-tools open-vm-tools
  open-vm-tools-desktop zerofree
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1.191 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4.849 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package ethtool.
(Reading database ... 146927 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../0-ethtool_1%3a5.8-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ethtool (1:5.8-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libmspack0:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../1-libmspack0_0.10.1-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libmspack0:amd64 (0.10.1-2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libxmlsec1-openssl:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../2-libxmlsec1-openssl_1.2.28-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libxmlsec1-openssl:amd64 (1.2.28-2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package net-tools.
Preparing to unpack .../3-net-tools_1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking net-tools (1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1ubuntu2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package open-vm-tools.
Preparing to unpack .../4-open-vm-tools_2%3a11.1.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking open-vm-tools (2:11.1.5-1ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package open-vm-tools-desktop.
Preparing to unpack .../5-open-vm-tools-desktop_2%3a11.1.5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking open-vm-tools-desktop (2:11.1.5-1ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package zerofree.
Preparing to unpack .../6-zerofree_1.1.1-1build1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking zerofree (1.1.1-1build1) ...
Setting up zerofree (1.1.1-1build1) ...
Setting up net-tools (1.60+git20180626.aebd88e-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libxmlsec1-openssl:amd64 (1.2.28-2) ...
Setting up libmspack0:amd64 (0.10.1-2) ...
Setting up open-vm-tools (2:11.1.5-1ubuntu1) ...
Failed to restart open-vm-tools.service: Unit vgauth.service is masked.
Setting up ethtool (1:5.8-1) ...
Setting up open-vm-tools-desktop (2:11.1.5-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.32-0ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (246.6-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.3-2) ...
marco@marco-virtual-machine:~$

$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0f.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000015ADd00000405sv000015ADsd00000405bc03sc00i00
vendor : VMware
model : SVGA II Adapter
driver : open-vm-tools-desktop - distro free

So,

ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.99.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-22.23-generic 5.8.14
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu49
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Oct 13 15:19:54 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-13 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Beta amd64 (20201013.1)
PackageArchitecture: allSourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Update: once installed, if you select "Do not use the device", then close "Software & updates" and open it again, it will be in broken state again, so it should be easy to test.