vmwgfx does not work in Linux guest in kvm

[Michal Suchanek]

loading the vmwgfx module of kernel 2.6.39-rc7 in kvm 0.14 results in

[drm:vmw_driver_load] *ERROR* Hardware has no pitchlock

and the kernel module fails.

Consequently vmwgfx is broken, only the vmwlegacy driver works.

[Andrew Engelbrecht (sudoman)]

i am also having this problem on amd64 debian sid. using qemu verion 1.7.0+dfsg-5.

on the guest system, i'm also running sid. i have version 1:13.0.1-3+b1 of xserver-xorg-video-vmware, and kernel version 3.13+56 of linux-image-amd64.

is vmwgfx support supposed to be targeted specifically to vmware containers, or can it generally be used with qemu?

here are some links to other bug reports of the same bug:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46711
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1037606

[Dave Airlie (airlied)]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Andrew Engelbrecht
<email address hidden> wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1037606 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037606
>
> i am also having this problem on amd64 debian sid. using qemu verion
> 1.7.0+dfsg-5.
>
> on the guest system, i'm also running sid. i have version 1:13.0.1-3+b1
> of xserver-xorg-video-vmware, and kernel version 3.13+56 of linux-image-
> amd64.
>
> is vmwgfx support supposed to be targeted specifically to vmware
> containers, or can it generally be used with qemu?

vmwgfx is targetted at vmware only, qemu would need to support more
parts of the virt gpu to use it.

Dave.