display adapter not working with vmware

[Robert H]

The virtual machine colors are corrupted when logged in to virtual host.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-49-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.1:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Thu May 11 13:00:48 2017
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Device [8086:5912] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:d000]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-20 (51 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B250M-D3H
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-49-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=fbf200a7-baa7-408b-8b60-06c06081cfce ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 1: Error: no composite extension
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 11/03/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F1
dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.board.name: B250M-D3H-CF
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string
dmi.chassis.version: Default string
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF1:bd11/03/2016:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnB250M-D3H:pvrDefaultstring:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnB250M-D3H-CF:rvrx.x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring:
dmi.product.name: B250M-D3H
dmi.product.version: Default string
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1~ubuntu16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
xserver.bootTime: Thu May 11 10:36:10 2017
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Video Bus KEYBOARD, id 7
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 8
 input Sleep Button KEYBOARD, id 9
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs: Output DP-1 DP-2 HDMI-1 HDMI-2 HDMI-3
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1~16.04.1
xserver.video_driver: modeset

[Thomas Hellström (thellstrom)]

It looks like the logs you are posting are from a physical host running the modesetting driver on top of an intel kms driver. That's AFAIK not a VMware supported configuraion. Nevertheless you shouldn't see any rendering corruption caused by the VMware drivers in the guest.

Could you post the vmware.log file for the VM as well as the
Xorg.0.log file from the virtual machine and the output of
"dmesg" from within the virtual machine.

Thanks,
Thomas

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.