Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/29]: vmsvga: Various fixes and enhancements

[Liran Alon]

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> Hi,
> 
> > > But gdm doesn't start, neither with X11 nor with wayland.  Which
> is a
> > > regression, because the xorg vmware driver manages to handle the
> current
> > > qemu emulation just fine so gnome @ X11 works.
> > 
> > Interesting. Thanks for finding this out. Will have a look.
> > Can you give more exact details about how you reproduced this
> issue?
> 
> xorg is easiest, because Fedora 28 uses that by default for vmware
> svga:
> 
>   (1) download Fedora 28 workstation live iso.
>   (2) boot in qemu with -vga vmware.
> 
> To try wayland you have to install fedora to disk (can be done using
> the
> workstation live iso).
> 
> You can switch between xorg and wayland using /etc/gdm/custom.conf
> then,
> by commenting/uncommenting the WaylandEnable line ...
> 
>    [daemon]
>    # Uncoment the line below to force the login screen to use Xorg
>    #WaylandEnable=false
> 
> ... and rebooting.
> 
> > I prefer to have a similar setup to make sure we have fixed the
> > regression in this series.
> 
> xorg regression needs fixing.
> 
> Having wayland working too would be nice, but wayland doesn't work
> with
> the current emulation either.  So it isn't a regression and can be
> done
> as separate patch series later on.
> 
> cheers,
>   Gerd

Thanks for the info.
We will reproduce and attempt to fix them both.
Stay tuned.

Regards,
-Liran