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author | marha <marha@users.sourceforge.net> | 2013-01-31 08:07:51 +0100 |
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committer | marha <marha@users.sourceforge.net> | 2013-01-31 08:07:51 +0100 |
commit | 436f8246cd5a377596f6e42e6562da186ef8df48 (patch) | |
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libxtrans mesa pixman xkeyboard-config git update 31 jan 2013
libxtrans: bd53f4c8543faf910a7a151241ee07661b4d57ad
mesa: a527b2192e3cb4a68af927ab405e38181d2fcf75
pixman: 958bd334b3c17f529c80f2eeef4224f45c62f292
xkeyboard-config: 46cfd7a3b5c6b6e00648407bd4c0dd56ae86d65a
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diff --git a/mesalib/docs/vmware-guest.html b/mesalib/docs/vmware-guest.html index ac5f03c9c..b5f136f33 100644 --- a/mesalib/docs/vmware-guest.html +++ b/mesalib/docs/vmware-guest.html @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ MacOS are all supported. <p> End users shouldn't have to go through all these steps once the driver is included in newer Linux distributions. +Fedora 18 and Ubuntu 12.10 include the VMware guest GL driver, for example. </p> <p> @@ -162,6 +163,22 @@ Then sudo cp 00-vmwgfx.rules /etc/udev/rules.d sudo depmod -ae </pre> + +Note: some distros put DRM kernel drivers in different directories. +For example, sometimes vmwgfx.ko might be found in +<code>/lib/modules/{version}/extra/vmwgfx.ko</code> or in +<code>/lib/modules/{version}/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko</code>. +<p> +After installing vmwgfx.ko you might want to run the following command to +check that the new kernel module is in the expected place: +<pre> + find /lib/modules -name vmwgfx.ko -exec ls -l '{}' \; +</pre> +If you see the kernel module listed in more than one place, you may need to +move things around. +<p> +Finally, if you update your kernel you'll probably have to rebuild and +reinstall the vmwgfx.ko module again. </ul> |