Segmentation Fault vmware / vgahw
Doug Kehn
rdkehn at gmail.com
Thu May 22 19:18:02 UTC 2025
Hi Everyone,
I run archlinux guest with xfce4 in a VMWare Workstation Pro host. The X
server fails to start (using startxfce4) after updating archlinux. The
Xorg.0.log is below. Any assistance will be appreciated.
Thanks,
...doug
[ 34.640]
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.16
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 34.640] Current Operating System: Linux archlinux-DESKTOP-IPGM1GV
6.14.6-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 09 May 2025 17:36:18 +0000 x86_64
[ 34.640] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
root=UUID=a9d4a618-9650-4079-81b4-a06f02c9eb2e rw loglevel=3 quiet
[ 34.640]
[ 34.640] Current version of pixman: 0.46.0
[ 34.640] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 34.640] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default
setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 34.640] (==) Log file: "/home/dkehn/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log",
Time: Thu May 22 10:51:05 2025
[ 34.643] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 34.644] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 34.644] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 34.644] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 34.644] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 34.644] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 34.644] (**) Allowing byte-swapped clients
[ 34.644] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 34.644] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 34.644] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 34.644] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[ 34.644] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[ 34.645] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
[ 34.645] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 34.646] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
"/usr/share/fonts/TTF".
[ 34.646] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 34.646] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/TTF").
[ 34.646] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[ 34.646] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 34.646] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[ 34.646] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 34.646] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[ 34.646] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 34.646] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[ 34.646] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 34.646] (==) FontPath set to:
[ 34.646] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 34.646] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input
devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 34.646] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 34.646] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 34.646] X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[ 34.646] X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[ 34.646] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[ 34.647] (++) using VT number 1
[ 34.647] (--) controlling tty is VT number 1, auto-enabling KeepTty
[ 34.648] (II) systemd-logind: took control of session
/org/freedesktop/login1/session/_31
[ 34.650] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 34.650] (II) Platform probe for
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0f.0/drm/card0
[ 34.650] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/dri/card0 226:0 fd 13
paused 0
[ 34.655] (--) PCI:*(0 at 0:15:0) 15ad:0405:15ad:0405 rev 0, Mem @
0xe8000000/134217728, 0xfe000000/8388608, I/O @ 0x00001070/16, BIOS @
0x????????/131072
[ 34.655] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or
directory)
[ 34.655] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 34.657] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 34.667] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 34.667] compiled for 1.21.1.16, module version = 1.0.0
[ 34.667] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[ 34.667] (==) Matched vmware as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 34.667] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 34.667] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 34.667] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 34.667] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 34.667] (II) LoadModule: "vmware"
[ 34.667] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so
[ 34.668] (II) Module vmware: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 34.668] compiled for 1.21.1.16, module version = 13.4.0
[ 34.668] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 34.668] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[ 34.668] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 34.668] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 34.672] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 34.672] compiled for 1.21.1.16, module version = 1.21.1
[ 34.672] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 34.672] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[ 34.672] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 34.672] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[ 34.672] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 34.672] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 34.672] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 34.672] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 34.672] (II) vmware: driver for VMware SVGA: vmware0405, vmware0710
[ 34.672] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[ 34.672] xf86EnableIO: failed to enable I/O ports 0000-03ff (Operation
not permitted)
[ 34.672] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[ 34.672] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card
support
[ 34.672] (II) vmware(0): Driver was compiled without KMS- and 3D
support.
[ 34.672] (WW) vmware(0): Disabling 3D support.
[ 34.672] (WW) vmware(0): Disabling Render Acceleration.
[ 34.672] (WW) vmware(0): Disabling RandR12+ support.
[ 34.672] (--) vmware(0): VMware SVGA regs at (0x1070, 0x1071)
[ 34.672] (II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
[ 34.672] (II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
[ 34.672] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
[ 34.673] (II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 34.673] compiled for 1.21.1.16, module version = 0.1.0
[ 34.673] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[ 34.688] (EE)
[ 34.688] (EE) Backtrace:
[ 34.688] (EE) unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10]
[ 34.688] (EE) 0: /usr/lib/Xorg (?+0x0) [0x57e121b7ff7c]
[ 34.688] (EE) unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10]
[ 34.688] (EE) 1: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (?+0x0) [0x72442b9c5ef0]
[ 34.688] (EE) 2: /usr/lib/libpciaccess.so.0 (pci_io_write8+0x7)
[0x72442be3f9a7]
[ 34.688] (EE) 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
(vgaHWSaveColormap+0x50) [0x72442b205cc0]
[ 34.688] (EE) 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so (vgaHWSave+0x45)
[0x72442b207f35]
[ 34.688] (EE) unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10]
[ 34.688] (EE) 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so (?+0x0)
[0x72442bff877e]
[ 34.688] (EE) 6: /usr/lib/Xorg (InitOutput+0x1742) [0x57e121b9e4e2]
[ 34.688] (EE) unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10]
[ 34.688] (EE) 7: /usr/lib/Xorg (?+0x0) [0x57e121a56c69]
[ 34.690] (EE) unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10]
[ 34.690] (EE) 8: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (?+0x0) [0x72442b9af6b5]
[ 34.690] (EE) 9: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0x89)
[0x72442b9af769]
[ 34.690] (EE) 10: /usr/lib/Xorg (_start+0x25) [0x57e121a582b5]
[ 34.690] (EE)
[ 34.690] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x8
[ 34.690] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 34.690] (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[ 34.690] (EE)
[ 34.690] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 34.690] (EE) Please also check the log file at
"/home/dkehn/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 34.690] (EE)
[ 34.693] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
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