Bug 41861 - Fails to load under parallels
Summary: Fails to load under parallels
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/Vesa (show other bugs)
Version: git
Hardware: Other All
: medium normal
Assignee: Adam Jackson
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
URL:
Whiteboard: 2011BRB_Reviewed
Keywords: love
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2011-10-17 02:40 UTC by Jan de Groot
Modified: 2018-06-12 19:07 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Jan de Groot 2011-10-17 02:40:38 UTC
commit b1f7f190f9d4f2ab63d3e9ade3e7e04bb4b1f89f introduces a check for a kernel driver bound to the device. This means that vesa refuses to load whenever something kernel-related is loaded for the device.

In case of parallels desktop, there's a kernel driver (prl_tg) that processes size changes of the virtual machine window. This kernel driver is detected by the vesa driver, resulting in "No screens found".
Comment 1 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2011-10-17 11:20:49 UTC
Perhaps we need an update to that API in libpciaccess to return the name of the 
driver to the caller:

int pci_device_get_kernel_driver( struct pci_device * dev, char **name );
Comment 2 Adam Jackson 2018-06-12 19:07:07 UTC
Mass closure: This bug has been untouched for more than six years, and is not
obviously still valid. Please reopen this bug or file a new report if you continue to experience issues with current releases.


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