I am having exactly the same problem with my Dell D400 laptop, containing a i852 (intel) chipset. When I run VMWare (v4.52) sessions in normal mode (windowed), there are no problems at all. It only happens running full screen sessions. Is there an 'understandable' solution for this ? I run Fedora Core 4 with latest updates/fixes etc. Thanks, +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #73678 +++ Description of Problem: On an ATI R128/Radeon i386 platform, when running the VMware emulator (http://www.vmware.com) in full-screen mode within a DRI-enabled XFree86 session, screen corruption occurs in the vicinity of the mouse pointer. As this is due to a bug in the XFree86 DRI code, other applications may be affected too. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): XFree86 4.2.x, all versions. How Reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable DRI, start Xfree86 2. Start VMware session, run in full-screen 3. Drag Windows windows with mouse, scroll windows, etc. Actual Results: The screen gets cluttered. Expected Results: No screen corruption. Additional Information: As VMware is a well-known and widely used application, and the ATI chipsets are quite commoditized, I would expect this problem to have a wide impact. Fortunately, as of today, Mr. Michel Daenzer posted a patch which finally fixes this problem (tested on an IBM ThinkPad A30p, ATI Radeon Mobility M6). http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/SourceForge/680/0/9539606/ Patch against XFree86 4.2 attached (courtesy of Mr. Daenzer).
Please don't hit the "clone bug" button for issues like this. There is very little similarity between the bug you cloned and the likely problem you are experiencing. Always file brand new bug reports detailing your specific problem, and if you think another bug is similar or related, or might contain useful info, then put a hyperlink to the other bug(s) for reference. Aside from that though, you're asking only tech support questions rather than filing a real bug report. X.Org mailing lists are better suited to such technical support questions. Bugzilla is not for technical support. If you believe you are experiencing a bug in X.Org, then please report VMware related issues directly to X.Org developers by filing a bug report in the X.Org bugzilla located at http://bugs.freedesktop.org in the "xorg" component. VMware developers currently maintain the "vmware" driver in X.Org, and handle all vmware related bug reports. Once you've filed your bug report to X.Org, if you paste the new bug URL here, Red Hat will continue to track the issue in the centralized X.Org bug tracker, and will review any bug fixes that become available for consideration in future updates. Setting status to "NEEDINFO_REPORTER", awaiting X.Org bug URL for tracking.
We've requested an X.Org bug report URL for this issue, however it's been almost a month and nobody has provided a URL. As such, we are unable to track this issue any further. If someone files a bug in X.Org bugzilla, and would like Red Hat to track the issue, please feel free to paste the URL here, and reopen the bug. Thanks. Setting status to "WONTFIX"