Bug 2278903 - 6.8.8-300 does not see vmware workstation display configuration
Summary: 6.8.8-300 does not see vmware workstation display configuration
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 40
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-05-03 14:58 UTC by Mark T. Kennedy
Modified: 2025-05-16 08:17 UTC (History)
15 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2025-05-16 08:17:04 UTC
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dmesg output from journalctl -b (156.31 KB, text/plain)
2024-05-03 14:59 UTC, Mark T. Kennedy
no flags Details

Description Mark T. Kennedy 2024-05-03 14:58:37 UTC
1. Windows 10 host, VMWare Workstation 17.5, Fedora 40 guest - kernel upgrade from  6.8.7-300 to 6.8.8-300 broke the ability of the kernel to detect the VMWare display configuration (sees only one instead of two).


2. What is the Version-Release number of the kernel: 6.8.8-300


3. Did it work previously in Fedora? If so, what kernel version did the issue
   *first* appear?  6.8.7-300


4. Can you reproduce this issue? If so, please provide the steps to reproduce
   the issue below: Yes - boot and see VMWare 'Cycle Multiple Monitors' fail or run 'xrandr' and see only one display where there are 2 physical displays and the VM is configured to have 2.


5. Does this problem occur with the latest Rawhide kernel? To install the
   Rawhide kernel, run ``sudo dnf install fedora-repos-rawhide`` followed by
   ``sudo dnf update --enablerepo=rawhide kernel``:  haven't tried it.


6. Are you running any modules that not shipped with directly Fedora's kernel?: no


7. Please attach the kernel logs. You can get the complete kernel log
   for a boot with ``journalctl --no-hostname -k > dmesg.txt``. If the
   issue occurred on a previous boot, use the journalctl ``-b`` flag.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Mark T. Kennedy 2024-05-03 14:59:36 UTC
Created attachment 2031139 [details]
dmesg output from journalctl -b

Comment 2 Mark T. Kennedy 2024-05-06 14:37:47 UTC
sorry, the problem initially appeared in 6.8.8-300 and worked in 6.8.7-300.

Comment 3 Mark T. Kennedy 2024-05-10 14:14:53 UTC
6.8.9 flowed out last night.  the problem still exists in 6.8.9

Comment 4 Aoife Moloney 2025-04-25 10:36:27 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora Linux 40 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora Linux 40 on 2025-05-13.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
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Comment 5 Aoife Moloney 2025-05-16 08:17:04 UTC
Fedora Linux 40 entered end-of-life (EOL) status on 2025-05-13.

Fedora Linux 40 is no longer maintained, which means that it
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