From d83336ce3ee5670e728a218ebd438cd72c7dd661 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Paul Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:44:46 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: more VMware guest driver info, tips --- docs/vmware-guest.html | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/vmware-guest.html b/docs/vmware-guest.html index ac5f03c9c6b..b5f136f3343 100644 --- a/docs/vmware-guest.html +++ b/docs/vmware-guest.html @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ MacOS are all supported.

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.

@@ -162,6 +163,22 @@ Then sudo cp 00-vmwgfx.rules /etc/udev/rules.d sudo depmod -ae + +Note: some distros put DRM kernel drivers in different directories. +For example, sometimes vmwgfx.ko might be found in +/lib/modules/{version}/extra/vmwgfx.ko or in +/lib/modules/{version}/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx.ko. +

+After installing vmwgfx.ko you might want to run the following command to +check that the new kernel module is in the expected place: +

+  find /lib/modules -name vmwgfx.ko -exec ls -l '{}' \;
+
+If you see the kernel module listed in more than one place, you may need to +move things around. +

+Finally, if you update your kernel you'll probably have to rebuild and +reinstall the vmwgfx.ko module again. -- 2.30.2