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xf86-video-vmware-13.4.0-2 fails on Xorg startup with: undefined symbol: vgaHWGetIndex

Description:

When latest package xf86-video-vmware-13.4.0-2 is installed the X-server will corrupt screen (terminal and menu mostly invisible). In /var/log/Xorg.0.log there is following error message:

(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so: undefined symbol: vgaHWGetIndex
(EE) Failed to load module "vmware" (loader failed, 0)

When downgrading to previous release xf86-video-vmware-13.4.0-1 - the vmware_drv.so loads properly and X-server works without problems - tested under VirtualBox with VMSVGA+3D emulation and by other users under VMware workstation - please see my post https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=294591 for details

Additional info:

  • package version(s):

    • xf86-video-vmware-13.4.0-2 X-server reports error to Xorg.0.log + screen become corrupted
    • xf86-video-vmware-13.4.0-1 works without problem.

  • config and/or log files:

    • following error is reported on X-server startup to /var/log/Xorg.0.log 
      [     5.346] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so: undefined symbol: vgaHWGetIndex
[     5.346] (EE) Failed to load module "vmware" (loader failed, 0)

  • link to upstream bug report, if any:

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Start X-Window under VMware SVGA emulation using any of:
    • VirtualBox 7.x configured with VMSVGA display
    • VMware Workstation (paid product)
  2. When latest package xf86-video-vmware-13.4.0-2 is used the X-server will report above error to Xorg.0.log and switch to modeset driver - that will cause various issue - corrupted screen etc...
  3. Downgrading to previous version xf86-video-vmware-13.4.0-1 will fix problem.

Here is example diff from inxi -G that shows what changes on GPU configuration:

<   Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.5 driver: X: loaded: vmware
<     unloaded: modesetting,vesa dri: vmwgfx gpu: vmwgfx tty: 113x24
---
>   Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.5 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
>     unloaded: vesa failed: vmware dri: vmwgfx gpu: vmwgfx tty: 113x24

Where:

  • original version is from working - release-1 driver (notice loaded: vmware - as expected)
  • new version is from problematic - release-2 driver (notice loaded: modesetting - this fallback driver causes many rendering issues and makes X-Window basically unusable.

Possible problem:

  • I have noticed following substitution in 8cb228e3 
    export LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS/-Wl,,-z,now}
  • notice that there are two commas (,, after -Wl). I think that it should be with single comma (at least that matches my /etc/makepkg.conf): 
    export LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS/-Wl,-z,now}

Here is how LDFLAGS are set on my machine:

$ pacman -Qo /etc/makepkg.conf

/etc/makepkg.conf is owned by pacman 6.1.0-3

$ grep -A1 LDFLAGS /etc/makepkg.conf

LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now \
         -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs"
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