openmandriva can't start with vmware gpu

[usama-makhzoum]

OpenMandriva version:
4.3 ROCKS
Describe the bug:
boot hangs, can't start anything inside qemu while choosing vmware as vga option
Steps to reproduce:
start inside qemu using -vga vmware
Observed behavior:
hang, even in recovery or console mode
Expected behavior:
normal booting process
Additional comment:
I have the package libdri64-drm-vmwgfx installed

[benbullard79]

Basically here I am describing what I have done so far in case it may help. I can boot Cooker and ROME isos in Qemu with some variation of this command:

$ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm Path_to.iso -drive file=/Data1/QemuVMs/iso-test.img -m 2G -cpu host -smp 2 -M pc -vga virtio -display sdl,gl=on -usb -usbdevice mouse -usbdevice keyboard -audio pa,model=hda

But there is an additional trick. Any older isos (made before # 1526) you have to boot to cli. Then remove x11-driver-input-vmmouse. Then startx and do what you want, install if you want.

I boot the installed system with this:

$ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -drive file=/Data1/QemuVMs/iso-test.img -m 2G -cpu host -smp 2 -M pc -vga virtio -display sdl,gl=on -usb -usbdevice mouse -usbdevice keyboard -audio pa,model=hda

I have not tried it yet but this should work with 4.3/Rock.

I don't know vmware and can not help with that. OM devs, as far as I know, won't touch vmware because of the license. I could be wrong about this next bit but I would not think anyone expects OM isos to work in Qemu with vmware gpu.

Note: I am not expert on Qemu, I just learned how to do this in last few days from info from OM devs and youtube video. Knowledge wise I am a user that has been around Mandriva since 2008 and OM since it began.

Note-2: These are the Qemu packages I have installed:

$ rpm -qa | grep 7.2.0-0.rc2.1
vgabios-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.noarch
sgabios-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.noarch
seabios-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.noarch
qemu-img-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
ipxe-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.noarch
qemu-common-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-ui-spice-core-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-char-spice-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-ui-opengl-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-ui-egl-headless-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-ui-spice-app-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-device-display-qxl-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-audio-alsa-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-audio-dbus-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-audio-oss-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-audio-pa-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-audio-sdl-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-block-curl-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-block-dmg-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-block-iscsi-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-block-nfs-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-block-ssh-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-device-display-virtio-gpu-pci-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-device-display-virtio-vga-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-ui-curses-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-ui-dbus-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-ui-gtk-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-ui-sdl-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-system-x86-core-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-system-x86-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-user-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1
qemu-7.2.0-0.rc2.1.znver1

The host system in this case is Cooker znver1. I have done this on Cooker and ROME hosts.

[benbullard79]

I started the beginning of a how to or tutorial on this here.

[omakuta]

This issue has been mentioned on OMA forum. There might be relevant details there:

https://forum.openmandriva.org/t/using-qemu-in-rome-and-cooker/4713/2