Control: tag -1 + patch On Thu, 29 Nov 2018, Raphaël Hertzog wrote: > I have proposed a simple fix which just tries to load the kernel > module before starting the service, it's simple and reliable. For > the Debian package, since you have split support for the desktop > part in a separate package, you might want to add that directive > through a > /lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.d/desktop.conf > file extending the basic service file.
I implemented this in the attached patch. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Support Debian LTS: https://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html Learn to master Debian: https://debian-handbook.info/get/
>From 1decdd30466d80bf3ef306e586088fdd52382e94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Rapha=C3=ABl=20Hertzog?= <raph...@offensive-security.com> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 16:18:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Ensure vmwgfx module is loaded before start of vmtoolsd This avoids a failure to start the resolutionKMS plugin and it's achieved through a drop-in snippet extending open-vm-tools.service adding an ExecStartPre directive loading the module prior to the start of the service. Closes: #915031 --- debian/desktop.conf | 2 ++ debian/rules | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/desktop.conf diff --git a/debian/desktop.conf b/debian/desktop.conf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6456fd7 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/desktop.conf @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +[Service] +ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe vmwgfx diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules index 5214319..f683532 100755 --- a/debian/rules +++ b/debian/rules @@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ override_dh_auto_install: mkdir -p debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/etc/xdg/autostart mv debian/open-vm-tools/etc/xdg/autostart/vmware-user.desktop debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/etc/xdg/autostart rm -rf debian/open-vm-tools/etc/xdg + + mkdir -p debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.d + cp debian/desktop.conf debian/open-vm-tools-desktop/lib/systemd/system/open-vm-tools.service.d/ override_dh_builddeb: dh_builddeb -- -Zxz -- 2.20.0.rc2
