I sent this to the OmniOS discussion list, but someone reminded me this affects ALL illumos distros.
Please read below. Thanks, Dan > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Dan McDonald <dan...@omniti.com> > Subject: VMware Fusion 8.5.6 + macOS 10.12.4 == black screens > Date: March 29, 2017 at 11:30:46 AM EDT > To: OmniOS-discuss <omnios-disc...@lists.omniti.com> > Cc: Dan McDonald <dan...@omniti.com> > > Please look here first: > > https://communities.vmware.com/thread/560145 > > This bug, an interaction between newly-updated macOS and VMware Fusion, > affects OmniOS users who run in VMware Fusion (like I do). > > The Loader screen for bloody will not show up, you will see a black screen. > So far, however, experiments show that once the illumos kernel kicks in, life > returns to normal. For GRUB-based releases, it appears that the illumos > kernel also returns things to normal, but it seems to fix things "later in > boot", so you will have a small period where your screen is black post-GRUB. > > I've heard reports that other illumos distros STAY with a black screen. > > Please consider yourself warned if you are a VMware Fusion user. > > An extra shout-out to Toomas Soome who pointed me at the VMware forum above > (and whose illumos community work on Loader should be lauded here). > > Thanks, > Dan > ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
