drm-kmod vmwgfx.ko Crashes system

[Jacob Meadows]

I have installed with pkg on latest and on release_1 (currently running on 12.1-RC1, but have used other versions with the same results).
I have also freshly installed from ports with the latest updates.
I have not rebuilt my kernel after system installation.
I am not sure what version of kmod I would need to be in sync with my currently installed vmware version. I am currently using VMWare Workstation Player 15.5.0 build-14665864 installed on Windows 10 1809 Enterprise.

     On Friday, October 18, 2019, 1:57:32 PM EDT, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 8:45 AM Jacob Meadows <jardows at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

I saw that drm-kmod installs vmwgfx.ko.  I thought this would be nice to enable 3d acceleration in my VMWare player VM, but every time I load it, the virtual machine freezes.

I have tried putting a line in the rc.conf like for the amdgpu.ko, and directly loading via kldload.  I have tried with the VM setting 3d acceleration on and off.  I have tried with 12.0-RELEASE, 13-CURRENT, and now 12.1-RC1.  The crazy thing is I cannot find any errors recorded /var/log/messages, simply some information about the driver loading, then nothing and the system locks up.

I am having a hard time finding any documentation regarding this driver.  Is it designed to work with VMWare player, or perhaps it is for ESXi only?


Check the mtime on /boot/kernel/kernel and /boot/modules/vmwgfx.ko. Since this module is installed by a port, not the base system, it is critical that it be in sync with the kernel. Have you rebuilt your drm kmod port port since your kernel was last built? It's really critical that kernel modules be in sync with the kernel. It is also possible that it needs to be in sync with the currently installed vmware.
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