FS#57473 - [open-vm-tools] missing xf86-video-vmware dep?

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Jason Papakostas (vith) - Sunday, 11 February 2018, 22:01 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Friday, 05 May 2023, 03:03 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Christian Hesse (eworm)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:
Autofit guest screen resolution doesn't work on Wayland without installing xf86-video-vmware

Additional info:
open-vm-tools 6:10.2.0-2
https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/22#issuecomment-362705505

Should it be an optdep at least? Maybe a full dep? I'm not sure which.
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Friday, 05 May 2023, 03:03 GMT
Reason for closing:  No response
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Tuesday, 13 February 2018, 13:26 GMT
Wait, it needs the XOrg DDX on Wayland? That sounds insane.
Comment by Jason Papakostas (vith) - Tuesday, 13 February 2018, 19:09 GMT
It surprised me too... I went months without autofit working not realizing that was why.

I don't know the technical reason, just that installing xf86-video-vmware does fix it.
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Wednesday, 05 April 2023, 07:05 GMT
This ticket is quite old. Is it still a thing? The issue is mentioned in the Wiki [1]. Overall, the care factor for Arch guests in VMware seems pretty low.

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/VMware/Install_Arch_Linux_as_a_guest#Potential_solution_5

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