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https://bbs.archlinux.org – ewaller wrote:Those do not provide the same functions.  You need xorg-server.Ok, when I try and install xorg-server, it throws the same thing it did when I tried to install "xf86-video-vmware", which is "xorg-server and xf86-video-vmware are in conflict. Remove xf860video-vmware?"What do I do here? The arch wiki for vmware said that as part of configuring xorg, you install that package, but what is the point if it conflicts with xorg-server? Thanks for the help. I will get everything bar graphics drivers sorted till I put it on a usb drive, have a usb3 16gb that I plan (HowTos)

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Submitted by Tagmego on 11/18/2012

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xorg 1.14 breaks virtualbox 8 weeks 3 days ago

Zygote wrote:Vmware isnt too happy with xorg 1.14 either, and refuses to load x unfortunately.I had the same experience. Downgrading xorg-server to 1.13 got things working again (still using "startx -- -extension GLX" to get around that freeze).

aganders3 https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=35767

2013-03-22T16:57:39Z

It is the removal , see your log:Targets (1): xf86-video-vmware-12.0.2-2

Total Removed Size: 0.21 MiB

Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n] removing xf86-video-vmware... checking dependencies...This is a known issue for Tribe (the installer).  In live mode, vf86-video-vmware is available from the ISO, and recognized by the hardware detection to use.

Here is a reduced list of packages not installed, system still operating correctly.# pacman -Syu resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (5): xf86-input-evdev-2.7.3-2 xf86-video-savage-2.3.6-2 xf86-video-vesa-2.3.2-2 xorg-server-1.13.0-2 xorg-server-common-1.13.0-2

zorro https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=54388

2012-10-14T17:19:59Z

Hello. I am running Ubuntu 10.10 as two options 1) VMWare under Linux (using Physical Driver) 2) Dual Boot with Windows Now, the idea is great, access my Linux from Windows, and use Unity!!!

Xorg 1.13? 34 weeks 6 days ago

Given that xorg-server 1.13 has been released almost two weeks ago, when can we expect it in the repositories? The xorg-server-dev AUR package builds succesfully, but since there is an ABI update, all xf86-{video,input}- drivers needs to be rebuilt as well.No insult intended, but are you scary to upgrade to 1.13 or simply lacking time?

Wow, that thing is ooooooooold There are no xorg-apps and xorg-drivers packages in Arch, are you sure you're not using Gentoo ? Anyway, you want the xf86-video-mach64 driver. I don't know if X will pick it up automatically.

The following packages will be REMOVED: xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-

When I've upgraded to xorg-server-1.13.1 keyboard stopped functioning. I then downgrade to xorg-server-1.12.4 and xorg-drivers-1.12 and it works now.

What's the problem?

UPDATE 1 My USE flags for both xorg-server and xorg-drivers below:

archer@capitan ~ $ equery u xorg-server [ Legend : U - final flag setting for installation] [ : I - package is installed with flag ] [ Colors : set,

Looks like post-install is configured to use vesa instead of vmware, so vmware module is deleted. Maybe hardware detection just can't detect vmware. I use Workstation 9.0.1.