[Bug 1819207] Re: Add Modaliases to open-vm-tools-desktop to allow automatic installation by ubuntu-drivers

Fri Mar 8 20:33:39 UTC 2019

The updated package is available from my ppa:  ppa:jibel/ppa

Here is the result with this ppa enabled:
root at ubuntu:~# apt policy open-vm-tools-desktop
open-vm-tools-desktop:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2:10.3.5-7ubuntu1
  Version table:
     2:10.3.5-7ubuntu1 500
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jibel/ppa/ubuntu disco/main amd64 Packages

root at ubuntu:~# apt show open-vm-tools-desktop
Package: open-vm-tools-desktop
[...]
Modaliases: vmwgfx(pci:v000015ADd00000405sv*sd*bc*sc*i*)
[...]

root at ubuntu:~# ubuntu-drivers list
open-vm-tools-desktop

root at ubuntu:~# ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0f.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000015ADd00000405sv000015ADsd00000405bc03sc00i00
vendor   : VMware
model    : SVGA II Adapter
manual_install: True
driver   : open-vm-tools-desktop - third-party free

** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Triaged

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Title:
  Add Modaliases to open-vm-tools-desktop to allow automatic
  installation by ubuntu-drivers

Status in open-vm-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  On Ubuntu Desktop, we want to install automatically at installation
  time open-vm-tools-desktop and its dependencies to provide an improved
  user experience on first boot after installation of the guest, and
  provide an easy way to install the drivers after installation if they
  have not been installed at installation time.

  It means adding an XB-Modaliases field to the control file for the
  record 'open-vm-tools-desktop' so ubuntu-drivers can detect the
  packages to install when running in a VMware guest.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: open-vm-tools-desktop (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.19.0-13.14-generic 4.19.20
  Uname: Linux 4.19.0-13-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu23
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Mar  8 20:02:49 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-15 (1697 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140520)
  SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2018-03-24 (349 days ago)

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