Comment 17 for bug 195982

There may be more to this bug than just VMware or just Nvidia. I think until it can be isolated it is best to leave this bug as is. I don't see a reason to spawn another bug report based on a hypothesis used to isolate this one. Once more data is accumulated a new more specific bug can be filed if appropriate.

I find it curious you only encounter this bug when running VMware. Out of curiosity are you using the VMware tools in the client? I am, and maybe that interaction is contributing to this problem. And just to add more confusion lets say it is an Xorg issue and some drivers are more susceptible than others. Just guessing, but some ideas to track down. So may variables that are hard to isolate since the bug does not, at least for me, happen instantly.

1. Xorg?
1.a. Video Driver contributing?
2. VMware?
2.a. VMware tools in client?