Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 15:06:26 -0700 From: Frank Jahnke <jahnke@sonatabio.com> To: Gore Jarold <gore_jarold@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware3 on FreeBSD 6.2 - minor (?) svga problem ... more #2 Message-ID: <1178575586.938.141.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com> In-Reply-To: <476657.48564.qm@web63011.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <476657.48564.qm@web63011.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 15:04 -0700, Gore Jarold wrote: > > I have a 1920x1200 xorg screen (it takes up one entire > 1920x1200 physical monitor), and in that screen I have > created a 960x600 window, and it is in that window > that I run the command 'vmware'. > Again, this does not matter. > I don't know where to set the resolution of the vmware > device driver ... vmware is not mentioned anywhere in > my xorg.conf, and I don't see anywhere in the VM > preferences to set anything to do with resolution > (other than to pick the best resolution for full > screen, which is not applicable, since I do not run > full-screen...) Remember this is a virtual machine. You set it up, and how your underlying system is configured really does not matter. > No - I hit "power on", it gives me that SVGA error, > and then does nothing. > > Thanks for your help. OK -- my explanation, while correct, is not what is causing your issues. You can set the vmware resolution by running the tools (or by diddling with a config file). Incidentally, how do you have your xbase set? I've not seen this error before. Let me get back to you shortly. Frank
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