Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 10:41:04 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Herv=E9_Kergourlay?= <herve.kergourlay@atempo.com> To: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: Rob MacGregor <freebsd.macgregor@blueyonder.co.uk>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Screen Resolution Message-ID: <429C2320.60907@atempo.com> In-Reply-To: <429C14ED.7070003@jp.FreeBSD.org> References: <200505310600.j4V60wAb012413@the-macgregors.org> <429C14ED.7070003@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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Makoto Matsushita a écrit :
>> So have I (in fact that's how I started using FreeBSD 5.0). However
>> the drivers
>> required for their emulated graphics card are only supplied for
>> FreeBSD 4.x with
>> VMWare 4.5.
>
>
> You can use graphic driver modules
> (${X11}/lib/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.o) that is bundled with recent
> Xorg/XFree86, and it is (ideally) the same one VMware supplies by
> VMware tools for FreeBSD.
>
> No worries, it just works. Don't forget to set
> Driver "vmware"
> to Section "Device" in xorg.conf/XF86Config. You may also set
> BusID "PCI:0:15:0"
> to "Device" section, but if my memory serves right, it is
> automatically set by driver itself.
>
I found the vmware driver
I copy the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf.eg in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf and change the Driver from vga to vmware
activate the line
BusID "PCI:0:15:0"
startx failed
(==) Using config file: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) No devices detected
hervé
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