From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 10 15:47:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 866B037B401 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 15:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail102.csoft.net (lilly.csoft.net [63.111.22.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DE61343ED4 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 15:47:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zith@lilly.csoft.net) Received: (qmail 42579 invoked by uid 1876); 10 Oct 2002 22:53:07 -0000 Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 17:53:07 -0500 From: Nick Slager To: Nathan Kinkade Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware Message-ID: <20021010175307.B39578@zith.net> References: <20021010064239.GC2247@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> <20021010154656.GA3723@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20021010154656.GA3723@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net>; from nkinkade@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net on Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 08:46:56AM -0700 X-Homer: Whoohooooooo! Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake Nathan Kinkade (nkinkade@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net): > I was just running it in 640x480 mode. It kept barking at me that I needed to > install vmare-tools in order to run at a higher resolution. I installed > vmware-tools and played around with it, but as soon as I looked at the XF86Config > file that it wanted me to install I quickly pkg_deinstall'ed it. I also had to I think that's referring to the vmware-tools that come as part of the vmware software. Choose `VMware Tools Install' from the Settings menu after your VM has booted, then double-click the icon for your floppy drive in My Computer. The software there will enable you to run your microsoft VM in resolutions other than standard vga (640x480x16colors). My microsoft vm currently runs at 1024x768x16bit on a 1400x1050x16bit X display. Regards, Nick -- "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty." -- Douglas Adams To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message