Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 14:27:32 -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: <1178573252.938.130.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com> In-Reply-To: <530315.52022.qm@web63015.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <530315.52022.qm@web63015.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 13:49 -0700, Gore Jarold wrote: > Now, your point about resolutions is well taken - but > does that matter if I am running in a window only ? I > have no desire to run vmware full-screen. Right now I > run it in a 960x600 window. I think clarifying some terms would be helpful. Do you mean that you set the resolution of VMware device driver to give you a 960x600 on your host computer, or that you are issuing the vmware command from a 960x600 window? If the latter, that does not matter. If the former, then you have to be really careful about the resolutions that vmware can take. It has been a long time since I looked at this, but I think you should try 1024x768 or 1280x1024. The next resolution down is 800x600, I think. If you chose something else, it will not work (namely, the driver will not load). Also, I think the boot screens use a resolution of only 640x480 so that it works on pretty much everything. Are you able to boot the VM at all? > > Do you still think I need to degrade my X screen to > 1280x1024 (or something) if I am only running vmware > in a window ? No, I am talking about the resolution of the vmware window you are running. For example, I run two monitors at 1280x960 in Xinerama, and use a VMware resolution of 1024x768 (or whatever). Frank
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