Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 15:04:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Gore Jarold <gore_jarold@yahoo.com> To: jahnke@sonatabio.com Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware3 on FreeBSD 6.2 - minor (?) svga problem ... more #2 Message-ID: <476657.48564.qm@web63011.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1178573252.938.130.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com>
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--- Frank Jahnke <jahnke@sonatabio.com> wrote: > 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. 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'. > 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). 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...) I don't really need to run vmware at 1920x1200 - I am happy putting it in a smaller window, but I just tried a 800x600 window (in my 1920x1200 X "screen") and it still failed. Can you explain further what you mean ? Do I need to set my X screen downres'd to 1280x1024 or something ? > 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? No - I hit "power on", it gives me that SVGA error, and then does nothing. Thanks for your help. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front
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