Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 17:16:06 -0400 From: Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com> To: Gore Jarold <gore_jarold@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: vmware3 on FreeBSD 6.2 - minor (?) svga problem ... Message-ID: <20070506211606.GC20763@mail.scottro.net> In-Reply-To: <302349.93062.qm@web63014.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <302349.93062.qm@web63014.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 01:25:30PM -0700, Gore Jarold wrote: > While we're waiting for vmware5 on FreeBSD, I decided > I could live with vmware3 as a stopgap for a while... > I have a little howto on vmware at http://forums.bsdnexus.com/viewtopic.php?id=1534 The only thing I see missing with your description is that sometimes, I've found I had to restart after adding the device hint mentioned in that article. Also, did you start the shell? (It was in /usr/X11R6 but if you did /usr/local it should be in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ /usr/local/etc/rc.d/001.vmware.sh start (or, if you took defaults /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d) -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Buffy: You know, for someone who teaches human behavior, you might try showing some. Professor Walsh:It's not my job to coddle my students. Buffy: You're right. A human being in pain has nothing to do with your job. (leaves) Professor Walsh: I like her. Riley: Really? You don't think she's a little peculiar?
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