vmware3 on FreeBSD 6.2 - minor (?) svga problem ... more #2

[Frank Jahnke]

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