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On Mon, 2007-05-07 at 19:39 -0700, Gore Jarold wrote:

> I still get a lot of errors on the way:
> 
> No DGA mode found compatible with 5760x1200, depth 16,
> bpp 16
> XFree86 direct graphics (DGA extension) power on
> failed.

You will always get this warning.  The DGA extension is part of XFree,
and not X.org.

> Full-screen SVGA will not be available.

This is a known limitation of the BSD version.  You should try to change
the screen resolution in Windows -- my guess is that this will not be a
big deal for you.  You can change it on the fly.
> 
> 
> and:
> 
> The virtual machine will not be able to run in
> full-screen SVGA mode, because your X server is not an
> XFree86 server and does not support the XFree86 DGA
> extension for direct-to-frame-buffer graphics.

See above.

> and some vmnet errors, but I suspect these are easy to
> solve.

Yes.  Post again if you don't get them resolved.  See the
earlier-mentioned guide on BSDNexus.