From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 6 21:16:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F24916A401 for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 21:16:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottro@nyc.rr.com) Received: from ms-smtp-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.109.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 453B213C44B for ; Sun, 6 May 2007 21:16:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottro@nyc.rr.com) Received: from localhost (cpe-69-203-84-92.nyc.res.rr.com [69.203.84.92]) by ms-smtp-01.rdc-nyc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l46LG6O1004535; Sun, 6 May 2007 17:16:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 17:16:06 -0400 From: Scott Robbins To: Gore Jarold Message-ID: <20070506211606.GC20763@mail.scottro.net> Mail-Followup-To: Gore Jarold , freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org References: <302349.93062.qm@web63014.mail.re1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <302349.93062.qm@web63014.mail.re1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: vmware3 on FreeBSD 6.2 - minor (?) svga problem ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 May 2007 21:16:08 -0000 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?