Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 16:22:28 -0800 From: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> To: Terry Brown <tthkbw@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware fullscreen mode fails Message-ID: <20021101002228.D299638@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 31 Oct 2002 08:31:09 PST." <20021031163109.31552.qmail@web14508.mail.yahoo.com>
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> I have Vmware2 port up and running and all works well.
> I have a win98 guest OS and it networks to the
> external world (web, etc). I have instlled the vmware
> tools on the guest OS and can run resolutions other
> than 640x480.
>
> Problem is I can't run fullscreen mode, and without
> it, the performance is unusable when I am running with
> the guest OS connected to my work VPN--which is the
> whole point.
>
> Vmware complains, on initialization that "No DGA modes
> found" and "Xfree 86 Direct Graphics (DGA extension)
> initialization failed"
It has always done that for me too, but One Happy Day fullscreen mode
Just Worked.
> >From the Xfree86 log:
>
> Loading extension XFree86-DGA
>
> is there and there don't appear to be any errors.
>
> There is no reference to DGA in my XF86Config file.
> Is there something I should put here to enable it? Or
> is the problem with modes? If so, what modes to I
> need to add?
You may need to add modes, if the X server isn't getting any suitable
modes by default. Or, you could try setting Win to use the native
resolution of your screen - then, when you full-size it, it fills the
screen and looks like you're running that OS.. :-/
However, if I run Doze @ 800x600 (for example) and full-screen it, I get
black borders with Doze in the middle @ 800x600.
You need to ensure that you /don't/ have the default line(s):
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
#Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA
extension
EndSubSection
remove or comment out the xfree86-dga line, if you do.
You do get:
XFree86-DGA
in the output of 'xdpyinfo', right?
Also, check that /usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware is installed SUID root.
HTH,
Cheers,
AS
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