Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 07:41:58 -0800 (PST) From: Terry Brown <tthkbw@yahoo.com> To: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: vmware fullscreen mode fails Message-ID: <20021101154158.1381.qmail@web14504.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20021101002228.D299638@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>
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--- Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> wrote: > > 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. I figure this one out. The modes in XF86Config must match "exactly", including the depths. I was running XFree86 with a depth of 24, which the SVGA vmware driver couldn't match. I had to change to 16 on X since I can't run it at 32. Vmware then complains about the mouse (I have a USB mouse and keyboard), but this complaint doesn't seem to matter as Vmware proceeds to run in fullscreen mode. Fullscreen mode is faster, but not all that much faster. I am a bit suprised, I ran Vmware long ago and it was "much" faster in this mode--but that was under Windows. Thanks for the reply. > > > >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 > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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