Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:25:46 -0700 From: pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> To: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> Cc: fbsdq <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: setting up X -- under VMWare? Message-ID: <57d710000510241025i53e77acid186e4d21b3624e1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051024191152.04bfe691.dick@nagual.st> References: <20051024164538.GA23846@ayvali.org> <20051024191152.04bfe691.dick@nagual.st>
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On 10/24/05, dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:45:39 -0400 > "N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org> wrote: > > > I'm setting up X on a FreeBSD 4.11 machine. I've done that before, but > > this is the first time I'm doing it inside a VMWare virtual machine. > > > > What monitor/video card parameters should I supply for XFree86-4 > > configuration? That of my real monitor/video card or some virtual > > VMWare one? > > What I always do is run a knoppix live CD under vmware. The generated > Xorg.conf is absolutely great. Write is down (or save it somewhere; put > it into /etc/X11 on your freebsd virtual machine and all's well. err except that I think the default X server for 4.x is still XF86 not x.org<http://x.org>. The conf's should be mostly portable, but a few issues may pop up. -p -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE > ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11-stable ++ FreeBSD 5.4 > + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org <http://www.nycbug.org>; NYC's *BSD User Group
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