From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 24 17:25:48 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22FA916A41F for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:25:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FF5C43D45 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:25:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nomadlogic@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id r21so222680wxc for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:25:46 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=UubJuYpdB6B/3G1dy9JTAamG9091VGQdfiMt6Kz647ccYeU5qFoW9wt2cOnQeD5TwWlxsSO4pe/uk83fNl5WI15VM4qMgt95PoprSkFsGRov1pEg5f5T2FirNPzyBIhYEAgKIIHmuIPFkU6qvA4xlF5YylNSB/nRBHlMNsUYtJg= Received: by 10.70.90.1 with SMTP id n1mr3752853wxb; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:25:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.65.12 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:25:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <57d710000510241025i53e77acid186e4d21b3624e1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:25:46 -0700 From: pete wright To: dick hoogendijk In-Reply-To: <20051024191152.04bfe691.dick@nagual.st> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20051024164538.GA23846@ayvali.org> <20051024191152.04bfe691.dick@nagual.st> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: fbsdq Subject: Re: setting up X -- under VMWare? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:25:48 -0000 On 10/24/05, dick hoogendijk wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:45:39 -0400 > "N.J. Thomas" 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. 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 NYC's *BSD User Group