Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:45:05 +0200 From: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware-tools-freebsd && "No drivers for x.org version: 7.6.5." Message-ID: <4D9EE731.7060802@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D9EE09F.6050409@FreeBSD.org> References: <20110408084232.GA28116@sh4-5.1blu.de> <4D9EE09F.6050409@FreeBSD.org>
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On 08/04/2011 12:17, Dimitry Andric wrote: > On 2011-04-08 10:42, Matthias Apitz wrote: >> I have FreeBSD 9-CURRENT up and running in a VMware Workstation 7.x and >> I tried to install the vmware-tools-freebsd of VMware to get the driver >> for Xorg, but it seems that X.org 7.6.5. is not supported. My other VM >> runs a 8-CURRENT with X.org 7.4_1 which works fine. >> >> Any idea how to solve this? Should I go back to X.org 7.4_1 in >> 9-CURRENT? Or should I fake the vmware-tools installer to see X.org as >> /.4 while it is 7.6.5? > > X.org 7.5 already has VMware drivers, so you can just install the > x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse and x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware ports. > > Alternatively, run "make config" in x11-drivers/xorg-drivers, check the > "VMMOUSE" and "VMWARE" entries, and rebuild this meta-port. > > Btw, I have no idea why these drivers are not enabled by default. They > would seem very useful in a default X.org installation. Probably because a lot of people do not use VMware products. > _______________________________________________ > 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" Cheers, -- David Demelier
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