Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 08:57:11 -0700 From: Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vmware-tools-freebsd && "No drivers for x.org version: 7.6.5." Message-ID: <187B7694-2094-473A-9A57-4649494A7F3E@vicor.com> In-Reply-To: <20110408120335.GA2648@sh4-5.1blu.de> References: <20110408084232.GA28116@sh4-5.1blu.de> <4D9EE09F.6050409@FreeBSD.org> <20110408120335.GA2648@sh4-5.1blu.de>
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On Apr 8, 2011, at 5:03 AM, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > El d=C3=ADa Friday, April 08, 2011 a las 12:17:03PM +0200, Dimitry Andric= escribi=C3=B3: >=20 >> 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. >>>=20 >>> Any idea how to solve this? A co-worker and I recently went through this. Seems the trick is to install= xf86-video-vmware-10.16.9 (we are using 8.1-RELEASE), then re-run the vmwa= re-config.pl file that you un-packed from the vmware-tools tarball, then ru= n "X -configure" (as root), then copy /root/xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.= conf (making appropriate backups first, of course). We were able to achieve= 1600x1200 resolution. --=20 Devin >>> 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? >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Alternatively, run "make config" in x11-drivers/xorg-drivers, check the >> "VMMOUSE" and "VMWARE" entries, and rebuild this meta-port. >=20 > Dimitry,=20 >=20 > Thanks for your kind & fast answer; does this also mean that I could > completely get rid of the VMware' vmware-tools-freebsd? I'm using on the > 8-CURRENT system the emulators/open-vom-tools and will install them in > the 9-CURRENT too. >=20 > Thanks again >=20 > matthias >=20 > --=20 > Matthias Apitz > t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 > e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. _____________
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