Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:55:54 -0500 From: Nick Slager <zith@zith.net> To: Brent J Miller <brent@ebrent.org> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMWare and FreeBSD question Message-ID: <20021212225554.GA10803@zith.net> In-Reply-To: <4B233D7D-0E0B-11D7-9506-0003936728E6@ebrent.org> References: <4B233D7D-0E0B-11D7-9506-0003936728E6@ebrent.org>
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Thus spake Brent J Miller (brent@ebrent.org): > Nick, I saw from the emulation list archive you have vmware running in a > resolution higher than 640x480. I installed vmware and windows 2000, > then installed the vmware tools. This automatically changed my display > settings to 32 bit color, but left the resolution in 640x480. I went to > the settings tab and saw it would allow me to change the resolution to > several settings up to my display's maximum supported resolution; I > chose 1024x768 and it went to the resolution but hosed things up so that > my vmware screen went blank and whenever I move the cursor, it repaints > the screen behind it such that the entire desktop is shifted to the > right like half a screen. I rebooted vmware, thinking windows was just > freaking out because it's windows, but it is still doing it. Have you > (or anyone) ever seen anything like this, and can you tell me how to fix > it? Thanks very much.... Hi Brent, No, I haven't encountered behaviour like this before. One thing you may want to double check is your X display server resolution and color depth. At a guess, running VMware at 32bit color depth when your X server is set for 16bit could cause various issues. For reference, my X display runs at 1400x1050x16bpp. My Windows VM runs at 1024x768x16bpp. Nick -- "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty." -- Douglas Adams To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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