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* [gentoo-user] VIDEO_CARDS="vmware" for modular xorg
@ 2006-07-02 17:32 Grant
  2006-07-02 17:48 ` Steven Susbauer
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From: Grant @ 2006-07-02 17:32 UTC (permalink / raw
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Does anyone know what the vmware VIDEO_CARD option is for under the
new modular xorg?

- Grant
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* Re: [gentoo-user] VIDEO_CARDS="vmware" for modular xorg
  2006-07-02 17:32 [gentoo-user] VIDEO_CARDS="vmware" for modular xorg Grant
@ 2006-07-02 17:48 ` Steven Susbauer
  2006-07-02 18:08 ` Alexander Skwar
  2006-07-02 18:14 ` Alan McKinnon
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From: Steven Susbauer @ 2006-07-02 17:48 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: Gentoo mailing list

On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Grant wrote:

> Does anyone know what the vmware VIDEO_CARD option is for under the
> new modular xorg?
>
> - Grant
>

I would think it compiles the X driver for the vmware console, so you're
not stuck with something like vesa.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] VIDEO_CARDS="vmware" for modular xorg
  2006-07-02 17:32 [gentoo-user] VIDEO_CARDS="vmware" for modular xorg Grant
  2006-07-02 17:48 ` Steven Susbauer
@ 2006-07-02 18:08 ` Alexander Skwar
  2006-07-02 21:53   ` Grant
  2006-07-02 18:14 ` Alan McKinnon
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Alexander Skwar @ 2006-07-02 18:08 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Grant wrote:
> Does anyone know what the vmware VIDEO_CARD option is for under the
> new modular xorg?

It's for, when you use Gentoo as a *GUEST* OS under VMware.

Alexander Skwar
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* Re: [gentoo-user] VIDEO_CARDS="vmware" for modular xorg
  2006-07-02 17:32 [gentoo-user] VIDEO_CARDS="vmware" for modular xorg Grant
  2006-07-02 17:48 ` Steven Susbauer
  2006-07-02 18:08 ` Alexander Skwar
@ 2006-07-02 18:14 ` Alan McKinnon
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From: Alan McKinnon @ 2006-07-02 18:14 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 10:32 -0700, Grant wrote:
> Does anyone know what the vmware VIDEO_CARD option is for under the
> new modular xorg?

Because vmware provides a software abstraction of video hardware?

IOW under vmware the card the guest OS sees isn't the same thing as the
card the host OS sees

alan


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* Re: [gentoo-user] VIDEO_CARDS="vmware" for modular xorg
  2006-07-02 18:08 ` Alexander Skwar
@ 2006-07-02 21:53   ` Grant
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From: Grant @ 2006-07-02 21:53 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

> > Does anyone know what the vmware VIDEO_CARD option is for under the
> > new modular xorg?
>
> It's for, when you use Gentoo as a *GUEST* OS under VMware.
>
> Alexander Skwar

That makes sense.  Thank you.

- Grant
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