Yeah, exactly, after doing a "emerge x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware", I am
able to startx now.

Thanks Alan and Dirk.
-Weifeng

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>wrote:

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> did you forget to rebuild the vmware drivers after you rebuilt the
> X-Server?
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> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
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