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