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:

did you forget to rebuild the vmware drivers after you rebuilt the X-Server?

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