Re: [gentoo-user] vmware/xorg.conf issues

[Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org>]

Well, nothing obvious is popping out at me, but see my comments inline 
below...

Bill Roberts wrote:

>I am going NUTS trying to figure out how to make full-screen mode work
>properly in vmware-workstation 5.
>
>I can go into full-screen mode, but it looks like only half of the
>lines get drawn, so it's very ugly, impossible to read.
>  
>

A major reason for this can be enabling framebuffer graphics in the 
kernel.  If you are using framebuffer graphics, try compiling a new 
kernel with only text-mode console support.  Full-screen vmware sessions 
seem most reliable this way.

>I had beautiful screens in 4.5.2 which turned ugly at some point
>(don't know causal factor). I emerged 5, got beautiful screens again.
>
>I have been trying to get mplayer & hdtv working, so I've been playing
>around with xorg.conf a lot, and I guess I managed to break it. I think
>I need additional modelines to make vmware work properly, not sure how
>to get the right ones. 
>
>  
>

My guess is that this has nothing to do with the modelines, because on a 
modern system with a DDC capable monitor, everything should be 
autodetected.  Specifically, double check your monitor section and try 
commenting out any HorizSync or VertRefresh settings that you have.

>Oh, one other oddity. The vmware modules vmmon and vmnet which should
>be loaded by /etc/init.d/vmware in default mode, don't get loaded.
>Can't figure out why.
>  
>

Explain a bit more please...are you saying the vmware init script runs 
as part of your startup, but produces errors?  You didn't by chance 
accidentally replace this with the VMWare version, did you?  The second 
line of that script should say "Copyright ... Gentoo Foundation".

If this doesn't give you any ideas, I would like to see the device and 
monitor sections from your xorg.conf file. 

-Richard

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