* [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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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread* 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 2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread 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. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* 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 -- I'm DESPONDENT ... I hope there's something DEEP-FRIED under this miniature DOMED STADIUM ... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [gentoo-user] VIDEO_CARDS="vmware" for modular xorg 2006-07-02 18:08 ` Alexander Skwar @ 2006-07-02 21:53 ` Grant 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* 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 2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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