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shenji Novice
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Nov 22, 2006 11:44 AM

VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution

I can not for the life of me seem to be able to change out of the 800x640 screen reso on FC6, I have vmware-tools installed and put in the fix for the xorg.conf and it says 1280x800 inside but it never load up that reso just 800x600 and 640x480. In the Display settings Monitor is always unknow and I can set it to something else but won't matter since it doesn't change the xorg.conf when I click save. Does anyone know of a fix for it?

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1. Nov 22, 2006 12:20 PM in response to: shenji
Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution

After you modified the xorg.conf file did you restart X?

 

If so, please post your xorg.conf file

shenji Novice
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2. Nov 22, 2006 1:02 PM in response to: shenji
Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution

\

  1. Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

 

Section "ServerLayout"

        Identifier     "Default Layout"

        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0

        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier  "Keyboard0"

        Driver      "kbd"

        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"

        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier "Mouse0"

        Driver "vmmouse"

        Option "Protocol" "Auto"

        Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

    Identifier  "VMware SVGA"

    Driver      "vmware"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier  "vmware"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

        Identifier "Screen0"

    Device      "VMware SVGA"

    Monitor     "vmware"

     

  1. Don't specify DefaultColorDepth unless you know what you're

     

  1. doing. It will override the driver's preferences which can

     

  1. cause the X server not to run if the host doesn't support the

     

  1. depth.

    Subsection "Display"

         

  1. VGA mode: better left untouched

        Depth       4

        Modes       "640x480"

        ViewPort    0 0

    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth       8

        Modes       "1280x800"

        ViewPort    0 0

    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth       15

        Modes       "1280x800"

        ViewPort    0 0

    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth       16

        Modes       "1280x800"

        ViewPort    0 0

    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"

        Depth       24

        Modes       "1280x800"

        ViewPort    0 0

    EndSubsection

EndSection

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3. Nov 22, 2006 1:08 PM in response to: shenji
Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution

I looked though the Xorg error logs and found this I think this is where the problem was but unable to figure out how to resolve it.

 

\----

(II) VMWARE: driver for VMware SVGA: vmware0405, vmware0710

(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:0f:0

(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device

(--) Chipset vmware0405 found

(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution 0   0       0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution 0   0       0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution 0   0       0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0xe8800000 - 0xe880001f (0x20) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0xec000000 - 0xebffffff (0x0) MX[B]O

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0xe8000000 - 0xe87fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)

        \[10] -1 0       0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)

        \[11] 0  0       0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IX[B]

        \[12] 0  0       0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IX[B]

        \[13] -1 0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

        \[14] -1 0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

        \[15] -1 0       0x00001400 - 0x0000143f (0x40) IX[B]

        \[16] -1 0       0x00001080 - 0x000010ff (0x80) IX[B]

        \[17] -1 0       0x00001440 - 0x0000145f (0x20) IX[B]

        \[18] -1 0       0x00001060 - 0x0000107f (0x20) IX[B]

        \[19] -1 0       0x00001050 - 0x0000105f (0x10) IX[B]

        \[20] -1 0       0x00001460 - 0x0000146f (0x10) IX[B](B)

(II) resource ranges after probing:

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution 0   0       0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution 0   0       0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution 0   0       0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0xe8800000 - 0xe880001f (0x20) MX[B]

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0xec000000 - 0xebffffff (0x0) MX[B]O

        Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution -1  0       0xe8000000 - 0xe87fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)

        \[10] -1 0       0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)

        \[11] 0  0       0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IX[B]

        \[12] 0  0       0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IX[B]

        \[13] -1 0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

        \[14] -1 0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

        \[15] -1 0       0x00001400 - 0x0000143f (0x40) IX[B]

        \[16] -1 0       0x00001080 - 0x000010ff (0x80) IX[B]

        \[17] -1 0       0x00001440 - 0x0000145f (0x20) IX[B]

        \[18] -1 0       0x00001060 - 0x0000107f (0x20) IX[B]

        \[19] -1 0       0x00001050 - 0x0000105f (0x10) IX[B]

        \[20] -1 0       0x00001460 - 0x0000146f (0x10) IX[B](B)

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.

(--) VMWARE(0): VMware SVGA regs at (0x1460, 0x1461)

(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"

(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"

(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so

(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 0.1.0

        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0

(--) VMWARE(0): caps:  0x000083E2

(--) VMWARE(0): depth: 24

(--) VMWARE(0): bpp:   32

(--) VMWARE(0): vram:  16777216

(--) VMWARE(0): pbase: 0xf0000000

(--) VMWARE(0): mwidt: 2360

(--) VMWARE(0): mheig: 1770

(--) VMWARE(0): depth: 24

(--) VMWARE(0): bpp:   32

(--) VMWARE(0): w.red: 8

(--) VMWARE(0): w.grn: 8

(--) VMWARE(0): w.blu: 8

(--) VMWARE(0): vis:   4

(==) VMWARE(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32

(==) VMWARE(0): RGB weight 888

(==) VMWARE(0): Default visual is TrueColor

(==) VMWARE(0): Using HW cursor

(==) VMWARE(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)

(II) VMWARE(0): vmware: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz

(II) VMWARE(0): vmware: Using default vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz

(II) VMWARE(0): Clock range:   0.00 to 400000.00 MHz

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

 

 

It goes on like this until

 

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "2560x1600" (width requires unsupported line pitch)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "1280x800" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "2560x1600" (width requires unsupported line pitch)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "1280x800" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "2560x1600" (width requires unsupported line pitch)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "1280x800" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "2560x1600" (width requires unsupported line pitch)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using default mode "1280x800" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)

(II) VMWARE(0): Not using mode "1280x800" (no mode of this name)

(--) VMWARE(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 800)

(**) VMWARE(0):  Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz

(II) VMWARE(0): Modeline "800x600"   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync

(**) VMWARE(0):  Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.2 Hz

(II) VMWARE(0): Modeline "800x600"   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync

(**) VMWARE(0):  Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz

(II) VMWARE(0): Modeline "640x480"   25.20  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync

 

 

I can't seem to figure out how to resolve this problem with the vmware driver for display adpter.

 

Thanks for the help

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4. Nov 25, 2006 5:26 AM in response to: shenji
Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution

I found my solution on

http://www.lowlevel.cz/log/pivot/entry.php?id=80

 

in xorg.conf

i added

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier "Monitor0"

    HorizSync 1.0 - 10000.0

    VertRefresh 1.0 - 10000.0

EndSection

 

Now i can change my resolution.

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5. Nov 28, 2006 10:08 PM in response to: maarten_emmen
Re: VMware 5.5.3 with FC6 Screen Resolution

I had to use the monitor, device, and screen settings.  And it oddly enough took three reboots to finally have the gui work.  Every time I thought I had it the reboot confirmed I didn't.  Nevertheless, the settings on the link provided above definitely got the GUI to work on my FC6 x86_64 install.  Now that I see what I have to do to the the xorg.conf file, I might try Debian again. 

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