Xwindows configuration?

[gongo]

I am trying to set up Xwindows in a freebsd 6.2-RC VM. every time I run Xorg -configure

the screen goes black and I have to reset the machine.

[RDPetruska]

Have you installed the VMware Tools yet?

[gongo]

Yes, I installed did this :

cd /usr/ports/emulators/vmware-tools5

make install

(connected the vmtools from the virtual machine menu)

package installed

rebooted

logged in (as root) X -configure

black screen

[rcardona2k]

Have you tried to startx in the background, e.g. startx & and if you get a blank screen switch back to the tty console with Alt-F2? Maybe you will see an error. If you can not get back to the tty, then reboot and look in the logs under /var/log for error messages.

[admin]

Hmmm, looks like you built the version of VMware Tools that comes from ports. But Fusion is distributed with a newer VMware Tools version. Did you try its FreeBSD VMware Tools?

On non-Windows guest OSes, installing VMware Tools requires some command-line fun; choosing the menu option for "Install VMware Tools" is just the start of the process.

Here's a documentation link for how to install FreeBSD tools in Workstation 5.5. You'll find the experience comparable in Fusion. (Note that the instructions refer to the "VM" menu; this is the "Virtual Machine" menu in Fusion.

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_newguest_tools_freebsd.html

[gongo]

That works now! thanks

You should put your version in the official ports tree, it isn't hard ... Not only would that

buy you less trouble on installs, but updates and maintainence too (which is where ports

really shines, I am here to say).

Can I set up custom resolutions now? I have 2 monitors I would like to span, total resolution

is 1960x1050?

[gongo]

Modelines can be added to the Xwindows configuration file, there is a calculator for them here:

http://www.uruk.org/~erich/projects/cvt/

For example, I have a Mac Book Pro, the laptop's screen is 1680x1050, I have a 2nd monitor

on it, dimensions 1280x1024. CVT says :

1. 2960x1024 @ 75.00 Hz (CVT)

1. field rate 74.92 Hz; hsync: 80.31 kHz; pclk: 321.25 MHz

Modeline "2960x1024_75.00" 321.25 2960 3160 3480 4000 1024 1027 1037 1072 -HSync +Vsync

Should go into the xorg.conf file (in /etc/X11/ on freebsd)

But fullscreen mode only displays on the one screen or the other, but never both ...

[admin]

Looks like folks are reporting similar behavior in the Workstation 6 beta.

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=66275&tstart=0