Following posting was done under
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=94225
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Hello out there!
I am using VMWare Workstation 5.5 (currently 5.5.4 build-44386) under OpenSuSE 10.2 (KDE 3.5.7 "release 35.1") with Original NVIDIA-Driver (Versions 1.0-9631 and 100.14.09) on a
DELL PRECISION M90 Notebook
with NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
and SEIKO SEC KH164 LCD Monitor
using a resolution of 1024x768 with 24 bit colour.
Since I installed OpenSuSE 10.2 with VMWare Workstation 5.5 (different releases) I am experiencing problems running the VM fullscreen in text mode (80x25). On the x axis there is a disalignment of the screen and the lines of characters are broken by black lines.
I have been using VMWare Workstation 5.0 under OpenSuSE 10.0 (even with the original NVIDIA drivers) and did not experience such problem.
Using xorg.conf with Driver "nv" in Section "Device" makes the problem disappear.
Anybody with a good idea? I am using a lot of virtual DOS machines, and would prefer running them fullscreen in text mode.
Thanks!
Michael
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There I received the answer by netllama from NVIDIA Corporation
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I've seen a few reports of this. My investigation showed that VMWare is requesting an interlaced mode when it goes to full screen, which results in the problem that you're reporting. This is a VMWare bug.
You can attempt to work around it with the ModeValidation option, by disallowing interlaced modes. You'll need to generate a verbose bug report per the sticky post if you need further assistance.
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The issue here is that VMWare is requesting an 800x512 mode:
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "800x512"
but the only available 800x512 mode in the modepool is a doublescan mode, which is basically getting treated as an interlaced mode.
The only way to work around this is to add the following to the Device section of xorg.conf:
Option "ModeValidation" "NoXServerModes"
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Any solutions available on the VMWare side?
Thanks for your Help
Michael
