Ken Key wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: >> Does anyone have vmware-tools from the recent server 1.03 release >> running in a CentOS5 guest VM? vmware-config-tools.pl goes through >> the motions except for building the vmhgfs module (which it says is >> only needed for mapping the host file system) but then X won't start >> up with the new configuration. >> > > Yup, had the same problem. The vmware-config-tools.pl fails to write > a Monitor section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I add the following to all > of mine: > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "vmware" > VendorName "VMware, Inc" > HorizSync 1-10000 > VertRefresh 1-10000 > EndSection > > I got the above values from doing an X -configure in the VM. > Unfortunately, *that* hangs the display and requires a restart. > It also generates a massive number of unnecessary ModeLines. > Just adding the above section to my VMs was my quickest solution. > > Hope this helps, Either of you notice poor performance? My mouse is jumpy and freezes, especially when I try to resize a terminal window. The whole thing feels slugish. This is with vmware workstation 6 and either Lunar Linux or Ubuntu as a host. I'm sure other distros as hosts. -- Paul Norton System Administrator Neoverve - www.neoverve.com Neoverve Blog - http://blog.neoverve.com/