On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 07:41, Norman Zhang wrote: > >>> I installed 9.2RC2 on VMware. I can startx, but when I exit from > >>> the Xwindows. My console is all warped. I get four tiny screens. > >>> The two on the top is identical. Two at the bottom, I can't see > >>> anything, but grided color lines. I need to reboot machine to get > >>> the normal text again. Does anyone know a fix for this? > >> > >> I don't meant to sound flippent, but the best way to handle this > >> problem is to throw VMware out the window, ( at least where this > >> application is concerned ) and install Mandrake on it's own > >> partition and run it natively. I really don't see the sense if > >> running Mandrake in this manner when the support to run it natively > >> exists. > > > > No... I'd actually like to see this fixed as well (I get the same > > behaviour here). > > > > Trust me, having this in vmware is very very convenient. While I'm > > running 9.2/cooker/whatever as my primary desktop, I'm also running > > everything from Mandrake 8.2-cooker in vmware. It's invaluable for > > testing stuff. > > So this happens with 8.2 too. I would like to narrow this down, so I can > submit appropriate bug report to right people. Is this a Mandrake, VMware or > XFree issue? My guess would be the video driver. > > Regards, > Norman
What's the host OS? Does all that video corruption happen within the VMWare window, or is the whole display messed up? Recent VMWare? (I only have and know about 2.x, so rotsaruck if you're on the latest.) -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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