Hi, > My host OS is W2K Pro SP4 and am running VMware version 4.02 build-5592. > 9.2RC2 would display the text properly if I boot into console mode. startx > would display properly too. But after I exit from the Xwindows session, > the text mode would be messed up. I get 4 tiny windows (one on each > corner), two on top would be identical, two at the bottom--I can't see > anything. The text from the top two windows are so tiny and fuzzy that I > can make anything out of it. I did install VMware tools. Without it > Xwindows won't start. Also during installation, Mandrake was able to > identified the video card as VMware virtual driver. Is there a way to > reset this without reboot the 9.2RC2?
I've found a solution from vmware list. Thought that I should update it here as well. VMware SVGA drive does not restore proper hardware state after exiting from SVGA mode. I need to boot to nonfb, and the problem goes away. Hope this helpful to others too. Regards, Norman
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