Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] from Feb 20
>
> I made the following change to /etc/X11/XF86Config
>
> # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
> # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
> SubSection "extmod"
> # Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
> EndSubSection
>
> The '#' in front of the Option allowed VMware to go full screen @
> this end.
Also, most of the time when apps complain about missing DGA mode it
is because of unsufficient permissions for the user executing them.
Try running vmware as root (perhaps even on X started as root) and
see if it still complains.
I heard that setting rw permissions on /dev/mem for the
respective user (for example by creating a group "dga", chgrp-ing
/dev/mem, setting g+rw on /dev/mem and adding the user to group dga)
sometimes helps with this.
I have my main user in the "root" group, which is only acceptible as
I a the only user of my system, but works around a lot of problems
(i.e. calling halt, or using svgalib) sometimes.
NOTE: all of the above suggestions are security risks, so think
twice.
hope it helps,
Peter
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"The Empire never ended."
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