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Hi folks,
I'm running XP as a guest but I get the following message when I try to switch to full screen mode. I have no /etc/X11/XF86Config file, although I do have xconfig. What can to do to get this to run? Make a dummy XF86Config file perhaps?
Quote:
Unable to find an appropriate host video mode.
Adding the guest mode to the 'display' subsection of the 'screen' section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config and restarting X is likely to help.
what this means is that, for example, your guest pc is running it's "virtual" screen at 1024x768 pixels whilst your Linux desktop is running at 1600x1200. if your X server is not also configured to allow a resolution of 1024x768 then the guest can't run full screen. so as above, edit your X confgi file, which these days would probably be /etc/X111/xorg.conf as xorg-x11 replace xfree86 a few years ago, and in the screen section, add the required resolution to the end of the current list. most liekly these days that this "list" is only a single one though... once you've done that and restarted you can restart X to make it take effect. btw, you can also use Ctrl+Alt+Plus to cycle through these modes instantly to see if it's had an effect.
Also, vmware-player has better screen scaling support than vmware workstation. I use workstation to make/edit vm's and vmware-player to "play" vm's, the new vmware-player 2 even supports shared folders.
Last edited by teek; 09-10-2007 at 05:47 AM.
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