[ltp] problems with vmware and display
Carsten Heinelt
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 04 Apr 2005 10:31:21 +0200
Just switch to console and back and colors will be OK. I have the same problem
with T41p, Debian Sarge, Debian XFree 4.3 and independent of kernel in conjunction
with VMware WS 4.5.
Carsten.
Leo Gürtler wrote:
> Dear alltogether,
>
> I use a T41p, debian sarge, xfree 4.3, a self-compiled kernel 2.6.11.5,
> and tried both vmware 4.5 and vmware 5 beta.
>
> The problem: as soon as in vmware a guest OS is booted/ resumed, the
> colors of my screen "go crazy". This means strange discolorings appears
> and the fonts look like sand, because colors are missing, i.e. discolored.
>
> This is for the Xfree86 "ati", "radeon" as well as for the proprietary
> "fglrx" module true. Thus it does not seem to depend in the module. I
> also tried to enable/ disable dga, without any success.
>
> This happens regardless of the window manager (fluxbox) or environment
> (gnome, kde).
>
> The colors _within_ vmware are fully correct.
>
> All other things do function perfectly on the system.
>
> Any suggestions and hints??
>
> Many thanks !!
>
> best regards
>
> leo
>
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