[ltp] problems with vmware and display

[Tasmanian D]

Hi,
workaround - switch to fullscreen and then back. After that colors are OK.
2.6.11.5, X.Org 6.8.2
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BRGDS,
Tasmanian

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
>