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author | salo <salo> | 2003-03-30 04:13:31 +0000 |
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committer | salo <salo> | 2003-03-30 04:13:31 +0000 |
commit | 9e32a6491784de34734d73691807be6d9717047b (patch) | |
tree | 3b2444f07bd17e77c56b660fabd0353af745e2dd /emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE | |
parent | b33f7364ba4fc050a9314560f6bf012a2e4ce7d4 (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-9e32a6491784de34734d73691807be6d9717047b.tar.gz |
Add MESSAGE describing workaround for "vmware3 shows only black screen" issue,
as described by Frank van der Linden on netbsd-users.
Diffstat (limited to 'emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE b/emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5a241425fb0 --- /dev/null +++ b/emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +=========================================================================== +$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.1 2003/03/30 04:13:31 salo Exp $ + +Since VMware 3.x, there is a problem which might be related to shared memory +under Linux emulation, giving as a result black screen. Unfortunately, it's +extremely hard to track down what's going on, so noone has been able to fix +it yet. + +If you experience this problem, setting your DISPLAY environment variable +to "localhost:0" should help. +=========================================================================== |