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| author | jdolecek <jdolecek> | 2004-10-16 15:20:01 +0000 |
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| committer | jdolecek <jdolecek> | 2004-10-16 15:20:01 +0000 |
| commit | 122f75f1e303b2c1474b628fc8a76666b0f6c0c3 (patch) | |
| tree | d95c267f27c8d41f04cdaaf4834864976ba0fef4 /emulators/vmware3 | |
| parent | 9442dc23e97b4c6c0e572076e224ee18e9460651 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-122f75f1e303b2c1474b628fc8a76666b0f6c0c3.tar.gz | |
move the message from (generic) MESSAGE to MESSAGE.NetBSD, since it's
NetBSD-only problem
also clarify what was the cause the problem and which version of NetBSD fixed it
Diffstat (limited to 'emulators/vmware3')
| -rw-r--r-- | emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE.NetBSD | 11 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE b/emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE deleted file mode 100644 index 10e32bc201c..00000000000 --- a/emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE +++ /dev/null @@ -1,11 +0,0 @@ -=========================================================================== -$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.3 2003/03/30 04:21:25 grant 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 and this -is as yet unresolved. - -If you experience this problem, setting your DISPLAY environment variable -to "localhost:0" should help. -=========================================================================== diff --git a/emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE.NetBSD b/emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE.NetBSD new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..348571feda5 --- /dev/null +++ b/emulators/vmware3/MESSAGE.NetBSD @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +=========================================================================== +$NetBSD: MESSAGE.NetBSD,v 1.1 2004/10/16 15:20:01 jdolecek Exp $ + +NetBSD had problem with emulation of Linux SVID shared memory handling, +which caused black screen in VMware 3.x when the guest OS switched +to graphics mode. The problem has been fixed in NetBSD 2.99.9 and +2.0RC3. + +If you experience this problem, setting your DISPLAY environment variable +to "localhost:0" should help. +=========================================================================== |