> On Sunday 02 November 2003 09:05, Shai Bentin wrote: >>> I can't work with vmware in full screen mode. It complains its missing >>> DGA >>> extensions on my XServer. Is this a setup issue on my X? do I have to >>> compile a new XServer with DGA extensions? What is DGA anyway? Any >>> ideas? > >>Direct Graphics Access, it let an X request full screen direct access to >> the >>frame buffer. It's usually disabled because when it's supported some >> trick >>that XFree86 can do in become difficult. > >>To turn it on uncomment the >> # Option "omit xfree86-dga" >>line from XFree86 config > I did not have that line in my config file. However I added it in a > subsection > under module section and also I've added another line load "dga". These > did > nothing! > > The first message I get from vmware actually complains that the dga module > was > not found: > > "No DGA mode found compatible with 1024x768, depth 24, bpp 32 > XFree86 direct graphics (DGA extension) power on failed."
I think this is a problem with your XFree86 settings - IIRC, for DGA mode the color depth and the bits-per-pixel (bpp) must be the same. -- Oded ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
