On 8/9/07, RavenOak <ravenoak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 15:26 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > > I'm hunting the VMWare forums on this, but, I ask here as well as > > it looks as if it could be an xorg problem. Has anyone > > encountered the following error when trying to switch to full > > screen mode: > > > > ******************************************** > > Unable to find an appropriate host video mode. > > Adding the guest mode to the 'display' subsection of the 'screen' > > section of your /etc/X11/XF86Config and restarting X is likely > > to help. > > > > Failed to switch to full screen SVGA mode. > > ********************************************* > > > > On a very similar F7 box (this one is F7, P4 2.8 GHz, 1 GB ram, > > and nVidia card with proprietary driver) - box at home is > > running the same video card but has Dual Core processor, same > > ram, at home my machine switches to full screen with no problem. > > Comparing the two xorg.conf files yields nothing real obvious. I > > could post them if someone has a theory, or has fixed this > > before. > > -- > > Claude Jones > > Brunswick, MD, USA > > I've always gotten around this by having the same resolution (both login > screen and desktop) in the guest as the host. > > --Tim I always use the VMware (virtual) display adapter and set the monitor to match the physical. Maximum resolution is set to host OS's video setting. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
