Synopsis: vmware3 starts with black screen

Responsible-Changed-From-To: jdolecek->veego
Responsible-Changed-By: veego@netbsd.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:14:42 +0000
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To get the replies for the feedback.


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State-Changed-By: veego@netbsd.org
State-Changed-When: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:14:42 +0000
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Can you try a newer kernel or package?
There is a MESSAGE.NetBSD file in the vmware3 package which describes
your problem:

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.