Nicholas Ricketts <nightshade@phreaker.net> wrote:
>I just installed vmware3 from pkgsrc and got a black screen within vmware. I
>read that I had to set DISPLAY to localhost:0
>
>but when I do that i get this:
>
>VMware Workstation Error:
>Cannot open display.
>Failed to initialize user interface.
>
>I think it has to do with xauth but not sure? How do I get vmware to work?

IIRC, I used unix:0 instead of localhost:0, because I use "-nolisten tcp"
with xdm.  I think that's the default now, but I'm not sure.

-Tracy