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authornsayer <nsayer@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-08 16:41:36 +0000
committernsayer <nsayer@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-08 16:41:36 +0000
commit03ca6101f0617fc370ce7d81f3615d6ca86a79b9 (patch)
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parent6fdd64360a50e3351a2e1f6c0975e91f203e2c6f (diff)
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1. Be a bit more verbose about how to set it up.
2. Restrict the distribution and don't try and make this work for non x86.
Diffstat (limited to 'emulators/vmware_xf4mod')
-rw-r--r--emulators/vmware_xf4mod/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--emulators/vmware_xf4mod/pkg-descr7
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/emulators/vmware_xf4mod/Makefile b/emulators/vmware_xf4mod/Makefile
index 5c6331a..fb0b94a 100644
--- a/emulators/vmware_xf4mod/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/vmware_xf4mod/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ NO_BUILD= yes
USE_X_PREFIX= yes
+ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386
+
+RESTRICTED= "Not sure if we can redistribute it"
+
do-extract:
${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}
${CP} ${DISTDIR}/${DISTNAME} ${WRKSRC}
diff --git a/emulators/vmware_xf4mod/pkg-descr b/emulators/vmware_xf4mod/pkg-descr
index 3b3038b..cda9d92 100644
--- a/emulators/vmware_xf4mod/pkg-descr
+++ b/emulators/vmware_xf4mod/pkg-descr
@@ -9,4 +9,11 @@ Section "Device"
BusID "PCI:0:15:0"
EndSection
+The BusID line is required or X will think that the virtual ISA VGA card
+(where the text screens live) is the primary one and it will fail.
+
+Be sure to use the same depth on the guest as you do on the host or the
+X server won't start. You can arrange for this simply by not including a
+"DefaultDepth" line. The driver will then supply the correct default.
+
WWW: http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/common/guest_linux_xf864.html
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