Recommended xorg.conf for vmware VM's

[Ulysses_]

Running xorg confless so far, but what is a good xorg.conf to make the most of vmware tools (open-vm-tools)?  Motivation is to start TC with a 1440x900 resolution.

[danielibarnes]

After loading open-vm-tools-x, just run "Xorg -configure" to create a new xorg.conf. Instructions for setting your resolution are in the .info, or if you update your extension to the one posted yesterday (April 14), you can use the "xvirt=1440x900x24" bootcode to set your resolution.

[Ulysses_]

After loading open-vm-tools-x, just run "Xorg -configure" to create a new xorg.conf. Instructions for setting your resolution are in the .info, or if you update your extension to the one posted yesterday (April 14), you can use the "xvirt=1440x900x24" bootcode to set your resolution.

Thanks.  This feature called bootcodes must be very easy to create extensions using it.  Otherwise I can't explain why such settings are not accessible through desktop aps like the one that sets the resolution for vesa users or the one that chooses the wallpaper or the missing one that would set the resolution for xorg users.

[danielibarnes]

The resolution in a VMware guest is set differently than typical xorg or xvesa resolutions. You add a "Virtual WIDTH HEIGHT" line after the appropriate DEPTH line in xorg.conf as described in the .info file. This is what my startup script does automatically when you specify xvirt= on the Linux command line.

[Ulysses_]

You add a "Virtual WIDTH HEIGHT" line after the appropriate DEPTH line in xorg.conf as described in the .info file.

Which .info?  Done what you say here and it works. 

For the record, that xvirt bootcode does not seem to work, putting it after the initrd line in menu.lst I get

"warning! not such command: xvirt"

during the bootup.  Using TC 3.5.1. Have updated everything available for update using the ppsAud app.

[gerald_clark]

All boot options go on the kernel line for GRUB.