If anyone's interested, here's an xorg.conf to get OpenBSD 4.4-beta to display 1152x768 resolution in VMware Fusion 1.1.3 on a MacBook.
That is almost the full-screen 1280x800 MacBook resolution. For some reason if I actually specify 1280x800, VMware Fusion will bump the resolution up to a crazy 2048x1536 and I'll have to scroll back and forth.
Hopefully this will help someone out there..
UPDATE: Here's a new xorg.conf that will use the MacBook's full 1280x800 resolution! Thanks Scott for suggesting that I take a look at the refresh rates. While googling for the correct refresh rates, I found a 1280x800 modeline for the MacBook.
When all the magic variables are in place, everything works at proper full-screen now! This will help a lot when I'm hacking stuff on OpenBSD. And two-finger scrolling still works. :)
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5 comments:
Lawrence -
Did you try messing with the refresh rate at all? My wife's laptop gets little funky at the proper resolution unless the refresh rate is adjusted properly (same scrolling issue)
Thanks Scott! I'll give it a shot.
Any idea how this xorg.conf should be changed for a macbook air ?
It also has a 1280x800 resolution, but something must be different. I am installing FreeBSD 6.3 and using your new xorg.conf, X loads, but the screen is misplaced ... that is, the menu bar that should be at the top of the window is floating in the center, and off to one side.
I don't know that this is a modeline issue ...
Anonymous: I also posted this to the OpenBSD misc@ mailing list. According to a private response I got from that list, someone managed to use the xorg.conf as is on VMware Fusion on the MacBook Air.
If you're installing FreeBSD directly onto the MBA and not virtualizing, maybe that requires a different xorg.conf? Just a thought and hope it helps.
No, I am running freebsd 6.3-RELEASE in a vmware fusion VM.
I installed vmware tools, and after rebooting have two vmware KLDs loaded.
(takes about 60 seconds to 'startx')
Basically it seems to think that pixel 0x0 is actually 0x500 (or so) ... my top toolbar is floating in the middle of the screen, and is also truncated on the right-hand side.
I just crashed vmware while changing some mouse settings (?) and now when it relaunches, everything is perfect.
Hmmm....
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