vmware(4) - Linux man page

Name

vmware - VMware SVGA video driver

Synopsis

Section Device  Identifier devname  Driver vmware  ...
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Description

vmware is an Xorg driver for VMware virtual video cards.

Configuration Details

Please refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.

The driver auto-detects the version of any virtual VMware SVGA adapter.

The following driver Options are supported:

Option HWCursor boolean
Enable or disable the HW cursor. Default: off.
Option Xinerama boolean
Disable or enable Xinerama support. Default: xinerama is enabled if the hardware supports it.
Option StaticXinerama string
Provide a static xinerama geometry that will be active at server startup and will not be overridden at runtime. The format is "Width1xHeight1+Xoffset1+Yoffset1;Width2xHeight2+Xoffset2+Yoffset2" and so on. Negative offsets are not supported.

See Also

xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), xserver(1), x(7)

Authors

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