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diff --git a/emulators/vmware3/pkg-message b/emulators/vmware3/pkg-message index f7f946559497..a1db8b7b1ffe 100644 --- a/emulators/vmware3/pkg-message +++ b/emulators/vmware3/pkg-message @@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ then you'll be ready to start vmware. Don't forget to load the kernel module aio.ko, or options VFS_AIO in the kernel. Otherwise expect problems. +If you have fairly recent 5.x system or running vmware3 +on FreeBSD 4.x, make sure that you have sysctl +kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed set to 1, otherwise you will get + +Cannot attach shared memory segment: Invalid argument. +Failed to initialize SVGA device. + +errors on "Power On". + +You can add the following to /etc/sysctl.conf: +--- cut here --- +kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed=1 +--- cut here --- + Don't miss the documents installed: vmware(1) ${PREFIX}/share/doc/vmware/* |