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Chapter 7 Getting Started with Virtual Machines
Youcantryeitherofthefollowingsolutions:
Increasethenumberofcolorsavailableonthehost.
Decreasethenumberofcolorsusedintheguest.
Forbestperformance,usethesamenumberofcolorsintheguestandonthehost.
Changing Screen Color Depth on the Host
Ifyouchoosetochangethecolorsettingsonthehostoperatingsystem,shutdownall
guestoperatingsystems,poweroffthevirtualmachines,andcloseWorkstation.
Followstandardproceduresforchangingthecolorsettingsonyourhostoperating
systemandrestartWorkstationandthevirtualmachines.
Changing Screen Color Depth in the Guest
Theapproachyoutaketochangethecolorsettingsintheguestoperatingsystem
dependsontheguestoperatingsystem.
Followtheprocessforchangingscreencolorsintheguestoperatingsystem:
InaWindowsguest,theDisplayPropertiescontrolpaneloffersonlythosesettings
thataresupported.
InaLinuxorFreeBSDguest,youmustchangethecolordepthbeforeyoustartthe
Xserver,oryoumustrestarttheXserveraftermakingthechanges.
Support for Direct3D Graphics
Totakeadvantageofthe3‐DcapabilitiesofWorkstation,thevirtualmachinemustbe
runningtheversionofVMwareToolsincludedwithWorkstation7.0.Ifyoumovethe
virtualmachineandwanttousethe3‐Dcapabilities,besureyouhavethecorrect
versionofVMwareToolsinstalled.
Accelerated 3-D Restrictions
SupportforapplicationsthatuseDirectX9acceleratedgraphicsappliesonlyto
WindowsXPguests,onhostsrunningWindowsXP,WindowsVista,Windows7,or
Linux.
Thisfeaturecurrentlyhasthefollowingrestrictions:
WorkstationnowofferssupportforDirectXgamesandapplicationswithDirectX
versions9andlower.
Supportfor3‐Dapplicationsisnotoptimizedforperformance.
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