Hi, > [5425.580115] displaysurface_create_from surface=0x7ff315d3df40, > 800x600, bpp 16, bswap 0 [5425.580257] displaysurface_free > surface=0x7ff3158c33b0
This is vga=0x314 Looks like we have some funky interaction between vga and vmware. I'll go dig. Meanwhile you can try vga=0x315 (800x600x24) or vga=normal (textmode), that has a high chance to workaround this. cheers, Gerd