Sign up ×  When I attempt to run any of the preinstalled GUI
apps with startx it fails to run and terminates with the output
failed to load module "vmwgfx" (module does not exist, 0)"
Followed by ...xterm... several times. Sorry I do not have the
full output handy to copy and paste here.  Apparently the GNOME
GUI isn't going to run out-of-the-box here, and a VMWare tools
installation is needed. So as I'm waiting on the next image to
download, in a lengthy process of trial and error, installation,
and VMWare tools patches,can someone suggest which configuration
is most likely to succeed in running gedit with the least amount
of hassle?  I have a Windows 7 64-bit host running Backtrack 5
RX with VMWare Workstation 9. Is there any reason one of either
GNOME or KDE might be more compatible than the other with a
VMWare + Backtrack?  share|improve this question  1 Answer 1
Take a look at this thread, titled: [Linux guests] vmwgfx
Testing, from the VMWare Community site. There are somethings to
try in that thread