VMware Fusion and Apple LED Cinema Display

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VMware Fusion and Apple LED Cinema Display

I have a 2008 MBP and a 27" Apple LED Cinema Display. My OS is 10.7.2.

I am running Windows 7 with the latest updates in VMWare Fusion 4.1.1. I have several issues.

1) When I go to chose my monitor it say Apple LED Cinema Display but "Generic Non-PnP Monitor." I downloaded and installed the boot camp drivers as I understood those contained the drivers for the monitor, but that didn't seem to help. Do I need to have the Boot Camp drivers?

2) When I try to access the Boot Camp Control panel in Windows 7 in Fusion I get "An error occured while tyring to access the startup disk settings. You may not have privileges to change the startup disk." My guess is this is because the Boot Camp drivers are only needed if you actualy run Boot Camp.

3) In Windows I cannot choose the native resolution of the Apple display (2560 x 1440).

4) The resolution ia 1277 x 1234. That is weird.

5) If I minimze the Fusion window and then immediately open it, it looks fine. But if I wait for awhile and open it, the window will be black until I click inside of it.

Something is wrong, Any help in fixing this would be greatly appreciated.

Bryan

2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Dec 4, 2011 1:44 PM

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Answer 1

The hatter

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Dec 4, 2011 2:31 PM in response to Bryan Schmiedeler

you have to separate out what is Fusion and what is Windows native.

Even doing updates to Windows sometimes should not or cannot be done properly in VM.

And there is no way to change the default boot drive - a VM doesn't have access and that is the host OS's job, not the guest's.

Install the latest AMD driver for mobility - and dont' use the "auto detect" - that is not going to work on Apple hardware.

You dont' run Boot Camp. But the Apple drivers and serives needed for hardware support, yes, they aren't running or loaded.

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Answer 2

Dec 4, 2011 3:25 PM in response to The hatter

OK, I understand about not being able to change the default boot drive. I am not running Boot Camp and so I didn't need to install the control panel - I got bad advice somewhere.

But I don't think I need to install the AMD drivers. I have an Nvidia card, but the issue (I think) is that the guest OS (Windows 7) can't use windows drivers.

When you say the apple drivers aqnd services need hardware suppot, I am not sure what you mean. Hardware support in Mac OS X?

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Answer 3

The hatter

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Dec 4, 2011 3:38 PM in response to Bryan Schmiedeler

many people dual boot, they use Windows natively and from Fusion on the OS X side.

You posted here, hence assume you use it under both situations.

And if you run Windows purely on the hardware is the only time and inside Windows (Boot Camp, a horribly abused term) the Apple drivers along with AMDs. Otherwise it is entirely up to Fusion, and use Fusion Community.

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