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Configuring X with OpenBSD i386 5.2 in VMware Workstation 9.0.2.

Author:  Robroy Gregg
Revision:  A

Creating xorg.conf

This xorg.conf file yields a 1080p (1920x1080) resolution display.   To use it, copy and paste this text in to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. 

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
        ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "dri2"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "record"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "vmmouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "wsmouse"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/wsmouse"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Monitor Model"
        ModeLine     "1920x1080" 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125
EndSection
Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "vmware"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes     "1920x1080"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Using vmwh

Running vmwh makes the mouse work better.  Once it's running, moving the pointer to the VM screen's edge automatically causes focus to leave the VM, just like guests running VMware Tools.

First, install vmwh like this: 

    # export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.2/packages/i386
    # pkg_add vmwh
Then edit your .xinitrc file to have vmwh start automatically with X.   If you're using a session manager, you may need to edit a different file to have vmwh automatically start.  Here's my .xinitrc file: 
    vmwh &
    fvwm