Well I finally figured it out. After killing Linux two nights in a row, I finally solved my conundrum. I was trying to change the resolution of the Linux install in my VMWare 4.0 virtual machine. Every time I used the SuSE YaST program to change the resolution, it would kill the VMWare session and I would have to “end task” it. If I attempted to restart it, it wouldn’t even try to start the virtual machine. I had to kill it and create a brand new virtual machine and re-install Linux. Tonight I found the answer. Below are the steps that I followed. NOTE: I’m using SuSE 8.2, so if you are using Red Hat or something else, it will be different.

1. Create a new virtual machine
   
2. Start virtual machine and install Linux
   
3. Once installed, login as root
   
4. Open the YaST control center
   
5. Click Install remove software
   
6. Click the selections dropdown menu and select search
   
7. Search for “kernel”
   
8. Check kernel-source and install it
   
9. Run the command “init 2”. This will place you at the command prompt with no GUI
   
10. Click on File and select Install VMWare Tools on the VMWare parent window
    
11. Accept the warning
    
12. Type in “mount /dev/cdrom /tmp”
    
13. Type in “cd /tmp”
    
14. Type in “tar zxf /mnt/vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz”
    
15. Type in “umount /mnt”
    
16. Type in “./vmware-install.pl”. Accept all the bs it asks for
    
17. Once that is complete, type in “startx” and it will start your X session at a higher resolution that 640*480