Ubuntu 8.10 Install
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From: Steve Jain [MVP] on 24 Nov 2008 23:02 On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:40:30 -0500, Grand_Poobah <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote: >Thanks for the info Steve. I had heard about the 24-bit video, but it >appears to be installing - and in color. The progress bar is up to 68% >installed now. I do agree that the color scheme is pretty muddy-looking >though. > >GP Hmm, that's interesting. I'll have to give 8.10 a whirl in VPC. I just installed it in VMW WKS 6.5 to see if it's worth putting on some hardware. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/
From: Grand_Poobah on 25 Nov 2008 00:07 Update: Somewhere along the line, after I downloaded and installed some drivers, the screen went a bit "nuts" and then restored itself. I though it was installing an updated driver BUT when it restarted, the horizontal hold was completely skewed around so that the mouse pointer was a horizontal line. Now, I have no way to try and get the original resolution back. Is there a way to start it in command line mode and reset the video adapter to it's original resolution (864x480 I think it said - I would have though 640x480, but I'm sure it wasn't standard). Too tired to mess with it tonight though. I'll attack it tomorrow. GP
From: Bo Berglund on 25 Nov 2008 01:17 On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:31:43 -0500, Grand_Poobah <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote: >I agree Bob. The whole screen looks like somebody put down a latte and >it overflowed on the screen. Good analogy with the bloodstain though. >I think it actually is a fractal. > >This installation is just to see what all the hullaballoo is about with >Linux. I doubt I will make any practical use of it. What the heck, >VHD's are cheap (and disposable). > But as someone else pointed out, if you download and install VMWare Player then you can also download an already installed *and working* virtual machine for Ubuntu as what they call a "virtual appliance". VMWare actually has support for Linux Ubuntu including the equivalent of the Addotions (vmware tools in their parlance) which means you get mouse integration etc. No need to hassle with the install yourself... -- Bo Berglund (Sweden)
From: Steve Jain [MVP] on 25 Nov 2008 03:21 On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:07:01 -0500, Grand_Poobah <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote: >Update: Somewhere along the line, after I downloaded and installed some >drivers, the screen went a bit "nuts" and then restored itself. I >though it was installing an updated driver BUT when it restarted, the >horizontal hold was completely skewed around so that the mouse pointer >was a horizontal line. Now, I have no way to try and get the original >resolution back. Is there a way to start it in command line mode and >reset the video adapter to it's original resolution (864x480 I think it >said - I would have though 640x480, but I'm sure it wasn't standard). > >Too tired to mess with it tonight though. I'll attack it tomorrow. > >GP <CTRL><ALT><F1> from graphics mode to switch to text mode -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/
From: FACE on 25 Nov 2008 07:55
Try installing it under VirtualBox -- also free. But as to your skewed resolution under MS VPC, edit Xorg.conf as in "sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf" from your console prompt, and change the two occurrences of "24" to "16". From your skewed desktop, you should be able to drop to a text console with CNTL+ALT + (F1 or F2 or F3). FACE On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:30:48 -0500, in microsoft.public.virtualpc, Grand_Poobah <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom>, wrote >My first foray into LINUX isn't going very well. Every attempt to get >this one installed into a new VM fails. I get to the "Installing >Restricted Drivers" and the screen turns brilliant green and then lapses >into some sort of pixally divided screen with vertical green lines and >text that is missing every other pixel. Below the green lines is >something that resembles fractal paintings.The install continues, but I >am unable to tell what is happening as the green lines cover any text. > >Towards the end of the 'things it is doing' I get: > >Loading, please wait >[something]: Setting mode [640x430 ??] Failed >screen ini: Failed >Linux [something] 2.5.27-7-generic [something (dates, I think)] > >And, then, nothing. No more movement of the cursor after 30 minutes. > >Is this version of Linux able to be installed on a VM? > >GP |