Ubuntu 8.10 Install
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From: Grand_Poobah on 25 Nov 2008 11:46 ---> > 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... > Excellent advice Bo. I will go that route instead. This installation took almost 4 hours, and it is still not operating right. My other post details what happened. This is just an exercise for me to see what it is capable of and an 'appliance' is just the ticket. GP
From: Grand_Poobah on 25 Nov 2008 11:47 ---> > 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 > Thanks very much for that Steve. I'll put it into use right away. GP
From: Grand_Poobah on 25 Nov 2008 11:49 Another great tip. Thanks FACE. GP ---> > 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 >
From: Grand_Poobah on 25 Nov 2008 12:05 I've decided to take Bo's advice and move to VMWare. Playing around with this installation is more trouble than it is worth. Especially since once I got into text mode, the green bars were back and the text was unintelligible. The prompt was under the green bars so I don't know what is was prompting until it moved out from under the bars. Talk about blind leading the blind. GP ---> > Another great tip. Thanks FACE. > > GP > > > ---> >> 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 >>
From: FACE on 25 Nov 2008 12:40
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:49:19 -0500, in microsoft.public.virtualpc, Grand_Poobah <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom>, wrote >Another great tip. Thanks FACE. > >GP Actually..........you can thank Bob Comer from this group (I believe it is). He told me. :-) FACE > > >---> >> 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 >> |