Ubuntu 8.10 Install
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From: FACE on 25 Nov 2008 13:17 Probably the best move. :-) FACE On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:05:41 -0500, in microsoft.public.virtualpc, Grand_Poobah <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom>, wrote >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: Mark Rae [MVP] on 25 Nov 2008 13:53 "Grand_Poobah" <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote in message news:u1pcPAyTJHA.1172(a)TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > I've decided to take Bo's advice and move to VMWare. Good move, no matter whose advice it actually was... ;) -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net
From: Grand_Poobah on 25 Nov 2008 16:32 My thanks to all who contributed to this thread. I downloaded and installed both VMWare Reader and the Ubuntu 8.10 pre-configured OS. Both work flawlessly and did so right out of the "box". Since I had no need to interact between host and guest I wasn't concerned that I couldn't "see" my own computer's shared directories and such. I could see the rest of the computers on the LAN as well as the Internet. This is a great place to get advice. GP
From: Bo Berglund on 25 Nov 2008 17:57 On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:32:38 -0500, Grand_Poobah <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote: >My thanks to all who contributed to this thread. I downloaded and >installed both VMWare Reader and the Ubuntu 8.10 pre-configured OS. >Both work flawlessly and did so right out of the "box". Since I had no >need to interact between host and guest I wasn't concerned that I >couldn't "see" my own computer's shared directories and such. I could >see the rest of the computers on the LAN as well as the Internet. > >This is a great place to get advice. > And you now have the benefit of using USB devices in the Linux guest too... If you install the vmware tools (if they are not already installed) you will get mouse integration as well. I installed Ubuntu 8.10 about a week after release into my VMWare Workstation 6.5 (no hassle doing it from the Ubuntu CD, really). Then I was prompted to install the tools as well so I did that, but afterwards the mouse integration did not work. :-( Asked my daughter about it (she works on the VMWare team developing the stuff) and she said that they had noted it but it was an Ubuntu thing. After a few days and after my Ubuntu had made the regular updates I suddenly had mouse integration working! And that was *without* doing anything to the vmware tools. Just getting Ubuntu to update itself about 2 weeks after release of 8.10 fixed the problem. :-) -- Bo Berglund (Sweden)
From: Grand_Poobah on 25 Nov 2008 19:33
---> > On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:32:38 -0500, Grand_Poobah > <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote: > >> My thanks to all who contributed to this thread. I downloaded and >> installed both VMWare Reader and the Ubuntu 8.10 pre-configured OS. >> Both work flawlessly and did so right out of the "box". Since I had no >> need to interact between host and guest I wasn't concerned that I >> couldn't "see" my own computer's shared directories and such. I could >> see the rest of the computers on the LAN as well as the Internet. >> >> This is a great place to get advice. >> > > And you now have the benefit of using USB devices in the Linux guest > too... > If you install the vmware tools (if they are not already installed) > you will get mouse integration as well. I installed Ubuntu 8.10 about > a week after release into my VMWare Workstation 6.5 (no hassle doing > it from the Ubuntu CD, really). Then I was prompted to install the > tools as well so I did that, but afterwards the mouse integration did > not work. :-( > Asked my daughter about it (she works on the VMWare team developing > the stuff) and she said that they had noted it but it was an Ubuntu > thing. > After a few days and after my Ubuntu had made the regular updates I > suddenly had mouse integration working! And that was *without* doing > anything to the vmware tools. Just getting Ubuntu to update itself > about 2 weeks after release of 8.10 fixed the problem. :-) > Very cool, indeed. I was a bit leery of the menu item for connecting my external USB drive (on the host) because of the parenthetical phrase that was added stating("disconnect from host)" or something like that. When I clicked it, my host immediately complained that I had unplugged a USB device without notifying it. I have spent most of the day testing my web pages and decided that I didn't really need the VMWare on my laptop but, instead, would install it on my desktop when I got home. The uninstall did NOT go well. Halfway through the uninstall it stalled and then things got really bad. The drivers for the VMWare network that gets installed hung, the uninstaller quit working and eventually explorer.exe stopped responding. I eventually managed to recover from that by trying an uninstall in safe mode - surprise - VMWare wasn't in the list but all the icons and directories in Program Files were still there. It was loads of fun untangling VMWare from my system and getting it back into order. You wouldn't believe the amount of Event Log errors that popped up. Things are apparently back to normal now that I ended up cleaning up the Program Files directory for VMWare manually. GP |