Re: Debian Display on Virtual PC 2004

From: Joe Ferguson (halo09_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/31/04

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    Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:46:45 -0500
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    The MS VirtualPC works great on windows with other versions of
    windows. It will support linux, I have tested a few distros myself.
    But it almost always mangles the video. I think the best option for VM
    linux inside windows is still going to be VMware.

    -halo

    On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:14:35 -0700 (PDT), Sysmin Sys73m47ic
    <sysmin770@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > > I recently installed the testing Debian (Sarge) on
    > > Microsoft Virtual
    > > PC 2004. I am new to linux and am still poking
    > > around.
    >
    > I think that Microsoft is the key word here. Lol. Ok,
    > all joking aside. This is a new product for Microsoft
    > and they are probably still ironing out the bugs in
    > it. I am not sure if it will ever be as good as
    > VMware.
    > Personally when it comes to virtual computing I am
    > going to stick with VMware.
    >
    > > I installed a base system and I installed
    > > x-window-system and gnome by
    > > using the 'apt-get install ...'. When I startx, they
    > > display is VERY
    > > wide and unviewable. I think it may have something
    > > to do with the
    > > settings that i used when setting up x.
    >
    > You can try running:
    >
    > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
    >
    > and check your video card and resolution settings. You
    > might want to try some generic, conservative settings
    > and see what happens.
    >
    >
    > =====
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