Re: Fedora core in vmware (From original poster)RE:1



Check out
http://groups.google.com/group/vmware.for-linux.general/browse_thread/thread/bc43255a1a90ab4a/e97144d2592eff92?hl=en#e97144d2592eff92
for a complete VMWare for FC5 2.6.17-1.2139.


Patser. wrote:
ken wrote:

Patser. wrote:
Hi,

I currently have fedora core 2 running in a vmware box on my
laptop but I have a problem with my console resolution.
When I try to change it with kernel parameters such as vga=
it just hangs and restart the xwindows of my host which is
SuSE Linux 9.3. Does anybody know how to safely switch the
resolution under vmware without hanging when I switch from
graphic mode to text console?


Thanx for the reply Ken, I guess I'll have a go with FC 5
some day. Currently I am now trying (don't laugh!) windows XP,
which wil most likely even run on my toaster if I had one.. :P
Anyway I'll see what I can do with FC 5 or otherwise I'll try
some other distro.

There does appear to be a problem with the initial kernel for Tettnang.
It should not however crash "X" on your host machine. It did go blank
if you started vga=791 as soon as "X" started. If you boot to runlevel
3, or normal console resolution, and upgrade to the latest FC2 modules,
the problem does go away, at least with FC5 as the host. "X" will
successfully start under VMWare at kernel-2.6.10-1.771_FC2, it failed
under kernel-2.6.5-1.358, when vga=791 was set. I cannot speak to the
kernels in between. There is a newer kernel at fedorlegacy.org.

If you are using the console after going into "X",I don't think it will
be very useful. Though it doesn't crash, it has more problems. This
does not occur with FC5 under VMWare.

Ken

.



Relevant Pages

  • Fedora core in vmware (From original poster)RE:1
    ... I currently have fedora core 2 running in a vmware box on my ... laptop but I have a problem with my console resolution. ... It should not however crash "X" on your host machine. ... There is a newer kernel at fedorlegacy.org. ...
    (linux.redhat)
  • Re: Fedora core in vmware
    ... I currently have fedora core 2 running in a vmware box on my ... There does appear to be a problem with the initial kernel for Tettnang. ... It should not however crash "X" on your host machine. ... If you boot to runlevel 3, or normal console resolution, and upgrade to the latest FC2 modules, the problem does go away, at least with FC5 as the host. ...
    (linux.redhat)
  • Re: vmware upgrade fc4->fc5
    ... out I tried to upgrade my VM from FC4 to FC5. ... boot because it was not able to find the disk after the upgrade. ... The VMware tools patch probably is needed for the client, ... I have VMware 5.5.2 running with FC5 host and WinXP Pro client with no problem. ...
    (Fedora)
  • FC5 on VMWare: Samba smbd start with failure
    ... I am running FC5 in a VMWare Player virtual machine ... it can exchange files with the WinXP host. ... I was wondering this may be related with the network settings. ... Initially in the VMWare configuration file, the eth0 type was set to ...
    (alt.os.linux.redhat)
  • FC5 on VMWare: Samba smbd start with failure
    ... I am running FC5 in a VMWare Player virtual machine ... it can exchange files with the WinXP host. ... I was wondering this may be related with the network settings. ... Initially in the VMWare configuration file, the eth0 type was set to ...
    (linux.redhat)