Re: Debian Display on Virtual PC 2004
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.
>
>
> =====
> -SySmin Sys73m47ic
> Development Team {Fu-King Linux}
>
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