ubuntu install under VMware workstation

Dave Carrigan dave at rudedog.org
Fri Apr 7 13:38:25 UTC 2006


On Thursday 06 April 2006 10:29, hfoxwell at cox.net wrote:
> Trying to install Ubuntu 5.10 AMD64.
> Hardware is Acer 3400 (Ferrari laptop).
> Base OS is RHEL4, with VMware WS 5.5.1.
>
> frame buffer is not recognized; text-based
> install completes, xserver fails to start
>
> what now?  is this fixable?

Have you installed the vmware-tools. They provide a X graphics driver. Go to 
VM->Install VMWare Tools, then mount /dev/cdrom (it will mount the tools 
image not your normal CD). Then untar the installer and run it.

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