Graphic problems when booting

[Ouattara Oumar Aziz]

Bo Jacobsen a écrit :
> I'm new to Ubuntu, and have downloaded the latest 6.10 version to try it 
> out.
> 
> My problem is that when booting the CD onto a MS Virtual PC, the
> graphics goes into a very strange (and very wide) mode that makes it
> impossible to view whats going on. I can see that something is displayed
> and Ubuntu is running, but the screen is a mess.
> 
> The first boot screen where one can select "Start or install Ubuntu, 
> Start Ubuntu
> in safe graphics mode..." is displayed correctly, but no matter what 
> graphics mode
> or resolution I select, after the Ubuntu standard boot window (with the 
> progress bar)
> is finished, the graphics mode changes, and the screen is unreadable.
> I think the final screen is a menu with the menu elements like 
> "Application Places System"
> or something like that. The mouse works and I can invoke things, but 
> it's very difficult to see
> whats going on., but it's clear the the system is running.
> 
> 
> 
> Any suggestions ?
> /Bo
> 
> 
> PS: SuSE linux, BSD, OpenBSD and a lot of other linux's doesn't have 
> this problem.

I don't know about you're problem but I know that running a linux guest 
on MS Virtual PC isn't well support. Try using VMware Player . The most 
of us is using VMware Player for Virtualization. And I could help you on 
that.

So, about MS Virtual PC, The software use the computer's drivers to 
emulate a VM, and since MS doesn't care about linux, that emulation is 
only done for windows.

I guess when using the other distros you cited, you forced the 
resolution to be what you wanted. On ubuntu you can do that by running :

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg --frontend Gnome

You can also modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf and use the resolution you want.

Anyway, my advice is, stop using MS Virtual PC for Linux guests and use 
the Free VMware Player and VMware Server.