Dear Flip, I have had trouble with video drivers for various flavours of Linux. If if driver is not working then, as you say, you just cannot do anything after booting normally. You need to boot the machine in a safe mode or single user mode (init 1). You can then edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file, using `vi` of course. If you have documentation on the monitor, that will tell you the correct horizontal sync and vertical refresh rates. Also you need to ensure that you have the correct options in the "Screen" and "Device" sections. I have not installed a virtual machine, so there maybe additional considerations of which I have no knowledge.
Best of luck, Adam On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Flip Hoedemaeker wrote: > This actually pops up a question on a somewhat related issue, I've recently > tried to install Fedora 8 on a virtual PC, but I get caught up with the > video display being completely warped. Since I don't see anything I cannot > even begin to troubleshoot the issue. Has anybody got a solution for this? > > Flip > > -----Original Message----- > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Iain > Kerr > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 09:45 > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Vista > > Deena, > > A lot of this comes down to personal preference at the end of the > day..you just have to find what works for you. > > I primarily use MacOSX and Linux. I also have a Vista partition on my > laptop to share Microsoft office files with others in the department > that use Windows or Macs..no comment on crystallography applications, > but I think Vista is a regression from XP and I do not particularly > enjoy using it. > > Linux has, obviously, been very well supported by software developers > for many years...pre-compiled binaries for the popular flavours are > mostly available and, with the odd afternoon bashing (no pun intended) > your head off the monitor excluded, is fairly logical once you get to > grips with it. Fedora/RedHat and Ubuntu are both excellent > distributions...I'm currently using Fedora 8 on a (fairly new) Dell XPS > M1330 and it mostly worked out-the-box. > > In my opinion MacOSX falls short in package managers..fink, in my humble > opinion, is vastly inferior to yum and apt..although this may be partly > down to my inability to dedicate the time required to truly get to grips > with the program. Also, I much prefer GNOME (got to have those multiple > desktops) over QUARTZ (MacOSX), although with some work you can get > GNOME running on a Mac.. > > Bill Scott provides excellent support for crystallography applications > on MacOSX and, I believe, debian-based distros like Ubuntu so you should > refer to him on those. > > Gentoo is also well supported, I think..apologies for not remembering > who labors on this and if any of this is repetitious.. > > Gently fanning the embers, > Iain > > Anastassis Perrakis wrote: > > <flames on> > > > > Vista or XP, I shamelessly admit that I personally totally fail to see > > why - ideology left aside - I would ever buy a *laptop* which is not a > > Mac. > > > > Even for the fact that when a Mac is "asleep" you open the cover and > > it actually comes up in 1 sec, exactly where it was last evening, its > > worth it ! > > > > I run MS Office (I actually do like Word), iWork (Keynote is what PP > > might some day be ... Pages is great for eg posters), > > iLife for home, Coot, O, CCP4, Phenix, ARP/wARP, Solve/Resolve, > > Phaser, Pymol, Papers (!!! a dream that will not come true for > > Windows-based scientists - http://mekentosj.com/), R, Adobe and all > > work. And you also have Xcode, the GUI builder, management tools, and > > others for development. > > > > For the last 4 years I use a G4 as my laptop which is also my desktop > > with external monitor and keyboard/mouse - > > I have dropped it a couple of times, have been around the world, still > > works. I only switched to Macs in 2001 and I am still happy. > > > > And I did not even mention that it LOOKS better ;-)) > > > > <flames off> > > > > Apologies for not answering the original question, but the discussion > > was drifting this way. > > > > I am now waiting to see what Vista can do that Windows cannot. I am > > aware of one application I want and does not run on a Mac, > > and that is the Polar Fitness software for my bike. Argh. Most spyware > > and virus detection software also do not run in a Mac btw! > > For a reason: you do not need them dudes ! > > > > A. > > > > PS And no, I don't work for Apple, I don't get free gifts from Apple, > > but if Steve is reading and he wants to send me a Mac Air for my kind > > words, please, go ahead ! ;-))) >
