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VMWare: Operating system: Linux: Install: SuSE: How install SuSE v7.3 in VMWare v4.0.0 for Windows?

Nov 13th, 2003 05:11
Knud van Eeden,

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VMWare: Operating system: Linux: Install: SuSE: How install SuSE v7.3 
in VMWare v4.0.0 for Windows?

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Steps: Overview:

 1. -Insert DVD

 2. -Installation was further pretty straight forward
     (accept the defaults, for example)

 4. -I chose a VESA graphics card (but it
     lacked most of the colors and was in a rather
     low resolution)

 5. -Possibly install 'VMWare Tools'

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/23411/fid/1144

 6. -After installation, my Microsoft optical mouse did not function
     correctly, e.g. when I wanted to change setting as root (e.g. the
     graphical screen resolution). It stayed in the right corner of the
     screen, and could not be moved away. Though after restarting SuSE
     Linux in VMWare, it functioned correctly again, it stopped me from
     changing the screen resolution.

 7. -After a few starts, the mouse worked OK, and I could
     change the graphics resolution:

     1. -click on the
        'Start application' icon on the left
        bottom taskbar

     2. -select from list 'Control Panel'

     3. -select from list 'YaST2 modules'

     4. -select from list 'Hardware'

     5. -select from list 'X11 Configuration'

     6. -click button 'Root' and login as root

     7. -click button 'Change...'

     8. -I did chose a 1024 x 768 monitor

     9. -save the changes

    10. -restart

    11. -That showed a very nice and crispy screen

    12. -But it showed also that I only had 256
         colors when logged in as a root.
         As soon as I tried the above steps logged
         in as a non-root user, only 16 colors
         where shown.

         I also tried to run SaX2:

         1. Open a console, or preferably start
            in Linux text mode

         2. Login as root:

             su

         3. Supply your root password

         4. Type the command

            SaX2

         5. This will start detecting

         6. Change e.g the video screen

         Note:
         In my case the mouse started to behave erratically again, and
         it rebooted Linux.

         My temporary workaround is to login as root
         by default.

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Internet: see also:

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VMWare: v4.0: Operating system: Install: All: Overview 
[Windows/Linux/Unix/FreeBSD/Solaris/Novell]
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/22119/fid/1149

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http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Library/Kylix/VMware/SuSE80VMware.pdf

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http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Library/Kylix/VMware

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http://www.vmware.com/support/guestnotes/doc/index.html

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http://www.vmware.com/support/guestnotes/doc/guestos_suse73.html

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http://www.vmware.com/support/gsx25/doc/guestos_suse73_gsx.html

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