I had the same problem, solution? At bootup, when you get to the bootlinux: prompt, type vga16, which forces install to use the vga display driver.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Laxton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 5:03 PM Subject: [Cooker] Installing Mandrake 9.0 beta 2 fails on VMware - repost > I guess no one is using VMware? Strange... Anyway, MDK 9.0 beta 2 > won't install on it, so I can't try it out. If/when 9.0 final comes > out, if it doesn't install on VMware I won't be using it. I've quit > installing major upgrades on my production system without testing them > out on VMware first :-( > > Fred Laxton wrote: > > I was able to install Mandrake 9.0 beta 1 easily on VMware. I had no > > troubles with the install to speak of (except that silly message about > > the wrong install source, when you're installing off CD). > > > > Beta 2 is a different matter, though. I boot it off the CD and it > > begins the install, but then: > > > > in second stage install > > Please wait while probling serial ports... > > <snip> bunch of stuff flies across the screen while X tries to start > > X crashes, taking me back to the console... > > </snip> > > XF86Config: /tmp/Xconf > > (**) stands for supplied. (--) stands for probed/default values > > (**) XKB: disabled > > (**) Mouse: zaxismapping: (-)4 (+)5 > > (**) VGA16: Graphics device ID: "Generic VGA" > > (**) VGA16: Monitor ID: "monitor" > > (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts:unscaled" > > Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb' > > (--) VGA16: PCI: Unknown vendor (0x15ad) Unknown chipset (0x0405) rev 0, > > memory @ 0xfc000000, 0xfb000000, I/O @ 0x10c0 > > (**) VGA16: chipset: generic > > (--) VGA16: videoram: 256k (using 256k) > > (--) VGA16: clocks: 25.00 28.32 25.00 25.00 > > (--) VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz > > (**) VGA16: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 28.300, clock used = 28.322 > > (--) VGA16: Virtual resolution set to 640x480 > > error opening security policy file > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy > > install exited abnormally :-( received signal 11 > > sending termination signals...done > > > > I'm not sure, but it looks like two files are missing in the install: > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy > > > > vmware's virtual video driver is supported in the latest XFree86 (4.2+), > > and in any case, VGA mode should work fine without anything special. > > > > Any ideas? I always like to install Mandrake in VMware first, before > > putting it on my production machine "for real"... ;-) > > > > TIA > > > > Fred > > > > > > > > -- > > > -- > Fred Laxton > > My contact information: > http://infotechdesign.net/my_contact_information.htm > > Powered by Yellow Dog Linux and Mandrake Linux >
