Thanks, Mark, that worked! Mark wrote: > 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 >> > >
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