OpenSolaris 2008.05 installed fine on my VMware Workstation 6.0.3 build-80004 on Windows XP Pro 32-bit. However, when I try to install the VMware tools I get a black blank screen after the startup console messages have gone by and X should be starting up the login manager. Luckily I've got a snapshot taken just after the OS install to go back to. I've tried several variations on the VMware tools install (like selecting "no" when asked to create an xorg settings file). But so far I've not had any other outcome besides this black screen when X should be starting. I can ssh to the system, but have not been able to fix it and always have to go back to the post-install snapshot.
Much of the instructions posted at http://opensolaris.org/os/article/2006-02-27_getting_started_with_opensolaris_using_vmware/ are no longer relevant to the 2008.05 release and it would have been nice if someone could have noticed that prior the 2008.05 release. This article is linked to for instructions on how to install 2008.05 on VMware... This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
