trouble with X under vmware
 

Hi there I am running Redhat 7.2 in a VMWare workstation on a Windows 2000 box, the plan was the get up to speed with Redhat in a virtual machine before I switch for real.

Redhat is installed ok, but X will not run, Xconfigurator always says there is a problem with my settings.

I have a Nvidia GeForce2 Ti card (64mb), the monitor is unknown, no label or badge :-( but it can do 1024x768 under Windows2k.

I have updated the redhat install with the current version of XFree86 (all good learning stuff here !) but still cannot get X to run, I do at least get a little flicker now !

The error I get on StartX is:

Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (o known processed) with 0 events remaining.

I think that maybe I need to forget about Xconfigurator and configure the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, but I really don't have a clue where to start...

Any clues ?

Thanks
Judda

Hopefully some help!
 

I have ran various versions of Linux under VMware and XP, what I generally do is install Linux but do not start X (use linux 2) as start-up so X does not run, then using the menu select Vmware tools, follow the instructions for running the script (well documented as I managed it 1st time), then (if I remember correctly) the system restarts, at this point all will be well....
As a matter of fact I am installing Redhat tonight again for a MySQL test so I will come back later, let me know if you have any problems.

Si:cool:

Sorry, I should had said I also have a GeForce 2 card...So here goes.

Si :study:

Thanks
 

Excellent I will give that a try.

Thanks

X but no file manager
 

OK I followed the vmwaretools install, I can now run X Windows !
However, I don't get a file manager, IE:Gnome, kde etc

Does anyone know how to start KDE when X starts ?

Thanks for your help

I is not an expert but I imagine you just add it to the rc5 script (runlevel 5 script).....Must admit that I set-up mine by getting the linux install to do all the work and b4 the 1st reboot used the vmware tools to go!!!!!!
Also, when X boots up you should get a logon screen, in this is the window managers available (if you installed any that is :-( )

Si

Thanks,

Yeah there is a lot to be said for doing the right tasks in the Correct Order !

Thanks
Judda