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I installed it, worked fine.
I ran the config to set everything right and it completed successfully.
Then I "startx" and i get a black screen with my boot options and it hangs.
i do have a problem with the addition of vmware tools...
i installed a FC3 on a XP Media centrer that has vmware on it. After the installation the display size is out of proportion... there is a note in vmware to install the vmware tools but if i try to install it, it says that i have to shut x first before installing the tools. However, i just can't get to a regular console ctrl+alt+Fx just doesn't work in vm ware.
Normally, (i meen on a regular linux box) i can go to ctrl-alt-F4 and kill -9 (X process), it seems that i can't do that on a virtual machine... To install the vm tools (that provide you with the ability to have a resolution other that 600 x 480) i have to shut down X before installing the tools . Is there and other way to shut X that would bring me the the command line only, or is there a way to start linux in command line only (that would do it...)
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