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I've heard of problems with Ubuntu
on virtual machines before as well. What it boils down to is whether the correct Xorg graphics driver is present on the LiveCD.

Now, if you know what you're doing (and admittedly ~99.999% of people don't) you could run in CLI mode and apt-get the correct driver and it will work. But since this is not a reasonable option for most people I'm sure Ubuntu will make this an issue and make sure there is a working driver for their next release.

If I have time tonight I may give it a crack and see if I can figure out what the right driver is.
Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 02/22/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I've heard of problems with Ubuntu  Michael Kelly | 02/22/07
Ubuntu graphics  carbonred | 02/22/07
Tweak  D. T. Schmitz | 02/22/07
One other thought  Michael Kelly | 02/22/07
What about dual monitor?  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/22/07
Why are you bothering with Linux Adrian ?  Intellihence | 02/22/07
Wow!  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/22/07
Syntax Error: "Useful comment" & "Intellihence" in the same sentence (NT)  Scrat | 04/12/07
Honestly  Michael Kelly | 02/22/07
Both screens run at 1280 x 1024  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/22/07
More ideas hitting me  Michael Kelly | 02/22/07
I'll try that now ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/22/07
Well ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/22/07
So it's not a driver issue  Michael Kelly | 02/22/07
Are you a retard?  carbonred | 02/22/07
Who's retarded?  jlondon | 02/23/07
correct driver  carbonred | 02/22/07
Could be ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/22/07
Supported Platforms  sweklaweklfwe@... | 02/22/07
The difference is  Michael Kelly | 02/22/07
Also  Michael Kelly | 02/22/07
I mean Pac-Man  sweklaweklfwe@... | 02/22/07
FUD  sweklaweklfwe@... | 02/22/07
This isn't about VMware  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/22/07
More to the point  Michael Kelly | 02/22/07
Does installing VM Additions for Linux help?  Scrat | 02/23/07
I have it working.  kbar8@... | 02/23/07
Cheers!  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/23/07
Worked for me  dpmcmull@... | 11/18/07
Thanks!  AnonymousBugMeNotUser | 12/31/07
This can be fixed in five seconds.  jlondon | 02/23/07
Hmmm ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/23/07
With an attitude like that  Badgered | 04/12/07
totally agree  splashup@... | 06/12/07
FreeBSD works  Justin James | 02/23/07
Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2007  kucabrbr | 02/23/07
Re: Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2007  mikeashtonsmith@... | 03/28/07
Re: Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2007  mikeashtonsmith@... | 03/28/07
It works fine in VMWare.  JDThompson | 02/25/07
Display Problem  jipor | 03/20/07
Possible Solution  kwconrad | 04/08/07
True with Suse on it under Vista  doug@... | 04/12/07
what kind of blog is that?  appleRulez | 04/12/07
Teh reason MSVPC2007 doesn't work with Linux...  Scrat | 04/12/07
Ubuntu 7.04 on VPC 2007 - works fine.  mhurley | 07/27/07
To make UBUNTU work on MSVPC2007  mboto | 08/18/07
Steps to running Ubuntu on VPC 2007 - Yes way dude!  mhurley | 08/20/07
RE: Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2007 - No way dude!  Arrick | 11/06/07
RE: Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2007 - No way dude!  enochgenesis | 11/09/07
RE: Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2007 - No way dude!  bud@... | 01/12/08
You're wrong - try again!  josh@... | 03/31/08
RE: Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2007 - No way dude!  c_woolley | 10/27/09

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