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    Maverick Meerkat in a VM

    Well, decided to give Maverick Meerkat a try. Not wanting to sacrifice my fully-functional Lucid Lynx, I created a Linux VM in VMware Player and installed 10.10 Alpha 3 this afternoon. In the process of getting it set up 'to my liking' - activating/adding repositories and dist-upgrading, which is going on as I type (428 upgraded, 25 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded [292MB]). Will be adding the Medibuntu repository and the necessary packages for DVD playback and mp3 audio; mesa-utils for compositing support; and ...

    But as it is 'now', not bad. No issues so far, other than no compositing, but the dist-upgrade and subsequent install of mesa-utils will likely resolve that.
    Windows no longer obstruct my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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    Re: Maverick Meerkat in a VM

    I did the same, but I used VirutalBox.

    My only complaint is that the Xorg server used in Maverick is detected by VisualBoxGuestAdditions as an unsupported development version so I can't get out of 800x600.
    "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
    – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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      Re: Maverick Meerkat in a VM

      Originally posted by Snowhog

      Will be adding the Medibuntu repository
      Hmmm .... let me know how that goes.


      Code:
      dibl@ubuntu:~$ sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/`lsb_release -cs`.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
[sudo] password for dibl: 
--2010-08-30 19:28:04-- [url]http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/maverick.list[/url]
Resolving [url]www.medibuntu.org[/url]... 87.98.242.110
Connecting to www.medibuntu.org|87.98.242.110|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2010-08-30 19:28:04 ERROR 404: Not Found.
      I guess I can pretend it's a Lucid system .....

      Code:
      dibl@ubuntu:~$ sudo wget [url]http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/lucid.list[/url] --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
--2010-08-30 19:36:24-- [url]http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/lucid.list[/url]
Resolving [url]www.medibuntu.org[/url]... 87.98.242.110
Connecting to www.medibuntu.org|87.98.242.110|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 268 [text/plain]
Saving to: `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list'

100%[======================================>] 268     --.-K/s  in 0s   

2010-08-30 19:36:24 (27.7 MB/s) - `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list' saved [268/268]
      -- well, heck, it's only a VM!


      @GG, running on a VMWare VM, I also have the default 800x600 screen issue. I've installed the VMware Tools, which enhances the video capability. I can "grab" the corner with the mouse, and stretch it out on my 1600x1200 Linux desktop, and it works fine (notwithstanding that I have to stretch the panel independently), but I cannot seem to convince it to take that size as a new permanent setting. The next boot, it comes up at 800x600 again.

      But, the basic Kubuntu Linux system seems fine -- snazzy 2.6.35-19 kernel, installed chromium browser and it looks great, bridged networking works right. Flash plays the ABBA video "I do I do I do" -- PERFECT!

      I think it's in pretty good shape for a pre-Beta OS.
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        Re: Maverick Meerkat in a VM

        Yeah. Appears that their site is 'down again.' :P Seems to happen pretty often.

        No compositing in MM in the VM. I guess I should have anticipated that, as it is 'virtualizing' the GPU. (I am correct, yes?).

        Otherwise, what I've tried so far, works.
        Windows no longer obstruct my view.
        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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          Re: Maverick Meerkat in a VM

          As to the size of the VM, we have to be able to install VMware Tools for Linux. But I have not found how to do so. If I start/run the VM normally (as my non-root self), then the installer wants the 'root' password to install the downloaded file. Typing in my only password of course doesn't work, as this prompt isn't coming from Linux, but from VMware.

          I retried by launching VMware Player from a console using kdesudo /usr/bin/vmplayer. After it's loaded and the desktop is present, clicking Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools... completes. But, no VMware Tools.

          So how is one supposed to get VMware Tools installed in the VM? I haven't been able to update the Tools in my Windows Guest VM either (Tools are installed there, as it was done back before VMware went to .bundle files, and I downloaded/extracted the windows.iso file from the VMware Workstation .iso).
          Windows no longer obstruct my view.
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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            Re: Maverick Meerkat in a VM

            When I drag out a corner of the VB Maverick the display doesn't change size, but VB's boarder gets larger.

            I am having NO problems at all with Maverick.
            "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
            – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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              Re: Maverick Meerkat in a VM

              I used to use the VM menu option. But, what about the command line option by using Alt+f2 to open a console, then sudo su - to get a permanent root console, then use the method here:
              http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/d...html#wp1127177
              "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
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                Re: Maverick Meerkat in a VM

                Got it!

                The Tools file was downloaded while I was running VMware Player as root. I then followed the instructions at Installing VMware tools on Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu Guests

                Unity works. I can copy/paste between apps in the VM and my Kubuntu Host. Life is again good. 8)

                Added: I can copy text within the VM and paste it into the Host, but I can't copy a file in the Host and paste it in the VM. Hmm. Not sure what to make of that - yet.
                Windows no longer obstruct my view.
                Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                  Re: Maverick Meerkat in a VM

                  Sorry Snowhog, I just now saw these posts.

                  As usual, I did not follow the instructions for VMware Tools. I found out that if you choose "Install VMware Tools" from the Player's "Virtual Machine" menu, it will (somewhat slowly and with no user feedback) download an ISO image and mount it as a CD ROM. In the guest OS, you can open it with Dolphin, and there you will find a file "VMwareTools-8.4.3-282343.tar.gz" tarball. So, you just copy it and paste it into your /home/user/Downloads directory, and then proceed with installation in the normal manner, which for me is to copy it into /tmp, extract it there with
                  Code:
                  sudo tar xvf VMwareTools*.tar.gz
                  and run the installer with
                  Code:
                  sudo ./vmware-install.pl
                  Once it is finished running, I seem to have all the functionality of the Windows guests that I have made.

                  I think the 800x600 Kubuntu screen is a bug in 10.10, not a VMware or VirtualBox limitation. If I use System Settings > Display & Monitor and choose 1400x1050, for example, it will pop to that size perfectly. But the panel remains 800 wide, until I unlock widgets and drag the right end to full width. Then it will work correctly in that configuration for as long as I work with it, and everything appears to function correctly. But, if I reboot it, it comes back up at 800x600. So that's just a residual bug at this point.
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