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Azza

Azza

Azza

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Ubuntu, in VMware! Go me, something I never thought I would do!

This is very interesting. Read a couple of threads, people saying to use Mint or Debian to start off with but thought I'd go with Ubuntu. :)


So people... what can I do? Where shall I go from here?


p.s. if I had enough space of my hard drive I would have installed separately and not in a VM, but I don't right now so this will have to do for now.
 
Oxy said:
You can do anything you want to do.

What do you use your windows pc for? The only thing linux lacks is gaming.
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Everythingggggggg. :D

fluff said:
Format your HDD and install Linux. :)

Try to create your Windows environment using Linux apps.
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I would, but I can't be bothered going through the hassle of sorting out all my music and docs etc to back up right now. :p
 
tbh I'm gaming from a linux laptop
having said that I wonder if anyone has any ideas what are good games for linux (other than minecraft!!)
 
Well I've managed to knacker it already. :D

Trying to install Nvidia drivers via this method

after the 'log out' stage, it just gets stuck in tty1. :(

Been trying what it says here... clicky, I've uninstalled the current Nvidia stuff but it still gets stuck there. :(

Any ideas folks?
 
fluff said:
Format your HDD and install Linux. :)

Try to create your Windows environment using Linux apps.
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And for everything else, there's wine (but not the alcoholic kind :D)


Azza said:
Well I've managed to knacker it already. :D

Trying to install Nvidia drivers via this method

after the 'log out' stage, it just gets stuck in tty1. :(

Been trying what it says here... clicky, I've uninstalled the current Nvidia stuff but it still gets stuck there. :(

Any ideas folks?
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I usually install the drivers from the nvidia website (I usually have fedora/slackware based distros on), but have you tried doing

Code: 
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

and rebooting?

Just done a google search - would this be worth a try anyone? (I wouldn't recommend trying it until someone confirms it can't do any harm though lol)
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/how-to-install-nvidia-drivers-manually-in-ubuntu/
 
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Azza said:
Well I've managed to knacker it already. :D

Trying to install Nvidia drivers via this method

after the 'log out' stage, it just gets stuck in tty1. :(

Been trying what it says here... clicky, I've uninstalled the current Nvidia stuff but it still gets stuck there. :(

Any ideas folks?
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You're using it in a VM, hence the Nvidia drivers are of absolutely no use to you :)
Using the nvidia-xconfig will have mullered your xorg.conf file, and so we need to recreate it the Ubuntu way. Run this:
Code: 
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Follow the prompts, using autodetect/ VMWare when it asks you what your graphics card is and it should sort itself out. (I presume the command hasn't changed in Maverik, I'm using OpenSUSE at the mo)
If that doesn't work, I can probably run up a quick VMWare xorg.conf by hand, but things get a little more involved then.

-Leezer-
 
Azza said:
Well I've managed to knacker it already. :D

Trying to install Nvidia drivers via this method

after the 'log out' stage, it just gets stuck in tty1. :(

Been trying what it says here... clicky, I've uninstalled the current Nvidia stuff but it still gets stuck there. :(

Any ideas folks?
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sorry but LOL. :D :o

in vmware, ubuntu doesn't see your nvidia card. it only sees a virtual vmware GPU.

and i'm a linux noob myself so i have no idea how to recover the situation. :p

you could ditch vmware and try wubi instead. this installs ubuntu from within windows and creates a folder in windows for all it's files so it doesn't mess with your hard disk. if you decide you've had enough, you run the un-installer from within windows and it removes it nice and cleanly. it creates an extra option in the boot menu so you boot into a proper desktop where it has full access to your hardware just like a real ubuntu install.

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/windows-installer

EDIT: i'm too slow. :p
 
Don't worry... I made the same mistake with the video drivers and VM version of Ubuntu. The installation method you linked to works perfect with a full install but not...as already mentioned several times above ... with the VM version.

Another option to consider... is picking up a cheap HDD and installing your flavour of Linux to that for a play :) It's not a ideal solution but you can trash it and thrash it and try lots of different things and not have the worry of losing your original OS and files. At the same time you can pull/copy files from your original HDD and play to your hearts content with drivers and Linux software ie music and video apps :)
 
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or an old PC/Laptop?
local shop here sells old dell laptops (2nd hand refurbished) for like £50 or so!
 
:( makes sense I suppose. Thanks for the help guys. Will try free up some space on another hard drive and install it on there.
 
Go power user? After basic administration like adding users/print queue management, start off with trying to setup server using Apache and MySQL then maybe add DNS using Bind? Basically try to replicate what NAS devices do on your own without spending the cash for hardware. :cool:
 
Install putty on windows
Install ssh on ubuntu (apt-get install ssh)

Now log in to ubuntu via putty(assuming your VM is networked), learn how to use the shell and administrate all your services through it. The learning curve might be steep but the rewards are infinite

Some basic things to do in a shell (bash shell).....

Control-C (interrupt current running program)
Control-D (exit shell)
Control-Z (suspend current running program)

ls
ls -al
ls -alrt
df -m
pwd
cd /proc
pwd
cd
pwd
cd /tmp
ls
pwd
cd /
ls
pwd
cd -
pwd
cd ~/

cat /proc/cpuinfo
cat /proc/uptime
cat /etc/fstab
fdisk -l
top (^C or press q to exit)
htop (apt-get install htop if it's not installed)
free
cat /proc/meminfo

/sbin/ifconfig -a
ethtool eth0
ping www.google.co.uk

man ls
man top

man is your friend
 
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