tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31098884.post115283628430215460..comments2023-04-27T02:20:45.634-07:00Comments on The Canned OS Project: Xubuntu 6.06 LTS VMware Virtual ApplianceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31098884.post-1153856580718797892006-07-25T12:43:00.000-07:002006-07-25T12:43:00.000-07:00Have a look at this site. It has information on t...Have a look at this site. It has information on the different things you can toggle in your .vmx file. Links to the network and sound switches are also included below.<BR/><BR/>http://www.sanbarrow.com/vmx.html<BR/><BR/>http://www.sanbarrow.com/vmx-network.html<BR/>http://www.sanbarrow.com/vmx-sound.htmlrxhuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090856658308698665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31098884.post-1153851349232416222006-07-25T11:15:00.000-07:002006-07-25T11:15:00.000-07:00That's a good tip! The vlance ethernet device is ...That's a good tip! The vlance ethernet device is supported by the linux kernel natively, so it should always work. The vmxnet driver is supposed to be a little bit faster. If you want to give the vmxnet driver another try, change the vmx file and do this:<BR/><BR/>/etc/init.d/network stop<BR/>rmmod pcnet32<BR/>depmod -a<BR/>modprobe vmxnet<BR/>/etc/init.d/network start<BR/><BR/>VMware recommends running the above commands after installing the VMware tools, but I don't recall having done the above since my networking worked fine, but maybe networking is broken on other configurations because I didn't do the above.rxhuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090856658308698665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31098884.post-1153848185157261092006-07-25T10:23:00.000-07:002006-07-25T10:23:00.000-07:00Well, those steps didn't end up working. :) I had ...Well, those steps didn't end up working. :) I had created a file with EasyVMX to load the Ubuntu 6.06 CD and the networking there worked, so I copied its over to mine and it is working now.<BR/><BR/>I changed to:<BR/>ethernet0.virtualDev = "vlance"<BR/>ethernet0.connectionType = "NAT"<BR/><BR/>I also changed the generated address, don't know if that one mattered though.<BR/><BR/>Thanks.Nick Spacekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957886461445728808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31098884.post-1153843582035360912006-07-25T09:06:00.000-07:002006-07-25T09:06:00.000-07:00The networking on a pristine copy of the Xubuntu v...The networking on a pristine copy of the Xubuntu virtual appliance works fine on my workstation, but it could be because I used the workstation to build the VM. I did an audit of the vmx file and noticed that I didn't enable the vmxnet ethernet controller and didn't force the ethernet controller to start connected, among other things. This didn't break networking for me, but perhaps it could break networking on other configurations. <BR/><BR/>Power off the VM, and try adding these lines to the .vmx file.<BR/><BR/>ethernet0.present= "true"<BR/>ethernet0.startConnected = "true"<BR/>ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet"<BR/>ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"rxhuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090856658308698665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31098884.post-1153832918179827772006-07-25T06:08:00.000-07:002006-07-25T06:08:00.000-07:00Yeah, I'm also having problems with network access...Yeah, I'm also having problems with network access using this. Are there any generic steps to take to get it working?Nick Spacekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957886461445728808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31098884.post-1153173065955899612006-07-17T14:51:00.000-07:002006-07-17T14:51:00.000-07:00All of the administrative functions can be accesse...All of the administrative functions can be accessed from the System->Preferences or System->Administration menu. When prompted for password, enter 'vmware'<BR/><BR/>The Ubuntu wiki page is a great place to get addition info about the ubuntu distro. <A HREF="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/" REL="nofollow">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/</A>rxhuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090856658308698665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31098884.post-1152994662269886412006-07-15T13:17:00.000-07:002006-07-15T13:17:00.000-07:00The Ubuntu and ubuntu-based distros do not want yo...The Ubuntu and ubuntu-based distros do not want you to login as root or with su, so the installation never asks you to specify a root password. If you need to run commands as root, you can use sudo as the vmware user and enter in 'vmware' when you are prompted for a password. You can also run 'sudo su' to become root. Hope this helps.rxhuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090856658308698665noreply@blogger.com