[PLUG] Ubuntu on Virtual PC

[Ron Braithwaite]

On Oct 13, 2005, at 10:18 AM, Aaron Burt wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 09:54:48AM -0700, Ron Braithwaite wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to get Ubuntu running on a Mac using Virtual PC and am
>> having problems getting the video right.
>>
>> Anyone else here got it going successfully and what did it take?
>>
>
> Google sez you gotta edit xorg.conf (or XF86Config-4 on older
> versions) and change DefaultDepth from 24 to 16.
>
> More here:
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com//HowToConfigureUbuntuForMicrosoftVirtualPC2004

That did it quite nicely, thank you. It's slow, but quite usable.

> Google knows all,

Indeed. But so does PLUG.

-Ron

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