Gutsy under VMware Fusion on a new Intel Mac

[Andrew Mathenge]

I've run Ubuntu 7.04 in a Mac (Panther) under Parallels. It was working fine
with absolutely no issues. On my main PC, I run Ubuntu 7.04 but I've
upgraded to 7.10. I have VMWare Server and a copy of Ubuntu 7.10 (for
testing) and a copy of Fedora 7. I haven't run into any problems with any of
the applications. In VMWare, the tools won't install for Ubuntu, but they
installed for Fedora so mouse movements inside the virtual machine and in
the host OS are seamless. With Ubuntu, I have to ctrl+alt to get out of the
guest machine.

One problem that I had with the upgrade to Gutsy is that I lost sound.
Fortunately, a few other users had already run into this problem and there
was a solution on the net. I haven't tested my wireless yet. In Feisty I
would experience spurious disconnects. Hopefully this has been fixed and the
wireless tools are much better.

How come it took so long to upgrade? What's your connection speed like? I
upgraded in about 1 hour. I was able to download the CD and burn it.

I'm glad that you're happy with the upgrade.

Andrew.

On 10/21/07, Leslie Wright <leslie.wright at alumni.uwo.ca> wrote:
>
> It took a few hours overnight, but my upgrade to 7.10 completed
> successfully. Those who run Ubuntu as a virtual machine on a Mac may
> find this interesting.
>
> So far, I haven't encountered any huge problems. 7.10 does seem to take
> much longer to boot up though. I have lost the scrolling action of the
> middle mouse button that I was there under 7.04. And it appears to me
> that the repainting of the Ubuntu window when one resizes it seems a bit
> slower. Also, I have noticed that occasionally the mouse cursor gets
> "stuck" in the corners or edges of the window, and one must execute
> control-Command to unfreeze it--Fusion users will know what I am talking
> about. I needed to reinstall VMware Tools, and I expected that this
> utility does not have everything it needs yet to be seamlessly
> compatible with Gutsy. I am hoping that the VMware developers are aware
> of this and in subsequent upgrades VMware Tools best accommodates the
> new OS. It is noteworthy that under Gutsy the VMware drivers appear on
> the restricted drivers list. Never saw this warning under Feisty, where
> all worked smoothly.
>
> A big plus for me is the upgrade to OpenOffice 2.3. I found some
> cosmetic issues with version 2.2 in the creation of PDF files that drove
> me a little nuts and discouraged me from using Ubuntu for word
> processing. I have tested some of my "problem" files with 2.3, and all
> seems resolved. I am also pleased to see that Gutsy packs with
> Thunderbird as well as Evolution--as a long time Netscape Mail user, I
> far prefer the former.
>
> I don't hear much from others here about using Ubuntu as a virtual
> machine with another OS. Perhaps that is the very point :) At any rate,
> I thought I would share a few observations on my particularly experience.
>
> Les
> Toronto
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