>Any one had the problem of installing dapper drake under virtual pc and then
>having the desktop illegible and very very wide- look like it is probably in
>8 bit colour also. Did everyone else manage to get a readable screen? The
>grub screen and boot screen are fine, but the logon screen onwards is very
>distorted.
>I would try to change the desktop resolution, but like I say Linux is
>illegible.
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>Ian

> Any one had the problem of installing dapper drake under virtual pc and
> then
> having the desktop illegible and very very wide- look like it is probably
> in
> 8 bit colour also. Did everyone else manage to get a readable screen? The
> grub screen and boot screen are fine, but the logon screen onwards is very
> distorted.
> I would try to change the desktop resolution, but like I say Linux is
> illegible.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Ian

> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:49:01 -0700, Ian McLeish
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
> >Any one had the problem of installing dapper drake under virtual pc and then
> >having the desktop illegible and very very wide- look like it is probably in
> >8 bit colour also. Did everyone else manage to get a readable screen? The
> >grub screen and boot screen are fine, but the logon screen onwards is very
> >distorted.
> >I would try to change the desktop resolution, but like I say Linux is
> >illegible.
> >Any suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Ian
>
> It's probably in 24-bit colour mode. You can change the resolution
> and colour depth via the console using the specific commands for your
> Linux distro. You can access a console using ctrl+alt+f1 )or f2.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.
>

> See the notes for various of the Ubuntu distros on
> http://www.gtopala.com/about_siw.html for ways to run Ubuntu and all of its
> derivatives in 16bit color depth. Ubuntu recognizes the S3Trio card but
> thinks it is a real S3, which supports 24bit color depth, instead of the
> emulated card in VPC, which does not support 24bit color depth. This is
> true of many linux distros.
>
> In general, during the installation of many linux distros you will have the
> opportunity in the GUI to select the color depth. Watch for this to ensure
> that you do not let them default to 24bit. Some like Ubuntu need to be
> configured after installation.
>
> "Ian McLeish" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > Any one had the problem of installing dapper drake under virtual pc and
> > then
> > having the desktop illegible and very very wide- look like it is probably
> > in
> > 8 bit colour also. Did everyone else manage to get a readable screen? The
> > grub screen and boot screen are fine, but the logon screen onwards is very
> > distorted.
> > I would try to change the desktop resolution, but like I say Linux is
> > illegible.
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ian
>
>
>

> Any one had the problem of installing dapper drake under virtual pc and then
> having the desktop illegible and very very wide- look like it is probably in
> 8 bit colour also. Did everyone else manage to get a readable screen? The
> grub screen and boot screen are fine, but the logon screen onwards is very
> distorted.
> I would try to change the desktop resolution, but like I say Linux is
> illegible.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Ian