> Hi all,
> in our way to go virtualize, we need also to virtualize Linux RHEL AS 4.
> I downloaded and installed the Virtual Machine additions for Linux on the
> host server (Win Server 2003 Sp1 R2).
> Starting from the point that the scripted installation does not work, we
> installed the components manually.
>
> Components installed are:
> vmadd-kernel-module-0.0.1-1.i386.rpm
> vmadd-heartbeat-0.0.1-1.i386.rpm
> vmadd-shutdown-0.0.1-1.i386.rpm
> vmadd-timesync-0.0.1-1.i386.rpm
> vmadd-x11-0.0.1-1.i386.rpm --force
>
> Not installed:
> vmadd-scsi-0.0.1-1.i386.rpm
>
> Well...when we "startx"...the VMRC window enlarges out of the screen and
> colours became very degraded and is impossible to use the graphic interface.
> Anyone encountered\solved this problem ?
>
> Thanks
> Luke
>

> I had this problem as well. I resolved it by going to System Settings >
> Display (mind you, this is very tough to do with the display size and
> colors as >messed up as they are...you have to do a lot of window dragging
> and squinting). On the Hardware tab, change the display type to
> Unsupported VGA >compatible. Restart the machine. You will get a message
> stating the X Window environment can't be started. I told it to try to
> automatically detect the >display hardware. It ended up choosing an "S3
> Trio64" and when I restarted, everything on the display was fine. Hope
> that helps.

> Display (mind you, this is very tough to do with the display size and
> colors as messed up as they are...you have to do >a lot of window dragging
> and squinting). On the Hardware tab, change the display type to
> Unsupported VGA compatible. Restart the machine. You will get a message
> stating the X >Window environment can't be started. I told it to try to
> automatically detect the display hardware. It ended up choosing an "S3
> Trio64" and when I restarted, everything on the display was >fine. Hope
> that helps.