Weird Virtual PC thing

Sykus · Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2002 5:41 pm Post subject: Weird Virtual PC thing

okay, i'm running virtual pc, and just finished installing gentoo. i'm having some issues with eth0, but that's not what this post is about.

anyways, whenever i switch to another window from virtual pc, it makes a new login prompt appear in gentoo. if i login again, and then switch to a different window (i.e. to these forums to scroll down) it'll do it again. now it gets weirder, if i just switch back and forth repeatedly, it'll switch between the login prompt, the original login, and the second login, almost like multiple desktops. i want this to STOP. i'm trying to fix this thing, and it's making it a pain in the ass, and i can tell it would give me further nightmares after i get things running as well. i never had this problem in red hat + VPC, so i'm thinking gentoo has some weird setting enabled that red hat did not.

madmax · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 126

exactly how did u manage to get it installed ?
im running virtual pc on my g4 ti powerbook & gentoo
never seems to find a network card

Sykus · Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 3:21 am Post subject:

i just followed the install guide. you need to use modprobe tulip to get the initial net connection for installation. or do you mean VPC itself can't find the network card?

and the problem i had with gentoo went away on it's own. weird.

madmax · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 126

thanx...will try the modprobe tulip

gentoo only shows lo & no network interfaces so ill try that & see
what happens

btw u running kde 302 ? & if so hows the speed overall on the system ?

Sykus · Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 5:41 am Post subject:

i installed kde yesterday, but can't really comment on it just yet, it's having some resolution issues. but if i was forced to comment, i'd say it's as good as it was in RH 7.3

madmax · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 126

ok the modprobe tulip worked

now did you install fron x86 or 686-x86
im running vpc 5.0.4

madmax · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 126

ok the modprobe tulip worked

now did you install fron x86 or 686-x86
im running vpc 5.0.4

Sykus · Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 8:29 pm Post subject:

i untar'd stage2 686 for my install. also, i'm using VPC for windows, i dunno if it emulates the same hardware as yours.

Guest · Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 10:12 pm Post subject: hardware

im running vpc on os x 10.1.15

hardware is a g4 ti 800 powerbook + 1gb ram

ill try the 686 iso & try to install & compile from that & see how it goes
let me know if you get x & kde 302 running & if possible please
post your config here

there may be other users interested in this

jbarry · n00b Joined: 27 May 2002 Posts: 55 Location: Panama

madmax559 · Guest

what setting did you use ?

vmswitch or regular ? i cant seem to emerge rsync at all

jbarry · n00b Joined: 27 May 2002 Posts: 55 Location: Panama

madmax · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 17 Jul 2002 Posts: 126

for the vm look under settings -> networking
default is socket shared i changed mine to vmswitch

emerge rsync worked but bootstrap dies with a lot of segfaults
if you get yours installed let me know im temporarily putting this
aside.