Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Thar" and Xorg ABI tips

Discussion in 'Linux Virtual Machine' started by Thomas Hartwig, Apr 15, 2014.

  1. Thomas Hartwig

    Thomas Hartwig Member

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    In a moment of craziness I upgraded to the latest Ubuntu release. In general the upgrade was fine but the display resolution did not work any more. So I did following which might be helpful for you. Now resize, full screen and full resolution works on my MacbookPro. You have to know how to handle with Parallel Tools installation in Linux. If you don't know this please check the Parallels doc first.

    1. I installed a fixed xorg.conf which was a leftover from older tools installations. Somehow the prlvideo driver is not used by default. The xorg.conf is quoted below. Install this file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
    2. I also did a manual removal of the Tools installation just to be sure. Sometimes this is helpful to get the drivers reinstalled correctly. Do this like this with the tools CD mounted: ./install -r
    3. I use xfce as window manager. 3D is working in general but I don't like to get my machine too hot with fancy Unity.

    Probably all this becomes obsolete when Parallels is launching the next patch.

    Code:
    #
    # X.Org server configuration file generated by Parallels Guest Tools.
    #
    
    # Parallels Video section
    Section "Device"
    	Identifier	"Parallels Video"
    	Driver	"prlvideo"
    EndSection
    
    # Parallels Monitor section
    Section "Monitor"
    	Identifier	"Parallels Monitor"
    	VendorName	"Parallels Inc."
    	ModelName	"Parallels Monitor"
    EndSection
    
    # Parallels Screen section
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier	"Parallels Screen"
    	Device	"Parallels Video"
    	Monitor	"Parallels Monitor"
    	Option	"NoMTRR"
    	SubSection	"Display"
    		Depth	24
    		Modes	"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    	EndSubSection
    EndSection
    
    # DefaultFlags section
    Section "ServerFlags"
    	Option	"AllowEmptyInput"	"yes"
    	Option	"AutoAddDevices"	"yes"
    EndSection
    
    # DefaultLayout section
    Section "ServerLayout"
    	Identifier	"DefaultLayout"
    	Screen	"Parallels Screen"
    EndSection
    
     
    Last edited: Apr 15, 2014

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