I am a complete newbie when it comes to both Parallels and Linux so sorry in advance if my questions are absurdly stupid.
I'm running Parallels Desktop 5 with Debian installed in a VM on my Macbook Pro. Anyway, I have two problems which I suspect are related, although, they could very well be two different things. Problem one, My screen size is off. Even in full screen the desktop on Debian stretches beyond the edges of my display. It automatically scrolls left and right when I move my mouse, but to move the page down (and later back up) I need to release my mouse. I've tried adjusting the resolution, but it won't let me. (more details upon request).
My second problem requires more explanation. I can't seem to get Parallels Tools installed. After hours of surfing the web and trying a few things I did manage to get an installer to run, but then it tells me some components are missing, asks if I want them downloaded automatically, then it gives me the following error:
An error occurred when downloading required components
for Parallels Tools installation.
- make
- kernel sources
Install these components and try again.
I looked online and I saw that people have solved this problem using the following commands
uname -r
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) make gcc
to which my system responds the following:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-headers-2.6.26-2-686 is already the newest version.
make is already the newest version.
gcc is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libstdc++6-4.3-dev g++-4.3 libtimedate-perl dpkg-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
But when I try running the installer again, I get the same error message above. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
I'm running Parallels Desktop 5 with Debian installed in a VM on my Macbook Pro. Anyway, I have two problems which I suspect are related, although, they could very well be two different things. Problem one, My screen size is off. Even in full screen the desktop on Debian stretches beyond the edges of my display. It automatically scrolls left and right when I move my mouse, but to move the page down (and later back up) I need to release my mouse. I've tried adjusting the resolution, but it won't let me. (more details upon request).
My second problem requires more explanation. I can't seem to get Parallels Tools installed. After hours of surfing the web and trying a few things I did manage to get an installer to run, but then it tells me some components are missing, asks if I want them downloaded automatically, then it gives me the following error:
An error occurred when downloading required components
for Parallels Tools installation.
- make
- kernel sources
Install these components and try again.
I looked online and I saw that people have solved this problem using the following commands
uname -r
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) make gcc
to which my system responds the following:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-headers-2.6.26-2-686 is already the newest version.
make is already the newest version.
gcc is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libstdc++6-4.3-dev g++-4.3 libtimedate-perl dpkg-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
But when I try running the installer again, I get the same error message above. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
