I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit workstation, and Parallels pretty much did everything, including installing the non-supported drivers. After it was done, I was left with not much that I could see to do:
On the login screen, I can see the headings (ubuntu, person symbol, volume, clock time, on-off symbol), but they don't do anything when I click on them. Clicking on the setting gear symbol next to my name, as well as the Other... and Guest Session doesn't do anything either. All I can do is type in my password and hit Enter.
After I log in, all I see is the Parallels Shared Folders icon, and what seems to be a menu bar at the top with shading underneath it. There are no words or other visible indicators on the menu bar, and left-clicking doesn't seem to do anything until I get toward the right side of the menu bar, then chat, battery, network, volume, calendar, user account, and system menus pop up. There seem to be no applications that I can otherwise see, though if I click near the left side of the screen, it seems like some things pop up.
So, how do I get things to appear correctly? Do I need to do some sort of manual install?
Edit: Parallels version 7.0.15052.
Last edited: Dec 31, 2011