Ubuntu from boot camp partition

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shuhart

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Found a script to make Parallels Tools working with Ubuntu installed in Boot Camp partition. Just run the script after Parallels Tools installation and that's it.

Now Ubuntu works in Parallels VM with Parallels Tools and start OK through reEFIt. At least it worked out on my mac.

There is a post in russian about it.
 
I lost the ability to resize my guest after running this script. Re-installing Parallels Tools had no impact. Anyone have any suggestions other than a re-install of Ubuntu? It looks like the script just injects a different xorg.conf at boot.
 
Have you enabled x-org-edgers-ppa? Script seems to stop working after that.

Anyway, I don't think you need to reinstall Ubuntu. Please attach your *xorg* files from /etc/X11/.

And paste

cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name

into command line and let me know the output
 
Boot Camp Ubuntu Graphics Tools Error

brwillia@tutonic-server-u:~$ cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name
Parallels Virtual Platform

Then I backed up the X11 directory and attached it as X11-pre.zip.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2128051/X11-pre.zip

Then I ran the script and attached the X11 dir as X11-post.zip

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2128051/X11-post.zip

Then I rebooted and ran cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name again:
brwillia@tutonic-server-u:~$ cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name
H61N-USB3
which is a Gigabyte motherboard.


And archived X11 again:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2128051/X11-post-nativebootcampboot.zip

Note that I did not save X11 from my system via native bootcamp boot prior to running the script. My X11 directory should be whatever it is for the Intel HD3000 GPU standard configuration.
 
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Now it seems to be a purely resolution-dependent issue! The Intel GPU driver now appears to load. Do you know of any way of having the system redetect the native resolution, or hardcoding 1920x1200 during native boot only?
 
You're running a Hackintosh?

nightalon said:
Now it seems to be a purely resolution-dependent issue! The Intel GPU driver now appears to load. Do you know of any way of having the system redetect the native resolution, or hardcoding 1920x1200 during native boot only?
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The problem is that the script is intended for MBA only, as far as I understand. May be that's the problem.

Unfortunately, you didn't provide X11 before the parallels tools installation.

I think the best option to boot natively is to delete xorg.conf completely. Make

cd /etc/X11
sudo mv xorg.conf xorg.conf.old

Then reboot. If you don't get back your native resolution, try to reconfigure xorg.

sudo stop lightdm

then press Alt-Ctrl-F1
login

sudo X -configure
sudo cp ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

startx

Hope that'll help.

P.S. If that won't work out, make

sudo cp xorg.conf.old xorg.conf

and try to change or to delete

SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection

in your current xorg.conf
 
Actually I did post the X11 directory from before the script install, under Parallels; just not under native boot (pre- or post-Parallels install). Maybe I can get it from another machine with the same GPU, or do a reinstall if I come across another hard drive lying around. Resize now works in Parallels...kind of strange, given that it didn't work last time! Will keep testing and reading. ;-)
 
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