I have RHEL 4 installed on a microsoft VM and for the life of me cant get a proper resolution , I can see enough to login , and I can get to a terminal , but
there is no way Ill be able to edit a files or script. I really cant read the terminal , but could run a line of code if this will help.
Ive changed the resolution on the software "VM" to all possible states to no luck , Any help ?? Microsoft VM 2007 is my version , the resolution is fine until
it goes past the boot loader.


Thanks guys , I reinstalled and changed Res to Thousands of colors with the 800 X 600 Resolution and Presto , RHEL 4.6 Installed in MSVM07

Something like this might help
I'm pretty sure the problem is that the Linux doesn't have the proper video drivers installed

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bf12642f-77dc-4d45-ae4e-e1b05e0a2674&DisplayLang=en

Getting SSH running on the virtual machine should allow you to edit scripts/files via another system until you get the problem fixed as well. It may make it easier to compile/install anything you need to or edit the xorg.conf file.

That was a really good Idea , If I would have started up sshd , I could have logdin and yes wow , oh well the whole install was totally good and shiz , but as soon as Xserver started with the new login screen it was a crazy mess ,
Thanks for the help , On reinstall "Thousands of colors " worked out for me @ 800X600[/b]

If having ssh running as the other guy said you should always check your /var/log/Xorg.x.log files, also the messages file holds a lot of valuable help and info if troubleshooting to see if your kernel can handle the certain video cards. Also, since package management is coming more widely avail I would recommend always to run depending on the distro:

yum, apt, and etc...

It's not about *nix loading the drivers, it's what the kernel can support in the long run! A lot of good kernel hackers out there in this world =)

sceaser wrote:

That was a really good Idea , If I would have started up sshd , I could have logdin and yes wow , oh well the whole install was totally good and shiz , but as soon as Xserver started with the new login screen it was a crazy mess , Thanks for the help , On reinstall "Thousands of colors " worked out for me @ 800X600[/b]