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Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop with VMware Tools posted: Feb 28, 2008 6:07 PM

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Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop VMware image with VMware Tools and sound

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop with VMware Tools

1. Mar 16, 2008 7:54 PM in response to: VMTN Admin
Click to view mrfrosty66's profile Novice 6 posts since
Mar 16, 2008
Hi
Just need a little help.

I downloaded this Ubuntu and have it running, but the user name and passowrd doesn't work! I try the user name "user" and password "user" in lower case as mentioned on the vmware website. but it doen't long in.

I'm wondering if its a case that I am using 102 keyboard on a KMV Switch and when I type user its other keys that get inputed? Right now, I am typing this message on my mac mini on the web and all the keys on the keyboard seem to work with no problem. I have unzip this file and simply opened with fusion.

name: "user"
pwd "user"

Keyboard seem to work fine, I must admit that me and passwords dont get a long well.

Appreciated any help or comments.

MS Windows and PC expert, advance user of Vmware on PC, New to the Mac world and Fusion.
Using System "Mac Mini 1.83 Mac OS X 10.5.2, 2 Gig Memory, Storage 160 serial Sata, Fusion Version 1.1 (62573),"

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop with VMware Tools

2. Mar 25, 2008 8:41 PM in response to: mrfrosty66
Click to view mac_sucks's profile Lurker 1 posts since
Mar 25, 2008

Try using ubuntu for the username and password.

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop with VMware Tools

3. Apr 3, 2008 9:16 AM in response to: VMTN Admin
Click to view Terry_E's profile Novice 7 posts since
Nov 28, 2006
Just a warning about this VM. It is built on a Type 6 SCSI VMDK. This work fine under VMware player but it won't start under VMware Server.

I use the VMware Server environment by preference. I got around this by bootstrapping through VMware player, manually editing the VMX file to remove the unneccessary Virtual HW, and repackaging the System image onto a type 4 IDE VMDK. However, this sort of stuff isn't for the novice, so I haven't included details of what I did here.

It's just a pity that it wasn't built to be VMware Server compatible in the first place.

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop with VMware Tools

4. Apr 5, 2008 6:23 AM in response to: VMTN Admin
Click to view snickadoo's profile Lurker 1 posts since
Apr 5, 2008
Neither user/user nor ubunto/ubunto pairs work for me.

ksb.

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop with VMware Tools

5. Apr 6, 2008 6:34 AM in response to: VMTN Admin
Click to view mrfrosty66's profile Novice 6 posts since
Mar 16, 2008
I have tried all the passwords that I could think off. I seem that if we want Ubuntu, it will have to be install manually. The download is not accessable without the password.

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop with VMware Tools

6. Apr 10, 2008 4:17 PM in response to: mrfrosty66
Click to view Terry_E's profile Novice 7 posts since
Nov 28, 2006

google "ubuntu recover password" -- first hit.

cat /etc/passwd to see a list of the user accounts


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