[indiana-discuss] VMWare User Tips

[Qingye Jiang (John)]

VMWare seems to use e1000g0 by default. I had a lot of problem trying to 
install OpenOffice via IPS before, and magically did that successfully 
by this "pfexec ifconfig e1000g0 mtu 576".

I also discover a tip for VMWare users. In VMWare, OS 2008.05 detects a 
very large screen (this is the same for many Linux distributions, such 
as Ubuntu). However, you can put these two lines in your .vmx files:

svga.maxWidth=1024
svga.maxHeight=768

Then everything works! Of course you can set the maxWidth and maxHeight 
to whatever number that fits your monitor.

There is one thing I don't quite understand. I am using VMWare Fusion on 
a MacBook Pro. Everytime I start up OS 2008.05, I have to wait for 3+ 
minutes to see the login screen. I have 4 GB memory on my MacBook Pro, 
and allocate 2 GB for OS 2008.05.

Best regards,

 ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._                Qingye Jiang (John)
  `6_ 6  )   `-.  (     ).`-.__.`)        Senior Manager
   (_Y_.)'  ._   )  `._ `. ``-..-         Sun Developer Network, China
  _..`--'_..-_/  /--'_.' ,'               Phone: +86-10-62673347
 (il),-''  (li),'  ((!.-'                 http://developers.sun.com.cn/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
About ME: visit http://www.qyjohn.net/,    http://calendar.qyjohn.net/.
About US: visit http://wiki.developers.sun.com.cn/index.php/SDN_China .



Chris Ridd 写道:
> W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
>   
>>> If you are using e1000g0 NIC (in several ThinkPad
>>> models) and have image-updated to nv-91 or 93, make sure
>>> that you enter the follow command:
>>>
>>> pfexec ifconfig e1000g0 mtu 576
>>>
>>> Otherwise you won't be able to post in the jive
>>> forum, or will have problems sending your e-mail, etc.
>>>       
>> B/f I did the above, I was having problem installing any package except those tiny ones.  I thought this problem was related to IPS.  However, after the above workaround, I was finally able to install large packages, e.g., SUNWscim (about 10MB).
>>
>> Really appreciate the community member who posted the workaround.  Apologize that I couldn't locate the original thread.
>>     
>
> This Thinkpad R51 also has an e1000g0 NIC, but I'm not seeing that 
> problem in either 91 or 93. The interface currently has an mtu of 1500.
>
> What distinguishes the e1000g0s that do work from the ones which don't?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
> _______________________________________________
> indiana-discuss mailing list
> indiana-discuss at opensolaris.org
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
>