2012-11-17, 19:15
I've just spent the last couple of hours getting the official beta iso booting and installing correctly on VMware Workstation 9.0.1. Unsure if this will affect previous versions but as it's a missing display driver, it may well do. It didn't seem to affect installing XBMC in Virtualbox. Posting here in case anyone else comes across this, I couldn't find any hits with my search terms.
After downloading the iso, I modified the iso to rename "/casper/initrd.img-3.2.0-33-generic-pae" to "initrd.lz" to solve the "/casper/initrd.lz: file not found" error. This let me boot as far as some upstart messages finally pausing at "Stopping XBMCbuntu job starter" for an infinite amount of time.
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To solve this:
It's going to freeze again after the reboot, as the driver isn't installed to the vmdk during installation. This time it boots to a login prompt.
And enjoy XBMC running in VMware (and if it's the same version as me - all the graphical improvements in Linux that VMware have achieved in the latest versions!)
After downloading the iso, I modified the iso to rename "/casper/initrd.img-3.2.0-33-generic-pae" to "initrd.lz" to solve the "/casper/initrd.lz: file not found" error. This let me boot as far as some upstart messages finally pausing at "Stopping XBMCbuntu job starter" for an infinite amount of time.
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To solve this:
- Press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a prompt showing
Code:xbmc@live:~$
- Type
Code:sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-vmware
sudo xinit /usr/bin/ubiquity - Install as normal and reboot when asked (don't forget to press Enter during shutdown)
It's going to freeze again after the reboot, as the driver isn't installed to the vmdk during installation. This time it boots to a login prompt.
- Log in using the credentials set during install
- Type
Code:sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install xserver-xorg-video-vmware
sudo reboot
And enjoy XBMC running in VMware (and if it's the same version as me - all the graphical improvements in Linux that VMware have achieved in the latest versions!)