Comments on: How to install Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) in OS X using Parallels Desktop 3.0 – a complete walkthrough

By: marantis

marantis — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:30:19 +0000

hallo,

ich hab ubuntu (9.0.4) unter parallels (3.0 build 5626) jetzt bereits zum 3x installiert. leider ohne erfolg!

die installation ansich erfolgt absolut problemlos. aber sobald ich mich NACH der installation in das system einlogge, erscheint zwar für wenige sekunden der desktop, irgendein skript erscheint flüchtig und dann lande ich wieder im login screen! und das dauernd.

wenn ich jedoch auf “terminal session” umschalte, kann ich mich problemlos einloggen. auch das root passwort ändern. aber mich (natürlich) nicht in den grafischen desktop einloggen, weil dies als root unter ubuntu offenbar verboten ist.

user, password und x-session (läuft ohne probleme während der gesamten installation) können also nicht falsch sein.

das problem erscheint unabhängig vom eingestellten system typ (egal ob ubuntu, linux 2.6 oder solaris als typ, egal ob mit 256 mb ram, 512 mb oder mehr)

hat jemand nen tip?!

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:44:08 +0000

New to Parallels and Linux and this is an excellent tutorial – after encountering the Parallels-tools install problem i did the following (based on one of Tom40’s posts (number 32)):

So Tom40 writes:

after running into the same error that everyone else such as:

sudo sh /cdrom/parallels-tools.run

gives

sh: Can’t open parallels-tools.run

My final solution was to not use the Ubuntu Installation CD to access the parellels-tools.run file.

Instead

1. I copied the vmtools-linux.iso file from /Library/Parallels/Tools/vmtools-linux.iso

2. pasted it onto my desktop

3. ran ubuntu in parallels and at the bottom right, I clicked on the CD icon and chose Connect Image. I then selected vmtools-linux.iso

4. restarted ubuntu, and before logging in, I followed these steps

11. Then I opened the terminal and entered:
cd media/cdrom0/
12. then entered:
sudo sh parellels-tools.run

FOR INSTRUCTION NUMBER 11 I FOLLOWED TOM40′S INSTRUCTIONS TO NO AVAIL SO INSTEAD I WENT BACK TO THE TUTORIAL (point 5 above) AND ENTERED:

sudo sh /cdrom/parallels-tools.run

I entered my password when prompted and typed Yes (notice capital Y) to the question; the last line above the prompt was indeed “Please restart your Xserver or reboot whole VM”, then i closed the Terminal window. After pressing ctrl + alt + delete to restart my Xserver Parallel-tools was installed.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:17:27 +0000

I found the final fix to the xorg problem here:

http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/12/parallels.desktop.5608/

By: henry proud

henry proud — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:29:55 +0000

thx it is working perfectly but its a bit slow so im ordering the cd and using it on my old toshiba i would have just downloaded it but my toshiba dont have wi-fi so i cant download it on my network

By: anand

anand — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:58:10 +0000

thanks a lot, worked fine until end but could not successfully install the parallels tools

By: Vlado Krempl

Vlado Krempl — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:56:53 +0000

Very easy to follow.
Excellent tutorial.
Thank you very much.

Cheers,
Vlado
Sydney, Australia.

By: Tom40

Tom40 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:58:54 +0000

Whoops!, wrong site. o_O

I meant to say that I got rid of Parallels Desktop and then installed the free open source Virtual Box from Sun Microsystems. Its fully operational and has no problems with the latest version of Ubuntu.

By: Tom40

Tom40 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:53:05 +0000

My final solution in the end was to get rid of my Boot Camp partition and then install a free open source PC emulator from Sun Microsystems called Virtual Box http://www.virtualbox.org/ and on that, I installed Ubuntu.

Its useful because I don’t have to reboot my computer in order to use Ubuntu. Plus I can go to full screen mode and it’ll appear as if I’m not using an emulator. The benefits of this is that I can run the latest version of Ubuntu and all of my special function keys work correctly the way they should.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:13:05 +0000

I did all the steps of installing this via parallels on my Leopard Macbook Pro and then got to the parallels tools step. When it prompts me for my password, I can’t type. I’m not sure if this is just a problem on my computer specifically but no matter what I try it won’t work. Any ideas?

Thanks.

By: John From Berkeley » links for 2008-06-24

John From Berkeley » links for 2008-06-24 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:43:59 +0000

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By: Tom40

Tom40 — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:15:46 +0000

just a warning to all the Noobs like me out there.
I spent hours on installing everything from 7.04 through 7.10 and everything was working perfectly in Parallels.

But then I had this wonderful idea to upgrade to 8.04 LTS.
NOT A WONDERFUL IDEA

I then suddenly discovered video driver problems and parallels tools just disappeared and I wasn’t able to install them.

So, I’m now having to start all over again with installing 7.04 from the beginning.

Take this lesson learned from me and be sure to find support documents on upgrading to 8.04 before you do it. Because after I did it, I found out that other people were running into this problem.

By: Tom40

Tom40 — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:43:16 +0000

it would help if I spelled Parallels correctly in the file name.
so, be sure to type it out as

sudo sh parallels-tools.run

By: Tom40

Tom40 — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:08:10 +0000

After spending about 2 hours trying to solve this problem on my own after running into the same error that everyone else such as:

sudo sh /cdrom/parallels-tools.run

gives

sh: Can’t open parallels-tools.run

My final solution was to not use the Ubuntu Installation CD to access the parellels-tools.run file.
Instead
1. I copied the vmtools-linux.iso file from /Library/Parallels/Tools/vmtools-linux.iso

2. pasted it onto my desktop

3. ran ubuntu in parallels and at the bottom right, I clicked on the CD icon and chose Connect Image. I then selected vmtools-linux.iso

4. restarted ubuntu, and before logging in, I followed these steps

5. Start Ubuntu, wait till X-server starts;
6. Press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace simultaneously;
7. Press Alt+F6;
8. login with your root ID/password
9. Press Control + Option to access mac OS mouse
10. Clicked on Actions > Install Parellels Tools
11. Then I opened the terminal and entered:
cd media/cdrom0/
12. then entered:
sudo sh parellels-tools.run

And then it finally worked. I know there are shortcuts to these steps, but I did it the long way on purpose.

Well, I hope this helps others who haven’t found a solution.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:37:28 +0000

hi.

when installing tools i get

uncompressing parrallels .. save data bla bla
continue? (yes/no): yes
found xorg version .
installing for xorg.. not found.

and sends me back to the beginning. any ideas ??

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:43:17 +0000

That will never work. You’ve partitioned the memory!