I've installed Parallels on xp and am running Vista RC2 just fine but all the linux distro's i've tried to install work fine until I try to boot in and then I get "squiggley lines" and can't seem to fix this. I am using an lcd with a native res of 1680x1050; any advice would be appreciated.
. If you know how, you can boot into console mode and edit your X configuration. Otherwise re-install and make sure that monitor frequencies are within range for your monitor. .
The error Parallels gives is Screen resolution requested by guest operating system can not be set because it is not supported by the host hardware (either display or video adapter). Please reduce guest operating system resolution or/and color depth.
. Even though it says about resolution and color depth, I'd bet a brick to London, that the real problem is frequencies. Make the horizontal 30 - 70 or 80 and the vertical 50 - 60 or 70. .
Here are my monitors specs... LG L203WT-BF Sync Input Horizontal Freq 28-83kHz (Automatic) Vertical Freq 56-85Hz (Automatic) Preset Modes (Resolution) Horiz Freq. (kHz) Vert Freq. (Hz) 1 720 x 400 31.468 70 2 640 x 480 31.469 60 3 640 x 480 37.500 75 4 800 x 600 37.897 60 5 800 x 600 46.875 75 6 1024 x 768 48.363 60 7 1024 x 768 60.123 75 8 1152 x 864 67.500 75 9 1280 x 1024 63.981 60 10 1280 x 1024 79.976 75 *11 1680 x 1050 64.674 60 **12 1680 x 1050 65.290 60 * Digital Recommend Mode ** Analog Recommend Mode
