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VMWare & X window system

Sjoerd Ebben

VMWare & X window system
« on: December 07, 2001, 11:44:17 PM »
Author: Sjoerd Ebben (sjoerd.ebben_AT_heutz.dhs.org)
Date:   12-07-01 11:13

Hi I may have an interesting problem for you guys :

I am running SME 5 now and have no problems with it.
But that SME server and that server only must also be used to program my ISDN HomeVox. To program this my phone company gave me a cd with a program for it.
BUT this works only under Win98/2k/NT and not under Linux!

Don't ask me why I have to use the server for it, because even I think it's a lame idea, but that's bitter reality.

I found a few sollutions for this problem and the best choice according to me was :
-install SME
-install VMWare
-install Windows

The first problem I encountered is installing the X window system on the server.
(X window is required for VMWare, is it?)
The problem was : I don't know how to install X !?!?
I followed a few instructions for this but when I "startx" , a message is being shown "No screens found" or something.

Does anybody know how to get X to work?
Or does anyone have a better idea for the mother-problem?

thanX , Sjoerd