Running Solaris 10 in Parallels on Macbook
I have been trying for the past few days to run Solaris 10/11 in parallels on a new macbook. The main issue I had was the JDS/gnome resolution adaptation with the 1280x800 resolution of the macbook.
Here are my steps :
- I installed the new parallels beta (build 3036)
- downloaded the free Solaris 10 update 3 from Sun's web site. Download the DVD since it can be directly mounted in parallels.
- create a new VM with the Solaris 10 type, but, before to finish, un-select the option to start the Solaris installation and edit the VM configuration to add a custom screen resolution of 1280x800.
- start the VM to launch the install
- log in an create a /etc/X11/xorg.conf with something like the one attached here (xorg.conf). Basically you need to add the Modeline lines (generated with /usr/X11/bin/gtf) and put 1280x800 in the appropriate Display subsections.
It should work. However, I'm still experiencing some duplicate keystrokes and garbled screen after VM resume (I have solved the later issue by switching multiple times between full screen and os window).
If anyone has any solution for these two problems, let me know.
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