[sugar] trying to run under OS X parallels

Reinier Heeres reinier at heeres.eu
Sun Apr 8 21:18:37 EDT 2007


Hi,

I had the same problem with build 385. Seems that the image is low on 
'disk space'. Log in at the console (root, no pw), and remove something 
from /home/olpc/Library (I did about 8MB); after that it should boot fine.

Reinier


Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 18:08 -0500, Michael Tobis wrote:
>   
>> I am trying to install the emulator (build 385) under Parallels (build
>> 1940) on OS 10.4.9 on an Intel iMac. I get tantalizingly close
>> following the instructions at
>>
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images_for_emulation
>>
>> (to which I would only add that setting the VM to autostart and
>> full-screen mode seems to get things just a tiny bit further.)
>>
>> I see the initial splash page, Linux boots fine, but I never get sent
>> back to a GUI. I can login as root, and it sort of works as a console
>> (the display goes black every few seconds). it also appears that the
>> DISPLAY environment variable is not set for what that's worth.
>>     
>
> Apparently X is not starting correctly.  To diagnose that, we need a
> log.  So log in as root.  Then let X die and try to restart.  When it
> dies again, quickly type 'init 3' at the root shell to stop X.
>
> Then grab /var/log/Xorg.0.log and attach that to a bug report in trac on
> dev.laptop.org.
>
> Dan
>
>
>   
>> I also repeatedly get a message that
>>
>> Id "3" respawning too fast; disabled for 5 minutes
>>
>> Any advice would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Michael Tobis
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