Skip to main content

Questions tagged [parallels]

Parallels is virtualization software for Macintosh computers.

2 votes
1 answer
2k views

How can I fix crashed Cinnamon?

I get an error after logining to computer. It returns the message Cinnamon just crashed. You are currently running in fallback mode. Do you want to restart Cinnamon? I selected Yes, but it had still ...
1 vote
1 answer
4k views

MacBook Pro Parallels (Kali) Linux Limited Screen Resolution

I installed Kali Linux 2.0 in a virtual machine running Parallels on my 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. For some reason the max resolution is 1920x1200. I have Parallels graphics set to '...
2 votes
0 answers
1k views

How to run Amazon Linux 2 on Apple Silicon

Amazon Linux 2 -- historically a cloud offering -- is also offered as an on-premise solution for various setups. The two most popular on-premise solutions are: Virtual Machine (e.g. KVM, Oracle ...
0 votes
0 answers
212 views

Why zsh doesnt have shift+arrow (left/rigth/up/down) shortcut on VM ARM machines?

I'm a new user of ARM arch (MacOS main OS) laptop, and I don't know why the VM I installed doesn't have this shortcut. Anyone knows how to add this type of shortcut? I tried a lot of different stuff ...
1 vote
1 answer
2k views

CentOS 7 installation falls back to text-mode on Parallels Server Mac VM

Every time I am trying to install CentOS 7 in Parallels Server Mac, the installation wizard falls back to text-mode. I am getting this error: X startup failed, falling back to text mode Default ...
0 votes
1 answer
145 views

Debian 10 and Parallels Tools issue after restart

Given: Parallels 13 (older version) MacOS High Sierra (older version) Debian 10 I just installed Debian 10 in Parallels. I installed Parallels and it said I needed to restart to complete. I ...
0 votes
0 answers
2k views

Kali 1.3 - Installing Parallel Tools

I am running Kali 1.1 on Parallels 9 for Mac and am having some issues. Firstly, the WiFi doesn't work (normal for use within a virtual machine, but also isn't working with my external wireless card ...
0 votes
1 answer
633 views

Which linux distro is good as a VPS in parallels? [closed]

I will use Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for virtualization and have a good server machine. Which linux distro is good to use? I have CentOS 5, Debian 5.0 Lenny and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx.
0 votes
0 answers
610 views

Install kernel devel in CentOS VM

I was trying to install Parallels tool in the CentOS VM of Mac OS host and get the following error message, An error occurred while installing the following packages: │ │ - kernel-...
2 votes
0 answers
1k views

Apple Mac / Pop!OS keyboard issues

Apple Mac Pro (early 2009) Full size slim aluminium keyboard with extended layout. UK edition .4.1 -> 5.1 firmware upgraded macOS 10.13.4 High Sierra Parallels 13 for Apple Mac Parallels Tools Pop!...
0 votes
1 answer
237 views

Debian Jessie (8) using the Parallels desktop

I have installed the Debian Jessie (8) using the Parallels desktop in the MacBook Pro host. It goes fine for some time and now I keep getting message, some of the required kernel modules are missing. ...
4 votes
2 answers
6k views

i3-wm not resizing screen resolution on login

I'm using Parallels for the Mac, but this may be relevant to other VMs too. Using Ubuntu 14.04, when I login using Unity it resizes the screen and uses all available screens (2 in my case), perfect. ...
2 votes
1 answer
1k views

Parallels on Mac - can no longer sudo within Ubuntu

I have been using Parallels on my Mac to run Ubuntu for a couple of weeks and it's been fine. Today I tried to install a package and received the following error: {user} is not in the sudoers ...
-1 votes
1 answer
1k views

apt-get update Kali Linux

I'm having problems updating my Kali Linux VM. When I run apt-get update I get this error. How do I solve this?
1 vote
0 answers
141 views

Parallels Tools breaks SFML

so I created a clean VM of Xubuntu 14.04.2 in Parallels 10.2.1 and I got SFML working properly with sudo apt-get install libsfml-dev. Then I rebooted and made sure it still worked, and after that the ...

15 30 50 per page