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    VMware's browser appliance and asian character encoding

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by hehe299792458, Jun 1, 2009.

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    I can't seem to get the browser appliance from VMware (based on Ubuntu 5.10 and FF) to display asian characters (specifically, chinese). It's rendered as blank space (i.e. when I go to a chinese webpage, all I see are the pictures and flash). What can I install to fix this? Thanks! :)
     
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    .... bump?
     
    hehe299792458, Jun 3, 2009
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    Ubuntu 5.10? That's almost 4 years old, now. Download a 9.04 ISO, mount it as a CD in that browser appliance image, boot from it and install it. Once you're running a relatively recent OS instead of the equivalent of Windows 95 we can work on the character encodings. The Firefox version is probably ancient as well, which means that a lot of new features and performance and compatibility are missing from what you're running.
     
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    Yes, FF is ancient too - 1.4 or something. But, I'm only using this for basic web browsing, and since the OS+FF only takes ~1Gb, it's much more efficient than a full install of Ubuntu 9.04.
     
    hehe299792458, Jun 4, 2009
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Ubuntu 5.10 is no longer supported, so you can't install the packages you'd need to support Asian fonts. You're asking how to get DOS on the Internet. The trick is to stop using DOS, especially since the new versions are free.

    Here, I'll even use Google for you and search for "vmware appliances" and then point you to the link I got to:

    http://chrysaor.info/?page=images

    New Ubuntu images, small disk footprint. If you get a server version, you can "apt-get install xubuntu-desktop" and it will be very lightweight and use very little extra disk space to get Firefox running. I think vmware tools is even installed on all of them, but if not, it's trivial to do it.
     
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    Yeah.. Even for the most basic web browsing, you shouldn't use an outdated OS
     
    zephyrus17, Jun 4, 2009
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    Thanks! Perhaps a newer version is what I need. However, I can't seem to install the gui since the internet connection is not working inside ubuntu. I tried both briedged and NAT connection in VMware, but it didn't seem to help.

    And if I try the desktop version, I keep getting an"File not found: ubuntu904desktop.vmdk" error even though I tried to point it to the file. It'd just appear over and over again. Any ideas?
     
    hehe299792458, Jun 5, 2009
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    Did you download 9.04 Desktop LiveCD version?

    If so, you might want to check the md5sum of the iso you downloaded and re-burn the iso with the slowest burn speed possible.
     
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    no, I didn't download the live cd; I downloaded the vmware image Pitabred linked to. I tried instaling VMware tools on an untouched Ubuntu installation, but I kept getting errors.

    In any case, I'd rather use the ubuntu server if possible. That means I have to get the gui installed. Any ideas?
     
    hehe299792458, Jun 5, 2009
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