Are there any problems with the live dvd run natively when the virtual box helper tools are installed? Unless people oppose I can try to make a test build this weekend with virtual box already installed and see if there are issues when you run it natively.
Johan On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > When running as a virtual machine you must install the toolbox for that > software to get higher resolutions, see the bottom of live.osgeo.org for > details. > > The final ISO as in Version 3 when run directly on a computer (boot from > disk) has a much higher default resolution auto-detected from the monitor. > > As for the keyboard layout, alternate layouts are available at the login > screen, and as a finishing touch which unfortunately must be done by > hand we have been adding a keyboard switcher to the panel of the final > product. Try out Version 3 to see what I'm talking about. > > Thanks, > Alex > > On 07/22/2010 08:41 PM, Daniel Kastl wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> Not sure this is something that will be OK on the LiveDVD, but when I >> started the latest beta in VirtualBox the screen resolution is 800x600 only >> and with the graphical display manager I can't get more. I know that you can >> change this by editing configuration files, but we can't expect that a >> typical LiveDVD user (or my workshop participants) will be able to do this. >> >> Very similar problem is the default keyboard. Lucky if you have a US >> keyboard layout, but very often the first thing people have to change is the >> keyboard layout. I suppose the Spanish keyboard is different as well. Any >> idea how to make this easy for users? >> >> Daniel >> >> >> >> 2010/7/21 <[email protected]> >> >>> change of language at login >>> sounds exactly right to me.. >>> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:04:50 -0700, Alex Mandel wrote: >>> >>> On 07/20/2010 01:01 PM, Hamish wrote: >>> > > Alex wrote: >>> > >>> Major quirk - in the mysql config in the Ushahidi >>> > >>> scriptlines 67-70 that didn't go right this time, >>> > >>> something funny about the mysql password and it prompted >>> > >>> me because of it. > > >>> > > hopefully fixed with r4054. mysql man page says: >>> > > >>> > > o --password[=password], -p[password] >>> > > >>> > > The password to use when connecting to the server. If >>> > > you use the short option form (-p), you cannot have a >>> > > space between the option and the password. If you omit >>> > > the password value following the --password or -p >>> > > option on the command line, you are prompted for one. > > >>> > > so the extra space after -p meant that it was treating the >>> > > password as the database name. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Hamish >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > ps- for desktop-conf/custom.conf any reason not to use the >>> > > automatic login on startup? >>> > > currently: AutomaticLoginEnable=false >>> > > >>> > > does that mean you can't get to gdm even if you log out? >>> > Ah I didn't realize in the man page that meant you can't have a space. >>> > I'd opt for the --password= to be more clear. > >>> > I think it's good to allow people to change the language before login. >>> > Also that delay before login may allow some services to finish coming up >>> > so the experience once in should be better(guess). > >>> > You should still be able to get to the login screen if you logout of a >>> > session. Without seeing the login screen, not sure if users will be >>> > aware of this option and that is where you change language/keyboard. > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Alex > > > > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
