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ubuntu_notes [2015/03/05 20:37] – created juckinsubuntu_notes [2015/03/07 08:23] juckins
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-[[http://example.com|Installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on VirtualBox]]+[[https://extr3metech.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/installing-ubuntu-12-04-lts-on-virtualbox-with-screenshots-for-beginners/|Installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on VirtualBox]] 
 +  * Choose download updates while installing 
 +  * Choose to install 3rd party software 
 + 
 +Install VirtualBox Guest Additions 
 +  * sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic 
 +    * //Still reports current running kernel headers not installed// 
 +  * Guest Additions installed okay 
 + 
 +Install MyUnity to tweak fonts 
 +  * https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/myunity/ 
 + 
 +Use sudo -i instead of root 
 + 
 +Cannot manage Network connections (grayed out) 
 +  * Manage some network settings through the System Settings Menu 
 +  * Edit /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManger.conf 
 +     * Change line to managed=true 
 +  * sudo service network-manager restart 
 + 
 +Install and configure vpnc packages  
 +  * In Ubuntu Software Center, choose All Software and search for network-manager-vpn 
 +  * You should see network-manager-vpnc-gnome and network-manager-vpnc; install both. 
 +    * If it can't find these packages, may need to check /etc/apt/sources.list 
 +      * Example line to add: deb http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/ubuntu precise main universe 
 +  * Now 3 vpn software packages should be installed: 
 +    * network-manager-vpnc 
 +    * network-manager-vpnc-gnome 
 +    * vpnc (seems to get installed from other 2) 
 +  * Add VPN connection 
 +  * In advanced options of VPN configuration, there is a setting called Transport and Security.  Set "NAT traversal" to Cisco UDP  
 +  * Also changed line in /etc/nsswitch.conf from "hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns 4 mdns" to "hosts: files dns" Probably not needed; located from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1842371 
 +  * Precise (12.04 release) 
 +      * Searched for "network-manager-vpnc" and installed 
 +      * It then installed these 3 packages 
 +        * http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/network-manager-vpnc 
 +        * http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/net/network-manager-vpnc-gnome 
 +        * http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/vpnc 
 +    * Lucid (10.04 release) 
 +      * http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/net/network-manager-vpnc-gnome 
 +      * http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/vpnc 
 +      * http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/network-manager-vpnc 
 + 
 +[[http://askubuntu.com/questions/248/how-can-i-show-or-hide-boot-messages-when-ubuntu-starts|Show Boot Messages]]
ubuntu_notes.txt · Last modified: 2021/02/21 11:09 by juckins