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Installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on VirtualBox
Install VirtualBox Guest Additions
- Needs kernel headers (but installed okay)
- sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
Install MyUnity to tweak fonts
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
- vpnc
- network-manager-vpnc
- network-manager-vpnc-gnome
- In advanced options, 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
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