[SCM] live-manual branch, debian, updated. debian/2.0_a9-1-8-gd1b553a

Ben Armstrong synrg at debian.org
Thu Oct 28 00:43:38 UTC 2010


The following commit has been merged in the debian branch:
commit d887732404971234599cb77b93366fe34d092a9b
Author: Ben Armstrong <synrg at debian.org>
Date:   Wed Oct 27 21:37:22 2010 -0300

    Rewriting virtualbox tips to focus and simplify.

diff --git a/manual/en/user_basics.ssi b/manual/en/user_basics.ssi
index df960fb..fd8ab53 100644
--- a/manual/en/user_basics.ssi
+++ b/manual/en/user_basics.ssi
@@ -66,21 +66,19 @@ In order to test the ISO with virtualbox-ose:
 
 code{
 
-# apt-get install virtualbox-ose
+# apt-get install virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-dkms
 
-}code
+$ virtualbox
 
-and either install #{virtualbox-ose-source}# or #{virtualbox-ose-dkms}# to build the required kernel modules to run virtualbox-ose.
+}code
 
-After successful installation, virtualbox can be e.g. found in the GNOME menu under 'Applications/System Tools/VirtualBox OSE'.
+Create a new virtual machine, change the storage settings to use binary.iso as the CD/DVD device, and start the machine.
 
-Please consider including of following packages onto the live image to achieve higher resolution of the display when booting the live image in virutalbox-ose (1280x1024 instead of 800x600 and in particular if the default resolution of the virtualbox-ose display shouldn't work with the gui-installer).
+Note: For live systems containing X.org that you want to test with virtualbox-ose, you may wish to include the VirtualBox X.org driver package, virtualbox-ose-guest-x11, in your live-build configuration. Otherwise, the resolution is limited to 800x600.
 
 code{
 
-virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms
-virtualbox-ose-guest-utils
-virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
+# lb config --packages virtualbox-ose-guest-x11
 
 }code
 

-- 
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