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Added some notes about issues found when testing the image.
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willw53 committed Apr 1, 2013
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4) Auto-adjusting screen resolution in VirtualBox. When you increase the window dimensions in VirtualBox, sometimes the screen will stretch, sometimes it'll stay at the same resolution and sometimes it'll try auto-adjusting the resolution, with varying degrees of success. Advice is just to keep trying if it plays up, the default disk image should support auto-adjustment, but it might require reboots with a maximised window or other jumping through hoops to get it working.

5) A note regarding passwords on the shell. By default, when you type in a password at the shell/command line on Linux, it won't display the characters or even "*"s - there's no visual indication of how long your password is, for security reasons. Just type as normal, and press enter - your keypresses are going in, it's not a bug.

6) There may be a problem with networking, which could include a very long boot time with a "Waiting for network configuration" message, or a non-functional internet connection. In this case, run the following command from your favourite terminal emulator:

ifconfig -a

Check the number after "eth". Then open up /etc/network/interfaces, and check the primary network interface. If necessary, adjust the numbers after "eth" to match up with the ifconfig output. Networking problems should be finished after this.

7) Problems have been encountered with getting the gnome-authentication-agent program to start automatically on startup, though the stock image *should* not have this problem. A quick fix is simply to logout and log back in, but we're still looking into a more permanent solution.

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