{"id":1033,"date":"2014-03-23T22:43:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T03:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nodakengineering.com\/?page_id=1033"},"modified":"2014-03-28T09:55:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:55:01","slug":"optimizing-crunchbang-for-virtualbox-page-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nodakengineering.com\/?page_id=1033","title":{"rendered":"Optimizing CrunchBang for VirtualBox (Page 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

After installation and first reboot, CrunchBang starts the Post-installation script cb-welcome<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"CB_Post-install\"<\/a>
#! Post-installation script<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I recommend you run through this process at least once if desired (you can always run it at a later time by typing cb-welcome<\/strong> in a run window), but for brevity we’ll quit the script and run the requisite commands in terminal.<\/p>\n

First, lets get CrunchBang updated (open a terminal window and enter the following commands):<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get update\r\nsudo apt-get dist-upgrade<\/pre>\n
To open terminal, right-click on the desktop and select Terminal<\/strong> from the drop-down menu: <\/span><\/p>\n
\"CB_Openbox_Menu\"<\/a>
Openbox menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"CB_Update\"<\/a>
sudo apt-get update<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"CB_Upgrade\"<\/a>
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u00a0Note:<\/strong> Be patient as there may be many updates required to get the OS current<\/p>\n
While we wait for the updates to finish, let’s enable automatic login (System<\/strong> –> User Login Settings<\/strong>):<\/p>\n
\"CB_User_Login_Settings\"<\/a>
User Login Settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Use the dropdown box to select Default user<\/strong>, put a checkmark in Auto login<\/strong>, and click Save<\/strong>:<\/p>\n
\"CB_Auto_login\"<\/a>
#! Auto login<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Next let’s disable the screensaver (Settings<\/strong> –> Screensaver<\/strong>):<\/p>\n
\"CB_Screensaver\"<\/a>
Screensaver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Select Disable Screen Saver<\/strong> under the Mode dropdown:<\/p>\n
\"CB_Screensaver_Prefs\"<\/a>
Screensaver Preferences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And lastly, let’s tweak Power Management (Settings<\/strong> –> Power Management<\/strong>):<\/p>\n
\"CB_Power\"<\/a>
Power Manager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Note:<\/strong> Turn off all power saving under both Actions<\/strong> and Monitor<\/strong> tabs for AC & Battery (sliders all the way to the left and deselect all checkboxes)<\/p>\n
The updates should be complete now, so let’s reboot to make sure they all take effect (right-click and select Exit<\/strong>):<\/p>\n
\"CB_Exit\"<\/a>
Reboot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Next we need to install some packages to satisfy dependencies for VirtualBox Guest Additions (remember how to open terminal?):<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` dkms<\/pre>\n
Now click Devices<\/strong> and select Insert Guest Additions CD image…<\/strong> from the dropdown:<\/p>\n
\"CB_Guest_Additions\"<\/a>
Install Guest Additions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
NOTE:<\/strong> Close the File Manager window that automatically pops up, we’ll install the Guest Additions from terminal<\/p>\n
sudo sh \/media\/cdrom0\/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run<\/pre>\n
Once the Guest Additions are successfully installed, reboot the VM to enable the changes.<\/p>\n
Open terminal and add the user to the VirtualBox Shared Folders group (vboxsf):<\/p>\n
sudo usermod -a -G vboxsf nodakbarnes<\/pre>\n
NOTE:<\/strong> Change the username (nodakbarnes) to your username<\/p>\n
Power down the VM (use Exit<\/strong> on the Openbox menu and select Power off<\/strong> from the options) so we can setup some shared folders:<\/p>\n
\"CB_Shared_Folders\"<\/a>
Shared Folders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager window click on Shared Folders<\/strong> and then click the little folder to the right of the folders list to add a folder from the host machine to share with the CrunchBang guest:<\/p>\n
\"CB_Add_Share\"<\/a>
Add Share<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Start the VM again and when it is fully booted start up File Manager<\/strong>. You can now look under the media<\/strong> folder and there will be a new folder named sf_blahblah<\/strong> (where blahblah is the name of the shared folder from the host):<\/p>\n
\"CB_File_Manager\"<\/a>
File Manager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Let’s get Conky looking a little better (the default isn’t bad but we can do better):<\/p>\n
\"CB_Conky_Final\"<\/a>
Conky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
And here’s the code to make this Conky panel (paste into Settings<\/strong> –> Conky<\/strong> –> Edit .conkyrc<\/strong>):<\/p>\n
#####################################################################################################################\r\n# Conky Configuration\r\n# Compatible with Gnome2 and OpenBox\r\n# Much of this config file was originally created by corenominal: (http:\/\/crunchbanglinux.org\/forums\/post\/220\/#p220)\r\n# I've modified it to suit my own needs.\r\n# NodakBarnes | http:\/\/nodakengineering.com | wally@nodakengineering.com\r\n#\r\n# Conky Resources:\r\n#  - Documentation: http:\/\/conky.sourceforge.net\/documentation.html\r\n#  - FAQ: http:\/\/conky.sourceforge.net\/faq.html\r\n#  - Formatting\/Config Settings: http:\/\/conky.sourceforge.net\/config_settings.html\r\n#  - Variables\/Arguments: http:\/\/conky.sourceforge.net\/variables.html\r\n#  - ManPage: http:\/\/conky.sourceforge.net\/docs.html\r\n#####################################################################################################################\r\n#\r\n\r\nbackground yes\r\nuse_xft yes\r\nxftfont Sans:size=8\r\nxftalpha 1\r\nupdate_interval 1.0\r\ntotal_run_times 0\r\nown_window yes\r\nown_window_transparent yes\r\nown_window_type desktop\r\nown_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager\r\ndouble_buffer yes\r\nminimum_size 200 200\r\nmaximum_width 200\r\ndraw_shades yes\r\ndraw_outline no\r\ndraw_borders no\r\ndraw_graph_borders yes\r\ndefault_color white\r\ndefault_shade_color black\r\ndefault_outline_color white\r\nalignment top_right\r\ngap_x 12\r\ngap_y 35\r\nno_buffers yes\r\nuppercase no\r\ncpu_avg_samples 2\r\noverride_utf8_locale no\r\n\r\nTEXT\r\n${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}SYSTEM ${hr 2}\r\n${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}$sysname $kernel $alignr $machine\r\nHost:$alignr$nodename\r\nUptime:$alignr$uptime\r\n\r\n${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}PROCESSORS ${hr 2}\r\n${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}${cpugraph cpu1}\r\nCPU: ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}\r\n\r\n${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}MEMORY ${hr 2}\r\n${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}RAM $alignc $mem \/ $memmax $alignr $memperc%\r\n$membar\r\n\r\n${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}BATTERY ${hr 2}\r\n${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}ACPI Battery: $alignr $battery \r\n${battery_bar 11,0}\r\n\r\n${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}DISKS ${hr 2}\r\n${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}\/ $alignc ${fs_used \/} \/ ${fs_size \/} $alignr ${fs_used_perc \/}%\r\n${fs_bar \/}\r\nSWAP $alignc ${swap} \/ ${swapmax} $alignr ${swapperc}%\r\n${swapbar}\r\n\r\n${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}TOP PROCESSES ${hr 2}\r\n${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top mem 1} %\r\n${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top mem 2} %\r\n$font${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top mem 3} %\r\n$font${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top mem 4} %\r\n$font${top_mem name 5}${alignr}${top mem 5} %\r\n\r\n${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}NETWORK - (wired) ${hr 2}\r\n${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}IP Addr (wired): $alignr ${addr eth0}\r\n${downspeedgraph eth0}\r\nDLS:${downspeed eth0} kb\/s $alignr total: ${totaldown eth0}\r\n${upspeedgraph eth0}\r\nULS:${upspeed eth0} kb\/s $alignr total: ${totalup eth0}\r\n\r\n${font sans-serif:bold:size=8}SHORTCUT KEYS ${hr 2}\r\n${font sans-serif:normal:size=8}\r\nAlt+F2$alignr Run Dialog\r\nAlt+F3$alignr Alt Menu\r\nSuper+Space$alignr Main Menu\r\nSuper+Tab$alignr Client Menu\r\nSuper+t$alignr Terminal\r\nSuper+f$alignr File Manager\r\nSuper+e$alignr Editor\r\nSuper+m$alignr Media Player\r\nSuper+w$alignr Web Browser\r\nSuper+l$alignr Lock Screen\r\nSuper+v$alignr Volume Control\r\nSuper+x$alignr Logout\r\nPrtSc$alignr Screenshot<\/pre>\n
NOTE:<\/strong> The above will be much simpler if you enable the shared clipboard (Devices<\/strong> –> Shared Clipboard<\/strong> –> Host to Guest<\/strong>) or just open this webpage in your CrunchBang guest VM.<\/p>\n
As a final step, put a shortcut on the desktop to the CrunchBang VM so that we don’t need to always open the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager (right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select Create Shortcut on Desktop<\/strong>):<\/p>\n
\"CB_Shortcut\"<\/a><\/p>\n
And here’s an icon to make\u00a0your shortcut\u00a0look a little nicer (look at image above and select Show in Explorer<\/strong> from right-click drop-down menu for a good place to place the icon–right-click on the CrunchBang desktop shortcut and select Properties<\/strong> and then Change Icon…<\/strong> and browse to this location to select the icon):<\/p>\n
\"CrunchBang\"<\/a><\/p>\n
That does it then, you’ve got an optimized VM that should run fast and reliably…now go learn Linux!<\/p>\n
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