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To start, you need to install the guest additions. I use Ubuntu Server 9.04 so I followed steps outlined in this post. install necessary tools for building kernel module by: sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` Next, click on menu "Devices" -> "Install Guest Additions..." then mount the guest addition CD-ROM within the Linux virtual machine by: mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom0 Finally, run the installation script: sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run If you do not have X server installed, you may see a warning message about the X driver will not be installed. Ignore this message and now we are ready to configure the shared folder. Create the a folder for sharing on the host Windows machine (say C:\Shared). Click on the menu "Devices" -> "Shared Folders..." Add a new machine level shared folder by clicking on the + icon on the right Enter "C:\Shared" for Folder Path and "shared" for the

The simplest solution is to install samba: sudo apt-get install samba According to this post , this is because SAMBA implements NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP) protocol, which broadcasts the Linux machine's hostname on the network. Microsoft Windows understands the NetBIOS protocol so it pickups the Linux machine's hostname.

I have a 6 years old Compaq Presario X1000 that I use occasionally for web browsing and programming. I installed Xubuntu 9.04 on it the other day and found out that the scroll area is too wide for the touchpad. As my usual trouble shooting procedure, I googled around for answers and I found pieces of information spread across several websites. Step 1 - Enable SHMConfig First of all, we need to enable the SHMConfig in order to determine the correct scroll area width with synclient . I am pretty sure I used to enable this from the X11 configuration file, however in Ubuntu 9.04 based distributions you are supposed to create a HAL fdi file for this. sudo vi /etc/hal/fdi/policy/touchpad.fdi Put this into the file <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="input.x11_driver" string="synaptics"> <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type=&

Firefox is slow in Linux compared to XP or even Vista on the same hardware. Do a quick google search for " firefox slow linux " and you see it's not just me who's saying this. I tried a couple of tips from other users in discussion forums such as disabling visual effects and IPv6 but it didn't really help. That's why I started thinking about installing Firefox 3.5 on my Ubuntu 9.04 64-bits machine to see if it makes a difference. At first I though I will have to download it directly from the Firefox website, however to my surprise I found the package in Synaptic. I am not sure which repository it came from but I can see the package "firefox-3.5" from the Synaptic package manager. I went through the usual installation process and frankly it did not prompt me to remove existing firefox-3.0 packages. Instead, it installs the Firefox 3.5 alone side Firefox 3.0 under the name Shiretoko Web Browser in the Application -> Internet -> Shiretoko We