[Sugar-devel] Set_up_MacBook_to_Open_VirtualBox_automatically_when_you_power_it_on

[Thomas C Gilliard]

Caryl;

Glad you could sucessfully burn the Trisquel CD.

It sounds like your Mac Graphics Card is incompatable.
You may be able to start it by modifying startup parameters by adding 
"nomodeset"or "vesa" to boot line .

  (<esc> <tab> at boot menu (after language selection on Trisquel)- edit 
boot line

This is rather too advanced I fear.

OR Use SoaS-v5 with simple graphics selected (2nd menu selection at boot 
screen)
I do not think SoaS-v6 has this option.


Cordially;

Tom Gilliard
satellit_ on #sugar

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I still recommend VirtualBox which interfaces graphics and wireless 
quite well.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html

Look for OSX version

    * Licensing Information.

    VirtualBox is released as *GPL*=> "Freely available for Windows, Mac
    OS X, Linux and Solaris x-86 platforms." 
    VirtualBox Extension Pack => "*Free for Personal Use*, available for
    Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris x-86 platforms."

        (Extension Pack is required for USB 2 Access.) 


>         Trisquel-5.0-sugar
>
>     *RECOMMENDED* 
>
>     * Sugar Desktop ONLY
>
> Trisquel 5.0 is based on the previous Ubuntu release, 11.04 Natty 
> Narwhal.
>
>     Sugar 0.94.1 
>
>     * More Info: TOAST
>       <http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Trisquel_On_A_Sugar_Toast>
>     * download and import 2 files:
>          1. http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Trisquel_5-Sugar-disk1.vmdk
>             540M
>          2. http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Trisquel_5-Sugar.ovf 12K
>
>     autologon 
>     starts at color selection
>
>         use <==(Back) to change name 
>
>     Auto logon
>
>     enter password on restart
>
>     User = sugar 
>     password = sugaruser 
>     4-GB Virtual Box hard disc 
>     English and English keyboard 
>     USA-Los Angeles (Pacific timezone) 
>
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Here is how I set VirtualBox to load at Boot on my Mac:
-(I sent this to you at the end of last year)

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Set_up_MacBook_to_Open_VirtualBox_automatically_when_you_power_it_on

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>
>     * Open System Preferences/Accounts
>
>     use Spotlight:
>
>         magnifying glass on right end of top bar 
>
>     search for "accounts" 
>     Choose System Preferences| Accounts 
>
>     * Click on your user
>
>     unlock 
>     login Options/ 
>     Login Items (to right) 
>     Click Add(+) button to the right of the accounts list 
>     Select an application *VirtualBox - Application* and click add. 
>     lock 
>
>     * Boot Mac
>
>     Mac opens directly to VirtualBox VirtualBox Manager 
>     Pointed to VirtualBox Appliance - (the last one used)
>
>         You can select another on list 
>
>     ==> Start 
>
>     * Now when the MacBook is powered on, it will boot up in
>       VirtualBox pointed at the last Virtual Appliance used
>
>     *There can be multiple VirtualBox appliances, belonging to
>     individual students/teachers to choose from, on the same Mac.* 
>     Nice school set up for 1 Mac with multiple student's Sugar. 
>     *easy to archive* with *export* function of VirtualBox - save
>     weekly? backups for each of the students. 
>     To roll back: import the previously exported file - quick and easy 
>

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