Posts Tagged ‘ubuntu’

I’ve been using dropbox to sync and share files between my various computers for quite some time, and overall have been very pleased.  However, one area things are not so great… documentation for installation on Linux.  After having to reinstall on my notebook, I decided to somewhat document the hidden part of the process.

After downloading the .deb (or other package) and installing, dropbox instructions leave you hanging.  There is no dropbox folder, there is no daemon running, nothing.  The next step is simply to run dropbox start -i to install the daemon and launch the process to move forward.  It’s simple, easy and poorly documented.  Maybe dropbox should add this to the end of their install instructions?

Working with VMware on Ubuntu 8.04 has proved to be much more trouble then in the past.  It appears, that when using VMware with a Windows guest, the CTRL, ALT and Shift keys no longer work.  It gets better though..

Google Search has offered a few solutions, mostly related to resetting keyboard layouts and such.  However, when I try and use any other key, take the ’s’ for example, Ubuntu closes the current active window, and opens the file manager.

So far, the only working solution I’ve found involves two steps.  First, restart the computer then cease using VMware to run Windows guests.

Easy enough, I suppose..

If anyone out there has a fix for this, or knows something I’m missing, please leave details in the comments.