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osgeo-live people,<br>
<br>
Erik, CCed, has provided valuable feedback describing his experience
using OSGeo-Live. Thanks Erik.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 9/11/2011 12:12 PM, Erik Lash wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi
Cameron,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Please
feel free to post my comments to the list. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Erik
Lash<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
Cameron Shorter [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 07, 2011 2:46 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Helena Mitasova<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Hamish; Erik Lash<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Fwd: OSGEO Live 5 USB Distribution
testing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the feedback Helena and Erik,<br>
Do you mind if we forward this email onto our osgeo-live
email list so that we can share this feedback with others,
which hopefully can lead to an improved osgeo-live?<br>
<br>
On 7/11/2011 3:50 PM, Helena Mitasova wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cameron, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am not sure whether this would be
useful for the next version of OSGEO-Live, but I gave the
USB <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">that I got in Denver to one of my
students (MS Windows user) to try it out on his own as is.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(he knows GDAL and GRASS but not much
linux). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Below is summary of his experience (he
might not have used it the way it was indented to be
used),<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">but note #6 which worked very well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <snip></o:p></p>
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<div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Feel free to contact Eric Lash directly
if you have any questions,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Helena <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">From:
</span></b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">"Erik
Lash" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:elash@ncsu.edu">elash@ncsu.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Date:
</span></b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">October
10, 2011 9:12:32 AM EDT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">To:
</span></b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">"Helena
Mitasova" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:hmitaso@unity.ncsu.edu">hmitaso@unity.ncsu.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Cc:
</span></b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:elash@ncsu.edu">elash@ncsu.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Subject:
OSGEO Live 5 USB Distribution testing</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hi
Dr. Mitasova,</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I’ve
spent some time playing around with the OSGEO Live
system this weekend. (learning a lot about Linux)</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I’ve
installed it on my 64 bit Windows server as a
virtual drive and on my Windows laptop as a dual
boot operating system and attempted to use the use
the USB distribution. I’ll be doing my homework
for this week on it.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The
USB installation has proved too cumbersome for
easy use alongside my current implementations of
Windows and Windows Server and needs to be tweaked
a bit before it’s something that will be readily
accessible to the normal student.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Six
significant issues of feedback that I’ve noted so
far are:</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1)</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Documentation
is not well formatted or easy to find if one is
not already familiar with Linux. I spent much time
searching online forums this weekend to find
answers to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>basic
use questions</u><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>like -><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>“how
does one tweak display settings in XFce?” and
“how does one connect to a network drive”</i>. A
good set of instructions and a useful FAQ that
addresses basic computer integration tasks needs
to be included on the desktop with the USB
distribution (and the other ones as well).</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">2)</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Network
drives are not easily supported and the auto-mount
features don’t seem to work without significant
tweaking over the network. I keep my data and
documents on a separate network drive (for
security and backup purposes) at home just like at
the University. Setting up the OSGEO Live
distribution to work with my network seems an
almost insurmountable task (to this Linux
novice/newbie) and I’ve had to move my documents
to a portable USB stick to do my homework.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:1.0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">a.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">What
would be great would be to have a feature that
allows for the installation to remember and
automatically mount network directories after
reboot. Instead all I can figure out is how to set
them up manually each time I start the system…not
efficient and somewhat time consuming.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:1.0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">3)</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Monitors
– Monitors – Monitors<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">:
Still don’t have this one figured out…I use
multiple monitors with all my computers. I’ve
tried to install and use some of the add on
packages and have followed the directions from
OSGEO for this but I still<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>cannot</u><span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span>get the
OSGEO Live distribution to extend my desktop onto
a second monitor (or resize correctly on one
screen). The default seems to be for it to mirror
to a second monitor which is almost useless for
someone like me who uses the space on the second
monitor for other programs.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:1.0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">a.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This
is probably the most annoying issue of all…I can’t
function without multiple monitors. It’s how I
prefer to work.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">4)</span></b><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Among
its other problems the USB drive installation is
too big for the USB drive. Can’t update it, add
data, or add features because its native
distribution fills up the USB drive almost
completely. It’s just too cumbersome and bulky for
ease of use. Not very much use for a class like
MEA 792 where we create and use a lot of data and
often need to add features to software<span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">à</span></b><span
class="apple-converted-space"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></b></span><b><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I’ve
given up trying to use the USB installation
and have found that the both the dual boot and
virtual installs work much better.</span></u></b><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">5)</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Installing
OSGEO Live to dual boot with Windows is really
really really buggy and not easily
accomplished without significant effort.</span></u></b><span
class="apple-converted-space"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Documentation
is not adequate and it took me several attempts
and system restores to get it right. Now that I
have it working, though, it’s great.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:1.0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">a.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Primary
problem in setup was that the user login is
incorrect -> calls for lowercase letters only
but the OSGEO Live default uses uppercase letters.
It gets stuck in a loop and a hard boot is
required to interrupt the setup process.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:1.5in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-1.5in"><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">i.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Had
to install it once, hard boot out of the error,
then was presented with a user login screen during
the next attempt that allowed me to create a new
user for the install with lowercase lettering.
That allowed me to finish the installation.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:1.0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">b.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Secondary
problems included conflicts with Windows disk
management when trying to manually configure
partitions (both existing partitions and new
ones).</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:1.5in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-1.5in"><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">i.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Solution
was to make the entire hard drive a single Windows
partition in windows then install using the
“alongside windows” feature that automatically
repartitions windows space.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:1.5in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-1.5in"><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ii.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This
would have been a real BIG issue if I had data on
another hard drive for example a standard
configuration: [ c:\Install, d:\Data ]. Instead I
have a local network that I use so I was afforded
the luxury of only having a single partition on my
laptop. However, I usually do multi-partition my
drives for organization, backup, and security
reasons.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:1.0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">c.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A
tertiary problem was that the OSGEO installation
sets Unbuntu as the default OS and I didn’t want
that. I still plan to use Windows first and select
the OSGEO drive primarily for doing my homework.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:1.5in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-1.5in"><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">i.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I
used a recovery to restore the MBR to Windows
default and EasyBCD to configure a second boot
option to manually select the GRUB menu…now it
automatically boots Windows unless I select the
OSGEO install.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:99.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">6)</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Installing
OSGEO Live to VirtualBox was super easy with
both the vmdk and ISO</span></u></b><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.</span></b><span
class="apple-converted-space"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">It
works super good as a virtual machine. ISO
installation of a new OS seems to work better
than the vmdk as it allows for custom installation
from scratch. The only major issue was getting the
network drives mounted (these include drives on
the local machine because a virtual drive acts as
a separate machine) and shares had to be set up.
But now I can remote to it from my laptop and even
from out of my house through my home VPN…can even
connect to it from campus if I want…just like an
NCSU VCL installation but hosted at my own house.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">-</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span
class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Erik</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
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<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I
just thought you might be interested in this.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I
run OSGEO as a headless installation for
remoting in from my laptop attached to a second
monitor (OSGEO L 5 gets a monitor by itself and
Windows stays on the other monitor for access to
all my Windows softare)…was a bit tricky to
figure out how to do it but it turned out to be
quite simple in the end. There are other ways to
do this but the vbs method fit my needs
perfectly.</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I
use a vbs script on the server…</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">'=====================================</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Set
WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">obj
=
WshShell.Run("C:\Progra~1\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxHeadless.exe
-s OSGEO_L5_Standard", 0)</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">set
WshShell = Nothing</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">'=====================================</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Voila…use
Windows standard remote desktop interface to
connect to the process from any Windows machine
(or another remote desktop interface from some
other OS).</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">-Erik</span></span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
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<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Cameron Shorter<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Geospatial Solutions Manager<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Think Globally, Fix Locally<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.lisasoft.com">http://www.lisasoft.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lisasoft.com">http://www.lisasoft.com</a>
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