Move gui setting instructions back to readme (#647)

jafingerhut · web-flow · commit f0dc654c44d6 · 2024-11-07T05:19:14.000-05:00
* Move optional steps for testing VMs out of README.md file
This may help avoid new users being confused that they must follow
those instructions.

Signed-off-by: Andy Fingerhut &lt;andy_fingerhut@alum.wustl.edu&gt;

* Move instructions on useful GUI setting changes back into README files

Signed-off-by: Andy Fingerhut &lt;andy_fingerhut@alum.wustl.edu&gt;

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Signed-off-by: Andy Fingerhut &lt;andy_fingerhut@alum.wustl.edu&gt;
diff --git a/vm-ubuntu-20.04/README.md b/vm-ubuntu-20.04/README.md
@@ -31,3 +31,47 @@ Linux.
 
 *Note* that creating a development VM can take several hours,
 depending upon the speed of your computer and Internet connection.
+
+
+## GUI settings that you will likely wish to change
+
++ Log in as user p4 (password p4)
++ Start menu -> Preferences -> LXQt settings -> Monitor settings
+  + Change resolution from initial 800x600 to 1024x768.  Apply the changes.
+  + Close monitor settings window
+  + *Note*: For some reason I do not know, these settings seem to be
+    undone after a reboot, even if I use the "Save" button.  Still,
+	you might like to redo this setting each time you boot the system,
+	if the screen resolution is too limiting.
++ Several of the icons on the desktop have an exclamation mark on
+  them.  If you try double-clicking those icons, it pops up a window
+  saying "This file 'Wireshark' seems to be a desktop entry.  What do
+  you want to do with it?" with buttons for "Open", "Execute", and
+  "Cancel".  Clicking "Execute" executes the associated command.
+  If you do a mouse middle click on one of these desktop icons, a
+  popup menu appears where the second-to-bottom choice is "Trust this
+  executable".  Selecting that causes the exclamation mark to go away,
+  and future double-clicks of the icon execute the program without
+  first popping up a window to choose between Open/Execute/Cancel.  I
+  did that for each of these desktop icons:
+  + Terminal
+  + Wireshark
++ (optional, if you want a desktop with the P4 logo) Start menu ->
+  Preferences -> LXQt settings -> Desktop
+  + In "Wallpaper mode" popup menu, choose "Center on the screen".
+  + Click Apply button
+  + Close "Desktop preferences" window
++ Log off
+
++ Log in as user vagrant (password vagrant)
++ Change monitor settings and wallpaper mode as described above for
+  user p4.
++ Open a terminal.
+  + Run the command
+    
+    ```bash
+    ./clean.sh
+    ```
+    which removes several GigaBytes of files created while building
+    the projects.
++ Log off
diff --git a/vm-ubuntu-20.04/create-vm-image-for-others.md b/vm-ubuntu-20.04/create-vm-image-for-others.md
@@ -31,46 +31,6 @@ only create new VM images once per month.
   ```
   sudo apt clean
   ```
-  
-+ Log in as user p4 (password p4)
-+ Start menu -> Preferences -> LXQt settings -> Monitor settings
-  + Change resolution from initial 800x600 to 1024x768.  Apply the changes.
-  + Close monitor settings window
-  + *Note*: For some reason I do not know, these settings seem to be
-    undone, even if I use the "Save" button.  They are temporarily in
-    effect if I shut down the system and log back in, but then in a few
-    seconds it switches back to 800x600.  Strange.
-+ Start menu -> Preferences -> LXQt settings -> Desktop
-  + In "Wallpaper mode" popup menu, choose "Center on the screen".
-  + Click Apply button
-  + Close "Desktop preferences" window
-+ Several of the icons on the desktop have an exclamation mark on
-  them.  If you try double-clicking those icons, it pops up a window
-  saying "This file 'Wireshark' seems to be a desktop entry.  What do
-  you want to do with it?" with buttons for "Open", "Execute", and
-  "Cancel".  Clicking "Execute" executes the associated command.
-  If you do a mouse middle click on one of these desktop icons, a
-  popup menu appears where the second-to-bottom choice is "Trust this
-  executable".  Selecting that causes the exclamation mark to go away,
-  and future double-clicks of the icon execute the program without
-  first popping up a window to choose between Open/Execute/Cancel.  I
-  did that for each of these desktop icons:
-  + Terminal
-  + Wireshark
-+ Log off
-
-+ Log in as user vagrant (password vagrant)
-+ Change monitor settings and wallpaper mode as described above for
-  user p4.
-+ Open a terminal.
-  + Run the command
-    
-    ```
-    ./clean.sh
-    ```
-    which removes about 6 to 7 GBytes of
-    files created while building the projects.
-+ Log off
 
 
 # Notes on test results for the VM
diff --git a/vm-ubuntu-24.04/README.md b/vm-ubuntu-24.04/README.md
@@ -28,3 +28,55 @@ suggest improvements:
 
 *Note* that creating a development VM can take several hours,
 depending upon the speed of your computer and Internet connection.
+
+
+## GUI settings that you will likely wish to change
+
++ Log in as user p4 (password p4)
++ Start menu -> Preferences -> LXQt settings -> Monitor settings
+  + Change resolution from initial 800x600 to 1024x768.  Apply the changes.
+  + Close monitor settings window
+  + *Note*: For some reason I do not know, these settings seem to be
+    undone after a reboot, even if I use the "Save" button.  Still,
+	you might like to redo this setting each time you boot the system,
+	if the screen resolution is too limiting.
++ Start menu -> Preferences -> LXQt settings -> Appearance
+  + Click "Icons Theme" in left column
+  + Click "Ubuntu-Mono-Light ..." in right column.
+  + Click "Apply" button, then "Close" button.
++ Several of the icons on the desktop have an exclamation mark on
+  them.  If you try double-clicking those icons, it pops up a window
+  saying "This file 'Wireshark' seems to be a desktop entry.  What do
+  you want to do with it?" with buttons for "Open", "Execute", and
+  "Cancel".  Clicking "Execute" executes the associated command.
+  If you do a mouse middle click on one of these desktop icons, a
+  popup menu appears where the second-to-bottom choice is "Trust this
+  executable".  Selecting that causes the exclamation mark to go away,
+  and future double-clicks of the icon execute the program without
+  first popping up a window to choose between Open/Execute/Cancel.  I
+  did that for each of these desktop icons:
+  + Terminal
+  + Wireshark
++ (optional, if you want a desktop with the P4 logo) Start menu ->
+  Preferences -> LXQt settings -> Desktop
+  + Click "Background" tab
+  + To the right of "Wallpaper image file" name, click "Browse"
+    button.  Find and choose "lxqt-default-wallpaper.png" from the
+    list and click "Open".
+  + In "Wallpaper mode" popup menu, choose "Center on the screen".
+  + Click Apply button
+  + Close "Desktop preferences" window
++ Log off
+
++ Log in as user vagrant (password vagrant)
++ Change monitor settings and wallpaper mode as described above for
+  user p4.
++ Open a terminal.
+  + Run the command
+    
+    ```bash
+    ./clean.sh
+    ```
+    which removes several GigaBytes of files created while building
+    the projects.
++ Log off
diff --git a/vm-ubuntu-24.04/create-vm-image-for-others.md b/vm-ubuntu-24.04/create-vm-image-for-others.md
@@ -37,54 +37,6 @@ create new VM images once per month.
   ```bash
   sudo apt clean
   ```
-  
-+ Log in as user p4 (password p4)
-+ Start menu -> Preferences -> LXQt settings -> Monitor settings
-  + Change resolution from initial 800x600 to 1024x768.  Apply the changes.
-  + Close monitor settings window
-  + *Note*: For some reason I do not know, these settings seem to be
-    undone, even if I use the "Save" button.  They are temporarily in
-    effect if I shut down the system and log back in, but then in a few
-    seconds it switches back to 800x600.  Strange.
-+ Start menu -> Preferences -> LXQt settings -> Desktop
-  + Click "Background" tab
-  + To the right of "Wallpaper image file" name, click "Browse"
-    button.  Find and choose "lxqt-default-wallpaper.png" from the
-    list and click "Open".
-  + In "Wallpaper mode" popup menu, choose "Center on the screen".
-  + Click Apply button
-  + Close "Desktop preferences" window
-+ Start menu -> Preferences -> LXQt settings -> Appearance
-  + Click "Icons Theme" in left column
-  + Click "Ubuntu-Mono-Light ..." in right column.
-  + Click "Apply" button, then "Close" button.
-+ Several of the icons on the desktop have an exclamation mark on
-  them.  If you try double-clicking those icons, it pops up a window
-  saying "This file 'Wireshark' seems to be a desktop entry.  What do
-  you want to do with it?" with buttons for "Open", "Execute", and
-  "Cancel".  Clicking "Execute" executes the associated command.
-  If you do a mouse middle click on one of these desktop icons, a
-  popup menu appears where the second-to-bottom choice is "Trust this
-  executable".  Selecting that causes the exclamation mark to go away,
-  and future double-clicks of the icon execute the program without
-  first popping up a window to choose between Open/Execute/Cancel.  I
-  did that for each of these desktop icons:
-  + Terminal
-  + Wireshark
-+ Log off
-
-+ Log in as user vagrant (password vagrant)
-+ Change monitor settings and wallpaper mode as described above for
-  user p4.
-+ Open a terminal.
-  + Run the command
-    
-    ```bash
-    ./clean.sh
-    ```
-    which removes about 6 to 7 GBytes of
-    files created while building the projects.
-+ Log off
 
 
 # Notes on test results for the VM
