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Add config GNOME settings script (#663)
* 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 <[email protected]> * Add separate Bash script to configure GNOME settings Also add SPDX-License-Identifier lines to files that were missing them. Signed-off-by: Andy Fingerhut <[email protected]> --------- Signed-off-by: Andy Fingerhut <[email protected]>
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‎vm-ubuntu-24.04/README-create-vm-using-iso-installer-for-ubuntu-desktop.md

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# Creating a VM using VirtualBox and an ISO disk image with an Ubuntu Desktop Linux 24.04 installer
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In the initial boot menu, the default choice "Try or Install Ubuntu"

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# Creating a VM using VirtualBox and an ISO disk image with an Ubuntu Server Linux 24.04 installer
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In the initial boot menu, the default choice "Try or Install Ubuntu"

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# Create VM using ISO installer
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## Finding the Linux installer image you want

‎vm-ubuntu-24.04/README-create-vm-using-vagrant.md

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## Creating the VM using VirtualBox and Vagrant
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+ Install

‎vm-ubuntu-24.04/config-gnome-settings.sh

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#! /bin/bash
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
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######################################################################
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# Copyright 2024 Andy Fingerhut
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#
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# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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# You may obtain a copy of the License at
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#
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# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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#
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# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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# limitations under the License.
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######################################################################
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# Customize some GNOME desktop settings that I prefer.
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# This command will show the GNOME version number installed/running on
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# the system:
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# gnome-shell --version
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# The output on all versions I checked was of the form:
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# GNOME Shell <dotted decimal version string>
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# This command can be used to see what names that the version of GNOME
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# installed on a system uses for the applications that have been
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# pinned in the Dash:
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# gsettings get org.gnome.shell favorite-apps
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which gnome-shell > /dev/null
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exit_status=$?
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if [ ${exit_status} -ne 0 ]
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then
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1>&2 echo "No command 'gnome-shell' found in command path."
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1>&2 echo "Does this system have GNOME installed? Aborting."
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exit 1
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fi
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which gsettings > /dev/null
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exit_status=$?
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if [ ${exit_status} -ne 0 ]
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then
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1>&2 echo "No command 'gsettings' found in command path."
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1>&2 echo "Does this system have GNOME installed? Aborting."
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exit 1
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fi
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GNOME_VERSION_STR=`gnome-shell --version | awk '{print $3;}'`
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TERMINAL_NAME="org.gnome.Terminal.desktop"
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NAUTILUS_NAME="org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop"
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UPDATE_MANAGER_NAME="update-manager.desktop"
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HELP_NAME="yelp.desktop"
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supported_version=0
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case ${GNOME_VERSION_STR} in
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3.36.9)
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# I have seen GNOME version 3.36.9 installed on systems running:
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# Ubuntu 20.04
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supported_version=1
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FIREFOX_NAME="firefox.desktop"
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SETTINGS_NAME="gnome-control-center.desktop"
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;;
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42.9)
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# I have seen GNOME version 42.9 installed on systems running:
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# Ubuntu 22.04
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supported_version=1
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FIREFOX_NAME="firefox_firefox.desktop"
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SETTINGS_NAME="gnome-control-center.desktop"
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;;
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46.0|47.0)
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# I have seen GNOME version 46.0 installed on systems running:
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# Ubuntu 24.04
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# I have seen GNOME version 47.0 installed on systems running:
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# Ubuntu 24.10
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supported_version=1
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FIREFOX_NAME="firefox_firefox.desktop"
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SETTINGS_NAME="org.gnome.Settings.desktop"
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;;
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esac
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if [ ${supported_version} -eq 1 ]
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then
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echo "Found supported GNOME version ${GNOME_VERSION_STR} installed."
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else
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1>&2 echo "Found GNOME version ${GNOME_VERSION_STR} installed, but"
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1>&2 echo "this script does not support that version of GNOME."
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1>&2 echo "Consider updating the script so it does."
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exit 1
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fi
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set -x
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# Update GNOME settings via the following corresponding gsettings
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# commands.
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# This command has the same effect as doing this in Settings app
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# in Ubuntu 24.04:
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# Privacy & Security -> Screen Lock -> Blank Screen Delay -> Never
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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0
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# Privacy & Security -> Screen Lock -> Automatic Screen Lock -> disabled
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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false
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# Ubuntu Desktop -> Dock -> Icon Size -> 24
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gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.dash-to-dock dash-max-icon-size 24
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# Update the list of icons pinned in the Dash:
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gsettings set org.gnome.shell favorite-apps "['${TERMINAL_NAME}', '${FIREFOX_NAME}', '${NAUTILUS_NAME}', '${SETTINGS_NAME}', '${UPDATE_MANAGER_NAME}', '${HELP_NAME}']"
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# System -> Users -> user account "p4" -> Automatic Login -> enabled
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# Changing this does not change the output of the command:
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# gsettings list-recursively
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# It must modify something on the system elsewhere.
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# I learned that it causes a line like the following in file
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# /etc/gdm3/custom.conf to have the value after the = change from False to True:
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#AutomaticLoginEnable=False
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# This line is in a section labeled [daemon].
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# It also causes this line to be created, or its value modified,
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# to the user account name:
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#AutomaticLogin=p4
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# TODO: The best way to change this from a Bash script would be to
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# find a well-tested utility program that modifies or adds settings to
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# files with that format, which is like a Windows INI format file.

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‎vm-ubuntu-24.04/install-p4dev-v8.sh

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# Copyright 2022-present Intel Corporation
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‎vm-ubuntu-24.04/p4-environment-info.sh

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# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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# You may obtain a copy of the License at
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# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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get_package_info() {
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local pkg="$1"

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