Ubuntu - slow browser experience

Fix by doing the folowing:

From a terminal window, type in:

sudo gedit /etc/nsswitch.conf

Change your hosts config to look like this:

hosts:          files dns

Save the file and then reboot Ubuntu.

rsync and backup files

rsync -r -t -v --progress -o -g -p -x -u -l  /fromdir/ /backupdir/

-r copies also all subdirectories within main directory

-t preserves modification times

-v verbose mode, shows more information

--progress shows progress during transfer

--delete deletes files in destination which are not present in the source

-c compares files contents by checksum

-l copies symbolic links

-z compresses files for faster transfer

-x don’t cross filesystem boundaries

-o preserves owner

-g preserves group

-p preserves permissions

-u update

Ubuntu 11.10 - VirtualBox working headless

I have the version 4.1.8.r75467 with it's extpack installed currently.

to start from command prompt:
>VBoxHeadless --startvm "VMName" &

to save and stop from  command prompt:
>VBoxManage controlvm "VMName" savestate

to lauch the remote desktop viewer from command prompt
>rdesktop -u bob -p bobpass -z -f 10.129.52.53

where bob is username and bobpass is the password and ip address of the VM machine is : 10.129.52.53

Ubuntu 11.04 VirtualBox 4.1.2 Startup headless

Regardless of if you create a new VM or import an old one, you can start it with the command:

VBoxHeadless --startvm "Ubuntu 11.04 Server"

To stop a VM, run

VBoxManage controlvm "Ubuntu 11.04 Server" poweroff

To pause a VM, run

VBoxManage controlvm "Ubuntu 11.04 Server" pause

To reset a VM, run

VBoxManage controlvm "Ubuntu 11.04 Server" reset

To learn more about VBoxHeadless, take a look at

VBoxHeadless --help

Star headless on terminal with nohup  command:

nohup VBoxHeadless --startvm "Ubuntu 11.04 Server" &