KDE

This is a great machine environment, but it seems to lack functioning audio. The virtual sound card doesn't seem to get recognized at all, so I can't configure ALSA. I tooled around with it but my newbish ignorance prevented me from identifying a way to approach the problem. Any suggestions on how to get sound?

i'll take a peek at it. i bet i forgot to add the default user to the audio group.

I wanted a Linux environment on my Windows XP laptop without going thru the painful Linux installation and dual-boot configuration. I heard about VMWare but never tried. Now LivePC gives me various simple pre-configured options to try out. I installed Fearless Browser and KDE LivePCs on my laptop.
I downloaded this LivePC to my laptop and successfully installed other applications like LaTeX, Emacs, Gvim etc. But when I try to maximize this LivePC window, KDE desktop does not expand to full-screen. But the samething works on Fearless Browser. When I maximize that LivePC, the desktop also expands.
How can I do it with the KDE LivePC?
Can I do it without re-installing the KDE? (I spent too much time downloading and compiling the LaTex, Emacs and Gvim apps. I do not want to go thru that again.)
Thanks.

A bunch of related questions on document sharing:

I have two LivePCs installed on my XP laptop. Can I access the documents created in the KDE LivePC from the local OS (XP)? I tried placing the to-be-shared documents in the "/home/me/host-visible" directory. But I don't know how to access these documents from the local OS (XP).

Similarly can I access the documents created in the local OS (XP) from the KDE LivePC? I tried putting the to-be-shared documents in the folders "C:\Users\My LivePC Documents\KDE"and "C:\Users\My Shared LivePC Documents". But i cannot view them from the KDE LivePC.

Another question: Can I share documents between various LivePCs running simultaneously?

And a final question: Can I copy/paste text/figures between LivePCs, and between a LivePC and local OS?

Thanks.

In the LivePC Engine, just click the folder icon next to the LivePC and it will bring you to the document folder that is shared between Linux and XP. Usually it's at:
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My LivePC Documents\FearlessBrowser

You can drag-and-drop dowocument between LivePCs and a local OS if vmware tools are installed on the LivePCs. Usually they are installed already.

You have a couple options. If you want the LivePC to always run fullscreen, you can hit ctrl-f8 when you have the engine window active. Then you can find the option for "VMWare Fullscreen Mode" and set it to "yes". This will make all your LivePC takeover the whole screen.

If you want to use the VMWare tools to make the LivePC automatically change resolutions for you, you need to run the tools on startup. Create a script called "vmware-tools.sh" in /home/me/.kde/Autostart and put the following text inside it:

#!/bin/sh
/opt/vmware/bin/vmware-user &

Then make it executable:
chmod +x /home/me/.kde/Autostart/vmware-tools.sh

Now you need to increase the maximum resolution of your X server if you want a screen resolution greater than 1024x768. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and find the screen section at the bottom. In the display subscection, where the depth is 24, change the listed resolution "1024x768" to whatever your maximum resolution is.

Good luck.

Works great.

The only issue I have is that the resolution has to be set manually -- which is a pain if you use your LivePC on multiple machines with different resolutions.

What is the root password for this image?

You can not login as root, but you can switch to become the root user when you are logged in as the user me.

Type:
su

Or Type:
sudo bash

from a Terminal window.