Gryphon - OpenSUSE 11.0

General Setup

First boot

• Automatic configuration update ⇒ added NVIDIA repository + added auto update repository
• YaST ⇒ Repositories ⇒ disabled DVD repository

File system

• Mount sda5 to mnt/sda5

% su
% mkdir /mnt/sda5
% chmod 777 /mnt/sda5
% ln -s /mnt/sda5/home /home
% mv /srv /mnt/sda5/srv
% ln -s /mnt/sda5/srv /srv

• Enable write access to user in group for NTFS mount (fmask=113,dmask=002 in /etc/fstab)
• /etc/fstab

...
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_IC35L040AVER07-_SXPTXF49264-part1    /windows/C      ntfs-3g   users,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3250620A_3QF0EC3W-part1            /windows/D      ntfs-3g   users,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_IC35L040AVER07-_SXPTXF49264-part6    /windows/F      vfat      users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_IC35L120AVV207-_VNVD02G4G4TKBG-part1 /windows/J      ntfs-3g   users,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_IC35L120AVV207-_VNVD02G4G4TKBG-part2 /windows/K      ntfs-3g   users,gid=users,fmask=113,dmask=002,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
...

Applications

Amarok

• Amarok collection stored in MySQL (host: localhost, port: 3306, DB name: amarok, user: amarok)
• To set up Amarok MySQL database (see Amarok MySQL HowTo):

% mysql -p -u root
mysql> CREATE DATABASE amarok;
mysql> USE amarok;
mysql> GRANT ALL ON amarok.* TO amarok@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD_CHANGE_ME';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

• Crossfading: 100ms.
• Installed amarok-packman package (metapackage to install amarok from the packman repository).

Apache 2

• Configuration files in /etc/apache2.
• Can be partly configured through YaST package yast2-http-server.

port: 80, interface: 127.0.0.1, 172.19.3.3, open port in firewall, Modules: PHP5.

• /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

...
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks     # because /srv is a symlink
    ...
</Directory>
...

• /etc/apache2/default-server.conf

...
ServerName gryphon
ServerAdmin root@gryphon

• Apache user is given in /etc/apache2/uid.conf

Bash

~/.bashrc

...

# 2007-07-28 - Misc. shell alias
alias dua="du -sh * .*"
alias dfh="df -h"
alias la="ls $LS_OPTIONS -a"
alias lla="la -l"

...

FireFox

• home = http://www.google.be
• iFox 3.0.1 add-on theme.
• Extensions
  • Live HTTP headers 0.14
  • Delicious Bookmarks 2.0.95
  • Fire Gestures 1.1.3.1
• Removed/disabled extensions
  • Beagle Indexer 1.1.0
• Remember password for sites + Use a Master Password

Gnome

• Gnome desktop - added new panel + config.
• Window List panel - show window from all workspace.
• gnome-terminal
  • Set default terminal window size to 132x40.
    • For Panel launcher (right-click properties, change gnome-terminal launcher exec line: gnome-terminal --geometry=132x40)
    • Do the same for launcher in Application Menu (use Main Menu - System View).
    • For application using terminal (Open GNOME Configuration Editor. Go to desktop/gnome/applications/terminal, edit value exec-args=-x --geometry=132x40. This is same as changing the settings in System → Preferred Applications → Terminal)

KDE

• Wiki page on KDE.
• Installed Baghira OSX-like theme (package baghira).
• Style = Baghira
  • Restored settings from previous install.
• Window Decorations = Baghira
  • Border size = Normal
  • Minimum Title Height = 22
  • Show resize grip
  • Add auto spacing
  • Default Mode = Tiger
  • Tiger → Border size = 1
  • Buttons → custom title bar button positions = Help / Maximize / Minimize / (no spacer!) / Close (match WindowBlinds settings).
• Mouse
  • Icons theme = Shere Khan X.
  • Checked Double Click to open files and folders.
• Window Shadows enabled
  • Active window size = Inactive window size = 6.
  • Vertical offset = 80%.
  • Horizontal offset = 40%.
  • Shadow color = black.
  • Remove shadow on move/resize.
• Desktop background = ~/.customization/Isabelle Hires Noir&Blanc crop-despeckle 936x1024.png.
• Screensaver → slideshow from slide~/.customization/screensaver< (incl. subfolders / resize photo).
• Appearance → Fonts
  • Custom settings:
    • General = Lucida Sans 9
    • Fixed width = Lucida Console 9
    • Toolbar = Lucida Sans 9
    • Menu = Lucida Sans 9
    • Window Title = Lucida Sans 10 (semibold)
    • Taskbar = Lucida Sans 9
    • Desktop = Lucida Sans 9
  • Default settings:
    • General = Sans Serif 10
    • Fixed width = monospace 10
    • Toolbar = Sans Serif 10
    • Menu = Sans Serif 10
    • Window Title = Sans Serif 10
    • Taskbar = Sans Serif 10
    • Desktop = Sans Serif 11
• Keyboard shortcuts
  • Popup Launch Menu = Win + Space

Very handy in OpenSuse when combined with the search box in launch menu. Simply type Win + Space followed by the name of the application.

KMixer

• Global keyboard shortcuts (Menu Settings → Configure Global Shortcuts or through YaST → Look & Feel):
  • Increase Volume of Master Channel: Ctrl+KP_Add
  • Decrease Volume of Master Channel: Ctrl+KP_Subtract
  • Toggle Mute of Master Channel: Ctrl+KP_Divide

Konsole

• Settings → Font → Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, size 8.
• Settings → Size → 132x40.
• Settings → Save as Default.
• Window Menu → Advanced → Special Application Settings; → Geometry panel → Position → Remember.

Konqueror

• View → Icon Size → Tiny.

Launchy

• Installed from packman repository.
• Option: NO check for update at start up.
• Option: Hide Launchy when it loses focus.
• Shortcut: Alt+Space (Ctrl+Space is taken by Opera for home page)
• Catalog: added /opt/kde3/share/applications/kde/, extension *.desktop

MediaWiki

• Version mediawiki 1.12.0.
• Requires LAMP server packages (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP).
• Installation
  • Assume mediawiki-1.12.0.tar.gz copied at /srv/www/htdocs
  • Assume apache browser user/grp: wwwrun/www

% su
% cd /srv/www/htdocs/
% tar -xzvf mediawiki-1.12.0.tar.gz
% mv mediawiki-1.12.0 wiki
% chown -R wwwrun wiki
% chgrp -R www wiki

• Browse to http://localhost/wiki/config. Settings set as follows:

Wiki name: wiki

Admin user: wikiadmin

Admin pwd: ********

database name: wikidb

DB username: wikiuser

DB pwd: ********

su account: root

su pwd: ********

• Copy configuration files:

cd /srv/www/htdocs/wiki/
cp config/LocalSettings.php .
chmod 600 LocalSettings.php
chown wwwrun LocalSettings.php
chgrp www LocalSettings.php
rm -r config

• Browse to http://localhost/wiki. Create user baddreams.

user: baddreams

pwd: ********

email: baddreams@gryphon.hell

real name: Baddreams

• File LocalSettings.inc.php:
  • Enable file upload.

$wgEnableUploads = true;

• File includes/DefaultSettings.php:
  • Change supported upload file types.

$wgFileExtensions = array( 'png', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'pdf' );

• Add directory http://localhost/wiki/upload (root - chmod 755), to store big upload files.

MySQL

• Root password set (e.g. through phpMyAdmin → privileges → select root user → Change pwd)

Opera

• Use Master Password to protect saved passwords.
• Set Google as default search engine (toolbar and speed dial).

SSH

• Helper aliases in #Bash:

alias sshag="ssh-agent bash --rcfile ~/.basshrc"	# launch a shell in which ssh private key passphrase is cached
alias sftpn="sftp daemenj@ftp.noekeon.org"
alias sshn="ssh daemenj@ftp.noekeon.org"

• sshag uses the rcfile ~/.basshrc:

# .basshrc: Bash resource file for preloading ssh keys in the ssh-agent
#
# Use:
# ---
#   ssh-agent bash --rcfile ~/.basshrc

#Source primary resource file
source ~/.bashrc

#Add all ssh keys in ~/.ssh
ssh-add
starts a new shell in which passphrase is cached. It uses the rcfile <tt>~/.basshrc</tt>:

TrueCrypt

• Using TrueCrypt 6.0a.
• Personal configuration directory in ~/.tc.
• Added function tc in ~/.bashrc to mount tc volume in command-line.

# 2008-07-28 - macro for TrueCrypt
# To mount a volume: tc VOLUME-NAME
# to unmount       : tc -d
tc() {
	if [ "$1" == "" ]
	then
		echo "usage:"
		echo "    tc VOLUME-NAME"
		echo "    tc -d"
	elif [ "$1" == "-d" ]
	then
		truecrypt -d
	else
		echo "Mounting TrueCrypt volume \"$1\" to /mnt/tc"
		truecrypt -k ~/.tc/tckeyfile "$1" /mnt/tc
	fi
}

• Settings → Keyfiles → add ~/.tc/tckeyfile as default key file.
• Settings → Preferences → System Integration panel → Open Explorer window for succesfully mounted volume.

X

• Fonts installed in ~/.fonts:
  • Mac fonts AppleGaramond (Bold/Italic/...)
  • Mac fonts Aquabase (Bold/Italic/...)
  • Mac fonts Lucida (Console/Sans/...)
  • Chess Alpha 2
  • chess_merida_unicode
  • fences
  • symbol

To Do

• [2008-08-13] @TODO - Upgrade Launchy.
• [2008-07-28] @TODO - Describe general file system setup (sda5, symlink to /home, symlink to /srv).
• [2008-07-28] @TODO - fix mbstring support (see http://localhost/phpMyAdmin).
• [2008-07-28] @TODO - MediaWiki - change pwd.
• [2008-07-28] @TODO - MediaWiki - Install some memcache sw (Turck MMCache, eAccelerator, APC or XCache).
• [2008-07-30] @TODO - Set up phpMyAdmin (can't be accessed anymore since root password was set).
• [2008-07-31] @TODO - Solve pulseaudio dependency problem during system update.

pulseaudio-utils-0.9.10-26.3.i586 requires libpulse-browse0 = 0.9.10, but this requirement cannot be provided
pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.10-26.3.i586 requires pulseaudio = 0.9.10, but this requirement cannot be provided

Temporary fix: disable packman repository from the list of software repositories.

• [2008-07-31] @TODO - Solve Amarok not playing OGG file in Gnome.
• [2008-07-31] @TODO - Solve VLC no sound in Gnome.

Recovered from previous install

• [2008-07-28] Truecrypt directory ~/.tc.
• [2008-07-28] GNUpg directory ~/.gnupg.

Configuration Log

• [2008-07-28] Install   - Package php5-mysql.
• [2008-07-28] Install   - Package yast2-http-server.
• [2008-07-28] Install   - Wiki mediawiki 1.12.0.
• [2008-07-28] Settings  - YaST → System Services (run level) → enable mysql to run at level 2,3,5.
• [2008-07-28] Settings  - Copied from previous install: ~/.gnupg.
• [2008-07-28] Install   - Opera 9.51.
• [2008-07-28] Install   - BitStream Vera 1.10 (copied to /usr/share/fonts).
• [2008-07-28] Install   - TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt 6.0a (extract and execute; will install very quickly with YaST).
• [2008-07-28] Settings  - TrueCrypt - chmod u+s /usr/bin/truecrypt.
  • Setuid does not work on GTK+. Instead add /usr/bin/truecrypt to /etc/sudoers.
• [2008-07-28] Settings  - TrueCrypt - Added to /etc/sudoers: ALL ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/truecrypt.
• [2008-07-28] Settings  - TrueCrypt - as root, mkdir /mnt/tc;
• [2008-07-28] Settings  - TrueCrypt - Added macro tc in ~/.bashrc.
• [2008-07-28] Settings  - Bash - Added to ~/.bashrc alias sshag, sftpn, sshn, dua, dfh, la, lla.
• [2008-07-30] Install   - Package w32codec-all.
• [2008-07-30] Settings  - MySql - Change root password (phpMyAdmin → privileges → select root user → Change pwd).
• [2008-07-30] Settings  - Amarok - wizard setup - use MySQL.
• [2008-07-30] Settings  - Gnome - Window List panel - show window from all workspace.
• [2008-07-31] Settings  - MediaWiki - Enabled file upload.
• [2008-07-31] Settings  - MediaWiki - Added pdf as allowed upload file type.
• [2008-07-31] Settings  - MediaWiki - Added directory http://localhost/wiki/upload for big file upload.
• [2008-07-31] Settings  - Scarlet box - DNS Relay → DNS Relay local database → local domain name = hell.
• [2008-07-31] Settings  - YaST → Network devices → Network settings → Hostname/site = gryphon.hell (before was linux-co7e.site).
  • Note: hostname can also be found in /etc/HOSTNAME - but might be set/ignored by DHCP client
  • Note: domain name must only contain letter/figure/hyphen; it can't contain any underscore!
• [2008-07-31] Install   - Installed codecs-gnome.ymp (http://opensuse-community.org/codecs-gnome.ymp).
  • Added repositories:
    • http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss/suse (Main Repository (NON-OSS))
    • http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.0/repo/oss (Main Repository (OSS))
    • http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.0/ (VideoLan Repository)
    • http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.0/ (Packman Repository)
  • Package installed: ffmpeg, flash-player, gst-fluendo-mp3, java-1_5_0-sun-plugin, libdvdcss, libxine1, w32codec-all
• [2008-08-09] Settings  - /etc/fstab - changed fmask=133,dmask=022 to fmask=113,dmask=002 (enable write access to users).
• [2008-07-31] Install   - Installed gstreamer plugins and addons: gstreamer-0_10-ffmpeg, gstreamer-0_10-plugins-uglygstreamer (http://opensuse-community.org/codecs-gnome.ymp).
• [2008-08-10] Settings  - KDE - Global keyboard shortcuts for KMixer.
• [2008-08-10] Settings  - VLC - Settings → Preferences → Video → Zoom video = 2.0000 (requires Advanced options checked).
• [2008-08-10] Settings  - FireFox - installed iFox 3.0.1 theme add-on.
• [2008-08-12] Settings  - X - Installed (home) MAC fonts (Garamond, Lucida, Aqua base)
• [2008-08-12] Settings  - X - Installed (home) fonts ChessAlpha2, chess_merida_unicode, fences, symbol
• [2008-08-12] Settings  - KDE - Updated window shadows, window decorations,...
• [2008-08-13] Install   - Launchy.
• [2008-08-21] Settings  - Configure Desktop - Popup Launch Menu keyboard shortcut = Win + Space.
• [2008-08-21] Settings  - Network settings - Do not change hostname via DHCP.