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Gryphon - OpenSUSE 11.0 - Configuration log

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
...

Installed package sdram.

YaST Repositories

Added http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Fisiu/openSUSE_11.0/ (for Psi).

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;

Installed amarok-packman package (metapackage to install amarok from the packman repository).
Selected Xine engine (needed for crossfading).
- → Now Amarok plays ogg in Gnome desktop too!
Crossfading: 0ms (crossfading 100ms handy for making gapless playback, but playback is sometimes jerky when enabled)
Fade-out: 1500ms (3500ms much too long)
Updated to xine-lib/1.1.15 (solve bug Amarok freeze at track change).

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 (excerpt)

# Miscellaneous shell aliases
LS_OPTIONS="$LS_OPTIONS -F --group-directories-first";
alias dua="du -sh * .*"
alias dfh="df -h"
alias la="ls -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
- Cycle Input Focus 1.0.0
- Fast Dial 2.3
  - 4x3 thumbnails. Page font = Sans-serif, size 12.

http://www.google.be/	http://www.wikipedia.org/	http://delicious.com/m1p
https://secure.priorweb.be/webmail/src/login.php	http://www.scarlet.be/wlogon/?uncnx=	https://kiwi.noekeon.org/miki/index.php?title=Main_Page
	http://www.theregister.co.uk/	http://mip.noekeon.org/

Removed/disabled extensions
- Beagle Indexer 1.1.0
Always ask me where to save files + Always show the tab bar + Remember password for sites + Use a Master Password
Keyword searches:
- g → Google | http://www.google.be
- w → Wikipedia | http://en.wikipedia.org
- wf → Wikipedia FR | http://fr.wikipedia.org
- dt → Delicious - Add tag | http://delicious.com/m1p (tag search - type space separated tag for multiple tag search)

Gnome

Gnome desktop - added new panel + config.
Window List panel - show window from all workspace.
gnome-terminal
- Set default terminal window size to 150x50, position +100+100.

Gnome DO

My reference page
Start Gnome DO at login
Hide window on first launch (quiet mode)
Launch key: <alt>+space.
Add kde3 applications to catalog:

 sudo ln -s /opt/kde3/share/applications/kde /usr/share/applications/kde

Plugins:
- Del.icio.us Tag Search - v2.0.
- Firefox v2.0.4 (don't forget about:config → browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML = true).
- GNOME Terminal v1.0
- Google Calculator v1.0

K3b

Do not eject medium after write process.

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.

Kate

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
Gnome: add Launchy as new entry to startup program list (Launchy, /usr/bin/launchy, keystroke launcher).
Firefox: bookmarks must be exported to .html to be indexed by Launchy. Type about:config in address bar, and change the settings browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML ← true.

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).
Keyboard configuration (! keyboard ini file is UTF8. See this bug)

[Application]
Platform Windows-Unix-MCE, PageUp ctrl=Switch to previous page
Platform Windows-Unix-MCE, PageDown ctrl=Switch to next page
PageUp ctrl=Page left
PageDown ctrl=Page right

SSH

Helper aliases in ~/.bashrc:

# SSH aliases
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 -t noekeon 'bash --rcfile ~/private/mip.bashrc'"

sshag starts a new shell in which passphrase is cached. It 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

Content of ~/.ssh/config:

Host ftp.noekeon.org noekeon
	User		daemenj
	HostName	ftp.noekeon.org

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.

Vim

Changes to ~/.vimrc (see this page)
- Enable Syntax highlighting
- Remap HJKLM to MHKJL

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
Mouse pointer speed: xset m 1/1 8 (for new Microsoft Laser Wireless Mouse 6000). Can be set permanently using KDE/Gnome Mouse configuration GUI.

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 VLC no sound in Gnome.

Done

[2008-07-31]Solve Amarok not playing OGG file in Gnome.
- → Install Amarok package from Packman repository, and select Xine engine.

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.
[2008-09-17] Install - Psi instant messaging, v0.12.2.
[2008-09-17] Install - p7zip v4.57 (needed to extract archive with password encrypted with AES using WinZip 9.0, unsupported compression method 99).

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 * [<tt>2008-08-21</tt>] <tt>'''Settings'''  -</tt> '''Network settings''' - Do not ''change hostname via DHCP''.
 * [<tt>2008-09-17</tt>] <tt>'''Install'''   -</tt> '''Psi''' instant messaging, v0.12.2.
+* [<tt>2008-09-17</tt>] <tt>'''Install'''   -</tt> '''p7zip''' v4.57 (needed to extract archive with password encrypted with AES using WinZip 9.0, <tt>unsupported compression method 99</tt>).

Gryphon - OpenSUSE 11.0: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:48, 17 September 2008

Contents

Gryphon - OpenSUSE 11.0 - Configuration log

General Setup

First boot

File system

YaST Repositories

Applications

Amarok

Apache 2

Bash

~/.bashrc (excerpt)

FireFox

Gnome

Gnome DO

K3b

KDE

Kate

KMixer

Konsole

Konqueror

Launchy

MediaWiki

MySQL

Opera

SSH

TrueCrypt

Vim

X

To Do

Done

Recovered from previous install

Configuration Log

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Gryphon - OpenSUSE 11.0: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:48, 17 September 2008

Gryphon - OpenSUSE 11.0 - Configuration log

General Setup

First boot

File system

YaST Repositories

Applications

Amarok

Apache 2

Bash

~/.bashrc (excerpt)

FireFox

Gnome

Gnome DO

K3b

KDE

Kate

KMixer

Konsole

Konqueror

Launchy

MediaWiki

MySQL

Opera

SSH

TrueCrypt

Vim

X

To Do

Done

Recovered from previous install

Configuration Log

Navigation menu

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