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Introduction
This is the configuration page for the Ubuntu partition on RedDragon.
Configuration Files
All configuration files can be found here.
Repositories
- Added Opera (automatically added when installing Opera)
- Added Ubuntu Tweak
- Added Medibuntu
- Added XBMC
Installed Applications
Common Essential: | ||
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[2011-11-16] | Opera (opera) | [2011-11-16] v 11.00.1156 |
[2011-11-16] | etckeeper (etckeeper) | Configured to use git as SCM |
[2011-11-16] | GIT (git git-gui gitk git-doc) | |
[2011-11-16] | Google Chrome (chromium-browser) | |
[2011-11-16] | Midnight Commander (mc) | See reference page. Use vi as standard viewer/editor. Installed version from mc official repository to fix file highlighting issue. |
[2011-11-16] | Vim (vim, exuberant-ctags, vim-gnome) | including GVim to enable support of X clipboard |
[2011-11-16] | Ruby (ruby) | ... for Vim plug-in snipMate.vim |
[2011-11-16] | Vim/Cscope (cscope) | |
[2011-11-16] | Samba (smbclient smbfs) | |
[2011-11-16] | NFS Server (nfs-kernel-server nfs-common portmap) | See NFS for more details; Created entries in /etc/exports. |
[2011-11-16] | AutoFS (autofs) | See local config |
[2011-11-16] | KeePassX (keepassx) | |
[2011-11-16] | apt-file (apt-file) | |
[2011-11-16] | SSH (ssh) | Local settings |
[2011-11-16] | Thunderbird (thunderbird) | |
[2011-11-16] | Meld (meld) | Diff tool |
[2011-11-16] | Color Diff (colordiff) | |
[2011-11-16] | p7zip (p7zip-full p7zip-rar) | |
[2011-11-16] | dlocate (dlocate) | |
[2011-11-16] | MS Truetype core fonts (ttf-msttcorefonts-installer) | |
[2011-11-16] | Ubuntu restricted extras (ubuntu-restricted-extras) | shall install automatically libdvdread4 |
[2011-01-18] | libdvdcss2 | Installed via sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh (see also [1])
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[2011-11-16] | Qiv (qiv) | |
[2011-11-16] | gThumb (gthumb) | |
[2011-11-16] | GPG Agent (gnupg-agent) | Added use-agent at end of ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
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[2011-11-16] | Rename utils (renameutils) | |
[2011-11-16] | Wine (wine) | See Wine page |
[2011-11-16] | Gnome Terminator (terminator) | See Gnome Terminator |
[2011-11-16] | Flash Plugin 10 (flashplugin-installer) | First need to enable Ubuntu partner repository (deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner). Next sudo aptitude autoremove "flashplugin-*"
sudo aptitude install flashplugin-installer
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[2011-11-16] | MPlayer (mplayer mplayer-doc mplayer-fonts) | |
[2011-11-16] | Quicktime plugin (gnome-mplayer,gecko-mediaplayer) | To play Quicktime content in Opera, Firefox |
[2011-11-16] | Gimp (gimp) | |
[2011-11-16] | Graphical Disk Map (gdmap) | |
[2011-11-16] | gparted (gparted) | |
Dist-upgrade to Precise Pangolin | ||
[2012-04-18] | Bumblebee (bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia) | |
Local applications: | ||
[2011-11-16] | GNU Go (gnugo) | |
[2011-11-16] | Various Go games (qgo uligo) | |
[2011-11-16] | Quarry (quarry) | Board games Go, Amazons, and Reversi |
[2011-11-16] | XBMC (xbmc xbmc-standalone) | See local page |
[2011-11-16] | fdupes (fdupes) | |
[2011-11-16] | PGP (pgpgpg) | |
[2011-11-16] | Synergy (synergy) | [2011-03-04] v1.4.5! See local settings. |
[2011-11-16] | Perl Audio Converter (pacpl) | |
[2011-11-16] | PowerTop (powertop) | |
[2011-11-16] | Gnome Tweak Tool (gnome-tweak-tool) | To change default font size... |
[2011-11-16] | XScreensaver (xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra) | First remove gnome screensaver (sudo apt-get remove gnome-screensaver ). Then set the screensaver as startup app (xscreensaver -nosplash ). Select glslideshow. [2], [3], [4]
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Dist-upgrade to Precise Pangolin |
Un-installed applications (by uninstall date):
[YYYY-MM-DD] | Application (package) | [YYYY-MM-DD] uninstalled (reason) |
Simple Settings
- [2009-10-19] - Enabled proprietary video device driver NVIDIA (version 280).
- [2013-05-18] - Enable audio head-phone (see [5]). Edit file /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-headphones.conf as follows:
[Element Speaker] switch = on volume = ignore
- Printer — add Canon network printer (select IPP network printer via DNS-SD for protocol).
- Set Color Model to CMYK
Detailed System Settings
1st install
- INSTALL LOG
File System
- To be completed
Network
- To be completed
Preferences
- To be completed
Users
- Added to group users (for write access to mnemosyne):
- mich
Detailed Application Settings
Screensaver
- gnome-screensaver does not work anymore. It simply show a black screen
- Use xscreensaver instead, and select glslideshow for a slideshow.
- UPDATE ISSUES — viewer used by glslideshow maintains a cache at ~/tmp/.xscreensaver-getimage.cache. Delete that file when updating the set of images in the slideshow.
Using xscreensaver without OpenGL
- Package chbg does not exist anymore.
- I could build package xv, but it does nothing under xscreensaver.
- Use package qiv. Add the following line in .xscreensaver:
qiv -s -r -S -d 10 -f -u -l -t -i \
$HOME/Slideshow \n\
- Select qiv as screensaver.
Apparently qiv does not work well with sub-folders. I use the following script (autoln):
#! /bin/bash
#
# Usage: autoln /path/to/file /path/to/second/file [...]
#
# will create the following symbolic links:
#
# _path_to_file --> /path/to/file
# _path_to_second_file --> /path/to/second/file
while [ -n "$1" ]; do
target="$1"
symlink=${target//\//_}
ln -ns "$target" "$symlink"
shift
done
In the command line:
find -L /home/mich/Slideshow -type f -print0 | xargs -0 autoln
To Do
Issues
- Issue — No OpenGL support with nvidia. Check the links [6], [7]. This is needed for XBMC. See this page to test availability of OpenGL:
- Lost glx after first upgrade from oneiric alpha 2 install (bug 807209)
- How To Get Optimus Working On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric)
- Install Bumblebee
- Report information to Nouveau Devs
- http://askubuntu.com/questions/103564/external-displays-with-bumblebee
- http://askubuntu.com/questions/113886/trying-to-use-an-external-monitor-with-bumblebee-geforce-gt-525m
- https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/106
- https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee-old/issues/40
- https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/72
- http://zachstechnotes.blogspot.be/2012/04/post-title.html
- Issue — External headphone (jack) does not work
- Solved — See [8]. Edit /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths/analog-output-headphones.conf (and similar ...-2.conf files if any). Change the lines:
- To Do — Description
glxinfo | grep -i direct
# The result should be:
# direct rendering: Yes
Some useful commands:
# Should display which card is active and which driver is in use
# (The line 'driver=nvidia' does not appear though for RedDragon
lshw -c display | grep driver
# configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
# configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
# Display information on the nvidia card
# (from https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues/21)
/usr/lib/nvidia-current/bin/nvidia-xconfig --query-gpu-info --nvidia-cfg-path=/usr/lib/nvidia-current
Potential solutions:
The bug is actually due to lack of support of new NVidia's Optimus Technology:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-common nvidia-current nvidia-current-updates nvidia-settings nvidia-settings-updates
Some links to look at:
from Googling "bumblebee external monitor hdmi":
[Element Speaker]
-switch = off
+switch = on
-volume = off
+volume = ignore
Done & Fixed
- Fixed — Issue description
Fix description - Done — Description