Gryphon - OpenSUSE 11.0

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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
...

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;

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

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.

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

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
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
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' );

MySQL

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

SSH

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).
  • [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.


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