Introduction
This is the configuration page for the Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 partition on ZAVCWL0035.
Configuration Files
All configuration files can be found here.
Installed Applications
Common applications
See Common configuration for Linux.
Essential
| Virtualbox (package, repo Repository) |
If virtualbox is autostarting (and fails), remove it with:
sudo update-rc.d -f virtualbox remove
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| Python pip (python-pip) |
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| Application (package, repo Repository) |
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| Application (package) |
- [YYYY-MM-DD] Update to vX.Y
- TBC
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| Courier (package) |
- Do not install
courier-pop*
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| rsync daemon (rsync xinetd) |
- Create file /etc/xinetd.d/rsync:
service rsync
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/bin/rsync
server_args = --daemon
log_on_failure += USERID
flags = IPv6
}
- Create file /etc/rsyncd.conf:
max connections = 1
log file = /var/log/rsync.log
max verbosity = 3
transfer logging = yes
log format = %o %i %h [%a] %m (%u) %f %l
timeout = 6000
read only = yes
list = yes
uid = root
gid = root
auth users = backuppc
secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
[boot]
comment = /boot partition (480MB)
path = /boot
[home]
comment = /home partition (211GB)
path = /home
[root]
comment = / partition (20GB)
path = /
- Create file /etc/rsyncd.secrets:
- Exclude files/directory by renaming with extension .nobak and symlinking (all tmp/, /sage, /usr/local/texlive).
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| NTP (ntp) |
- synchronize with NTP server automatically
- Use ST network gateway as ntp server (see
netstat -rn). Add to /etc/ntp.conf:
server 10.137.3.254 iburst
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| S.M.A.R.T (smartmontools) |
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| Opera (opera) |
- Config reset script ~/bin/reset_opera.sh
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| Kernel |
- Switched to LTS HWE stack edge (kernel 4.13 and up):
# Install HWE Edge stack
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04
- Tried with LTS HWE stack (kernel 4.10), but had issue with kworker thread taking 100% cpu (see Common Issues):
# Install HWE stack
# sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-hwe-16.04 xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04
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Local
| HP MyRoom (hpmyroom libxtst6:i386 libxss1:i386) |
To connect, select connect with Key.
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| Youtube DL (youtube_dl) |
sudo pip install youtube_dl
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| WMCTRL (wmctrl) |
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| Thunderbird (thunderbird) |
- Use Maildir as data store [1]: set pref
mail.serverDefaultStoreContractID to @mozilla.org/msgstore/maildirstore;1
- Add-on Virtual Identity
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| Wireshark (wireshark) |
- Enable wireshark for non-super user [2]:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common
sudo gpasswd -a $USER wireshark
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| ia32 libraries (gcc-multilib g++-multilib) |
- We go for solution given here:
sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib g++-multilib
- Look at package ia32-libs-multiarch
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| Jupyter |
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| Owncloud |
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Uninstalled
| Application (package) |
[YYYY-MM-DD] Update
Additional configuration settings
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System Settings
| 1st install |
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| File system |
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| Network |
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| Preferences |
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| Miscellaneous |
- Unity Tweak:
- Search: uncheck Search online sources, uncheck Show "More Suggestions", uncheck Show "Recently Used" applications
- Additional: Open the first panel menu Alt-F10
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Issues and To Do
Issues
See Common Issues.
To Do
Done
Stability
- 37 days uptime with kernel linux-image-4.4.0-72-generic!
- 5 days uptime with kernel linux-image-4.4.0-79-generic.
- 1 crash (can't wake up, SysRq-REISUB not working) with kernel linux-image-4.4.0-81-generic
- Upgraded to linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04-edge (linux-image-4.13.0-26-generic) + xorg-server-source-hwe-16.04
- Seems more stable overall (less kworker 100% CPU issue).
- serious GUI issues (mouse click, mouse selection, right click button stuck or no effect).
- Downgraded to xorg-server, kept linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04-edge (linux-image-4.13.0-26-generic).