Difference between revisions of "PC configurations"

Revision as of 14:13, 19 January 2013

Note that this page is not directly related to any MCU project. Since I'm installing quite a number of different linux configurations on systems, this page contains some notes on how they've been configured.

Eclipse

This page describes how to hack a shared library to allow Unity menu integration of eclipse. The gist of it:

cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies && sudo sed -i 's/Eclipse/Xclipse/' libappmenu.so

Media PC

Ubuntu 10.04
mythtv from synaptic
mythweb
phpmyadmin
unsuccessful move to new Nvidia graphics card (FIXME)
tv_grab_nl_py script
trying to slow down GPU fan through lm-sensors, needs kernel option to run it87 driver (as descriped here)

Laptop

Wacom Touch

See this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1747226

Add the following to /etc/init.d/local

xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet touch" touch on
xsetwacom set "Serial Wacom Tablet touch" Gesture on

if needed add the local script to the init sequence with

sudo update-rc.d local defaults

Desktop

adapt /etc/nsswitch.conf if browsers start to become slow in dns lookup.

this page shows how to install a canon MP640 under ubuntu. The gist is:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-gruz/canon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cnijfilter-mp640series

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 Note that this page is not directly related to any MCU project. Since I'm installing quite a number of different linux configurations on systems, this page contains some notes on how they've been configured.
+==Eclipse==
+[http://hanynowsky.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/eclipse-ides-ubuntu-integrated-menus-hack/ This page] describes how to hack a shared library to allow Unity menu integration of eclipse. The gist of it:
+ cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies && sudo sed -i 's/Eclipse/Xclipse/' libappmenu.so
 ==Media PC==
 * Ubuntu 10.04