NMUBUNTU Development

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Contents 1 Installation/Customization Checklist 1.1 Boot from the install media 1.2 Fixes / Hardware Support 1.2.1 Wheel mouse scrolling 1.2.2 apt sources.lst 1.2.3 /etc/default/acpi-support 1.2.4 /etc/X11/xorg.conf 1.2.5 /boot/grub/menu.lst 1.2.6 Video Switching 1.2.7 /etc/modprobe.d/aliases 1.2.8 Firefox 1.3 Software Additions / Installs 1.3.1 Java 1.3.2 Stellarium 1.3.3 Warzone2100 1.3.4 XChat 1.3.5 Add NMU Printers 1.3.6 NMU VPN 1.3.7 DVD Playback 1.3.8 Windows Codecs 1.3.9 Miscellaneous 1.4 Things that had to be fixed during the Install Fest 2 Other 3 To-Do

[edit] Installation/Customization Checklist

[edit] Boot from the install media

1. Connect to the Internet before installation or else the Internet repositories won't be setup!
2. Run the Install program from the Desktop

[edit] Fixes / Hardware Support

Hardware support issues addressed here include:

• getting mouse scrolling working with the TrackPoint,
• attempting to alleviate non-responsive / potential crashing system issues related to suspending and hibernation (ACPI + VBE),
• video switching support for using the projectors around campus,
• and attempting to alleviate network instability issues through disabling IPv6.

[edit] Wheel mouse scrolling

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

1. Add Option lines to "Input Device" → "Configured Mouse"

   Option "EmulateWheel" "true"

   Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"

2. Remove Option line from "Input Device" → "Configured Mouse"

   Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"

Example of completed edits:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
        Option          "EmulateWheel"          "true"
        Option          "EmulateWheelButton"    "2"
EndSection

[edit] apt sources.lst

1. Remove CD-ROM from sources
2. Change repository to ftp.ussg.iu.edu

[edit] /etc/default/acpi-support

Comment-out the following:

1. #SAVE_VBE_STATE=true
2. #VBESTATE=/var/lib/acpi-support/vbestate
3. #POST_VIDEO=true

[edit] /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Add Option "VBERestore" "false" to the device section:

Section "Device"
	Identifier      "Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
	Driver          "intel"
	Option          "VBERestore"    "false"
	BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

[edit] /boot/grub/menu.lst

Add acpi_sleep=s3_bios to the kernel arguments:

title   Ubuntu 7.10, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic
root    (hd0,0)
kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=UUID=765ec529-1a0e-4cae-95ff-860789b9d774 ro quiet splash acpi_sleep=s3_bios
initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
quiet

[edit] Video Switching

1. echo "options thinkpad_acpi hotkey=enable,0xffff experimental=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/thinkpad_acpi.modprobe
2. Install the files in this gzip in /usr/sbin
3. In /etc/acpi/event/ibm-videobtn edit the line "action=/bin/true" to read "action=/usr/sbin/i810rotate"

[edit] /etc/modprobe.d/aliases

1. Change the line "alias net-pf-10 ipv6" to "alias net-pf-10 off ipv6".
2. Reboot the system.
3. Check if IPv6 is running use the following command: ip a | grep inet6

(Source)

[edit] Firefox

1. Go to about:config
2. Change network.dns.disableIPv6 value from false to true.

[edit] Software Additions / Installs

[edit] Java

• sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

[edit] Stellarium

• sudo apt-get install stellarium

[edit] Warzone2100

• sudo apt-get install warzone2100

[edit] XChat

• sudo apt-get install xchat-gnome
• Uncompress and copy this file to /etc/skel/ and rename it .xchat2

[edit] Add NMU Printers

• Replace /etc/cups/printers.conf with the printers.conf located in this ZIP archive.

[edit] NMU VPN

1. sudo apt-get install network-manager-vpnc
2. See NMU VPN.

[edit] DVD Playback

1. wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/free/libd/libdvdcss/libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_i386.deb
2. sudo dpkg -i libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_i386.deb
3. rm libdvdcss2_1.2.9-2medibuntu4_i386.deb

[edit] Windows Codecs

1. wget -c http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/non-free/w/w32codecs/w32codecs_20071007-0medibuntu1_i386.deb
2. sudo dpkg -i w32codecs_20071007-0medibuntu1_i386.deb
3. rm w32codecs_20071007-0medibuntu1_i386.deb

[edit] Miscellaneous

• sudo apt-get install frozen-bubble
• sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
• sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
• sudo apt-get install build-essential
• clicked on samba module in reconstructor
• clicked on xorg.conf patch in reconstructor

[edit] Things that had to be fixed during the Install Fest

1. sudo chown root:root /usr/sbin/i810*
2. sudo chmod 6755 /usr/sbin/i810*
3. sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nmubuntu /etc/X11/xorg.conf
4. sudo apt-get remove ubiquity

[edit] Other

• Ubuntu Customization Guide
• Ubuntu Installation Documentation
• ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
• IBM ACPI Thing
• NMUUUG NMUBUNTU 10/12/2007 Mail Message

[edit] To-Do

• Create a custom kernel that has the ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver. (Our previous attempt to compile our own kernel right before the Linux Install Fest had some support options accidentally overlooked; so we went with the default shipping kernel for Ubuntu for NMUBUNTU release 004.)
• Ext2ifs issue unresolved; may want to re-approach the filesystem integration with Windows (possibly axe the idea entirely)
• Check Pidgin versions (Ubuntu repository may be out of date)
• Gstreamer additions (Chris knows about this)
• Put custom stuff in /usr/local/
• Anti-fork bomb / ulimit
• XChat setup to connect to csc.nmu.edu #nmu
• Investigate potential issue with microphone support. Melinda reported having an issue with Skype. (2007 December 18)