See http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/cd-roms.html
Copy the floppy files to $SRCDIR:
mount -t vfat -o ro /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy cd $SRCDIR cp -p /mnt/floppy/* .
Copy the floppy image with:
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=boot/boot.img bs=10k count=144
Create CD image with:
mkisofs -r -b boot/boot.img -c boot/boot.catalog -o ../bootcd.iso .
Burn CD
Excellent step-by-step for FC4 is at: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php
Test System:
IMPORTANT: Set these video settings in BIOS:
| AGP Aperture: | 32 MB |
|---|---|
| Video Memory Size: | |
| 8 MB | |
to get better than VGA resolution (!)
OS Installation
Install FC4 per wilsonet.com step-by-step page above.
Boot installation CD with:
boot: linux jfs resolution=1024x768
Install type: Custom
Manually partition:
Partition Mount Point Size (MB) Format /dev/hda1 /boot 102 ext3 /dev/hda3 swap 1028 swap /dev/hda2 / 10237 ext3 /dev/hda5 /video 64950 jfs (rest of disk)
Other Settings:
Initial Setup
Create system user peterp at prompts
/usr/sbin/useradd mythtv # creates w/ uid 501, gid 501
Set up local yum repository and copy over /etc/hosts file to resolve yum hostname
/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo:
[base] name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base #baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/ #mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever baseurl=http://yum/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/base/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
fedora-updates.repo and fedora-extras.repo use /$basearch/{updates,extras}/
in the baseurl (copy them from original files too)
Update all with:
# yum update yum [ accept importing GPG key ] # yum upgrade [ update 280 and install 9 packages ]
Then reboot.
MythTV
Note: version 19 had major video rebuffering problems, try version 18.1
X Setup
Tricky X setup for i845 motherboard chipset:
In /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 800x600"
HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9
VertRefresh 40.0 - 70.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "i810 driver"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
hotplug and automount
from the gtkpod README:
You need to install the following external packages:
Write rules for udev to recognize your iPod automatically
(mind the spaces within "iPod…"):
/etc/udev/rules.d/10-ipod.rules:
#
# udev rules for ipod
#
BUS="scsi", SYSFS{model}="iPod ", KERNEL="sd?2", NAME="%k", SYMLINK="ipod"
This will map /dev/sd?2 to /dev/ipod everytime you plug in your iPod.
Set up autofs to automatically mount the iPod when you access it
and unmount it after 2 seconds of inactivity.
In /etc/auto.master add:
# automount for removable devices: /var/autofs/removable /etc/auto.removable --timeout=2,user,sync,nodev,nosuid,gid=peterp,umask=007
Adjust the gid, umask (and uid) values to whatever you need — in this
example all users in the group "peterp" have read/write access.
In /etc/auto.removable add:
ipod -fstype=vfat :/dev/ipod
Then simply add a link from /mnt/ipod:
ln -s /var/autofs/removable/ipod /mnt/ipod
Now accessing the /mnt/ipod link will automount the iPod drive.
gnupod
I used these FC3 packages for gtkpod and faad2 (for libmp4v2):
Make a backup of the iPod iTunesDB:
cp /mnt/ipod/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB ~/.gtkpod/iTunesDB.orig.bak
Under Linux:
Making ISO image:
% mkisofs -R -o cdroot.iso $CDROOT
Burning ISO image:
% cdrecord -v speed=1 dev=/dev/cdwriter -data cdroot.iso
Checking out ISO image:
# mount -o loop -t iso9660 -r cdroot.iso /mnt
References: http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome
Stratum 2 servers, 2005/05/30:
host rtt hops? ttl notify rtt2 rank ---- --- ----- --- ------ ---- ---- ntp.dayww.net 57 18 46 y clock.develooper.com 47 18 46 N eschelon.no-such-agency.net 17 14 50 y 14.6 #2 ntp1.mainecoon.com 24 9 246 y 21.8 #3 ntp1.sf-bay.org 13 13 51 y 12.8 ntp2.mainecoon.com 22 9 55 y 22.0 (#7) ntp2.sf-bay.org 27 18 46 y 27.2 (#6) ntp.ucsd.edu 30 17 47 y 26.8 #5 reloj.kjsl.com 15 13 242 y 12.5 #1 time.berkeley.netdot.net 22 11 53 y 20.8 #4 ntp1.linuxmedialabs.com 58 21 43 N rolex.usg.edu 82 20 235 y ntp-1.cso.uiuc.edu 80 21 234 N harbor.ecn.purdue.edu 72 22 233 N ntp1.kansas.net 58 13 51 N cuckoo.nevada.edu 34 16 239 y 31.9 tick.cs.unlv.edu 35 19 236 y 32.6 ntppub.tamu.edu 64 20 44 N chrono.cis.sac.accd.edu 67 18 46 N
magic(5) style files are used to associate magic file signatures with mime types for KDE applications. These are located in:
KDEBASE/share/config/magic/*.magic
Look in /usr/share/templates for .desktop files that define the contents
of the:
Create New -> ...
desktop menus.
Update in 2006: Note that this has all become much easier with developments in hal and friends.
USB hotplug setup for flash memory storage devices, e.g. Photosmart 370 printer:
/etc/hotplug/usb.agent looks in usb.usermap to find entries for a device.
Add to usb.usermap:
usb-storage 0x0003 0x03F0 0x1302 0x00 ... # ^ ^ ^ ^ #driver flags vendorid productid # [0x3==vendor&product]
In hotplug.functions load_drivers(), if the driver is usb-storage, it runs
/usr/sbin/updfstab to add an fstab entry for the new device.
To support updfstab, add to /etc/updfstab.conf:
device photoprinter {
symlink true
partition 1
match hd Photosmart
}
where:
|
photoprinter |
is the device name |
|
symlink true |
makes a link /dev/photoprinter -> /dev/sd?1 |
|
match hd |
"Photosmart" is a string to match in the hw description |
updfstab will add an fstab entry for the device with noauto,owner,kudzu
so the device owner can mount/unmount.
updfstab then runs {{{/sbin/pam_console_apply}}} to update device permissions for the console user.
Change /etc/security/console.perms:
<flash>=/mnt/flash* \
/dev/photoprinter
<console> 0600 <flash> 0660 root.disk
to add /dev/photoprinter to <flash> devices and set permissions.
Note that pam_console_apply will follow the /dev/photoprinter symlink
when setting permissions, so the console user (now the owner) can
mount and unmount the device.
In the newer versions of Firefox (0.9.3), mouse buttons 6 and 7 are
bound to history forward and back. This is really inconvenient
when using a synaptics touchpad driver that generates those
buttons for horizontal scrolling across the bottom.
Found this via Google "firefox mousewheel horizscroll" at:
Go to about:config and change these settings:
mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.action => 0 mousewheel.horizscroll.withnokey.sysnumlines => true
Using X.org version: 6.7.0 (Fedora Core 2) with KDE 3.2
Trouble with ‘sticking’ Alt key, especially when using the Gimp.
Seems to be fixed by adding this XKbOptions line to /etc/X11/Xorg.conf:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XKbOptions" "altwin:meta_win"
EndSection
This makes the left Windows key give the Meta keysim.
Then KDE or your other window manager can be configured to use Meta as the modifier key for interior window events like move etc.
This setting can also be changed in the running X server with:
setxkbmap -option "altwin:meta_win"