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FeistyFawn, installation on T42

This blog-post should have been about installing FeistyFawn on an IBM T42, but EVERYTHING I needed worked out of the box, quite cool :D

The only think that doesn't work, is the fan control. Which by the way, doesn't work in Windows either. I uses the tp-fancontrol script from thinkwiki.org

Save tp-fancontrol as /usr/bin/tp-fancontrol and tp-fancontrol.init as /etc/init.d/tp-fancontrol and run

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/tp-fancontrol
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/tp-fancontrol
sudo update-rc.d tp-fancontrol defaults

Warning! Remember that it can be dangerous to control the fan in this way!!!

Time synchronization
Left-click on the clock, and select Adjust date and time. Under Configuration select Keep synchronized with Internet servers, and accept to install NTP-support.

NFS
In order to use NFS, install "nfs-common"

sudo apt-get install nfs-common

Latex

sudo apt-get install lmodern texmaker tetex-base tetex-extra tetex-doc

Network diagnostic tools

sudo apt-get install iptraf wireshark

Gaim plugins

sudo apt-get install gaim-encryption gaim-thinklight

SUN Java

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

Moving evolution files
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/875

C/C++ development, Build essential and glade

sudo apt-get install build-essential glade-gnome-2 libglib2.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev

Flash
Download version 9.x.x from http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer, untar and run

sudo ./flashplayer-installer

Mediaplays

sudo apt-get install amarok helix-player mplayer mplayerplug-in

and codecs

sudo aptitude install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-gl gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse libxine-extracodecs w32codecs

Servers

sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.0 mysql-client-5.0 apache2 php5 php5-gd php5-mysql phpmyadmin phpsysinfo websvn php5-cgi libapache2-mod-php5 subversion

Bluetooth

sudo apt-get install bluez-gnome gnome-bluetooth

Sound editing

sudo apt-get install audacity

Firewall

sudo apt-get install firestarter

When using nm-applet and wireless, my eth0 isn't ready when firestarter tries to start. To make firestarter start, when the connection is ready, do this:

cd /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
sudo gedit my_script

Into this file, set

#!/bin/sh -e
# Script to dispatch NetworkManager events
#
# Runs commands when NetworkManager fiddles with interfaces.

# Run the right scripts
case "$2" in
    up)
        /etc/init.d/firestarter start
        ;;
    down)

        ;;
    pre-up)

        ;;
    post-down)
        /etc/init.d/firestarter stop
        ;;
    *)
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

and finally

sudo chmod +x my_script

Now firestarter should start, when you connection is ready

Backup

sudo apt-get install duplicity

Diverse

sudo apt-get install dia

Things from ubuntuguide.org
Insert "deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free" and "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main" in /etc/apt/source.list

wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

sudo apt-get install mozilla-acroread