duplicity under Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
UPDATE (22. May 2007): It seems that duplicity don't work with SSH at all :( The problem is a call to sftp, that don't work.
The problem is, that cd in the below isn't executed, only ls -1 is, which give the content of the users home directory.
'echo -e 'cd /path/to/the/backup/directory
ls -1' | sftp -b - user@some.serer.com'
Installing Ubuntu Feisty Fawn as guest in VMware
The installation hung in VMware, adding the below to the boot string, solved the problem:
noapic nolapic
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