Schadenfreude

So, I upgraded my Ubuntu installation from Gutsy to Hardy today on my precious laptop. It went pretty well except for the nvidia driver. I ended up having to copy one of my old configurations over xorg.conf to actually make it work. Just so anyone who has the same problem again (including myself) can fix it without being really lucky, here’s a link:

A working xorg.conf for Gutsy and Hardy on the M1530

It ends up looking like this:

The above was done with emerald and Compiz Fusion.

Horray!

Uncategorized gutsy, hardy, ubuntu, xorg

I wanted to speed up package downloading to set up my apt-proxy today in Gutsy, so I decided to find the correct way to find the fastest Ubuntu mirror. It’s actually done like so (stolen from here):

1. Click on “System | Administration | Software Sources”
2. Under “Ubuntu Sotware” tab, choose “Other” in the “Download from” list box.
3. Choose your country and then click “Select Best Server” and choose the recommendation.

This automatically updates the /etc/apt/sources.lst file. The same utility can also be reached from the Synaptic Package Manager, through “Settings | Repositories”.
In action:

It says mirrors.rit.edu is the best one for me. Makes sense.

Uncategorized apt, guide, gutsy, howto, linux, repositories, ubuntu

If you, like me, were having issues like the following:

  Depends: libpango1.0-0 (>=1.18.3) but 1.18.2-0ubuntu1 is to be installed

The solution is adding this to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted

Apparently, they only put the new libpango libraries into gutsy-updates. That’s kinda lame IMHO.

Uncategorized apt, gutsy, linux, ubuntu

Notice that I can do a -g for a progess bar! Yay! Now for an action shot:

hank@rofl:~/tmp/coreutils-6.7$ cp -g coreutils_6.7-1_i386.deb /nexus/mod0/www/deb/binary/
coreutils_6.7-1_i386.deb         |  48% |   3.2 MiB |   118 KiB/s | ETA

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Uncategorized gentoo, gutsy, howto, linux, pain, ubuntu

Installing the package

Most people will want this. Add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list at the bottom:

# Hankzilla
deb http://modzer0.cs.uaf.edu/~hardwarehank/deb binary/

Then run a sudo apt-get update. Then install it with sudo apt-get install wxwaste. Run it with waste.

Building from source

• Get it
• Install some dependencies:

# Checkinstall is optional, but it makes it nice since removal is just thru apt.
sudo apt-get install wx-common libwxgtk2.6-dev wx2.6-headers checkinstall

• Unpack the source, then ./configure && make && sudo checkinstall
• Add a nice menu listing:

# Put this in /usr/share/applications/waste.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.5b4
Name=WASTE
GenericName=Secure Filesharing
Comment=Facilitates encrypted filesharing between trusted clients
Icon=gnome-term-linux.png
TryExec=waste
Exec=waste
Terminal=false
Categories=GNOME;Application;Network;

• Configure and have fun!

Uncategorized file sharing, guide, gutsy, howto, install, ubuntu, waste

I recently was saddened when I found out that my side buttons wouldn’t map for some reason in Compiz Fusion after upgrading to Gutsy Gibbon. I finally got fed up and marched on down to #compiz-fusion on Freenode.

21:06 < Jupiter1tx> hardwarehank: ah there is the problem, if the settings are not saved then try to disable Integration in the Preferences  section of ccsm
21:07 < hardwarehank> Jupiter1tx: thanks - trying it
21:07 < hardwarehank> ok - it still deletes the settings and never starts working
21:08 < hardwarehank> i close ccsm and restart it, and its remapped to Button:None
...
21:14 < hardwarehank> what does it mean when binding names are blue?
...
21:14 < Jupiter1tx> hardwarehank: it means Integration is still enabled
21:15 < hardwarehank> DAMN!
21:15 < Jupiter1tx> hardwarehank: you might find it easier just to change to flat-file backend
21:15 < hardwarehank> heh ok
21:16 < hardwarehank> Jupiter1tx: you're my hero - it works
21:16 < hardwarehank> oh man im so happy

The solution is very simple.

Disable Integration into the Desktop Environment

This is accomplished through Preferences from the root screen of ccsm.

Map the keys in Rotate Cube

Now that that’s done, go to the keybinding section of Rotate Cube and look for blue text in the expanded tree. If you see it, Stop and check the first step again! This was tricky since I had to do step 1 twice. If there’s no blue, then set the Rotate Cube Left/Right button fields to Button8 and Button9 respectively.

Finally – I have all the functionality I had with Feisty/Beryl.

Uncategorized compiz, fusion, gutsy, irc, ubuntu

I couldn’t get my stupid mouse to work properly, so I took action and edited my xorg.conf!

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
  Driver    "mouse"
  Option    "CorePointer"
  Option    "Device"  "/dev/input/mice"
  Option    "Protocol"  "ExplorerPS/2"
  Option    "Buttons"   "7"
  Option    "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
  Option    "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
EndSection

Also, Compiz Fusion seemed to keep control of my Windows key after I disabled all it’s bindings for it, and wouldn’t let it go until I restarted X. Oh well, my Amarok rating global hotkeys work again now!

The fonts are a little screwy in Gutsy – I’m going to check someone’s Feisty/Edgy install to see what I have set badly.

Uncategorized fusion, gutsy, ubuntu, xorg