- 2009-06-11 - updated
- 2007-06-17 - updated
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2006-03-06 - created
Recommendations ∞
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Then bind a
ctrl-alt-l
bbkeys hotkey toxscreensaver-command -activate
apt-get install xscreensaver
Customization ∞
kcontrol
- edit
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
to set the default resolution. -
edit /etc/inputrc to configure Bash and make the keyboard sane again.
mouse themes ∞
Check out /usr/share/icons
for mouse themes. The directories are the theme names.
You can directly edit ~/.Xdefaults[doesn't exist] with something like:
Xcursor.theme: wonderland Xcursor.size: 32 #optional
I just get a large unthemed cursor. The "waiting" cursor is an unanimated version of the wonderland cursor.
Works: Edit /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme
to change it. Restart X after. Example:
[Icon Theme] Inherits=whiteglass
-
kcontrol
- Within it, there is a simple way to change the mouse theme.
-
gcursor
- Good if you removed KDE.
- Old home page was qballcow.nl/?s=14 which was supposedly moved to https://web.archive.org/web/20190114030245/https://sarine.nl/ but I can't find the program there.
- I used to know about it through www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/gcursor (on archive.org)
- 2017-01-23 - I found it at https://www.linux-apps.com/p/1129753/
- old notes
update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
Installation and Updates ∞
From the commandline ∞
apt-get autoclean && apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
See https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html
Re-installation ∞
Props to Mark Alexander from the pclos mailing list.
At first glance, it seems like it might be possible to script this:
-
get package lists on old and new systems using:
rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}\n' | sort
- diff the resulting lists.
- run "apt-get install" to install packages that were on the old system but not the new one.
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run "apt-get remove" to delete packages that are on the new system but not the old one.
But there are serious problems with this approach, especially the last step, because over time, due to upgrades and updates, package names change, new packages are added, and obsolete packages are deleted. Maybe just having the package list diff would be useful as a guide for manually tweaking the new installation.
Startup and shutdown ∞
X startup ∞
What you're really interested in is:
$HOME/.xsession
But to make it work, chmod +x
it. It'll completely take over whatever else may be set up.
Other notibles:
/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession /etc/X11/Xsession /etc/X11/xinit.d/
Shutdown ∞
Making shutdown scripts is kinda weird: https://web.archive.org/web/20190905235713/http://www.unixpeople.com:80/HOWTO/svr4.startup.and.shutdown.scripts.html
Unsorted ∞
Working with a USB device ∞
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Booting from a USB device is possible. The BIOS should support this, but there are other solutions like a bootable CD.. see Linux for details..
To build it, use "kdeusb", a frontend to /usr/sbin/mkusbhome
(which, to run at the console would require zenity)
-
[http://www.pclinuxonline.com/wiki/QuickStartSaving PCLinuxOS QuickStart Guide - Saving your work]
kdesu kdeusb
Boot the livecd with:
livecd home=usb
kdeusb
has been renamed/replaced by kusbhome
, available in synaptic.
Partitioning ∞
By default, there are four options given by the installer:
swap
/
home
var
-
tmp
Working with packages ∞
-
get package lists on old and new systems using:
rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}\n' | sort
- diff the resulting lists.
- run
apt-get install
to install packages that were on the old system but not the new one. -
run
apt-get remove
to delete packages that are on the new system but not the old one.
But there are serious problems with this approach, especially the last step, because over time, due to upgrades and updates, package names change, new packages are added, and obsolete packages are deleted. Maybe just having the package list diff would be useful as a guide for manually tweaking the new installation.
Access to unstable packages in synaptic ∞
From the mailing list, untested:
You have to add unstable to your PASS repository --> open synaptic
, go to the config repository
option, click on the PASS line, add unstable to the description line where you see (something like): texstar os updates
, close the window, click on re-load
.
Configuring bbkeys ∞
I got an error complaining about a missing library. I told it to look at the Blackbox source folder. Try something like:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=.../blackbox-src/lib
-
alt-tab
gets confused thanks to konsole and KDE Desktop. There's probably a way to fix this. =/
make something prompt for the root password, and run as root ∞
See Make something prompt for the root password, and run as root
Issues and workarounds ∞
DVDs ∞
Install the proper libraries:
apt-get install libdvdcss apt-get install libcss
If in doubt, access a dvd using dvd://
with xine, like:
xine dvd://
PASS Access ∞
We've added a new section to our repositories and moved all the KDE packages into a section called kde.
To access the new area:
- Open the Synaptic Software Manager
- Click on
Settings
- Click on
Repositories
- Select the repository that has a checkmark showing enabled
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In the
Sections
area add kde so it looks like this:
main extra nonfree kde
Click on OK
then press the Reload
button to get an updated file listing.
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