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Debian Configuration

Tue, 13 May 2008 03:34:33 +0200

Debian Configuration

Aldi Laptop

Kernel command line: vga=0x305 pci=irqmask=0x8fff

Show biggest installed packages

dpkg-query -W -f'${Package}\t${Installed-Size}\t${Status}\n' |  awk '/installed$/ { print $2 "\t" $1 }' |sort -n

Ugly Fonts in Midnight Commander

dpkg-reconfigure locales
generate at least one iso8859 locale
set it to default
logout, login

Set primary soundcard

Create the file /etc/asound.conf:

pcm.!default {
type hw
card 0
}

ctl.!default {
type hw
card 0
}

to set the Audigy2 as primary soundcard (on my A8N SLI).

Google in Firefox

// Change to normal Google search:
user_pref("keyword.URL", "http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google+Search&q=");

FreeNX Server Setup (Debian)

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:39:25 +0200

TODO list for a fresh Debian installation

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:37:44 +0200

TODO list for a fresh Debian installation

su -c "apt-get install jed-extra mc vim"

echo 'set nocompatible
syntax on' > ~/.vimrc
echo 'No_Backups = 1;
LINENUMBERS = 2;
Default_Mode = &no_mode;' > ~/.jedrc
sed 's/navigate_with_arrows=0/navigate_with_arrows=1/g' ~/.mc/ini > /tmp/ini && mv /tmp/ini ~/.mc/ini

echo '
mc () {
 mkdir -p ~/.mc/tmp 2> /dev/null
 chmod 700 ~/.mc/tmp
 MC=~/.mc/tmp/mc-$$
 /usr/bin/mc -P "$MC"
 cd "$(cat $MC)"
 rm -f "$MC"
 unset MC;
}

export DEBEMAIL="Name <email@address>"

# enable color support of ls and also add handy aliases
if [ "$TERM" != "dumb" ] && [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
    eval "`dircolors -b`"
    alias ls="ls --color=auto"
    alias grep="grep --color=auto"
    alias fgrep="fgrep --color=auto"
    alias egrep="egrep --color=auto"
fi

' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

. /etc/bash_completion
echo deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free > /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install mc jed ketchup less bzip2 ssh ntpdate libmd5-perl gnupg locales hdparm make gcc libc6-dev libncurses-dev g++ sysfsutils
wget http://ftp-master.debian.org/ziyi_key_2006.asc -O - | apt-key add -
echo "No_Backups = 1;" > ~/.jedrc; echo "LINENUMBERS = 2;" >> ~/.jedrc
echo "devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor=ondemand" >> /etc/sysfs.conf
echo "devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor=ondemand" >> /etc/sysfs.conf

copy over .bashrc from my system

Kernel Compilation

cd /usr/src/;mkdir linux;ketchup -G `ketchup -s 2.6`
to build the kernel: apt-get install gcc make libc6-dev libncurses-dev

Additional Setup for MANET Emulation Framework

See here: Xen Installation Notes Add this apt repository:

deb http://bode.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~aherms/debian sid ns2
deb-src http://bode.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~aherms/debian sid ns2

Debian Packaging

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:59:18 +0200

Debian Packaging

http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/index.en.html

Update changelog: dch -i -D hardy
Build package: debuild -i -us -uc -b

Debianize some source code

apt-get install dh-make
make sure Makefile has an install target
make sure files are installed to $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin, as DESTDIR will be used during package creation
make sure the current directory is <name>-<version>
dh_make -r -c gpl
delete templates in debian/

Debianize a kernel module

if you get the message Nothing to be done for `kdist'., then install module-assistant!

Upgrading Debian revision

export DEBEMAIL="user@domain.com" DEBFULLNAME="User Name"
dch -i

Tips & Tricks

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 03:53:42 +0200