Setup of Hanzo (Ubuntu dual-monitor desktop)
Installed Ubuntu Fiesty Fawn 7.04
Much shenanigans with disk drives, not ubuntu’s fault.
Updated system.
Desktop Effects
Enabled this, which required installation of nvidia proprietary driver (useful for multiple monitor support in a sec).
Dual Monitor Support
After reading this and this, did this:
gksudo nvidia-settings # -> X Server Display Configuration # Selected disabled monitor. # Enabled it (1600x1200 was automatically selected). # Apply # Save to X Configuration File -> /etc/X11/xorg.confÂ
Ruby
Using synaptics package manager, installed:
- ruby (pulled in ruby1.8)
- rubygems (ri -> irb1.8 libgems-ruby1.8 libopenssl-ruby1.8 libreadline-ruby1.8 rdoc1.8)
- ri (needed for symlink)
For building extensions:
- ruby1.8-dev, build-essentials
sudo gem install --include-dependencies rails # Installed rails-1.2.3 activesupport-1.4.2 activerecord-1.15.3 # actionpack-1.13.3 actionmailer-1.3.3 actionwebservice-1.2.3 sudo gem install rake
Subversion
Using synaptics package manager installed:
- subversion
- rapidsvn
- libsvn-ruby
MySQL / PHPMyAdmin / PHP / Apache2
Using synaptics package manager:
- phpmyadmin, which pulled in PHP and Apache2.
- mysql, which pulled in both the client and server.
MySQL server default password is blank.
sshd
Installed “ssh” which pulled in openssh-server (openssh-client already installed) so I could move things from my notebook to the desktop.
Desktop Effects
Desktop effects “Workspaces on a Cube” effect stops working if you ever try to modify settings after initially turning them on. Here is a fix https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/desktop-effects/+bug/102309
- Open the Desktop Effects window
- Right Click on the Switcher
- Left Click on preferences
- Change the Number of Workspaces to 4
- Enable Desktop on a Cube
- Close the Desktop Effects window
Gaim w/SILC
Standard copy of GAIM for Ubuntu is missing SILC support. Here is now to recompile it with support:
sudo apt-get source gaim sudo apt-get build-dep gaim sudo apt-get install libsilc-1.0-2-dev cd gaim-2.0.0+beta3.1 ./configure make sudo make install
Then run it out of /usr/local/bin