Potterton flamingo 20-30

ubuntu startup scripts.

What a mess. Try this:

Copy the script into /etc/init.d

Edit it to include the following header:

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: scriptname
# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start daemon at boot time
# Description: Enable service provided by daemon.
### END INIT INFO


Do:

$ sudo chmod +x scriptname

Run,

$ sudo update-rc.d scriptname defaults

`defaults' sets `scriptname' to run at runlevels 2,3,4,5
by creating links to the script in those levels; and
adds a link to the script to kill it at levels 0, 1, 6.

Remove the startup script via,

$ sudo update-rc.d -f scriptname remove

Correct display of aterm mutt mc finch etc

aterm displayed crappy characters with mc and mutt. This was fixed by calling them as,

$ LANG=C mutt

and

$ LANG=C mc


.bashrc now has aliases for mutt and mc as above.

Tidy up ubuntu, gnome

Ubuntu defaults to `pretty' borders, `nice' shadows and other bits of peripheral crap turned on; presumably to appeal to those using linux for prettyness rather than function.

To get rid of a few of them:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

The executable is, ccsm

... and, it doesn't work. Making changes to ccsm has no effect on the display. Red herring.

rip iso dvd

sudo apt-get install lsdvd gddrescue
lsdvd /dev/dvd
ddrescue /dev/dvd image.iso dvd.log

playback
sudo apt-get install vlc fuseiso
sudo adduser your_user_name fuse (close and reopen the terminal to update your group status)
sudo mkdir /media/fuseiso (create mount point)

sshfs sluggish?

Run like this:

-o ServerAliveInterval=15 -o cache_timeout=600

flash playback.

Finally, Adobe .... never mind. I get bored of saying the same stuff over and over.

Download:

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

Extract:

tar xvzf flashplayer_square_p1_64bit_linux_091510.tar.gz

Copy:

mkdir -p .mozilla/plugins
mv libflashplayer.so .mozilla/plugins

Run firefox and check it's found it:
about:plugins

This file is present on Dani's machine.