UbuntuTips

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Table of contents
1 Install tips
2 Post Install Configuration Tips
3 Automatix Script
4 Citrix Install
5 Microphone not Working for Skype et al?
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Install tips

  • The dvd is a live DVD with an install link on the desktop. Don't be afraid to boot it up and play around before you install it.
  • Look to http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/ for some great tips.
  • Here is a list of things I have done since installing Kubuntu 7.10 that I found helpful.
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Post Install Configuration Tips

  • Automatically turn on numlock when booting up : 
    •  sudo aptitude install numlockx
  • Set vim options, like syntax highlighting, bracket matching
    • Vim in Fiesty is now the vim minimal package we need to change this :) 
      •  sudo aptitude install vim-full
      • or if this is a server without X 
      • sudo aptitude install vim
** Now we can get vim to do our bidding *** 
 cp /etc/vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc
    • Now edit this file you copied by removing the double-quotes from the options you want
  • Set bash alias so ll = ls -l and use bash completion 
    •  cp /etc/bash.bashrc ~/.bashrc
    • edit ~/.bashrc by removing the #'s in from of the autocompletion section.
    • add your alias's to the end of the ~/.bashrc 
      •  alias ll='ls -l' 
      •  alias la='ls -a'
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Automatix Script

The Automatix Script getautomatix.com (http://www.getautomatix.com/) is available to install the things that are most commonly needed after install, such as Opera, Codecs, RealPlayer (which can now legally play Microsoft media formats), nvidia drivers and the like. Installation is as simple as 1-2-3: Open up terminal and paste the following lines one after the other (wait for each command to finish before you paste the next)

After installing, run the automatix program from the system menu to install the software.

Also, there is an adjustment to make sound work in Flash

  • sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libesd.so.0 /usr/lib/libesd.so.1
  • sudo mkdir -p /tmp/.esd/
  • sudo touch /tmp/.esd/socket
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Citrix Install

  1. Download Citrix from http://www.citrix.com/English/SS/downloads/details.asp?dID=2755&downloadID=3323&pID=186

(Here's where I got Godwin's Help)

  1. apt-cache search libmotif

libmotif-dev - Open Motif - development files libmotif3 - Open Motif - shared libraries

  1. sudo apt-get install libmotif3 libmotif-dev
  2. sudo su
  3. /your/location/Citrix_9.0-linux# ./setupwfc (using your location for extracted file)

Then add to the panel

  1. Right Click on Panel
  2. + Add Launcher
  3. Custom Application Launcher
  4. Command Line: /home/ICAClient/linuxx86/wfcmgr
  5. Select Icon I selected Bum.png for an icon, since the icon mgr didn't like Citrix's offerings.

Thanks for your Help Godwin!

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Microphone not Working for Skype et al?

Credit for the fix goes to Kenneth P. Turvey, who responded to a question on the Ubuntu-users mailing list.

The instructions:

  1. Run alsamixer
  2. Unmute all the outputs by hitting “m”
  3. Hit tab to go the capture settings
  4. Highlight the “Mic” setting using the arrow keys.
  5. Hit space to enable the microphone.
  6. Highlight the “Capture” setting using the arrow keys.
  7. Hit space to enable capture (note that just because you have volume bar here doesn’t mean it is enabled).
  8. Hit escape.
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