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Render with the Gimp

2007-10-28T15:57:21Z

Comprookie2000: New page: First open up a picture in the Gimp, most pictures are in .jpg format. Adjust the percentage to 400 or whatever looks BIG. You want to create and edit paths with the path tool. What you d...

First open up a picture in the Gimp, most pictures are in .jpg format. Adjust the percentage to 400 or whatever looks BIG.

You want to create and edit paths with the path tool. What you do is just click along the edge to cut out your head. Just like connecting the dots. If one of the dots is off where you want it you can drag it to where you want it.

*Then;
*You can use the keyboard shortcuts but I just use the menu on the top of the image.
*Go to layers -> Transparency -> Add Alpha Channel
*then Select -> From Path
*then Select -> Invert
*then Edit -> Clear
*then I save it as a .png <- make sure there is a check in the box for save background image
*then Image -> Autocrop
*Then I will Image -> Scale Image to around 100 pixels
*Save
*then I close the image and reopen it. Not sure why I had to do this before I added the drop shadow but I did.
*then Script-Fu -> Shadow -> Drop Shadow
*thats it

Idesk

2006-06-04T18:30:13Z

Comprookie2000: /* Download and Install */

=Idesk Guide for Fluxbox=
''(will work with all box wm and most others)''
In this guide we will be installing idesk from source.Install it the easiest way.If you are using a rpm based distro use the rpm's for you distro,if you are using a debian based system install with apt-get and with Gentoo we can do it any way we want.Ha Ha
====Here is what we will need====
*xdialog [http://xdialog.dyns.net/ xdialog]
*idesk [http://idesk.sourceforge.net/ idesk]
*idesk-extras [http://users.netwit.net.au/~pursang/idesk-extras.html idesk-extras]
===Download and Install===
*xdialog 
untar it
tar xvfj Xdialog-2.1.2.tar.bz2
cd <filename>(type a few letters and press tab to finish)
make
su
<passwork>
make install
*idesk 
untar it
tar xzvf idesk-0.7.0.tar.gz
cd <filename>
make
su
<password>
make install
''no need for configure''
*idesk-extras
idesk-extras is .tgz so tar xzvf <filename> next make sure you are in /home/yourname cd then
touch .ideskrc and copy and paste this ;http://idesk.sourceforge.net/usage.html you can edit the file to change the icons etc.I like the gentoo icons I make a dir /usr/share/idesk/icons and put the icons I like in there ;http://www.gentoo.org/images/icons/icons.tar.bz2

If you are installing idesk-extras from the tarball, first unpack the archive, then:
Make a folder called /usr/share/idesk, then move the icons/ folder from the archive into it.
Next put the idesktool utility into /usr/bin (or somewhere else in your $PATH)
The documentation can go into /usr/share/doc/idesk-extras/

next open a terminal (not as root) type idesktool and that is it.When it opens the first thing add a new icon OK then icon caption lets say its xmms next left click command xmms then pick your icon thats it you are done.Now add idesk to your startup script, I use
.xinitrc so its
idesk &
exec fluxbox
Have fun

Idesk

2006-06-04T18:29:37Z

Comprookie2000: /* Download and Install */

Adesklets

2006-06-04T18:28:13Z

Comprookie2000: /* desklets */

=adesklets=
about:adesklets is an interactive Imlib2 console for the X Window system. It provides to scripted languages a clean and simple way to write great looking, mildly interactive desktop integrated graphic applets (aka "desklets").
==installation==
This is a easy install. The main dependencys are xorg-devel and imlib2
===download===
Download adesklets 
[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=126227 adesklets-0.4.10.tar.bz2]
<pre>
tar xvfj adesklets-0.4.10.tar.bz2
cd adesklets-0.4.10
./configure
make
su
<password>
make install</pre>
====desklets====
Download a desklet and untar it then cd to it and run; 
./whateverdesklet.py thats it!!! 
[http://adesklets.sourceforge.net/doc/en/ Doc's]

Fluxbox Menu

2006-06-04T18:26:55Z

Comprookie2000: /* Sample Menu */

===Fluxbox Menu===
There are two ways to create a fluxbox menu.
*manually edit
*run fluxbox-generate_menu
''fluxbox-generate_menu will add alot of "stuff" to the menu and I prefer to create a custom menu'' 
====Custom Fluxbox Menu with Icons====
One of the great things about fluxbox is how easy it is to edit the menu.Once we have set up ~/.fluxbox/init to read our menu and not the default in /root or changes will be saved.If when you edit your menu and it doesn't change anything thats the first place to look.
=====Sample Menu=====
[begin] (Gentoo.tux)
[exec] (aterm) {aterm -fn -*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-15-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1}</home/david/icons/icons/shutdown_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (Eterm) {Eterm}</home/david/icons/icons/terminal3_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (firefox) {firefox}</home/david/icons/icons/firefox_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (Run) {fbrun }</home/david/icons/icons/run_32x32.xpm>
[submenu] (Terminals)
[exec] (xterm) {xterm -bg black -fg white -fn -*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-15-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1}</home/david/icons/icons/terminal3_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (gnome-terminal) {gnome-terminal}</home/david/icons/icons/terminal_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (Eterm) {Eterm}</home/david/icons/Computer.xpm>
[exec] (aterm) {aterm}</home/david/icons/icons/terminal3_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (Eterm-DT) {Eterm --trans -x --scrollbar=off --buttonbar=off -f white -g 80x25+600+150}</home/david/icons/cross.xpm>
[end]
[submenu] (HTML)
[exec] (gftp) {gftp}</home/david/icons/icons/xconsole_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (cssed) {cssed}</home/david/icons/icons/xedit_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (bluefish) {bluefish}</home/david/icons/icons/bluefish_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[submenu] (Net)
[submenu] (Browsers)
[exec] (epiphany) {epiphany}</home/david/icons/icons/ethereal_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (firefox) {firefox}</home/david/icons/icons/firefox_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (mozilla) {mozilla}</home/david/icons/icons/mozilla_icon_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[submenu] (Mail)
[exec] (evolution) {evolution}</home/david/icons/icons/evolution_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[end]
[submenu] (Editors)
[exec] (gedit) {gedit}</home/david/icons/icons/xedit_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (xedit) {xedit}</home/david/icons/icons/find_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[submenu] (File utils)
[exec] (nautilus) {nautilus --no-desktop --browser}</home/david/icons/icons/xfmail_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[submenu] (Graphics)
[exec] (gimp) {gimp-2.2}</home/david/icons/icons/gimp_hi_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[submenu (Multimedia)
[submenu] (Audio)
[exec] (xmms) {xmms}</home/david/icons/icons/xmms_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (beep) {beep-media-player}</home/david/icons/icons/multimedia_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (AlsaMixer) {Eterm -e alsamixer}</home/david/icons/icons/mixer_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (ripperX) {ripperX}</home/david/icons/icons/x_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (streamtuner) {streamtuner}
[end]
[submenu] (X-utils)
[exec] (xfontsel) {xfontsel}
[exec] (xman) {xman}
[exec] (xload) {xload}
[exec] (editres) {editres}
[exec] (viewres) {viewres}
[exec] (xclock) {xclock}
[exec] (xmag) {xmag}
[end]
[submenu] (Office)
[exec] (xclock) {xclock}
[exec] (xcalc) {xcalc}
[end]
[submenu] (fluxbox menu)
[config] (Configure)
[submenu] (Styles) {Select a Style}
[include] (/usr/share/fluxbox/menu.d/styles/)
[end]
[workspaces] (Workspace List)
[submenu] (Tools)
[exec] (idesktool) {idesktool}
[exec] (Window name) {xprop WM_CLASS|cut -d \" -f 2|xmessage -file - -center}
[exec] (Run) {fbrun }
[exec] (Regen Menu) {fluxbox-generate_menu}
[end]
[submenu] (Window)
[restart] (gnome) {gnome-session}
[end]
[commanddialog] (Fluxbox Command)
[reconfig] (Reload config)
[restart] (Restart)
[exec] (About) {fluxbox -v 2>/dev/null | head -n1 | xmessage -file - -center}
[separator]
[exit] (Exit)
[end]
[end]

<center>''Some menu items were too wide to fit on one line here,they should be on the same line''</center>

=====Customise the Layout=====
:In the Above menu to add two subsections to the Net section the subsection is closed with
[end]
[end]
:This produces the the two subsections in Net
Browsers
Mail
=====Menu Icons=====
:To add the icons to the menu,first create the Icon directory
''Make sure you are in your home directory and please don't su to root;''
cd
mkdir Icons
''Download these icons to /home/yourname/Icons'' 
[http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/iceicons/ iceicons]

:next untar them
cd Icons
ls (to see if they are there)
tar xzvf <filename>
''Now all you have to do is add it to your menu like this''
[exec] (aterm) {aterm</home/yourname/Icons/whatever-the-name-is.xpm>
'''THATS IT'''

[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 17:58, Apr 2, 2005 (EST)

User talk:Comprookie2000

2005-10-23T16:15:50Z

Comprookie2000:

All of these tips are someone else's.A great place is the Gentoo Forum.Look for Documentation, Tips & Tricks.Another place is the LinuxQuestions Forums.And last but not least is google. I don't think I ever figured anything out for myself, If I did it was an accident. have Fun ...

Gentoo

2005-10-18T23:41:27Z

Comprookie2000: /* External links */

'''Gentoo''' is a special flavor of [[Linux]] that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability, and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. 'The word ''"gentoo"'' is the name for a species of penguins [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Peter_and_Barbara_Barham/gentoo.htm].'

Thanks to a technology called [[Portage]], Gentoo Linux can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, Gentoo Linux is called a [[metadistribution]].

Portage is the heart of Gentoo Linux, and performs many key functions. Your local Portage tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to compile and install the latest Gentoo packages. Currently, there are over 6000 packages in the Portage tree, with new ones being added all the time. Installing a new application is as easy as:

:<tt># [[emerge]] packagename</tt>

The application will then be downloaded and automatically [[Compilation_From_Source|compiled from source]], with compile-time options selected according to preferences you set during installation in your [[make.conf]] file, (i.e. with or without support for [[X]], [[PNG]]s, [[JPEG]]s, [[Gnome]], etc). N.B - Portage will automatically cater for any dependencies when installing software.

[[Daniel Robbins]] is Gentoo's chief architect. You can read his philosophy of Gentoo Linux [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml here].

== Gentoo help resources ==
If you are looking for help on Gentoo Linux, the Gentoo forums[http://forums.gentoo.org] are an excellent resource and are full of both friendly and knowledgeable people. The IRC room at irc.freenode.net called #gentoo is also a place to find community around Gentoo. Before checking either of those, visit the Gentoo documentation site[http://www.gentoo.org/doc], where many high-quality documents have been published on common and not-so-common issues.

== Break my gentoo ==
Even though Gentoo is a bleeding edge distro, there are some packages that are not installable immediately. Check out http://www.breakmygentoo.net/ for all the latest portage files to install the latest software.

== Gentoo server project wiki ==
The Gentoo Server Project Wiki is located at http://www.subverted.net/wakka. The Gentoo Server Project has [[mission-critical reliability]] as it's goal, but mostly serves as glue for the official Gentoo documentation.
Includes [[case studies]] and articles.

A lot of times you'll want to emerge a masked package (or a masked version of one). One short way to do this is <code>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge package</code> (replace x86 with your architecture). A slightly shorter way is to create a file called <code>/usr/sbin/expmerge</code>, with the following contents:
<pre>#!/bin/sh
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge $*</pre>
Then just <code>expmerge package</code>.
Mixing unstable with stable packages can lead to problems, so it's recommended you pick one type and use it all the time. This is more important for libraries rather then programs.

The recommended way is to create the file /etc/portage/package.keywords 
Then when you upgrade these packages will remain ~x86 
''here is mine'' 
<code>media-video/nvidia-kernel ~x86
media-video/nvidia-glx ~x86
x11-base/opengl-update ~x86
media-sound/beep-media-player ~x86
x11-misc/transset ~x86</code>

==See also==
*[[Gentoo tips & tricks]]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/hpc-howto.xml Gentoo High Performance]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Docs]

==External links==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo homepage]
*[http://forums.gentoo.org/ Forums]
*[http://gentoo-portage.com Gentoo-Portage Package DB]
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com Gentoo Wiki]
*[http://breakmygentoo.net BreakMyGentoo]
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/10/2148249&tid=108&tid=104 Gentoo 2004.2 review]
*[http://planet.gentoo.org/ Planet Gentoo]

==Internal links==
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]

==Logo==
http://www.ibiblio.org/web-gentoo/images/powered-big.png

Gentoo

2005-10-18T23:40:27Z

Comprookie2000: /* External links */

'''Gentoo''' is a special flavor of [[Linux]] that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability, and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. 'The word ''"gentoo"'' is the name for a species of penguins [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Peter_and_Barbara_Barham/gentoo.htm].'

Thanks to a technology called [[Portage]], Gentoo Linux can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, Gentoo Linux is called a [[metadistribution]].

Portage is the heart of Gentoo Linux, and performs many key functions. Your local Portage tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to compile and install the latest Gentoo packages. Currently, there are over 6000 packages in the Portage tree, with new ones being added all the time. Installing a new application is as easy as:

:<tt># [[emerge]] packagename</tt>

The application will then be downloaded and automatically [[Compilation_From_Source|compiled from source]], with compile-time options selected according to preferences you set during installation in your [[make.conf]] file, (i.e. with or without support for [[X]], [[PNG]]s, [[JPEG]]s, [[Gnome]], etc). N.B - Portage will automatically cater for any dependencies when installing software.

[[Daniel Robbins]] is Gentoo's chief architect. You can read his philosophy of Gentoo Linux [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml here].

== Gentoo help resources ==
If you are looking for help on Gentoo Linux, the Gentoo forums[http://forums.gentoo.org] are an excellent resource and are full of both friendly and knowledgeable people. The IRC room at irc.freenode.net called #gentoo is also a place to find community around Gentoo. Before checking either of those, visit the Gentoo documentation site[http://www.gentoo.org/doc], where many high-quality documents have been published on common and not-so-common issues.

== Break my gentoo ==
Even though Gentoo is a bleeding edge distro, there are some packages that are not installable immediately. Check out http://www.breakmygentoo.net/ for all the latest portage files to install the latest software.

== Gentoo server project wiki ==
The Gentoo Server Project Wiki is located at http://www.subverted.net/wakka. The Gentoo Server Project has [[mission-critical reliability]] as it's goal, but mostly serves as glue for the official Gentoo documentation.
Includes [[case studies]] and articles.

A lot of times you'll want to emerge a masked package (or a masked version of one). One short way to do this is <code>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge package</code> (replace x86 with your architecture). A slightly shorter way is to create a file called <code>/usr/sbin/expmerge</code>, with the following contents:
<pre>#!/bin/sh
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge $*</pre>
Then just <code>expmerge package</code>.
Mixing unstable with stable packages can lead to problems, so it's recommended you pick one type and use it all the time. This is more important for libraries rather then programs.

The recommended way is to create the file /etc/portage/package.keywords 
Then when you upgrade these packages will remain ~x86 
''here is mine'' 
<code>media-video/nvidia-kernel ~x86
media-video/nvidia-glx ~x86
x11-base/opengl-update ~x86
media-sound/beep-media-player ~x86
x11-misc/transset ~x86</code>

==See also==
*[[Gentoo tips & tricks]]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/hpc-howto.xml Gentoo High Performance]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Docs]

==External links==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo homepage]
*[http://forums.gentoo.org/ Forums]
*[http://gentoo-portage.com Gentoo-Portage Package DB]
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com Gentoo Wiki]
*[http://breakmygentoo.net BreakMyGentoo]
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/10/2148249&tid=108&tid=104 Gentoo 2004.2 review]
*[http://planet.gentoo.org/] Planet Gentoo

==Internal links==
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]

==Logo==
http://www.ibiblio.org/web-gentoo/images/powered-big.png

Gentoo

2005-10-18T23:36:47Z

Comprookie2000:

'''Gentoo''' is a special flavor of [[Linux]] that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability, and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. 'The word ''"gentoo"'' is the name for a species of penguins [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Peter_and_Barbara_Barham/gentoo.htm].'

Thanks to a technology called [[Portage]], Gentoo Linux can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, Gentoo Linux is called a [[metadistribution]].

Portage is the heart of Gentoo Linux, and performs many key functions. Your local Portage tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to compile and install the latest Gentoo packages. Currently, there are over 6000 packages in the Portage tree, with new ones being added all the time. Installing a new application is as easy as:

:<tt># [[emerge]] packagename</tt>

The application will then be downloaded and automatically [[Compilation_From_Source|compiled from source]], with compile-time options selected according to preferences you set during installation in your [[make.conf]] file, (i.e. with or without support for [[X]], [[PNG]]s, [[JPEG]]s, [[Gnome]], etc). N.B - Portage will automatically cater for any dependencies when installing software.

[[Daniel Robbins]] is Gentoo's chief architect. You can read his philosophy of Gentoo Linux [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml here].

== Gentoo help resources ==
If you are looking for help on Gentoo Linux, the Gentoo forums[http://forums.gentoo.org] are an excellent resource and are full of both friendly and knowledgeable people. The IRC room at irc.freenode.net called #gentoo is also a place to find community around Gentoo. Before checking either of those, visit the Gentoo documentation site[http://www.gentoo.org/doc], where many high-quality documents have been published on common and not-so-common issues.

== Break my gentoo ==
Even though Gentoo is a bleeding edge distro, there are some packages that are not installable immediately. Check out http://www.breakmygentoo.net/ for all the latest portage files to install the latest software.

== Gentoo server project wiki ==
The Gentoo Server Project Wiki is located at http://www.subverted.net/wakka. The Gentoo Server Project has [[mission-critical reliability]] as it's goal, but mostly serves as glue for the official Gentoo documentation.
Includes [[case studies]] and articles.

A lot of times you'll want to emerge a masked package (or a masked version of one). One short way to do this is <code>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge package</code> (replace x86 with your architecture). A slightly shorter way is to create a file called <code>/usr/sbin/expmerge</code>, with the following contents:
<pre>#!/bin/sh
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge $*</pre>
Then just <code>expmerge package</code>.
Mixing unstable with stable packages can lead to problems, so it's recommended you pick one type and use it all the time. This is more important for libraries rather then programs.

The recommended way is to create the file /etc/portage/package.keywords 
Then when you upgrade these packages will remain ~x86 
''here is mine'' 
<code>media-video/nvidia-kernel ~x86
media-video/nvidia-glx ~x86
x11-base/opengl-update ~x86
media-sound/beep-media-player ~x86
x11-misc/transset ~x86</code>

==See also==
*[[Gentoo tips & tricks]]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/hpc-howto.xml Gentoo High Performance]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Docs]

==External links==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo homepage]
*[http://forums.gentoo.org/ Forums]
*[http://gentoo-portage.com Gentoo-Portage Package DB]
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com Gentoo Wiki]
*[http://breakmygentoo.net BreakMyGentoo]
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/10/2148249&tid=108&tid=104 Gentoo 2004.2 review]

==Internal links==
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]

==Logo==
http://www.ibiblio.org/web-gentoo/images/powered-big.png

Fluxbox Tips & Tricks

2005-09-30T22:12:39Z

Comprookie2000: /* Fluxbox Tips & Tricks */

==Fluxbox Tips & Tricks==
----
===Initial Set-up===
First thing we need to do is edit some configuration files.Use your favorite text editor(I use midnight commander)and navigate to /home/username/.fluxbox 

Lets make it so we can edit our menu.Open /home/username/.fluxbox/init and make sure it is; 
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
or 
session.menuFile: /home/username/.fluxbox/menu 
====Sample /home/username/.fluxbox/init====
<tt><CODE><pre>

session.screen0.toolbar.alpha: 255
session.screen0.toolbar.autoHide: false
session.screen0.toolbar.maxOver: false
session.screen0.toolbar.height: 0
session.screen0.toolbar.layer: Desktop
session.screen0.toolbar.tools: workspacename, prevworkspace, nextworkspace, iconbar, systemtray, prevwindow, nextwindow, clock
session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: 100
session.screen0.toolbar.placement: BottomLeft
session.screen0.toolbar.onTop: False
session.screen0.toolbar.visible: true
session.screen0.toolbar.onhead: 0
session.screen0.overlay.lineWidth: 1
session.screen0.overlay.lineStyle: LineSolid
session.screen0.overlay.joinStyle: JoinMiter
session.screen0.overlay.capStyle: CapNotLast
session.screen0.menu.alpha: 150
session.screen0.iconbar.iconWidth: 70
session.screen0.iconbar.usePixmap: true
session.screen0.iconbar.mode: Workspace
session.screen0.iconbar.deiconifyMode: Follow
session.screen0.iconbar.wheelMode: Screen
session.screen0.iconbar.iconTextPadding: 10l
session.screen0.iconbar.alignment: Relative
session.screen0.tab.width: 64
session.screen0.tab.placement: Top
session.screen0.tab.height: 16
session.screen0.tab.rotatevertical: True
session.screen0.tab.alignment: Left
session.screen0.slit.placement: BottomRight
session.screen0.slit.autoHide: false
session.screen0.slit.alpha: 255
session.screen0.slit.direction: Vertical
session.screen0.slit.onhead: 0
session.screen0.slit.maxOver: false
session.screen0.slit.onTop: False
session.screen0.slit.layer: Dock
session.screen0.window.focus.alpha: 255
session.screen0.window.unfocus.alpha: 166
session.screen0.focusLastWindow: true
session.screen0.menuAlpha: 146
session.screen0.focusModel: SloppyFocus
session.screen0.edgeSnapThreshold: 0
session.screen0.sloppywindowgrouping: true
session.screen0.colPlacementDirection: TopToBottom
session.screen0.rowPlacementDirection: LeftToRight
session.screen0.fullMaximization: false
session.screen0.windowMenu:
session.screen0.showwindowposition: true
session.screen0.clickRaises: true
session.screen0.rootCommand:
session.screen0.antialias: true
session.screen0.desktopwheeling: true
session.screen0.workspaceNames: Gentoo.tux,two,three,four,
session.screen0.resizeMode: Bottom
session.screen0.windowPlacement: RowSmartPlacement
session.screen0.menuDelay: 0
session.screen0.workspacewarping: true
session.screen0.workspaces: 4
session.screen0.strftimeFormat: %l:%M %D
session.screen0.opaqueMove: false
session.screen0.followModel: Ignore
session.screen0.imageDither: false
session.screen0.decorateTransient: false
session.screen0.menuMode: Delay
session.screen0.focusNewWindows: true
session.screen0.autoRaise: false
session.screen0.menuDelayClose: 0
session.titlebar.left: Stick
session.titlebar.right: Minimize Maximize Close
session.updateDelayTime: 0
session.keyFile: ~/.fluxbox/keys
session.autoRaiseDelay: 250
session.iconbar: true
session.colorsPerChannel: 4
session.groupFile:
session.styleFile: /home/david/.fluxbox/styles/abbott
session.focusTabMinWidth: 0
session.ignoreBorder: false
session.appsFile: ~/.fluxbox/apps
session.useMod1: true
session.tabs: true
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
session.tabsAttachArea: Window
session.slitlistFile:
session.tabPadding: 0
session.forcePseudoTransparency: false
session.opaqueMove: False
session.cacheMax: 200l
session.imageDither: True
session.doubleClickInterval: 250
session.cacheLife: 5l
session.numLayers: 13

</pre></CODE></tt>

====How To Edit [[Fluxbox Menu]]====

Editing the menu in floxbox is easy. The menu is stored under ~/.fluxbox/menu. It has a basic template that goes something like this:

[begin](Fluxbox-0.9.12)
[exec] (Shell) (xterm)
[exec] (Browser) {firefox}
[end]

That will create a simple menu. Submenus are created like this:

[submenu] Net
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]

That is a submenu. Submenus can also have submenus. Continuning from the previous example:

[submenu] (Net)
[submenu] (Misc)
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]
[submenu] (Browsers)
[exec] (Firefox) {firefox}
[exec] (Lynx) {lynx}
[end]
[end]

That will create a basic menu with the title of Net, with two menus under that: Misc and Browser. Now lets stop for a minute to take a look at the syntax.

[begin] / [end] - Every begin statement must have an end statement. Simple as that. BEGIN begins a new menu, and is used ONCE in the entire menu.

[submenu] / [end] - Every submenu statement must have an end statement. Submenu can be used as many times as you please.

[exec] - This tells fluxbox that we're going to execute something
( ) - Something in parentheses is something that is shown in the menu
{ } - Something in brackets is something that is executed by Linux

So remember, when manually generating your menu, close all of your [submenu] 's with [end] 's and don't forget to use ( ) and { } properly!

----

The following are some tools to automagically generate you a menu or to edit your menu using a GUI:

Denu: http://denu.sourceforge.net (Automagically generates menus for flux and other common WMs)

http://devaux.fabien.free.fr/flux/ <- Contains GUI tools for configuration editing, menu editing and key binding editing. Highly recommended for those who are fearful of using console based text editors.

====Desktop Icons with [[idesk]]====

====[[torsmo]]====

====[[adesklets]]====
====[[The .fluxbox keys file]]====

[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/fluxbox-config.xml Gentoo Fluxbox Guide]

Fluxbox Tips & Tricks

2005-09-30T22:05:46Z

Comprookie2000: /* <center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center> */

The .fluxbox keys file

2005-09-30T21:55:32Z

Comprookie2000:

=/home/yourname/.fluxbox/keys=
Fluxbox comes with a set of default keysets. It enables a user to switch windows and desktops, and that is about it. Before changing it, there are a few things necessary to know. In the Fluxbox keys file, there are some strange modifiers. Mod1 is commonly known as the "Alt" key, and Mod4 is that wonderful windows key.I like to get some use out of it.The first thing I do is to edit ~.fluxbox/init and make sure it points to /home/yourname/.fluxbox/keys.
Next edit your .fluxbox/keys to look something like this;
<pre>Mod1 Tab :NextWindow
Mod1 Shift Tab :PrevWindow
Mod1 F1 :Workspace 1
Mod1 F2 :Workspace 2
Mod1 F3 :Workspace 3
Mod1 F4 :Workspace 4
Mod4 a :ExecCommand aterm
Mod4 m :ExecCommand xmms
Mod4 n :ExecCommand nautilus --no-desktop --browser
Mod4 e :ExecCommand xedit
Mod4 f :ExecCommand firefox
Mod4 s :ExecCommand streamtuner
Mod4 t :ExecCommand thunderbird
Mod4 p :ExecCommand alsaplayer</pre>
Thats it, now if I want to open aterm I press the windows key + a.
On debian systems this may not work out of the box,sorry

Fluxbox Tips & Tricks

2005-09-30T21:40:42Z

Comprookie2000: /* Next Page adesklets */

==<center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center>==
----
===Initial Set-up===
First thing we need to do is edit some configuration files.Use your favorite text editor(I use midnight commander)and navigate to /home/username/.fluxbox 

Lets make it so we can edit our menu.Open /home/username/.fluxbox/init and make sure it is; 
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
or 
session.menuFile: /home/username/.fluxbox/menu 
====Sample /home/username/.fluxbox/init====
<tt><CODE><pre>

session.screen0.toolbar.alpha: 255
session.screen0.toolbar.autoHide: false
session.screen0.toolbar.maxOver: false
session.screen0.toolbar.height: 0
session.screen0.toolbar.layer: Desktop
session.screen0.toolbar.tools: workspacename, prevworkspace, nextworkspace, iconbar, systemtray, prevwindow, nextwindow, clock
session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: 100
session.screen0.toolbar.placement: BottomLeft
session.screen0.toolbar.onTop: False
session.screen0.toolbar.visible: true
session.screen0.toolbar.onhead: 0
session.screen0.overlay.lineWidth: 1
session.screen0.overlay.lineStyle: LineSolid
session.screen0.overlay.joinStyle: JoinMiter
session.screen0.overlay.capStyle: CapNotLast
session.screen0.menu.alpha: 150
session.screen0.iconbar.iconWidth: 70
session.screen0.iconbar.usePixmap: true
session.screen0.iconbar.mode: Workspace
session.screen0.iconbar.deiconifyMode: Follow
session.screen0.iconbar.wheelMode: Screen
session.screen0.iconbar.iconTextPadding: 10l
session.screen0.iconbar.alignment: Relative
session.screen0.tab.width: 64
session.screen0.tab.placement: Top
session.screen0.tab.height: 16
session.screen0.tab.rotatevertical: True
session.screen0.tab.alignment: Left
session.screen0.slit.placement: BottomRight
session.screen0.slit.autoHide: false
session.screen0.slit.alpha: 255
session.screen0.slit.direction: Vertical
session.screen0.slit.onhead: 0
session.screen0.slit.maxOver: false
session.screen0.slit.onTop: False
session.screen0.slit.layer: Dock
session.screen0.window.focus.alpha: 255
session.screen0.window.unfocus.alpha: 166
session.screen0.focusLastWindow: true
session.screen0.menuAlpha: 146
session.screen0.focusModel: SloppyFocus
session.screen0.edgeSnapThreshold: 0
session.screen0.sloppywindowgrouping: true
session.screen0.colPlacementDirection: TopToBottom
session.screen0.rowPlacementDirection: LeftToRight
session.screen0.fullMaximization: false
session.screen0.windowMenu:
session.screen0.showwindowposition: true
session.screen0.clickRaises: true
session.screen0.rootCommand:
session.screen0.antialias: true
session.screen0.desktopwheeling: true
session.screen0.workspaceNames: Gentoo.tux,two,three,four,
session.screen0.resizeMode: Bottom
session.screen0.windowPlacement: RowSmartPlacement
session.screen0.menuDelay: 0
session.screen0.workspacewarping: true
session.screen0.workspaces: 4
session.screen0.strftimeFormat: %l:%M %D
session.screen0.opaqueMove: false
session.screen0.followModel: Ignore
session.screen0.imageDither: false
session.screen0.decorateTransient: false
session.screen0.menuMode: Delay
session.screen0.focusNewWindows: true
session.screen0.autoRaise: false
session.screen0.menuDelayClose: 0
session.titlebar.left: Stick
session.titlebar.right: Minimize Maximize Close
session.updateDelayTime: 0
session.keyFile: ~/.fluxbox/keys
session.autoRaiseDelay: 250
session.iconbar: true
session.colorsPerChannel: 4
session.groupFile:
session.styleFile: /home/david/.fluxbox/styles/abbott
session.focusTabMinWidth: 0
session.ignoreBorder: false
session.appsFile: ~/.fluxbox/apps
session.useMod1: true
session.tabs: true
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
session.tabsAttachArea: Window
session.slitlistFile:
session.tabPadding: 0
session.forcePseudoTransparency: false
session.opaqueMove: False
session.cacheMax: 200l
session.imageDither: True
session.doubleClickInterval: 250
session.cacheLife: 5l
session.numLayers: 13

</pre></CODE></tt>

====How To Edit [[Fluxbox Menu]]====

Editing the menu in floxbox is easy. The menu is stored under ~/.fluxbox/menu. It has a basic template that goes something like this:

[begin](Fluxbox-0.9.12)
[exec] (Shell) (xterm)
[exec] (Browser) {firefox}
[end]

That will create a simple menu. Submenus are created like this:

[submenu] Net
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]

That is a submenu. Submenus can also have submenus. Continuning from the previous example:

[submenu] (Net)
[submenu] (Misc)
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]
[submenu] (Browsers)
[exec] (Firefox) {firefox}
[exec] (Lynx) {lynx}
[end]
[end]

That will create a basic menu with the title of Net, with two menus under that: Misc and Browser. Now lets stop for a minute to take a look at the syntax.

[begin] / [end] - Every begin statement must have an end statement. Simple as that. BEGIN begins a new menu, and is used ONCE in the entire menu.

[submenu] / [end] - Every submenu statement must have an end statement. Submenu can be used as many times as you please.

[exec] - This tells fluxbox that we're going to execute something
( ) - Something in parentheses is something that is shown in the menu
{ } - Something in brackets is something that is executed by Linux

So remember, when manually generating your menu, close all of your [submenu] 's with [end] 's and don't forget to use ( ) and { } properly!

----

The following are some tools to automagically generate you a menu or to edit your menu using a GUI:

Denu: http://denu.sourceforge.net (Automagically generates menus for flux and other common WMs)

http://devaux.fabien.free.fr/flux/ <- Contains GUI tools for configuration editing, menu editing and key binding editing. Highly recommended for those who are fearful of using console based text editors.

====Desktop Icons with [[idesk]]====

====[[torsmo]]====

====[[adesklets]]====
====[[The .fluxbox keys file]]====

Fluxbox Tips & Tricks

2005-09-30T21:39:25Z

Comprookie2000: /* Next Page torsmo */

Fluxbox Tips & Tricks

2005-09-30T21:38:41Z

Comprookie2000: /* Next Page Desktop Icons with idesk */

==<center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center>==
----
===Initial Set-up===
First thing we need to do is edit some configuration files.Use your favorite text editor(I use midnight commander)and navigate to /home/username/.fluxbox 

Lets make it so we can edit our menu.Open /home/username/.fluxbox/init and make sure it is; 
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
or 
session.menuFile: /home/username/.fluxbox/menu 
====Sample /home/username/.fluxbox/init====
<tt><CODE><pre>

session.screen0.toolbar.alpha: 255
session.screen0.toolbar.autoHide: false
session.screen0.toolbar.maxOver: false
session.screen0.toolbar.height: 0
session.screen0.toolbar.layer: Desktop
session.screen0.toolbar.tools: workspacename, prevworkspace, nextworkspace, iconbar, systemtray, prevwindow, nextwindow, clock
session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: 100
session.screen0.toolbar.placement: BottomLeft
session.screen0.toolbar.onTop: False
session.screen0.toolbar.visible: true
session.screen0.toolbar.onhead: 0
session.screen0.overlay.lineWidth: 1
session.screen0.overlay.lineStyle: LineSolid
session.screen0.overlay.joinStyle: JoinMiter
session.screen0.overlay.capStyle: CapNotLast
session.screen0.menu.alpha: 150
session.screen0.iconbar.iconWidth: 70
session.screen0.iconbar.usePixmap: true
session.screen0.iconbar.mode: Workspace
session.screen0.iconbar.deiconifyMode: Follow
session.screen0.iconbar.wheelMode: Screen
session.screen0.iconbar.iconTextPadding: 10l
session.screen0.iconbar.alignment: Relative
session.screen0.tab.width: 64
session.screen0.tab.placement: Top
session.screen0.tab.height: 16
session.screen0.tab.rotatevertical: True
session.screen0.tab.alignment: Left
session.screen0.slit.placement: BottomRight
session.screen0.slit.autoHide: false
session.screen0.slit.alpha: 255
session.screen0.slit.direction: Vertical
session.screen0.slit.onhead: 0
session.screen0.slit.maxOver: false
session.screen0.slit.onTop: False
session.screen0.slit.layer: Dock
session.screen0.window.focus.alpha: 255
session.screen0.window.unfocus.alpha: 166
session.screen0.focusLastWindow: true
session.screen0.menuAlpha: 146
session.screen0.focusModel: SloppyFocus
session.screen0.edgeSnapThreshold: 0
session.screen0.sloppywindowgrouping: true
session.screen0.colPlacementDirection: TopToBottom
session.screen0.rowPlacementDirection: LeftToRight
session.screen0.fullMaximization: false
session.screen0.windowMenu:
session.screen0.showwindowposition: true
session.screen0.clickRaises: true
session.screen0.rootCommand:
session.screen0.antialias: true
session.screen0.desktopwheeling: true
session.screen0.workspaceNames: Gentoo.tux,two,three,four,
session.screen0.resizeMode: Bottom
session.screen0.windowPlacement: RowSmartPlacement
session.screen0.menuDelay: 0
session.screen0.workspacewarping: true
session.screen0.workspaces: 4
session.screen0.strftimeFormat: %l:%M %D
session.screen0.opaqueMove: false
session.screen0.followModel: Ignore
session.screen0.imageDither: false
session.screen0.decorateTransient: false
session.screen0.menuMode: Delay
session.screen0.focusNewWindows: true
session.screen0.autoRaise: false
session.screen0.menuDelayClose: 0
session.titlebar.left: Stick
session.titlebar.right: Minimize Maximize Close
session.updateDelayTime: 0
session.keyFile: ~/.fluxbox/keys
session.autoRaiseDelay: 250
session.iconbar: true
session.colorsPerChannel: 4
session.groupFile:
session.styleFile: /home/david/.fluxbox/styles/abbott
session.focusTabMinWidth: 0
session.ignoreBorder: false
session.appsFile: ~/.fluxbox/apps
session.useMod1: true
session.tabs: true
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
session.tabsAttachArea: Window
session.slitlistFile:
session.tabPadding: 0
session.forcePseudoTransparency: false
session.opaqueMove: False
session.cacheMax: 200l
session.imageDither: True
session.doubleClickInterval: 250
session.cacheLife: 5l
session.numLayers: 13

</pre></CODE></tt>

====How To Edit [[Fluxbox Menu]]====

Editing the menu in floxbox is easy. The menu is stored under ~/.fluxbox/menu. It has a basic template that goes something like this:

[begin](Fluxbox-0.9.12)
[exec] (Shell) (xterm)
[exec] (Browser) {firefox}
[end]

That will create a simple menu. Submenus are created like this:

[submenu] Net
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]

That is a submenu. Submenus can also have submenus. Continuning from the previous example:

[submenu] (Net)
[submenu] (Misc)
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]
[submenu] (Browsers)
[exec] (Firefox) {firefox}
[exec] (Lynx) {lynx}
[end]
[end]

That will create a basic menu with the title of Net, with two menus under that: Misc and Browser. Now lets stop for a minute to take a look at the syntax.

[begin] / [end] - Every begin statement must have an end statement. Simple as that. BEGIN begins a new menu, and is used ONCE in the entire menu.

[submenu] / [end] - Every submenu statement must have an end statement. Submenu can be used as many times as you please.

[exec] - This tells fluxbox that we're going to execute something
( ) - Something in parentheses is something that is shown in the menu
{ } - Something in brackets is something that is executed by Linux

So remember, when manually generating your menu, close all of your [submenu] 's with [end] 's and don't forget to use ( ) and { } properly!

----

The following are some tools to automagically generate you a menu or to edit your menu using a GUI:

Denu: http://denu.sourceforge.net (Automagically generates menus for flux and other common WMs)

http://devaux.fabien.free.fr/flux/ <- Contains GUI tools for configuration editing, menu editing and key binding editing. Highly recommended for those who are fearful of using console based text editors.

====Desktop Icons with [[idesk]]====

====Next Page [[torsmo]]====
====Next Page [[adesklets]]====

Fluxbox Tips & Tricks

2005-09-30T21:37:26Z

Comprookie2000: /* Next Page How To Edit Fluxbox Menu */

==<center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center>==
----
===Initial Set-up===
First thing we need to do is edit some configuration files.Use your favorite text editor(I use midnight commander)and navigate to /home/username/.fluxbox 

Lets make it so we can edit our menu.Open /home/username/.fluxbox/init and make sure it is; 
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
or 
session.menuFile: /home/username/.fluxbox/menu 
====Sample /home/username/.fluxbox/init====
<tt><CODE><pre>

session.screen0.toolbar.alpha: 255
session.screen0.toolbar.autoHide: false
session.screen0.toolbar.maxOver: false
session.screen0.toolbar.height: 0
session.screen0.toolbar.layer: Desktop
session.screen0.toolbar.tools: workspacename, prevworkspace, nextworkspace, iconbar, systemtray, prevwindow, nextwindow, clock
session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: 100
session.screen0.toolbar.placement: BottomLeft
session.screen0.toolbar.onTop: False
session.screen0.toolbar.visible: true
session.screen0.toolbar.onhead: 0
session.screen0.overlay.lineWidth: 1
session.screen0.overlay.lineStyle: LineSolid
session.screen0.overlay.joinStyle: JoinMiter
session.screen0.overlay.capStyle: CapNotLast
session.screen0.menu.alpha: 150
session.screen0.iconbar.iconWidth: 70
session.screen0.iconbar.usePixmap: true
session.screen0.iconbar.mode: Workspace
session.screen0.iconbar.deiconifyMode: Follow
session.screen0.iconbar.wheelMode: Screen
session.screen0.iconbar.iconTextPadding: 10l
session.screen0.iconbar.alignment: Relative
session.screen0.tab.width: 64
session.screen0.tab.placement: Top
session.screen0.tab.height: 16
session.screen0.tab.rotatevertical: True
session.screen0.tab.alignment: Left
session.screen0.slit.placement: BottomRight
session.screen0.slit.autoHide: false
session.screen0.slit.alpha: 255
session.screen0.slit.direction: Vertical
session.screen0.slit.onhead: 0
session.screen0.slit.maxOver: false
session.screen0.slit.onTop: False
session.screen0.slit.layer: Dock
session.screen0.window.focus.alpha: 255
session.screen0.window.unfocus.alpha: 166
session.screen0.focusLastWindow: true
session.screen0.menuAlpha: 146
session.screen0.focusModel: SloppyFocus
session.screen0.edgeSnapThreshold: 0
session.screen0.sloppywindowgrouping: true
session.screen0.colPlacementDirection: TopToBottom
session.screen0.rowPlacementDirection: LeftToRight
session.screen0.fullMaximization: false
session.screen0.windowMenu:
session.screen0.showwindowposition: true
session.screen0.clickRaises: true
session.screen0.rootCommand:
session.screen0.antialias: true
session.screen0.desktopwheeling: true
session.screen0.workspaceNames: Gentoo.tux,two,three,four,
session.screen0.resizeMode: Bottom
session.screen0.windowPlacement: RowSmartPlacement
session.screen0.menuDelay: 0
session.screen0.workspacewarping: true
session.screen0.workspaces: 4
session.screen0.strftimeFormat: %l:%M %D
session.screen0.opaqueMove: false
session.screen0.followModel: Ignore
session.screen0.imageDither: false
session.screen0.decorateTransient: false
session.screen0.menuMode: Delay
session.screen0.focusNewWindows: true
session.screen0.autoRaise: false
session.screen0.menuDelayClose: 0
session.titlebar.left: Stick
session.titlebar.right: Minimize Maximize Close
session.updateDelayTime: 0
session.keyFile: ~/.fluxbox/keys
session.autoRaiseDelay: 250
session.iconbar: true
session.colorsPerChannel: 4
session.groupFile:
session.styleFile: /home/david/.fluxbox/styles/abbott
session.focusTabMinWidth: 0
session.ignoreBorder: false
session.appsFile: ~/.fluxbox/apps
session.useMod1: true
session.tabs: true
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
session.tabsAttachArea: Window
session.slitlistFile:
session.tabPadding: 0
session.forcePseudoTransparency: false
session.opaqueMove: False
session.cacheMax: 200l
session.imageDither: True
session.doubleClickInterval: 250
session.cacheLife: 5l
session.numLayers: 13

</pre></CODE></tt>

====How To Edit [[Fluxbox Menu]]====

Editing the menu in floxbox is easy. The menu is stored under ~/.fluxbox/menu. It has a basic template that goes something like this:

[begin](Fluxbox-0.9.12)
[exec] (Shell) (xterm)
[exec] (Browser) {firefox}
[end]

That will create a simple menu. Submenus are created like this:

[submenu] Net
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]

That is a submenu. Submenus can also have submenus. Continuning from the previous example:

[submenu] (Net)
[submenu] (Misc)
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]
[submenu] (Browsers)
[exec] (Firefox) {firefox}
[exec] (Lynx) {lynx}
[end]
[end]

That will create a basic menu with the title of Net, with two menus under that: Misc and Browser. Now lets stop for a minute to take a look at the syntax.

[begin] / [end] - Every begin statement must have an end statement. Simple as that. BEGIN begins a new menu, and is used ONCE in the entire menu.

[submenu] / [end] - Every submenu statement must have an end statement. Submenu can be used as many times as you please.

[exec] - This tells fluxbox that we're going to execute something
( ) - Something in parentheses is something that is shown in the menu
{ } - Something in brackets is something that is executed by Linux

So remember, when manually generating your menu, close all of your [submenu] 's with [end] 's and don't forget to use ( ) and { } properly!

----

The following are some tools to automagically generate you a menu or to edit your menu using a GUI:

Denu: http://denu.sourceforge.net (Automagically generates menus for flux and other common WMs)

http://devaux.fabien.free.fr/flux/ <- Contains GUI tools for configuration editing, menu editing and key binding editing. Highly recommended for those who are fearful of using console based text editors.

====Next Page Desktop Icons with [[idesk]]====
====Next Page [[torsmo]]====
====Next Page [[adesklets]]====

Gentoo

2005-08-03T01:39:06Z

Comprookie2000: /* External links */

'''Gentoo''' is a special flavor of [[Linux]] that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability, and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. 'The word ''"gentoo"'' is the name for a species of penguins [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Peter_and_Barbara_Barham/gentoo.htm].'

Thanks to a technology called [[Portage]], Gentoo Linux can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, Gentoo Linux is called a [[metadistribution]].

Portage is the heart of Gentoo Linux, and performs many key functions. Your local Portage tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to compile and install the latest Gentoo packages. Currently, there are over 6000 packages in the Portage tree, with new ones being added all the time. Installing a new application is as easy as:

:<tt># [[emerge]] packagename</tt>

The application will then be downloaded and automatically [[Compilation_From_Source|compiled from source]], with compile-time options selected according to preferences you set during installation in your [[make.conf]] file, (i.e. with or without support for [[X]], [[PNG]]s, [[JPEG]]s, [[Gnome]], etc). N.B - Portage will automatically cater for any dependencies when installing software.

Daniel Robbins is Gentoo's chief architect. You can read his philosophy of Gentoo Linux [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml here].

== Gentoo help resources ==
If you are looking for help on Gentoo Linux, the Gentoo forums[http://forums.gentoo.org] are an excellent resource and are full of both friendly and knowledgeable people. The IRC room at irc.freenode.net called #gentoo is also a place to find community around Gentoo. Before checking either of those, visit the Gentoo documentation site[http://www.gentoo.org/doc], where many high-quality documents have been published on common and not-so-common issues.

== Break my gentoo ==
Even though Gentoo is a bleeding edge distro, there are some packages that are not installable immediately. Check out http://www.breakmygentoo.net/ for all the latest portage files to install the latest software.

== Gentoo server project wiki ==
The Gentoo Server Project Wiki is located at http://www.subverted.net/wakka. The Gentoo Server Project has [[mission-critical reliability]] as it's goal, but mostly serves as glue for the official Gentoo documentation.
Includes [[case studies]] and articles.

A lot of times you'll want to emerge a masked package (or a masked version of one). One short way to do this is <code>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge package</code> (replace x86 with your architecture). A slightly shorter way is to create a file called <code>/usr/sbin/expmerge</code>, with the following contents:
<pre>#!/bin/sh
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge $*</pre>
Then just <code>expmerge package</code>.
Mixing unstable with stable packages can lead to problems, so it's recommended you pick one type and use it all the time. This is more important for libraries rather then programs.

The recommended way is to create the file /etc/portage/package.keywords 
Then when you upgrade these packages will remain ~x86 
''here is mine'' 
<code>media-video/nvidia-kernel ~x86
media-video/nvidia-glx ~x86
x11-base/opengl-update ~x86
media-sound/beep-media-player ~x86
x11-misc/transset ~x86</code>

==See also==
*[[Gentoo tips & tricks]]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/hpc-howto.xml Gentoo High Performance]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Docs]

==External links==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo homepage]
*[http://forums.gentoo.org/ Forums]
*[http://gentoo-portage.com Gentoo-Portage Package DB]
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com Gentoo Wiki]
*[http://breakmygentoo.net BreakMyGentoo]
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/10/2148249&tid=108&tid=104 Gentoo 2004.2 review]

==Internal links==
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]

==Logo==
http://www.ibiblio.org/web-gentoo/images/powered-big.png

People

2005-07-04T22:10:56Z

Comprookie2000: /* Important People */

[[Linux]] was originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. This page is dedicated to those people. Here's a list of the most important contributors to the GNU/Linux community.

=Important People=
*[[Brian Behlendorf]] - President of the Apache Software Foundation and creator of the [[Apache|Apache Web Server]].
*[[Matthias Ettrich]] - Creator of the K Desktop Environment [[KDE]].
*[[Miguel de Icaza]] - founder of [[Ximian]], the [[GNOME]] project and the [[Mono]] project. He has also been a kernel and [[Wine]] contributor.
*[[ESR|Eric S. Raymond]] - One of the primary advocates of the [[Open Source]] movement.
*[[RMS|Richard M. Stallman]] - Founder of the [[Free Software]] movement.
*[[Linus Torvalds]] - Founder of the [[Linux]] kernel.
*[[Andrew Tridgell]] - Lead developer for [[Samba]].
*[[Larry Wall]] -- Creator of [[Perl]], [[rn]], and [[patch]]; and an all-around nice guy to boot.
*[[Daniel Robbins]] - Creator of [[Gentoo]]

=More People Stuff=
*[[Human Brain]] -- these people all have wonderful brains!
*[[LUG listings]] -- find other people in your area!

Adesklets

2005-07-04T00:56:45Z

Comprookie2000: /* download */

Adesklets

2005-07-04T00:55:10Z

Comprookie2000: /* desklets */

=adesklets=
about:adesklets is an interactive Imlib2 console for the X Window system. It provides to scripted languages a clean and simple way to write great looking, mildly interactive desktop integrated graphic applets (aka "desklets").
==installation==
This is a easy install. The main dependencys are xorg-devel and imlib2
===download===
Download adesklets-0.4.10.tar.bz2 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=126227
<pre>
tar xvfj adesklets-0.4.10.tar.bz2
cd adesklets-0.4.10
./configure
make
su
<password>
make install</pre>
====desklets====
Download a desklet and untar it then cd to it and run; 
./whateverdesklet.py thats it!!! 
[http://adesklets.sourceforge.net/doc/en/ Doc's]
[http://www.abbottdavid.com/screenshots/2005-06-24-181954_1280x1024_scrot.png screenshot]

Adesklets

2005-07-04T00:50:49Z

Comprookie2000: /* adesklets */

=adesklets=
about:adesklets is an interactive Imlib2 console for the X Window system. It provides to scripted languages a clean and simple way to write great looking, mildly interactive desktop integrated graphic applets (aka "desklets").
==installation==
This is a easy install. The main dependencys are xorg-devel and imlib2
===download===
Download adesklets-0.4.10.tar.bz2 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=126227
<pre>
tar xvfj adesklets-0.4.10.tar.bz2
cd adesklets-0.4.10
./configure
make
su
<password>
make install</pre>
====desklets====
Download a desklet and untar it then cd to it and run; 
./whateverdesklet.py thats it!!! 
Doc's [http://adesklets.sourceforge.net/doc/en/]

Fluxbox Tips & Tricks

2005-07-04T00:27:26Z

Comprookie2000: /* Next Page adesklets */

==<center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center>==
----
===Initial Set-up===
First thing we need to do is edit some configuration files.Use your favorite text editor(I use midnight commander)and navigate to /home/username/.fluxbox 

Lets make it so we can edit our menu.Open /home/username/.fluxbox/init and make sure it is; 
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
or 
session.menuFile: /home/username/.fluxbox/menu 
====Sample /home/username/.fluxbox/init====
<tt><CODE><pre>

session.screen0.toolbar.alpha: 255
session.screen0.toolbar.autoHide: false
session.screen0.toolbar.maxOver: false
session.screen0.toolbar.height: 0
session.screen0.toolbar.layer: Desktop
session.screen0.toolbar.tools: workspacename, prevworkspace, nextworkspace, iconbar, systemtray, prevwindow, nextwindow, clock
session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: 100
session.screen0.toolbar.placement: BottomLeft
session.screen0.toolbar.onTop: False
session.screen0.toolbar.visible: true
session.screen0.toolbar.onhead: 0
session.screen0.overlay.lineWidth: 1
session.screen0.overlay.lineStyle: LineSolid
session.screen0.overlay.joinStyle: JoinMiter
session.screen0.overlay.capStyle: CapNotLast
session.screen0.menu.alpha: 150
session.screen0.iconbar.iconWidth: 70
session.screen0.iconbar.usePixmap: true
session.screen0.iconbar.mode: Workspace
session.screen0.iconbar.deiconifyMode: Follow
session.screen0.iconbar.wheelMode: Screen
session.screen0.iconbar.iconTextPadding: 10l
session.screen0.iconbar.alignment: Relative
session.screen0.tab.width: 64
session.screen0.tab.placement: Top
session.screen0.tab.height: 16
session.screen0.tab.rotatevertical: True
session.screen0.tab.alignment: Left
session.screen0.slit.placement: BottomRight
session.screen0.slit.autoHide: false
session.screen0.slit.alpha: 255
session.screen0.slit.direction: Vertical
session.screen0.slit.onhead: 0
session.screen0.slit.maxOver: false
session.screen0.slit.onTop: False
session.screen0.slit.layer: Dock
session.screen0.window.focus.alpha: 255
session.screen0.window.unfocus.alpha: 166
session.screen0.focusLastWindow: true
session.screen0.menuAlpha: 146
session.screen0.focusModel: SloppyFocus
session.screen0.edgeSnapThreshold: 0
session.screen0.sloppywindowgrouping: true
session.screen0.colPlacementDirection: TopToBottom
session.screen0.rowPlacementDirection: LeftToRight
session.screen0.fullMaximization: false
session.screen0.windowMenu:
session.screen0.showwindowposition: true
session.screen0.clickRaises: true
session.screen0.rootCommand:
session.screen0.antialias: true
session.screen0.desktopwheeling: true
session.screen0.workspaceNames: Gentoo.tux,two,three,four,
session.screen0.resizeMode: Bottom
session.screen0.windowPlacement: RowSmartPlacement
session.screen0.menuDelay: 0
session.screen0.workspacewarping: true
session.screen0.workspaces: 4
session.screen0.strftimeFormat: %l:%M %D
session.screen0.opaqueMove: false
session.screen0.followModel: Ignore
session.screen0.imageDither: false
session.screen0.decorateTransient: false
session.screen0.menuMode: Delay
session.screen0.focusNewWindows: true
session.screen0.autoRaise: false
session.screen0.menuDelayClose: 0
session.titlebar.left: Stick
session.titlebar.right: Minimize Maximize Close
session.updateDelayTime: 0
session.keyFile: ~/.fluxbox/keys
session.autoRaiseDelay: 250
session.iconbar: true
session.colorsPerChannel: 4
session.groupFile:
session.styleFile: /home/david/.fluxbox/styles/abbott
session.focusTabMinWidth: 0
session.ignoreBorder: false
session.appsFile: ~/.fluxbox/apps
session.useMod1: true
session.tabs: true
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
session.tabsAttachArea: Window
session.slitlistFile:
session.tabPadding: 0
session.forcePseudoTransparency: false
session.opaqueMove: False
session.cacheMax: 200l
session.imageDither: True
session.doubleClickInterval: 250
session.cacheLife: 5l
session.numLayers: 13

</pre></CODE></tt>

====Next Page How To Edit [[Fluxbox Menu]]====

Editing the menu in floxbox is easy. The menu is stored under ~/.fluxbox/menu. It has a basic template that goes something like this:

[begin](Fluxbox-0.9.12)
[exec] (Shell) (xterm)
[exec] (Browser) {firefox}
[end]

That will create a simple menu. Submenus are created like this:

[submenu] Net
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]

That is a submenu. Submenus can also have submenus. Continuning from the previous example:

[submenu] (Net)
[submenu] (Misc)
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]
[submenu] (Browsers)
[exec] (Firefox) {firefox}
[exec] (Lynx) {lynx}
[end]
[end]

That will create a basic menu with the title of Net, with two menus under that: Misc and Browser. Now lets stop for a minute to take a look at the syntax.

[begin] / [end] - Every begin statement must have an end statement. Simple as that. BEGIN begins a new menu, and is used ONCE in the entire menu.

[submenu] / [end] - Every submenu statement must have an end statement. Submenu can be used as many times as you please.

[exec] - This tells fluxbox that we're going to execute something
( ) - Something in parentheses is something that is shown in the menu
{ } - Something in brackets is something that is executed by Linux

So remember, when manually generating your menu, close all of your [submenu] 's with [end] 's and don't forget to use ( ) and { } properly!

----

The following are some tools to automagically generate you a menu or to edit your menu using a GUI:

Denu: http://denu.sourceforge.net (Automagically generates menus for flux and other common WMs)

http://devaux.fabien.free.fr/flux/ <- Contains GUI tools for configuration editing, menu editing and key binding editing. Highly recommended for those who are fearful of using console based text editors.

====Next Page Desktop Icons with [[idesk]]====
====Next Page [[torsmo]]====
====Next Page [[adesklets]]====

Slackware-FAQ

2005-07-03T03:57:28Z

Comprookie2000: /* Q) How do I edit text files in a terminal? */

== Slackware FAQ ==

== Version Specific ==

=== Slackware 8.1 ===

=== Slackware 9.1 ===

=== Slackware 10.0 ===
----
====Q) I'm running Slackware 10.0. I updated my kernel to 2.6.X. Where have all my devices gone? Why is 'man XYZ'/'less XYZ' not working and giving me errors?====

A) The 2.6 series of kernels use 'udev' to manage the devices. Unlike the devfs of old, udev works entirely in userspace and only creates nodes for devices that exist (and it does so dynamically, so if you remove the device, the nodes will be removed. Makes /dev a lot a smaller and easier to figure out what's what. For more, information on udev, see the [http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ udev FAQ])

udev also allows you to write rules, so that you can, theoretically, assign any name to a device that is plugged in, perhaps based on criteria such as it's name, or description (e.g. my Creative Muvo2 may be /dev/sda or /dev/sdb, but I have a rule that always creates a symlink at /dev/muvo to wherever the device is plugged in)

But what does this have to do with man page or less errors? Unfortunately, one of the rules in the udev-026-i486-1.tgz package that ships with Slackware 10.0 is wrong, causing problems with the terminals that less (which man uses) relies on. Either:

Taken from [http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=260641 this thread]:

In /etc/rc.d/udev.rules change:

KERNEL="tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]*", NAME="tty/s%n", SYMLINK="%k"

to:

KERNEL="tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]*", NAME="pty/s%n", SYMLINK="%k"

Alternatively, upgrade to the udev package in 10.1
----

=== Slackware 10.1 ===
----
====Q) Superkaramba won't build!====

A) You need to download a version of Superkaramba with support for Python 2.4. Either download from CVS, or get a modified package here:
[http://www.angelfire.com/geek/p0z3r/superkaramba-0.35-Python2.4.tar.gz SuperKaramba 0.35 for Python 2.4 Source]

Hopefully this will be fixed in the next version of Superkaramba.
----

=== Slackware -current ===
----
====Q) How do I get Gnome?====

A. Gnome for Slackware is available from various sources:

[http://gsb.sourceforge.net/ Gnome Slack Build] 
[http://gware.sourceforge.net/ GWARE] 
[http://linuce.free.fr/slackware/10.1/gnome-2.8.3+/ Linuce's Gnome Packages] 
[http://www.dropline.net/gnome/ Dropline Gnome]

(Please be aware that if you choose Dropline, it makes major changes to a Slackware build (removing certain packages without asking, adding PAM, and replacing all the x11 packages with its own builds) and is very difficult to remove cleanly.)
----

== Non Version Specific ==
----
====Q) How do I edit text files in a terminal?====

A. Often, you'll be told you need to "edit the file xyz and insert this, that, etc"

For system files (those stored in /etc) you need to be root to edit them, so you need to type 'su' in a terminal (either a real terminal, or one of the X terminals, such as xterm, konsole, gnome-terminal, etc) and enter the root password. For files in your home directory, you don't need to be root.

To edit files, Slackware comes with a variety of editors.

*Emacs (GNU Emacs, not XEmacs)
*Vi clones: elvis (default), vim
*joe
*pico (Note: nano is the GPL clone of pico.)
*mc

If you're not that comfortable editing files, pico is an excellent tool for making quick, small changes.

Just run it as (without the <> brackets):

''pico <yourfilename>''

Some basic pico commands (In pico, ^Letter means Control + Letter to call that command)

*Control + O to save your changes
*Control + X to close (if you haven't saved, you'll be prompted to)
*Control + W to search for a text string (if you want to find a specific thing in the file quickly)
----

====Q) (Related) Why does vi act funny?====

A) Slackware's default editor is elvis, which you can determine for yourself by doing

<tt>$ ls -l `which vi` 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 NNNN-NN-NN NN:NN /usr/bin/vi -> elvis</tt>

You can access vim (if that's what you think of as vi) by invoking vim directly. (Slackware ships two versions of vim - a GUI-enabled (gvim) and GUI-disabled (vim) version which you can select at install time by picking either the vim or xvim packages.)

Alternatives are to change the symlink or install yet another vi clone.
By default, no settings file is created for Vim - the ~/.vimrc - but once a .vimrc is created, Vim will behave as it should.
----
====Q) How do I create a new user?====

A) As root, run 'adduser'
----
====Q) Which groups do I need to belong to?====

A)
These groups are those that you will likely need to be a member of. They can be set either whilst creating your user, or by editing /etc/group as root later and adding your username against them.

*users - the 'main' group that you are a member of
*disk - for accessing hard drives
*cdrom - accessing optical media (CD's, DVD's)
*audio - to access the sound card
*video - for video devices (e.g. TV tuner. May be needed for OpenOffice.org)
*wheel - if you plan to use sudo

Most of the other groups are 'special' groups for certain services/daemons to run, and you should not be a member of these.
----
====Q) How do I set up a wheel mouse?====

A) In X, a scroll wheel counts as three buttons - up is one, down is another. Clicking the wheel is a third button.

For any scroll mouse, as root you will need to edit:

/etc/X11/xorg.conf - Slackware 10.0 and above 
/etc/X11/XF86Config - Slackware 9.1 and below

You then just need to add these two lines under the mouse section (usually 'Identifier "Mouse1"' or something similar).

For a 5 button mouse (3 buttons with a scroll wheel):

<tt>Option "Buttons" "5" 
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"</tt>

Or, for a 7 button mouse (5 buttons and a scroll wheel):

<tt>Option "Buttons" "7" 
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"</tt>

For a 7 button mouse, you also need to create the file /etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap and put the following in it for the wheel to be mapped onto the right buttons:

<tt>pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5</tt>

If your mouse protocol is set to

<tt>Option "Protocol" "PS/2"</tt> 
or 
<tt>Option "Protocol" "auto"</tt>

You may have to change it to:

<tt>Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"</tt> 
or 
<tt>Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"</tt>

In either case, once the changes are made, restart X to use your scroll wheel.

(For some mice, more specific information can be found here: [http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=46 http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=46]).
----
====Q) How do I change my default window manager?====

A) To change the default window manager for all users, as root run xwmconfig.

To change the window manager just for your user, run xwmconfig as your user.
----
====Q) How do I get Slackware to boot straight into X?====

A) Edit /etc/inittab and replace:

<tt>id:3:initdefault:</tt>

with

<tt>id:4:initdefault:</tt>
----

====Q) My sound's not working - what do I do?====

A) You may have deeper problems, but the first step is to run <tt>alsamixer</tt> and unmute your soundcard. When you get the settings how you like, run <tt>alsactl store</tt> as root and they'll be re-stored from then on.

(I can't remember what versions this apply to but somewhere in the 9 and up area.)

note:
If after installing you boot into KDE and you get a windows pop up that says "/dev/dsp" or some "audio device not found", then you need to run alsaconf as root. This fixed it on slack 10.1 with asus a7n8xvm400 with nvidia chipset.

----
====Q) How do I get the sequencer/ midi loaded for Alsa on startup?====

In /etc/rc.d/rc.alsa, replace:

<tt>modprobe snd-pcm-oss 
modprobe snd-mixer-oss</tt>

with

<tt>modprobe snd-pcm-oss 
modprobe snd-mixer-oss 
modprobe snd-seq-oss</tt>
----
====Q) Where do I put commands that I want run on start-up?====

A) Add them to /etc/rc.d/rc.local, and make that file executable

<tt>chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.local</tt>
----
====Q) What's the best way to upgrade?====

A) Some people like using the unofficial automatic tools and some people have had horrible experiences with them. Outside of those extremes, the best way is to read UPGRADE.TXT on your Slack discs or in the Slack tree of your nearest mirror and follow Pat's tips.

(This is a good general principle - there are many text files in the Slack tree full of useful information.)
----
====Q) How do I install the ATi proprietary drivers?====

A) You can either download a repackaged version from [http://www.linuxpackages.net LinuxPackages] or:

1) Download the drivers in RPM format 
2) Use rpm2tgz to convert to the tgz package format (you must have the CPIO package installed for this) 
(2B) You may want to rename to replace _ with - to match the Slackware package name format) 
3) Follow ATi's instructions for installing the drivers manually 
4) Add the following line to /etc/fstab:

<tt>tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0</tt>

Then as root run:

<tt>mount tmpfs</tt>

If you are using any of the 2.6.11 kernels, you will need to patch the driver before following section 3 with two patches available from [http://www.rage3d.com/board/showpost.php?p=1333551910&postcount=10 here].

Also, if you are building your own kernel (more important for 2.6.11), remove the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) section - if it is built in, you will get complaints about "Operation not permitted" and other obscure error messages about DRM from 'dmesg | egrep "fglrx"'
----

====Q) Is there a 64 bit Slackware for the AMD64/ x86_64 architecture?====

A) Officially, no.

Unofficially, one of the posters at alt.os.linux.slackware has produced a 64bit port of Slackware, Slamd64.

Check the project's website for more information: [http://www.slamd64.com http://www.slamd64.com]
----

====Q) Does Slackware use UTF-8 (Unicode)?====

By default, UTF-8 is disabled in Slackware for greater backwards compatibility with programs that do not yet support it.

To enable it, edit /etc/profile.d/lang.sh and add:

<tt>export LANG=en_GB.UTF-8</tt>

Where en_GB is whatever language you use.

Be aware, you will also probably need to change the default terminal font to a Unicode one, and you're going to have to rename any directories or files that use characters from the ISO 8859-* sets that are not part of the 'core' ASCII characters - e.g. any accented characters. GTK2 and QT based programs should be fine, as well as any that call directly XFT.

Also, the console support for unicode is rather poor at the moment, it's more useful in X. There are also other problems associated with Unicode (evaultions in scripts, etc) that you should be aware of before switching.

man requires you to use an alias to work properly (otherwise it displays very strange characters):

<tt>alias man='LC_ALL=C man'</tt>

This code can be adapted as need be
----

====Q) How do I get the Euro symbol?====

If you're not using UTF-8 (Slackware does not enable it by default) then:

1) Edit /etc/profile.d/lang.sh

You need to change to a character set that supports the Euro. If you're using ISO 8859-1 (the default for Western Europe), use it's replacement, ISO 8859-15/Latin-9/Code Page 924 (some unused characters are dropped, and the Euro and a few others are added - read [http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/latin9.html here] to learn more)

Uncomment out the 'export LANG=en_US.ISO8859-1' line and replace it with something like this: (replace en_US with a setting of your choice ('locale -a' can help you. The first two letters are language, the second, in capitals, ISO initials for the country. e.g. en_GB refers to British English (en = English, GB = Great Britian)

e.g.

<tt># Another option for en_US: 
export LANG=en_US.ISO8859-15</tt>

2) To get support in a terminal, as root run "setconsolefont". If you are not using a customized font, simply select one of the lat0-* fonts (experiment to find one).

(The READMEs for the console fonts can be found with them in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts)
----
====Q) How do I add my printer/ enabling printing/ etc?====

By default, Slackware now uses CUPS (as of 10.1, though apsfilter and lrpng can be found in /pasture).

To start CUPS, as root:

<tt>
cd /etc/rc.d 
chmod +x rc.cups 
./rc.cups start
</tt>

Before using CUPS, check the information for your printer on [http://www.linuxprinting.org Linux Printing] - it will tell you which is the best driver for your printer, and where to get it (gimp-print drivers come with the gimp-print package in Slackware, Ghostscript (LP's "PPD") based drivers require you to download a PPD front end file and put this in /usr/share/cups/model)

To add your printer, you can either use the command line: [http://www.cups.org/doc-1.1/sam.html#MANAGING_PRINTERS CUPS Admin Manual - Managing Printers]

Or you can use the web based configuration: [http://localhost:631 http://localhost:631]

Either of the methods above can also be used for managing printers, printer classes, etc.

For more information, check out CUPS home page: [http://www.cups.org http://www.cups.org]
----

== Application Specific ==
===Mozilla Thunderbird===
----
====Q) How do I change the date format in Mozilla Thunderbird?====

A) Thunderbird inherits the date format from your environment settings. If, for instance, you live in the UK, the date format is dd-mm-yyyy, not the default US mm-dd-yyyy. To change this, you need to put the following in /etc/profile.d/lang.sh or ~/.profile:

<tt>export LC_TIME="en_GB"</tt>

For other countries, replace 'en_GB' with the correct setting for your language and country. Use 'locale -a | less' to get a full list.

(If you want to change the default for all locale settings, you can instead use

<tt>export LC_ALL="en_GB"</tt>
)
----

===OpenOffice.org===
----
====Q) How do I install the OpenOffice.org 2 beta (binary)?====

Use this SlackBuild script with the official binaries: 
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=267411&perpage=15&pagenumber=5 OOo 2 Beta's SlackBuild Script]
----
=====Q) Do I need Java?=====

A) Possibly? There is more reliance on Java, but you should be able to do most things without it. OO.org also seems to support non-Sun Java VMs, such as Blackdown.

----

===Gaim===
----
====Q) How do I use Gaim with Mozilla Firefox instead of Mozilla?====

A) As root, add:

<tt>/usr/lib/firefox</tt>

to /etc/ld.so.conf and run 'ldconfig'.

(You can only *run* Gaim without Mozilla, you still need Mozilla for the NSS includes to build Gaim, or to use GnuTLS).

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-06-19T01:42:53Z

Comprookie2000: /* 9.Install additional tools */

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules</pre></CODE></tt>

====7.Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)

====8.Configuring your Network====
Too much to cover here,check this out; 

[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network] 

Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd

====9.Install additional tools====
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
Next we will be using udev so check this out
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml Gentoo udev guide]
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
edit /etc/conf.d/rc
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit

Make sure to run /sbin/lilo

==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, May 28, 2005 (EST)

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-05-29T00:07:29Z

Comprookie2000: /* 6.Installing the kernel */

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules</pre></CODE></tt>

====7.Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)

====8.Configuring your Network====
Too much to cover here,check this out; 

[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network] 

Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd

====9.Install additional tools====
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
Next we will be using udev so check this out
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml Gentoo udev guide]
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
edit /etc/conf.d/rc
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit

==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, May 28, 2005 (EST)

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-05-29T00:05:03Z

Comprookie2000: /* 8.Configuring your Network */

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules</pre></CODE></tt>
====7.Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)

====8.Configuring your Network====
Too much to cover here,check this out; 

[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network] 

Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd

====9.Install additional tools====
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
Next we will be using udev so check this out
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml Gentoo udev guide]
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
edit /etc/conf.d/rc
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit

==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, May 28, 2005 (EST)

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-05-29T00:04:42Z

Comprookie2000: /* 8.Configuring your Network */

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules</pre></CODE></tt>
====7.Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)

====8.Configuring your Network====
Too much to cover here,check this out; 

[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network] 
Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd

====9.Install additional tools====
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
Next we will be using udev so check this out
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml Gentoo udev guide]
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
edit /etc/conf.d/rc
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit

==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, May 28, 2005 (EST)

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-05-29T00:03:49Z

Comprookie2000: /* 8.Configuring your Network */

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules</pre></CODE></tt>
====7.Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)

====8.Configuring your Network====
Too much to cover here,check this out; 
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network]
Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd

====9.Install additional tools====
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
Next we will be using udev so check this out
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml Gentoo udev guide]
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
edit /etc/conf.d/rc
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit

==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, May 28, 2005 (EST)

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-05-29T00:02:52Z

Comprookie2000: /* 8.Configuring your Network */

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules</pre></CODE></tt>
====7.Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)

====8.Configuring your Network====
Too much to cover here,check this out;
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network]
Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd

====9.Install additional tools====
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
Next we will be using udev so check this out
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml Gentoo udev guide]
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
edit /etc/conf.d/rc
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit

==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, May 28, 2005 (EST)

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-05-29T00:01:59Z

Comprookie2000: /* 8.Configuring your Network */

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules</pre></CODE></tt>
====7.Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)

====8.Configuring your Network====
Too much to cover here,check this out; 
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network] 
Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd

====9.Install additional tools====
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
Next we will be using udev so check this out
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml Gentoo udev guide]
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
edit /etc/conf.d/rc
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit

==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, May 28, 2005 (EST)

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-05-29T00:00:46Z

Comprookie2000: /* Sources */

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules</pre></CODE></tt>
====7.Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)

====8.Configuring your Network====
Too much to cover here,check this out;
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network] 
Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd
====9.Install additional tools====
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
Next we will be using udev so check this out
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml Gentoo udev guide]
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
edit /etc/conf.d/rc
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit

==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, May 28, 2005 (EST)

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-05-29T00:00:04Z

Comprookie2000: /* 9.Install additional tools */

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules</pre></CODE></tt>
====7.Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)

====8.Configuring your Network====
Too much to cover here,check this out;
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network] 
Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd
====9.Install additional tools====
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
Next we will be using udev so check this out
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml Gentoo udev guide]
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
edit /etc/conf.d/rc
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit

==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, Mar 19, 2005 (EST)

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-05-28T23:58:53Z

Comprookie2000: /* 6.Installing the kernel */

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules</pre></CODE></tt>
====7.Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)

====8.Configuring your Network====
Too much to cover here,check this out;
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network] 
Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd
====9.Install additional tools====
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
edit /etc/conf.d/rc
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit

==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, Mar 19, 2005 (EST)

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-05-28T23:54:07Z

Comprookie2000: /* 6.Installing the kernel */

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Next we will be using udev so check this out;
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml Gentoo udev guide]
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules
====7.Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)
</pre></CODE></tt>
====8.Configuring your Network====
Too much to cover here,check this out;
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network] 
Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd
====9.Install additional tools====
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
edit /etc/conf.d/rc
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit

==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, Mar 19, 2005 (EST)

Fluxbox Tips & Tricks

2005-05-28T01:22:46Z

Comprookie2000: /* <center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center> */

==<center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center>==
----
===Initial Set-up===
First thing we need to do is edit some configuration files.Use your favorite text editor(I use midnight commander)and navigate to /home/username/.fluxbox 

Lets make it so we can edit our menu.Open /home/username/.fluxbox/init and make sure it is; 
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
or 
session.menuFile: /home/username/.fluxbox/menu 
====Sample /home/username/.fluxbox/init====
<tt><CODE><pre>

session.screen0.toolbar.alpha: 255
session.screen0.toolbar.autoHide: false
session.screen0.toolbar.maxOver: false
session.screen0.toolbar.height: 0
session.screen0.toolbar.layer: Desktop
session.screen0.toolbar.tools: workspacename, prevworkspace, nextworkspace, iconbar, systemtray, prevwindow, nextwindow, clock
session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: 100
session.screen0.toolbar.placement: BottomLeft
session.screen0.toolbar.onTop: False
session.screen0.toolbar.visible: true
session.screen0.toolbar.onhead: 0
session.screen0.overlay.lineWidth: 1
session.screen0.overlay.lineStyle: LineSolid
session.screen0.overlay.joinStyle: JoinMiter
session.screen0.overlay.capStyle: CapNotLast
session.screen0.menu.alpha: 150
session.screen0.iconbar.iconWidth: 70
session.screen0.iconbar.usePixmap: true
session.screen0.iconbar.mode: Workspace
session.screen0.iconbar.deiconifyMode: Follow
session.screen0.iconbar.wheelMode: Screen
session.screen0.iconbar.iconTextPadding: 10l
session.screen0.iconbar.alignment: Relative
session.screen0.tab.width: 64
session.screen0.tab.placement: Top
session.screen0.tab.height: 16
session.screen0.tab.rotatevertical: True
session.screen0.tab.alignment: Left
session.screen0.slit.placement: BottomRight
session.screen0.slit.autoHide: false
session.screen0.slit.alpha: 255
session.screen0.slit.direction: Vertical
session.screen0.slit.onhead: 0
session.screen0.slit.maxOver: false
session.screen0.slit.onTop: False
session.screen0.slit.layer: Dock
session.screen0.window.focus.alpha: 255
session.screen0.window.unfocus.alpha: 166
session.screen0.focusLastWindow: true
session.screen0.menuAlpha: 146
session.screen0.focusModel: SloppyFocus
session.screen0.edgeSnapThreshold: 0
session.screen0.sloppywindowgrouping: true
session.screen0.colPlacementDirection: TopToBottom
session.screen0.rowPlacementDirection: LeftToRight
session.screen0.fullMaximization: false
session.screen0.windowMenu:
session.screen0.showwindowposition: true
session.screen0.clickRaises: true
session.screen0.rootCommand:
session.screen0.antialias: true
session.screen0.desktopwheeling: true
session.screen0.workspaceNames: Gentoo.tux,two,three,four,
session.screen0.resizeMode: Bottom
session.screen0.windowPlacement: RowSmartPlacement
session.screen0.menuDelay: 0
session.screen0.workspacewarping: true
session.screen0.workspaces: 4
session.screen0.strftimeFormat: %l:%M %D
session.screen0.opaqueMove: false
session.screen0.followModel: Ignore
session.screen0.imageDither: false
session.screen0.decorateTransient: false
session.screen0.menuMode: Delay
session.screen0.focusNewWindows: true
session.screen0.autoRaise: false
session.screen0.menuDelayClose: 0
session.titlebar.left: Stick
session.titlebar.right: Minimize Maximize Close
session.updateDelayTime: 0
session.keyFile: ~/.fluxbox/keys
session.autoRaiseDelay: 250
session.iconbar: true
session.colorsPerChannel: 4
session.groupFile:
session.styleFile: /home/david/.fluxbox/styles/abbott
session.focusTabMinWidth: 0
session.ignoreBorder: false
session.appsFile: ~/.fluxbox/apps
session.useMod1: true
session.tabs: true
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
session.tabsAttachArea: Window
session.slitlistFile:
session.tabPadding: 0
session.forcePseudoTransparency: false
session.opaqueMove: False
session.cacheMax: 200l
session.imageDither: True
session.doubleClickInterval: 250
session.cacheLife: 5l
session.numLayers: 13

</pre></CODE></tt>

====Next Page How To Edit [[Fluxbox Menu]]====

Editing the menu in floxbox is easy. The menu is stored under ~/.fluxbox/menu. It has a basic template that goes something like this:

[begin](Fluxbox-0.9.12)
[exec] (Shell) (xterm)
[exec] (Browser) {firefox}
[end]

That will create a simple menu. Submenus are created like this:

[submenu] Net
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]

That is a submenu. Submenus can also have submenus. Continuning from the previous example:

[submenu] (Net)
[submenu] (Misc)
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]
[submenu] (Browsers)
[exec] (Firefox) {firefox}
[exec] (Lynx) {lynx}
[end]
[end]

That will create a basic menu with the title of Net, with two menus under that: Misc and Browser. Now lets stop for a minute to take a look at the syntax.

[begin] / [end] - Every begin statement must have an end statement. Simple as that. BEGIN begins a new menu, and is used ONCE in the entire menu.

[submenu] / [end] - Every submenu statement must have an end statement. Submenu can be used as many times as you please.

[exec] - This tells fluxbox that we're going to execute something
( ) - Something in parentheses is something that is shown in the menu
{ } - Something in brackets is something that is executed by Linux

So remember, when manually generating your menu, close all of your [submenu] 's with [end] 's and don't forget to use ( ) and { } properly!

----

The following are some tools to automagically generate you a menu or to edit your menu using a GUI:

Denu: http://denu.sourceforge.net (Automagically generates menus for flux and other common WMs)

http://devaux.fabien.free.fr/flux/ <- Contains GUI tools for configuration editing, menu editing and key binding editing. Highly recommended for those who are fearful of using console based text editors.

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Adesklets

2005-05-28T00:20:28Z

Comprookie2000:

Fluxbox Tips & Tricks

2005-05-28T00:17:29Z

Comprookie2000: /* <center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center> */

==<center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center>==
----
===Initial Set-up===
First thing we need to do is edit some configuration files.Use your favorite text editor(I use midnight commander)and navigate to /home/username/.fluxbox 

Lets make it so we can edit our menu.Open /home/username/.fluxbox/init and make sure it is; 
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
or 
session.menuFile: /home/username/.fluxbox/menu 
====Sample /home/username/.fluxbox/init====
<tt><CODE><pre>

session.screen0.toolbar.alpha: 255
session.screen0.toolbar.autoHide: false
session.screen0.toolbar.maxOver: false
session.screen0.toolbar.height: 0
session.screen0.toolbar.layer: Desktop
session.screen0.toolbar.tools: workspacename, prevworkspace, nextworkspace, iconbar, systemtray, prevwindow, nextwindow, clock
session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: 100
session.screen0.toolbar.placement: BottomLeft
session.screen0.toolbar.onTop: False
session.screen0.toolbar.visible: true
session.screen0.toolbar.onhead: 0
session.screen0.overlay.lineWidth: 1
session.screen0.overlay.lineStyle: LineSolid
session.screen0.overlay.joinStyle: JoinMiter
session.screen0.overlay.capStyle: CapNotLast
session.screen0.menu.alpha: 150
session.screen0.iconbar.iconWidth: 70
session.screen0.iconbar.usePixmap: true
session.screen0.iconbar.mode: Workspace
session.screen0.iconbar.deiconifyMode: Follow
session.screen0.iconbar.wheelMode: Screen
session.screen0.iconbar.iconTextPadding: 10l
session.screen0.iconbar.alignment: Relative
session.screen0.tab.width: 64
session.screen0.tab.placement: Top
session.screen0.tab.height: 16
session.screen0.tab.rotatevertical: True
session.screen0.tab.alignment: Left
session.screen0.slit.placement: BottomRight
session.screen0.slit.autoHide: false
session.screen0.slit.alpha: 255
session.screen0.slit.direction: Vertical
session.screen0.slit.onhead: 0
session.screen0.slit.maxOver: false
session.screen0.slit.onTop: False
session.screen0.slit.layer: Dock
session.screen0.window.focus.alpha: 255
session.screen0.window.unfocus.alpha: 166
session.screen0.focusLastWindow: true
session.screen0.menuAlpha: 146
session.screen0.focusModel: SloppyFocus
session.screen0.edgeSnapThreshold: 0
session.screen0.sloppywindowgrouping: true
session.screen0.colPlacementDirection: TopToBottom
session.screen0.rowPlacementDirection: LeftToRight
session.screen0.fullMaximization: false
session.screen0.windowMenu:
session.screen0.showwindowposition: true
session.screen0.clickRaises: true
session.screen0.rootCommand:
session.screen0.antialias: true
session.screen0.desktopwheeling: true
session.screen0.workspaceNames: Gentoo.tux,two,three,four,
session.screen0.resizeMode: Bottom
session.screen0.windowPlacement: RowSmartPlacement
session.screen0.menuDelay: 0
session.screen0.workspacewarping: true
session.screen0.workspaces: 4
session.screen0.strftimeFormat: %l:%M %D
session.screen0.opaqueMove: false
session.screen0.followModel: Ignore
session.screen0.imageDither: false
session.screen0.decorateTransient: false
session.screen0.menuMode: Delay
session.screen0.focusNewWindows: true
session.screen0.autoRaise: false
session.screen0.menuDelayClose: 0
session.titlebar.left: Stick
session.titlebar.right: Minimize Maximize Close
session.updateDelayTime: 0
session.keyFile: ~/.fluxbox/keys
session.autoRaiseDelay: 250
session.iconbar: true
session.colorsPerChannel: 4
session.groupFile:
session.styleFile: /home/david/.fluxbox/styles/abbott
session.focusTabMinWidth: 0
session.ignoreBorder: false
session.appsFile: ~/.fluxbox/apps
session.useMod1: true
session.tabs: true
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
session.tabsAttachArea: Window
session.slitlistFile:
session.tabPadding: 0
session.forcePseudoTransparency: false
session.opaqueMove: False
session.cacheMax: 200l
session.imageDither: True
session.doubleClickInterval: 250
session.cacheLife: 5l
session.numLayers: 13

</pre></CODE></tt>

====Next Page How To Edit [[Fluxbox Menu]]====

Editing the menu in floxbox is easy. The menu is stored under ~/.fluxbox/menu. It has a basic template that goes something like this:

[begin](Fluxbox-0.9.12)
[exec] (Shell) (xterm)
[exec] (Browser) {firefox}
[end]

That will create a simple menu. Submenus are created like this:

[submenu] Net
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]

That is a submenu. Submenus can also have submenus. Continuning from the previous example:

[submenu] (Net)
[submenu] (Misc)
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]
[submenu] (Browsers)
[exec] (Firefox) {firefox}
[exec] (Lynx) {lynx}
[end]
[end]

That will create a basic menu with the title of Net, with two menus under that: Misc and Browser. Now lets stop for a minute to take a look at the syntax.

[begin] / [end] - Every begin statement must have an end statement. Simple as that. BEGIN begins a new menu, and is used ONCE in the entire menu.

[submenu] / [end] - Every submenu statement must have an end statement. Submenu can be used as many times as you please.

[exec] - This tells fluxbox that we're going to execute something
( ) - Something in parentheses is something that is shown in the menu
{ } - Something in brackets is something that is executed by Linux

So remember, when manually generating your menu, close all of your [submenu] 's with [end] 's and don't forget to use ( ) and { } properly!

----

The following are some tools to automagically generate you a menu or to edit your menu using a GUI:

Denu: http://denu.sourceforge.net (Automagically generates menus for flux and other common WMs)

http://devaux.fabien.free.fr/flux/ <- Contains GUI tools for configuration editing, menu editing and key binding editing. Highly recommended for those who are fearful of using console based text editors.

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====Next Page [[torsmo]]====
====Next Page [[adesklets]]====

[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:18 May 27, 2005 (EST)

Fluxbox Tips & Tricks

2005-05-28T00:13:27Z

Comprookie2000: /* <center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center> */

==<center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center>==
----
===Initial Set-up===
First thing we need to do is edit some configuration files.Use your favorite text editor(I use midnight commander)and navigate to /home/username/.fluxbox 

Lets make it so we can edit our menu.Open /home/username/.fluxbox/init and make sure it is; 
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
or 
session.menuFile: /home/username/.fluxbox/menu 
====Sample /home/username/.fluxbox/init====
<tt><CODE><pre>

session.screen0.toolbar.alpha: 255
session.screen0.toolbar.autoHide: false
session.screen0.toolbar.maxOver: false
session.screen0.toolbar.height: 0
session.screen0.toolbar.layer: Desktop
session.screen0.toolbar.tools: workspacename, prevworkspace, nextworkspace, iconbar, systemtray, prevwindow, nextwindow, clock
session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: 100
session.screen0.toolbar.placement: BottomLeft
session.screen0.toolbar.onTop: False
session.screen0.toolbar.visible: true
session.screen0.toolbar.onhead: 0
session.screen0.overlay.lineWidth: 1
session.screen0.overlay.lineStyle: LineSolid
session.screen0.overlay.joinStyle: JoinMiter
session.screen0.overlay.capStyle: CapNotLast
session.screen0.menu.alpha: 150
session.screen0.iconbar.iconWidth: 70
session.screen0.iconbar.usePixmap: true
session.screen0.iconbar.mode: Workspace
session.screen0.iconbar.deiconifyMode: Follow
session.screen0.iconbar.wheelMode: Screen
session.screen0.iconbar.iconTextPadding: 10l
session.screen0.iconbar.alignment: Relative
session.screen0.tab.width: 64
session.screen0.tab.placement: Top
session.screen0.tab.height: 16
session.screen0.tab.rotatevertical: True
session.screen0.tab.alignment: Left
session.screen0.slit.placement: BottomRight
session.screen0.slit.autoHide: false
session.screen0.slit.alpha: 255
session.screen0.slit.direction: Vertical
session.screen0.slit.onhead: 0
session.screen0.slit.maxOver: false
session.screen0.slit.onTop: False
session.screen0.slit.layer: Dock
session.screen0.window.focus.alpha: 255
session.screen0.window.unfocus.alpha: 166
session.screen0.focusLastWindow: true
session.screen0.menuAlpha: 146
session.screen0.focusModel: SloppyFocus
session.screen0.edgeSnapThreshold: 0
session.screen0.sloppywindowgrouping: true
session.screen0.colPlacementDirection: TopToBottom
session.screen0.rowPlacementDirection: LeftToRight
session.screen0.fullMaximization: false
session.screen0.windowMenu:
session.screen0.showwindowposition: true
session.screen0.clickRaises: true
session.screen0.rootCommand:
session.screen0.antialias: true
session.screen0.desktopwheeling: true
session.screen0.workspaceNames: Gentoo.tux,two,three,four,
session.screen0.resizeMode: Bottom
session.screen0.windowPlacement: RowSmartPlacement
session.screen0.menuDelay: 0
session.screen0.workspacewarping: true
session.screen0.workspaces: 4
session.screen0.strftimeFormat: %l:%M %D
session.screen0.opaqueMove: false
session.screen0.followModel: Ignore
session.screen0.imageDither: false
session.screen0.decorateTransient: false
session.screen0.menuMode: Delay
session.screen0.focusNewWindows: true
session.screen0.autoRaise: false
session.screen0.menuDelayClose: 0
session.titlebar.left: Stick
session.titlebar.right: Minimize Maximize Close
session.updateDelayTime: 0
session.keyFile: ~/.fluxbox/keys
session.autoRaiseDelay: 250
session.iconbar: true
session.colorsPerChannel: 4
session.groupFile:
session.styleFile: /home/david/.fluxbox/styles/abbott
session.focusTabMinWidth: 0
session.ignoreBorder: false
session.appsFile: ~/.fluxbox/apps
session.useMod1: true
session.tabs: true
session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/menu
session.tabsAttachArea: Window
session.slitlistFile:
session.tabPadding: 0
session.forcePseudoTransparency: false
session.opaqueMove: False
session.cacheMax: 200l
session.imageDither: True
session.doubleClickInterval: 250
session.cacheLife: 5l
session.numLayers: 13

</pre></CODE></tt>

====Next Page How To Edit [[Fluxbox Menu]]====

Editing the menu in floxbox is easy. The menu is stored under ~/.fluxbox/menu. It has a basic template that goes something like this:

[begin](Fluxbox-0.9.12)
[exec] (Shell) (xterm)
[exec] (Browser) {firefox}
[end]

That will create a simple menu. Submenus are created like this:

[submenu] Net
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]

That is a submenu. Submenus can also have submenus. Continuning from the previous example:

[submenu] (Net)
[submenu] (Misc)
[exec] (R. Desktop) {grdesktop}
[end]
[submenu] (Browsers)
[exec] (Firefox) {firefox}
[exec] (Lynx) {lynx}
[end]
[end]

That will create a basic menu with the title of Net, with two menus under that: Misc and Browser. Now lets stop for a minute to take a look at the syntax.

[begin] / [end] - Every begin statement must have an end statement. Simple as that. BEGIN begins a new menu, and is used ONCE in the entire menu.

[submenu] / [end] - Every submenu statement must have an end statement. Submenu can be used as many times as you please.

[exec] - This tells fluxbox that we're going to execute something
( ) - Something in parentheses is something that is shown in the menu
{ } - Something in brackets is something that is executed by Linux

So remember, when manually generating your menu, close all of your [submenu] 's with [end] 's and don't forget to use ( ) and { } properly!

----

The following are some tools to automagically generate you a menu or to edit your menu using a GUI:

Denu: http://denu.sourceforge.net (Automagically generates menus for flux and other common WMs)

http://devaux.fabien.free.fr/flux/ <- Contains GUI tools for configuration editing, menu editing and key binding editing. Highly recommended for those who are fearful of using console based text editors.

====Next Page Desktop Icons with [[idesk]]====
====Next Page [[torsmo]]====
====Next Page [[adesklets]]====

[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 18:02, Apr 2, 2005 (EST)

Fluxbox Menu

2005-04-24T21:10:11Z

Comprookie2000: /* Menu Icons */

===Fluxbox Menu===
There are two ways to create a fluxbox menu.
*manually edit
*run fluxbox-generate_menu
''fluxbox-generate_menu will add alot of "stuff" to the menu and I prefer to create a custom menu'' 
====Custom Fluxbox Menu with Icons====
One of the great things about fluxbox is how easy it is to edit the menu.Once we have set up ~/.fluxbox/init to read our menu and not the default in /root or changes will be saved.If when you edit your menu and it doesn't change anything thats the first place to look.
=====Sample Menu=====
[begin] (Gentoo.tux)
[exec] (aterm) {aterm -fn -*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-15-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1}</home/david/icons/icons/shutdown_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (Eterm) {Eterm}</home/david/icons/icons/terminal3_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (firefox) {firefox}</home/david/icons/icons/firefox_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (Run) {fbrun }</home/david/icons/icons/run_32x32.xpm>
[submenu] (Terminals)
[exec] (xterm) {xterm -bg black -fg white -fn -*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-15-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1}</home/david/icons/icons/terminal3_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (gnome-terminal) {gnome-terminal}</home/david/icons/icons/terminal_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (Eterm) {Eterm}</home/david/icons/Computer.xpm>
[exec] (aterm) {aterm}</home/david/icons/icons/terminal3_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (Eterm-DT) {Eterm --trans -x --scrollbar=off --buttonbar=off -f white -g 80x25+600+150}</home/david/icons/cross.xpm>
[end]
[submenu] (HTML)
[exec] (gftp) {gftp}</home/david/icons/icons/xconsole_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (cssed) {cssed}</home/david/icons/icons/xedit_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (bluefish) {bluefish}</home/david/icons/icons/bluefish_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[submenu] (Net)
[submenu] (Browsers)
[exec] (epiphany) {epiphany}</home/david/icons/icons/ethereal_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (firefox) {firefox}</home/david/icons/icons/firefox_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (mozilla) {mozilla}</home/david/icons/icons/mozilla_icon_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[submenu] (Mail)
[exec] (evolution) {evolution}</home/david/icons/icons/evolution_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[end]
[submenu] (Editors)
[exec] (gedit) {gedit}</home/david/icons/icons/xedit_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (xedit) {xedit}</home/david/icons/icons/find_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[submenu] (File utils)
[exec] (nautilus) {nautilus --no-desktop --browser}</home/david/icons/icons/xfmail_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[submenu] (Graphics)
[exec] (gimp) {gimp-2.2}</home/david/icons/icons/gimp_hi_32x32.xpm>
[end]
[submenu (Multimedia)
[submenu] (Audio)
[exec] (xmms) {xmms}</home/david/icons/icons/xmms_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (beep) {beep-media-player}</home/david/icons/icons/multimedia_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (AlsaMixer) {Eterm -e alsamixer}</home/david/icons/icons/mixer_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (ripperX) {ripperX}</home/david/icons/icons/x_32x32.xpm>
[exec] (streamtuner) {streamtuner}
[end]
[submenu] (X-utils)
[exec] (xfontsel) {xfontsel}
[exec] (xman) {xman}
[exec] (xload) {xload}
[exec] (editres) {editres}
[exec] (viewres) {viewres}
[exec] (xclock) {xclock}
[exec] (xmag) {xmag}
[end]
[submenu] (Office)
[exec] (xclock) {xclock}
[exec] (xcalc) {xcalc}
[end]
[submenu] (fluxbox menu)
[config] (Configure)
[submenu] (Styles) {Select a Style}
[include] (/usr/share/fluxbox/menu.d/styles/)
[end]
[workspaces] (Workspace List)
[submenu] (Tools)
[exec] (idesktool) {idesktool}
[exec] (Window name) {xprop WM_CLASS|cut -d \" -f 2|xmessage -file - -center}
[exec] (Run) {fbrun }
[exec] (Regen Menu) {fluxbox-generate_menu}
[end]
[submenu] (Window)
[restart] (gnome) {gnome-session}
[end]
[commanddialog] (Fluxbox Command)
[reconfig] (Reload config)
[restart] (Restart)
[exec] (About) {fluxbox -v 2>/dev/null | head -n1 | xmessage -file - -center}
[separator]
[exit] (Exit)
[end]
[end]

<center>''Some menu items were too wide to fit on one line here,they should be on the same line''</center>
'''Here is what this menu looks like''' 
[http://www.abbottdavid.com/screenshots/menu.jpg Fluxbox Menu]
=====Customise the Layout=====
:In the Above menu to add two subsections to the Net section the subsection is closed with
[end]
[end]
:This produces the the two subsections in Net
Browsers
Mail
=====Menu Icons=====
:To add the icons to the menu,first create the Icon directory
''Make sure you are in your home directory and please don't su to root;''
cd
mkdir Icons
''Download these icons to /home/yourname/Icons'' 
[http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/iceicons/ iceicons]

:next untar them
cd Icons
ls (to see if they are there)
tar xzvf <filename>
''Now all you have to do is add it to your menu like this''
[exec] (aterm) {aterm</home/yourname/Icons/whatever-the-name-is.xpm>
'''THATS IT'''

[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 17:58, Apr 2, 2005 (EST)

Fluxbox Tips & Tricks

2005-04-24T20:56:59Z

Comprookie2000: /* <center>Fluxbox Tips & Tricks</center> */

Gentoo tips & tricks

2005-04-05T22:15:52Z

Comprookie2000:

This is a collection of '''tips & tricks''' for the peculiarities of [[Gentoo]].

== Use flags ==
Use flags are the way Gentoo organizes the compile time options. You can list them in your make.conf (See external links below)

===Tools===
ufed = use flag editor, emerge ufed, then run ufed as root

A problem with ufed, is that it organizes your useflags alphabetically, So if you added an experimental one by hand in your make.conf, it will be hidden amongst your countless others.

=== Files ===
make.conf has a use flag section in it.

===Rebuilding what needs to be rebuilt ===
emerge -pev world | grep 'gtk' | awk '{print "=" $4}'

(rac's line)
swap gtk for the useflag of you choice

== Masked packages ==
A lot of times you'll want to emerge a masked package (or a masked version of one). One short way to do this is <code>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge package</code> (replace x86 with your architecture). A slightly shorter way is to create a file called <code>/usr/sbin/expmerge</code>, with the following contents:
<pre>#!/bin/sh
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge $*</pre>
Then just <code>expmerge package</code>.
Mixing unstable with stable packages can lead to problems, so it's recommended you pick one type and use it all the time. This is more important for libraries rather then programs.

NOTE: the aforementioned method of emerging masked packages is deprecated and unsupported. please use /etc/portage/ (man portage, man emerge)

== Emerge tips ==
*emerge world -uDp, -- list things to be updated 
*emerge world -uD -- get almost everything updated 
*revdep-rebuild -- check for packages that break by rebuilding a dependancy

==Gentoo & KDE==
Remember - when installing [[KDE]] on Gentoo, you don't have to install every kde package. Instead, you can simply choose to install a "small" subset of them - ''for example'':

<pre># emerge kdebase kdeartwork</pre>

Prior to this, if you want to check out what packages would be installed, use the --pretend option - ''for example'':

<pre># emerge --pretend kdebase kdeartwork | less</pre>

(As a useful alternative to --pretend, you could use the --ask option - see ''man emerge'' for more information).

N.B - As of KDE 3.4 onwards, you will be able to utilise ''split ebuilds'' - this approach enables you to install individual KDE applications, without a plethora of other KDE apps automatically being installed (as in the monolithic approach).

==See also==
*[[Common tasks]]
*[[Distribution specific tips and tricks]]

== External links==
* [http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=157851 A sorted list of useflags for make.conf].

== Internal links==
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]

Installing Slackware and Gentoo

2005-04-03T13:35:13Z

Comprookie2000:

==1.Introduction==
In this guide we will install both [[Slackware]] and [[Gentoo]]. We will use Slackware to install Gentoo.Lets get started.
====2.Obtain Install cd's====
We are going to need two install cd's for this project.Lets get Slackware 10.1.
[http://iso.linuxquestions.org/version.php?version=109 Slackware 10.1]
Now lets get the Gentoo install cd
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.3-r1.iso gentoo x86 live cd]
We don't really need this cd,but it is great to have around,just in case.
====3.Installing Slackware====
We only need the first Slackware cd to give us everything we need.We will have xorg,fluxbox and mozilla around if we need to ask for some help at
[http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php?s=932e0871e4256c1fa843caf5064408e9 LinuxQuestions]
or just surf the forums while gentoo is compiling.Here is a great guide for installing slackware.
[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 Installing Slackware]
Here is another good one
[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ MadPenguin Handbook]
When we set up the partitions we will need at least
*/boot hda1 ext3 (32M)
*/ hda2 reiserfs (this is for slackware)
*/ hda3 (create it with fdisk,this is for gentoo)
*swap hda4 swap (512M)
Great guide for setting up slackware
[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ shilo's Tips]
Once you have Slackware the way you want it,lets move on to gentoo
====4.Installing Gentoo====
----
This is in no way better then the Gentoo Install Guide just my take on it
*(Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with date MMDDhhmmCCYY )#date
*(Make the directory for gentoo) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo
*(Format the /root partition) # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
*(Mount the root partition) # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
*(Create the boot mountpoint) # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Mount the boot partition) # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
*(Go to the mountpoint) # cd /mnt/gentoo
*( download the latest stage3 tarball)
[http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/2004.3/stages/ stages]
*( ... and extract) # tar -xvjpf stage<your stage>.tar.bz2
*(Copy over nameserver information) # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
*(Mount the proc filesystem) # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
*(Flushing the environment)# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
*(Load the necessary variables) # env-update; source /etc/profile
*(update Portage) # emerge --sync
====5.Creating /etc/fstab====
nano -w /etc/fstab
*/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 2
*/dev/hda4 none swap sw 0 0
*/dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatail 0 1
*none /proc proc defaults 0 0
*none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
*/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

====6.Installing the kernel====
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Gentoo kernel guide]
We have gone this far,lets manually configure our kernel
Manual Configuration
<tt><CODE><pre>
#emerge gentoo-dev-sources
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make menuconfig
First Make sure we have support for our filesystem
This must be compiled directly into the kernel
File systems
CONFIG_EXT2_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_JBD is not set
#CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=y
CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO is not set
CONFIG_REISERFS_FS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_JFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_XFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
#CONFIG_DNOTIFY=y
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set
#CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
Next we will be using udev so check this out;
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml Gentoo udev guide]
Pseudo filesystems
#CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
#CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
#CONFIG_SYSFS=y
#CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT is not set
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS_XATTR is not set
#CONFIG_TMPFS=y
CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE is not set
#CONFIG_RAMFS=y
Make sure your chipset and drives are compiled directly into the kernel
Don't forget to select networking and soundcard support"*"and your soundcard and ethernet card as modules"m"
Take your time and when ready,from here onwards we assume that the kernel you are installing is the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 version
#make && make modules_install
#cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.10-gentoo-r9
#mkdir /mnt/slackware
#mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/slackware
#cp /lib/modules/2.6.10-gentoo-r6 /mnt/slackware/lib/modules
====7. Configuring your System====
# echo tux > /etc/hostname (setting the hostname)
# echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname (setting the domainname)
# rc-update add domainname default (adding the domainname to the default runlevel)
</pre></CODE></tt>
Configuring your Network 
Too much to cover here,check this out;
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 Configuring your Network] 
Automatically Start Networking at Boot
rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you use dhcp lets emerge it now
emerge dhcpcd
Install additional tools
(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng)
emerge syslog-ng
(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot)
rc-update add syslog-ng default
(Install cron daemon; choice: vixie-cron, dcron, fcron)
emerge vixie-cron
(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot)
rc-update add vixie-cron default
(install hotplug)
emerge hotplug
(have hotplug automatically started at boot)
rc-update add hotplug default
(reiserfsprogs)
emerge reiserfsprogs
For udev
#emerge coldplug
#rc-update add coldplug default
#emerge udev
#rc-update add udev default
(Set root password)
passwd
(Create a user)
useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
(Set password for that user)
passwd your_user
(Set the hostsfile, ex:"127.0.0.1 localhost mymachine")
nano -w /etc/hosts
(Configure basic system settings; follow comments)
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp")
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net
Now lets make sure we didn't forget anything
*Check it here
[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml Gentoo install reference]
(Exiting the chroot)
exit; cd /
(Unmounting partitions)
umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
(Reboot)
reboot
----
'''Setting Up lilo''' 
O.K. almost done,now the easy part,reboot into Slackware
open up /etc/lilo.conf
pico -w /etc/lilo.conf
add this to the bottom
image = /boot/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6
root = /dev/hda4
label = Gentoo
read-only
ctrl o plus enter to save ctrl x to exit
==Sources==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=0&chap=0 Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook]
*[http://www.bitbenderforums.com/vb22/showthread.php?postid=311808 bitbenderforums]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Linux Documentation]
*[http://handbook.madpenguin.org/ Slackware Handbook]
*[http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/ Shilo's Slackware Page]
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 20:10, Mar 19, 2005 (EST)

Gentoo

2005-04-03T13:27:29Z

Comprookie2000: /* Gentoo server project wiki */

'''Gentoo''' is a special flavor of [[Linux]] that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability, and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. ''The word "gentoo" is the name for a species of penguins [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Peter_and_Barbara_Barham/gentoo.htm].''

Thanks to a technology called [[Portage]], Gentoo Linux can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, Gentoo Linux is called a [[metadistribution]].

Portage is the heart of Gentoo Linux, and performs many key functions. Your local Portage tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to compile and install the latest Gentoo packages. Currently, there are over 6000 packages in the Portage tree, with new ones being added all the time. Installing a new application is as easy as:

:<tt># [[emerge]] packagename</tt>

The application will then be downloaded and automatically [[Compilation_From_Source|compiled from source]], with compile-time options selected according to preferences you set during installation in your [[make.conf]] file, (i.e. with or without support for [[X]], [[PNG]]s, [[JPEG]]s, [[Gnome]], etc). N.B - Portage will automatically cater for any dependencies when installing software.

Daniel Robbins is Gentoo's chief architect. You can read his philosophy of Gentoo Linux [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml here].

== Gentoo help resources ==
If you are looking for help on Gentoo Linux, the Gentoo forums[http://forums.gentoo.org] are an excellent resource and are full of both friendly and knowledgeable people. The IRC room at irc.freenode.net called #gentoo is also a place to find community around Gentoo. Before checking either of those, visit the Gentoo documentation site[http://www.gentoo.org/doc], where many high-quality documents have been published on common and not-so-common issues.

== Break my gentoo ==
Even though Gentoo is a bleeding edge distro, there are some packages that are not installable immediately. Check out http://www.breakmygentoo.net/ for all the latest portage files to install the latest software.

== Gentoo server project wiki ==
The Gentoo Server Project Wiki is located at http://www.subverted.net/wakka. The Gentoo Server Project has [[mission-critical reliability]] as it's goal, but mostly serves as glue for the official Gentoo documentation.
Includes [[case studies]] and articles.

A lot of times you'll want to emerge a masked package (or a masked version of one). One short way to do this is <code>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge package</code> (replace x86 with your architecture). A slightly shorter way is to create a file called <code>/usr/sbin/expmerge</code>, with the following contents:
<pre>#!/bin/sh
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge $*</pre>
Then just <code>expmerge package</code>.
Mixing unstable with stable packages can lead to problems, so it's recommended you pick one type and use it all the time. This is more important for libraries rather then programs.

The recommended way is to create the file /etc/portage/package.keywords 
Then when you upgrade these packages will remain ~x86 
''here is mine'' 
<code>media-video/nvidia-kernel ~x86
media-video/nvidia-glx ~x86
x11-base/opengl-update ~x86
media-sound/beep-media-player ~x86
x11-misc/transset ~x86</code>

==See also==
*[[Gentoo tips & tricks]]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/hpc-howto.xml Gentoo High Performance]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Docs]

==External links==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo homepage]
*[http://forums.gentoo.org/ Forums]
*[http://gentoo-portage.com Gentoo-Portage Package DB]
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com Gentoo Wiki]
*[http://breakmygentoo.net BreakMyGentoo]
*[http://gentoouser.org/ GentooUser group]
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/10/2148249&tid=108&tid=104 Gentoo 2004.2 review]
==Internal links==
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]

==Logo==
http://www.ibiblio.org/web-gentoo/images/powered-big.png

Gentoo

2005-04-03T13:16:50Z

Comprookie2000: /* Gentoo server project wiki */

'''Gentoo''' is a special flavor of [[Linux]] that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability, and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. ''The word "gentoo" is the name for a species of penguins [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Peter_and_Barbara_Barham/gentoo.htm].''

Thanks to a technology called [[Portage]], Gentoo Linux can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, Gentoo Linux is called a [[metadistribution]].

Portage is the heart of Gentoo Linux, and performs many key functions. Your local Portage tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to compile and install the latest Gentoo packages. Currently, there are over 6000 packages in the Portage tree, with new ones being added all the time. Installing a new application is as easy as:

:<tt># [[emerge]] packagename</tt>

The application will then be downloaded and automatically [[Compilation_From_Source|compiled from source]], with compile-time options selected according to preferences you set during installation in your [[make.conf]] file, (i.e. with or without support for [[X]], [[PNG]]s, [[JPEG]]s, [[Gnome]], etc). N.B - Portage will automatically cater for any dependencies when installing software.

Daniel Robbins is Gentoo's chief architect. You can read his philosophy of Gentoo Linux [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml here].

== Gentoo help resources ==
If you are looking for help on Gentoo Linux, the Gentoo forums[http://forums.gentoo.org] are an excellent resource and are full of both friendly and knowledgeable people. The IRC room at irc.freenode.net called #gentoo is also a place to find community around Gentoo. Before checking either of those, visit the Gentoo documentation site[http://www.gentoo.org/doc], where many high-quality documents have been published on common and not-so-common issues.

== Break my gentoo ==
Even though Gentoo is a bleeding edge distro, there are some packages that are not installable immediately. Check out http://www.breakmygentoo.net/ for all the latest portage files to install the latest software.

== Gentoo server project wiki ==
The Gentoo Server Project Wiki is located at http://www.subverted.net/wakka. The Gentoo Server Project has [[mission-critical reliability]] as it's goal, but mostly serves as glue for the official Gentoo documentation.
Includes [[case studies]] and articles.

A lot of times you'll want to emerge a masked package (or a masked version of one). One short way to do this is <code>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge package</code> (replace x86 with your architecture). A slightly shorter way is to create a file called <code>/usr/sbin/expmerge</code>, with the following contents:
<pre>#!/bin/sh
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge $*</pre>
Then just <code>emerge package</code>.
Mixing unstable with stable packages can lead to problems, so it's recommended you pick one type and use it all the time. This is more important for libraries rather then programs.

==See also==
*[[Gentoo tips & tricks]]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/hpc-howto.xml Gentoo High Performance]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Docs]

==External links==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo homepage]
*[http://forums.gentoo.org/ Forums]
*[http://gentoo-portage.com Gentoo-Portage Package DB]
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com Gentoo Wiki]
*[http://breakmygentoo.net BreakMyGentoo]
*[http://gentoouser.org/ GentooUser group]
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/10/2148249&tid=108&tid=104 Gentoo 2004.2 review]
==Internal links==
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]

==Logo==
http://www.ibiblio.org/web-gentoo/images/powered-big.png

Gentoo

2005-04-03T13:15:50Z

Comprookie2000: /* Internal links */

'''Gentoo''' is a special flavor of [[Linux]] that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability, and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. ''The word "gentoo" is the name for a species of penguins [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Peter_and_Barbara_Barham/gentoo.htm].''

Thanks to a technology called [[Portage]], Gentoo Linux can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, Gentoo Linux is called a [[metadistribution]].

Portage is the heart of Gentoo Linux, and performs many key functions. Your local Portage tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to compile and install the latest Gentoo packages. Currently, there are over 6000 packages in the Portage tree, with new ones being added all the time. Installing a new application is as easy as:

:<tt># [[emerge]] packagename</tt>

The application will then be downloaded and automatically [[Compilation_From_Source|compiled from source]], with compile-time options selected according to preferences you set during installation in your [[make.conf]] file, (i.e. with or without support for [[X]], [[PNG]]s, [[JPEG]]s, [[Gnome]], etc). N.B - Portage will automatically cater for any dependencies when installing software.

Daniel Robbins is Gentoo's chief architect. You can read his philosophy of Gentoo Linux [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml here].

== Gentoo help resources ==
If you are looking for help on Gentoo Linux, the Gentoo forums[http://forums.gentoo.org] are an excellent resource and are full of both friendly and knowledgeable people. The IRC room at irc.freenode.net called #gentoo is also a place to find community around Gentoo. Before checking either of those, visit the Gentoo documentation site[http://www.gentoo.org/doc], where many high-quality documents have been published on common and not-so-common issues.

== Break my gentoo ==
Even though Gentoo is a bleeding edge distro, there are some packages that are not installable immediately. Check out http://www.breakmygentoo.net/ for all the latest portage files to install the latest software.

== Gentoo server project wiki ==
The Gentoo Server Project Wiki is located at http://www.subverted.net/wakka. The Gentoo Server Project has [[mission-critical reliability]] as it's goal, but mostly serves as glue for the official Gentoo documentation.
Includes [[case studies]] and articles.

A lot of times you'll want to emerge a masked package (or a masked version of one). One short way to do this is <code>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge package</code> (replace x86 with your architecture). A slightly shorter way is to create a file called <code>/usr/sbin/expmerge</code>, with the following contents:
<pre>#!/bin/sh
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge $*</pre>
Then just <code>expmerge package</code>.
Mixing unstable with stable packages can lead to problems, so it's recommended you pick one type and use it all the time. This is more important for libraries rather then programs.

==See also==
*[[Gentoo tips & tricks]]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/hpc-howto.xml Gentoo High Performance]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Docs]

==External links==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo homepage]
*[http://forums.gentoo.org/ Forums]
*[http://gentoo-portage.com Gentoo-Portage Package DB]
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com Gentoo Wiki]
*[http://breakmygentoo.net BreakMyGentoo]
*[http://gentoouser.org/ GentooUser group]
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/10/2148249&tid=108&tid=104 Gentoo 2004.2 review]
==Internal links==
*[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]

==Logo==
http://www.ibiblio.org/web-gentoo/images/powered-big.png

Gentoo

2005-04-03T13:15:28Z

Comprookie2000: /* External links */

'''Gentoo''' is a special flavor of [[Linux]] that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme performance, configurability, and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. ''The word "gentoo" is the name for a species of penguins [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Peter_and_Barbara_Barham/gentoo.htm].''

Thanks to a technology called [[Portage]], Gentoo Linux can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, Gentoo Linux is called a [[metadistribution]].

Portage is the heart of Gentoo Linux, and performs many key functions. Your local Portage tree contains a complete collection of scripts that can be used by Portage to compile and install the latest Gentoo packages. Currently, there are over 6000 packages in the Portage tree, with new ones being added all the time. Installing a new application is as easy as:

:<tt># [[emerge]] packagename</tt>

The application will then be downloaded and automatically [[Compilation_From_Source|compiled from source]], with compile-time options selected according to preferences you set during installation in your [[make.conf]] file, (i.e. with or without support for [[X]], [[PNG]]s, [[JPEG]]s, [[Gnome]], etc). N.B - Portage will automatically cater for any dependencies when installing software.

Daniel Robbins is Gentoo's chief architect. You can read his philosophy of Gentoo Linux [http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/philosophy.xml here].

== Gentoo help resources ==
If you are looking for help on Gentoo Linux, the Gentoo forums[http://forums.gentoo.org] are an excellent resource and are full of both friendly and knowledgeable people. The IRC room at irc.freenode.net called #gentoo is also a place to find community around Gentoo. Before checking either of those, visit the Gentoo documentation site[http://www.gentoo.org/doc], where many high-quality documents have been published on common and not-so-common issues.

== Break my gentoo ==
Even though Gentoo is a bleeding edge distro, there are some packages that are not installable immediately. Check out http://www.breakmygentoo.net/ for all the latest portage files to install the latest software.

== Gentoo server project wiki ==
The Gentoo Server Project Wiki is located at http://www.subverted.net/wakka. The Gentoo Server Project has [[mission-critical reliability]] as it's goal, but mostly serves as glue for the official Gentoo documentation.
Includes [[case studies]] and articles.

A lot of times you'll want to emerge a masked package (or a masked version of one). One short way to do this is <code>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge package</code> (replace x86 with your architecture). A slightly shorter way is to create a file called <code>/usr/sbin/expmerge</code>, with the following contents:
<pre>#!/bin/sh
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge $*</pre>
Then just <code>expmerge package</code>.
Mixing unstable with stable packages can lead to problems, so it's recommended you pick one type and use it all the time. This is more important for libraries rather then programs.

==See also==
*[[Gentoo tips & tricks]]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/hpc-howto.xml Gentoo High Performance]
*[http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/list.xml Gentoo Docs]

==External links==
*[http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo homepage]
*[http://forums.gentoo.org/ Forums]
*[http://gentoo-portage.com Gentoo-Portage Package DB]
*[http://gentoo-wiki.com Gentoo Wiki]
*[http://breakmygentoo.net BreakMyGentoo]
*[http://gentoouser.org/ GentooUser group]
*[http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/10/2148249&tid=108&tid=104 Gentoo 2004.2 review]
==Internal links==
[[Installing Slackware and Gentoo]]

==Logo==
http://www.ibiblio.org/web-gentoo/images/powered-big.png

User:Comprookie2000

2005-04-03T13:10:39Z

Comprookie2000:

What do you think,can anybody use any of this?

Torsmo

2005-04-03T12:54:43Z

Comprookie2000:

=Torsmo=
about:
Torsmo (TyopoytaORvelo System MOnitor) is a system monitor that sits in the corner of your
desktop. Torsmo can show various information about your system and its peripherals. Torsmo is very light and customizable, and it renders text on the root window.
====Torsmo Weather====
''lets use torsmo to monitor our local weather'' 
'''My current .torsmorc'''
<tt><CODE><pre>
# torsmo configuration

# set to yes if you want tormo to be forked in the background
background no

# X font used, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 5x7
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 9x15
# font *mintsmild.se*
font -xos4-*-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

# mail spool
#mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 5.0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window no

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 280 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 8

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 12
gap_y 12

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# Possible variables to be used:
#
# Variable Arguments Description
# acpiacadapter ACPI ac adapter state.
# acpifan ACPI fan state
# acpitemp ACPI temperature.
# battery (num) Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM
# battery. ACPI battery number can be
# given as argument (default is BAT0).
# buffers Amount of memory buffered
# cached Amount of memory cached
# color (color) Change drawing color to color
# cpu CPU usage in percents
# cpubar (height) Bar that shows CPU usage, height is
# bar's height in pixels
# downspeed net Download speed in kilobytes
# downspeedf net Download speed in kilobytes with one
# decimal
# exec shell command Executes a shell command and displays
# the output in torsmo. warning: this
# takes a lot more resources than other
# variables. I'd recommend coding wanted
# behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).
# execi interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval.
# command Interval can't be less than
# update_interval in configuration.
# fs_bar (height), (fs) Bar that shows how much space is used on
# a file system. height is the height in
# pixels. fs is any file on that file
# system.
# fs_free (fs) Free space on a file system available
# for users.
# fs_free_perc (fs) Free percentage of space on a file
# system available for users.
# fs_size (fs) File system size
# fs_used (fs) File system used space
# hr (height) Horizontal line, height is the height in
# pixels
# i2c (dev), type, n I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev
# may be omitted if you have only one I2C
# device. type is either in (or vol)
# meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp
# meaning temperature. n is number of the
# sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on
# your local computer.
# kernel Kernel version
# loadavg (1), (2), (3) System load average, 1 is for past 1
# minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for
# past 15 minutes.
# machine Machine, i686 for example
# mails Mail count in mail spool. You can use
# program like fetchmail to get mails from
# some server using your favourite
# protocol. See also new_mails.
# mem Amount of memory in use
# membar (height) Bar that shows amount of memory in use
# memmax Total amount of memory
# memperc Percentage of memory in use
# new_mails Unread mail count in mail spool.
# nodename Hostname
# outlinecolor (color) Change outline color
# pre_exec shell command Executes a shell command one time before
# torsmo displays anything and puts output
# as text.
# processes Total processes (sleeping and running)
# running_processes Running processes (not sleeping),
# requires Linux 2.6
# shadecolor (color) Change shading color
# stippled_hr (space), Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
# (height)
# swapbar (height) Bar that shows amount of swap in use
# swap Amount of swap in use
# swapmax Total amount of swap
# swapperc Percentage of swap in use
# sysname System name, Linux for example
# temp1 Temperature #1 from i2c-sensors, same as
# ${i2c temp 1}
# temp2 Temperature #2 from i2c-sensors, same as
# ${i2c temp 2}
# time (format) Local time, see man strftime to get more
# information about format
# totaldown net Total download, overflows at 4 GB on
# Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't
# seem to be a way to know how many times
# it has already done that before torsmo
# has started.
# totalup net Total upload, this one too, may overflow
# updates Number of updates (for debugging)
# upspeed net Upload speed in kilobytes
# upspeedf net Upload speed in kilobytes with one
# decimal
# uptime Uptime
# uptime_short Uptime in a shorter format

# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
$hr
$nodename - $sysname $kernel on $machine
$stippled_hr
${color green}Time$color ${time %l:%M %D}
${color green}Uptime$color $uptime
${color yellow}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar 10}
${color green}Swap Usage:$color $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar 10}
${color yellow}CPU Usage:$color $cpu% ${cpubar 10}
${color cyan}Processes:$color $processes ${color cyan}Running:$color $running_processes
$color$stippled_hr
${color green}Networking:
Up:$color ${upspeed eth0} k/s${color yellow} - Down:$color ${downspeed eth0} k/s
${color cyan}File systems:
/ $color${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 10 /}
$hr
${color yellow}Weather :${color}
${execi 1800 /home/david/tweather.sh Today}
$hr
${color yellow}Tomorrow :${color}
${execi 1800 /home/david/tweather.sh Tomorrow}
$hr
</pre></CODE></tt>
'''I have nothing to do with the code,I "borrowed" it from two people at the Gentoo Forums,grad_guy and Arainach (and many more)There are people doing all kinds of cool stuff with torsmo.
First, never underestimate the power of the execi command. I've used it for things like checking on System Logs, etc. I've seen other people use it for things like monitoring weather. Incredibly powerful command.

''and here is tweather.sh'' 
<tt><CODE><pre>
#!/bin/bash
city="Fort Lauderdale"
link=USFL0149.html
file=/tmp/weather.txt
location=http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/$link

lynx -accept_all_cookies -dump $location > $file
begin=`cat -n $file | grep "Currently" | cut -d ' ' -f5`
end=`expr $begin + 40`

head -n $end $file > tmp.t
tail -n 41 tmp.t > $file

case $1 in
Today) head -n 6 $file | sed '3d' ;;
Tomorrow)
begin=`cat -n $file | grep 'Today Tomorrow' | cut -d ' ' -f5`
end=`cat -n $file | grep 'Extended' | cut -d ' ' -f5`
num=`expr $end - $begin - 1`
end2=`expr $begin + 7`

head -n $end2 $file > tmp.t
tail -n 3 tmp.t | sed 's/sky/\n sky/' | sed '4d' ;;
*) exit ;;
esac

rm tmp.t
rm $file </pre></CODE></tt>

Here is a link to the thread I stole this from 
[http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-291835-highlight-torsmo+weather.html torsmo weather] 
and here is how it looks 
[http://themes.freshmeat.net/screenshots/53036/56944/ screenshot] 
[[User:Comprookie2000|Comprookie2000]] 08:54, Apr 3, 2005 (EDT)

Torsmo

2005-04-03T12:53:44Z

Comprookie2000:

Torsmo

2005-04-03T12:52:48Z

Comprookie2000:

=Torsmo=
about:
Torsmo (TyopoytaORvelo System MOnitor) is a system monitor that sits in the corner of your
desktop. Torsmo can show various information about your system and its peripherals. Torsmo is very light and customizable, and it renders text on the root window.
====Torsmo Weather====
''lets use torsmo to monitor our local weather'' 
'''My current .torsmorc'''
<tt><CODE><pre>
# torsmo configuration

# set to yes if you want tormo to be forked in the background
background no

# X font used, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 5x7
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 9x15
# font *mintsmild.se*
font -xos4-*-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

# mail spool
#mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 5.0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window no

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 280 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 8

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
alignment top_left
#alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 12
gap_y 12

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# Possible variables to be used:
#
# Variable Arguments Description
# acpiacadapter ACPI ac adapter state.
# acpifan ACPI fan state
# acpitemp ACPI temperature.
# battery (num) Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM
# battery. ACPI battery number can be
# given as argument (default is BAT0).
# buffers Amount of memory buffered
# cached Amount of memory cached
# color (color) Change drawing color to color
# cpu CPU usage in percents
# cpubar (height) Bar that shows CPU usage, height is
# bar's height in pixels
# downspeed net Download speed in kilobytes
# downspeedf net Download speed in kilobytes with one
# decimal
# exec shell command Executes a shell command and displays
# the output in torsmo. warning: this
# takes a lot more resources than other
# variables. I'd recommend coding wanted
# behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).
# execi interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval.
# command Interval can't be less than
# update_interval in configuration.
# fs_bar (height), (fs) Bar that shows how much space is used on
# a file system. height is the height in
# pixels. fs is any file on that file
# system.
# fs_free (fs) Free space on a file system available
# for users.
# fs_free_perc (fs) Free percentage of space on a file
# system available for users.
# fs_size (fs) File system size
# fs_used (fs) File system used space
# hr (height) Horizontal line, height is the height in
# pixels
# i2c (dev), type, n I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev
# may be omitted if you have only one I2C
# device. type is either in (or vol)
# meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp
# meaning temperature. n is number of the
# sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on
# your local computer.
# kernel Kernel version
# loadavg (1), (2), (3) System load average, 1 is for past 1
# minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for
# past 15 minutes.
# machine Machine, i686 for example
# mails Mail count in mail spool. You can use
# program like fetchmail to get mails from
# some server using your favourite
# protocol. See also new_mails.
# mem Amount of memory in use
# membar (height) Bar that shows amount of memory in use
# memmax Total amount of memory
# memperc Percentage of memory in use
# new_mails Unread mail count in mail spool.
# nodename Hostname
# outlinecolor (color) Change outline color
# pre_exec shell command Executes a shell command one time before
# torsmo displays anything and puts output
# as text.
# processes Total processes (sleeping and running)
# running_processes Running processes (not sleeping),
# requires Linux 2.6
# shadecolor (color) Change shading color
# stippled_hr (space), Stippled (dashed) horizontal line
# (height)
# swapbar (height) Bar that shows amount of swap in use
# swap Amount of swap in use
# swapmax Total amount of swap
# swapperc Percentage of swap in use
# sysname System name, Linux for example
# temp1 Temperature #1 from i2c-sensors, same as
# ${i2c temp 1}
# temp2 Temperature #2 from i2c-sensors, same as
# ${i2c temp 2}
# time (format) Local time, see man strftime to get more
# information about format
# totaldown net Total download, overflows at 4 GB on
# Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't
# seem to be a way to know how many times
# it has already done that before torsmo
# has started.
# totalup net Total upload, this one too, may overflow
# updates Number of updates (for debugging)
# upspeed net Upload speed in kilobytes
# upspeedf net Upload speed in kilobytes with one
# decimal
# uptime Uptime
# uptime_short Uptime in a shorter format

# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT
$hr
$nodename - $sysname $kernel on $machine
$stippled_hr
${color green}Time$color ${time %l:%M %D}
${color green}Uptime$color $uptime
${color yellow}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar 10}
${color green}Swap Usage:$color $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar 10}
${color yellow}CPU Usage:$color $cpu% ${cpubar 10}
${color cyan}Processes:$color $processes ${color cyan}Running:$color $running_processes
$color$stippled_hr
${color green}Networking:
Up:$color ${upspeed eth0} k/s${color yellow} - Down:$color ${downspeed eth0} k/s
${color cyan}File systems:
/ $color${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 10 /}
$hr
${color yellow}Weather :${color}
${execi 1800 /home/david/tweather.sh Today}
$hr
${color yellow}Tomorrow :${color}
${execi 1800 /home/david/tweather.sh Tomorrow}
$hr
</pre></CODE></tt>
'''I have nothing to do with the code,I "borrowed" it from two people at the Gentoo Forums,grad_guy and Arainach (and many more)There are people doing all kinds of cool stuff with torsmo.
First, never underestimate the power of the execi command. I've used it for things like checking on System Logs, etc. I've seen other people use it for things like monitoring weather. Incredibly powerful command.

''and here is tweather.sh'' 
<tt><CODE><pre>
#!/bin/bash
city="Fort Lauderdale"
link=USFL0149.html
file=/tmp/weather.txt
location=http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/$link

lynx -accept_all_cookies -dump $location > $file
begin=`cat -n $file | grep "Currently" | cut -d ' ' -f5`
end=`expr $begin + 40`

head -n $end $file > tmp.t
tail -n 41 tmp.t > $file

case $1 in
Today) head -n 6 $file | sed '3d' ;;
Tomorrow)
begin=`cat -n $file | grep 'Today Tomorrow' | cut -d ' ' -f5`
end=`cat -n $file | grep 'Extended' | cut -d ' ' -f5`
num=`expr $end - $begin - 1`
end2=`expr $begin + 7`

head -n $end2 $file > tmp.t
tail -n 3 tmp.t | sed 's/sky/\n sky/' | sed '4d' ;;
*) exit ;;
esac

rm tmp.t
rm $file </pre></CODE></tt>

Here is a link to the thread I stole this from 
[http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-291835-highlight-torsmo+weather.html torsmo weather]
and here is how it looks 
[http://themes.freshmeat.net/screenshots/53036/56944/ screenshot]