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User:Costyn

2006-08-08T15:10:15Z

Costyn:

Linux freak, skydiving addict. [http://slashdot.org/~CvD Slashdot reader]. Lives in the Netherlands.

Skydiving Team Website: [http://www.flylikebrick.com/ Team Fly Like Brick]

User:Costyn

2006-08-08T15:09:58Z

Costyn:

Linux freak, skydiving addict. [http://slashdot.org/~CvD Slashdot reader]. Lives in the Netherlands.

Team Website: [http://www.flylikebrick.com/ Team Fly Like Brick]

Webcam

2004-06-14T09:06:01Z

Costyn: added link to more complete webcam software list

A '''webcam''' is a digital movie camera that is designed to broadcast in [[real-time]] over the global [[Internet]], though it can be any movie camera that can send its signal to a computer. Some webcams come with their own [[web server]] and [[DHCP client]] installed so they can boot up with an [[IP address]] and are ready to serve up live images.

If you want to find out if a particular usb webcam works with linux, there's a list at: http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdevcat.php?id=9

== Programs to use with a webcam (external links) ==

* [http://www.gnomemeeting.org/ GnomeMeeting]
* [http://camorama.fixedgear.org/ camorama]
* [http://www.smcc.demon.nl/camstream/ camstream]
* [http://cse.unl.edu/~cluening/gqcam/ gqcam]
* [http://vgrabbj.gecius.de/ vgrabbj]

* A more complete list: http://www.cs.duke.edu/~reynolds/quickcam/

Webcam

2004-06-14T08:59:14Z

Costyn: added links to webcam grab progs

Who

2004-06-04T11:09:33Z

Costyn: initial

The command who typed at the [[command line]] in a [[terminal]] will show a list of people logged in at the moment. The format of this list is:

* Login name,
* Which [[terminal]] they are logged in to,
* And at what date and time they logged in.

Uptime

2004-06-04T11:07:13Z

Costyn: initial

The command uptime typed at the [[command line]] in a [[terminal]], will show:

* The current time,
* The time this machine has been up and running (in hours, days, etc),
* How many [[shell]] instances are running (the number of users),
* And finally the [[load average]].

Cdrdao

2004-06-04T11:01:03Z

Costyn: initial: redirected to burning a bin/cue file

#REDIRECT [[Burning_a_CDROM_from_a_bin/cue_file]]

Common Tasks

2004-05-27T15:16:01Z

Costyn: removed humor from fun section again

Desktop Linux is still under heavy development. While we all wish Linux was so intuitive nobody needed instructions, currently that isn't always the case. This section is meant for '''notes and quick guides''' on how to perform common tasks on Linux.

If a section isn't yet written and you are able to write it, please do so!

== General user tasks ==

===Productivity===
* [[Browsing tasks]] - browsing the WWW and downloading safely
* [[Burning a CDROM]] - some pointers on how to write CDs.
* [[Emailing tasks]] - sending and receiving emails, setting up different mail applications
* [[Office tasks]] - word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, image manipulation and other
* [[Scanning]] - use a [[Scanner]] to convert you paper documents or images to an electronic format
* [[Viewing files]] - various ways to view the contents of files

===Fun===
* [[Gaming]] - pass some time ''not'' working
* [[Multimedia tasks]] - listen to music, extract CDs, watch videos and DVDs
* [[Talking to friends online]] - how to access common instant messaging
networks, see also [[IM]].

===Technical===
* [[Command Line User Interface]] - Techniques for better experience
* [[Connecting to the net]] - using your modem/network connection to get online
* [[GRUB Menu]] - Single Task - Removing old kernel entries from your GRUB Menu boot up selections.
* [http://home.gagme.com/greg/linux/usbcamera.php How to Connect a Digital Camera to Linux (outside link)] - an excellent how-to on connecting digital cameras to Linux.
* [[Installing Software]] - how to find and manage additional software on a running Linux system
* [[Installing Windows fonts]] - installing your Windows fonts so they work with your Linux install.
* [[screenshots|Taking screenshots]] - You want to show somebody your desktop? There are tools that will help you make a [[screenshots | screenshot]] and [[record your desktop]] so that you can send movie-files of how nice your desktop looks.

== Power user tasks ==

* [[Compiling a Kernel]] - here is a guide for compiling a kernel
* [[Configure Storage Devices]] - how to partition a hard drive, add a new hard drive, use software RAID, or use LVM (logical volume management).
* [[Getting help from IRC]] - LinuxQuestions is a great forum, but it isn't the only one. If you know how, the IRC chat networks can also be a useful resource.
* [[GRUB boot menu]] - Configuration Guide.
* [[Installing NVIDIA drivers]] - Information on installing the newer (but closed-source) drivers released by NVIDIA. These drivers are sometimes required to run some games, like Unreal or Quake.
* [[Recover a Terminal Session]] - What to do if your screen's garbaged.
* [[Remote_Desktop_Connection|Access your System Remotely]] - Access your Linux system from another computer (running Linux, or some other OS) or use your Linux box to access another computer (running Linux, or some other OS).

== See Also ==
* [[Distro specific tips & tricks]]

Common Tasks

2004-05-27T15:15:13Z

Costyn: =Fun=

Desktop Linux is still under heavy development. While we all wish Linux was so intuitive nobody needed instructions, currently that isn't always the case. This section is meant for '''notes and quick guides''' on how to perform common tasks on Linux.

If a section isn't yet written and you are able to write it, please do so!

== General user tasks ==

===Productivity===
* [[Browsing tasks]] - browsing the WWW and downloading safely
* [[Burning a CDROM]] - some pointers on how to write CDs.
* [[Emailing tasks]] - sending and receiving emails, setting up different mail applications
* [[Office tasks]] - word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, image manipulation and other
* [[Scanning]] - use a [[Scanner]] to convert you paper documents or images to an electronic format
* [[Viewing files]] - various ways to view the contents of files

===Fun===
* [[Gaming]] - pass some time ''not'' working
* [[Multimedia tasks]] - listen to music, extract CDs, watch videos and DVDs
* [[Talking to friends online]] - how to access common instant messaging
networks, see also [[IM]].
* [[Humor|Linux Humor]] - Linux related humor and jokes.

===Technical===
* [[Command Line User Interface]] - Techniques for better experience
* [[Connecting to the net]] - using your modem/network connection to get online
* [[GRUB Menu]] - Single Task - Removing old kernel entries from your GRUB Menu boot up selections.
* [http://home.gagme.com/greg/linux/usbcamera.php How to Connect a Digital Camera to Linux (outside link)] - an excellent how-to on connecting digital cameras to Linux.
* [[Installing Software]] - how to find and manage additional software on a running Linux system
* [[Installing Windows fonts]] - installing your Windows fonts so they work with your Linux install.
* [[screenshots|Taking screenshots]] - You want to show somebody your desktop? There are tools that will help you make a [[screenshots | screenshot]] and [[record your desktop]] so that you can send movie-files of how nice your desktop looks.

== Power user tasks ==

* [[Compiling a Kernel]] - here is a guide for compiling a kernel
* [[Configure Storage Devices]] - how to partition a hard drive, add a new hard drive, use software RAID, or use LVM (logical volume management).
* [[Getting help from IRC]] - LinuxQuestions is a great forum, but it isn't the only one. If you know how, the IRC chat networks can also be a useful resource.
* [[GRUB boot menu]] - Configuration Guide.
* [[Installing NVIDIA drivers]] - Information on installing the newer (but closed-source) drivers released by NVIDIA. These drivers are sometimes required to run some games, like Unreal or Quake.
* [[Recover a Terminal Session]] - What to do if your screen's garbaged.
* [[Remote_Desktop_Connection|Access your System Remotely]] - Access your Linux system from another computer (running Linux, or some other OS) or use your Linux box to access another computer (running Linux, or some other OS).

== See Also ==
* [[Distro specific tips & tricks]]

File sharing via P2P

2004-04-11T10:41:45Z

Costyn: added dc++, other apps

After [[Ebay]], '''file sharing''' seems to be the main point of the [[internet]] - a way to give and receive files between individuals without requiring special servers or other complicated configurations. This is particuarly the case with decentralized [[peer to peer]] [[network]]s where, unlike earlier P2P predecessors such as [[Napster]], no centrally controlled systems are required at all in order to establish a vast network upon which people can share music, video and other data via P2P [[applications]].

==Specific applications==

==== KaZaa ====

*[[giFT]]

==== Gnutella ====

*[[gtk-gnutella]]
*[[LimeWire]]
*[[qtella]]

==== eDonkey ====

*[[xmule]]
*[[eDonkey]] (official client)
*[[Overnet]] (official client)
*[[MLDonkey]]
*[[ShareDaemon]]

==== BitTorrent ====

*[[BitTorrent]] (official client)
*[[Azureus]]

==== SoulSeek ====

*[[pysoulseek]]

==== Direct Connect ====

*[[LDCC]]

File sharing via P2P

2004-04-11T10:35:21Z

Costyn: put clients into catagories.

After [[Ebay]], '''file sharing''' seems to be the main point of the [[internet]] - a way to give and receive files between individuals without requiring special servers or other complicated configurations. This is particuarly the case with decentralized [[peer to peer]] [[network]]s where, unlike earlier P2P predecessors such as [[Napster]], no centrally controlled systems are required at all in order to establish a vast network upon which people can share music, video and other data via P2P [[applications]].

==Specific applications==

==== KaZaa ====

*[[giFT]]

==== Gnutella ====

*[[gtk-gnutella]]
*[[LimeWire]]
*[[qtella]]

==== eDonkey ====

*[[xmule]]
*[[eDonkey]]
*[[Overnet]]
*[[MLDonkey]]

==== BitTorrent ====

*[[BitTorrent]]

==== SoulSeek ====

*[[pysoulseek]]

==== Direct Connect ====

Common Tasks

2004-04-11T10:15:10Z

Costyn: decided this was not the right page for humor after all

Desktop Linux is still under heavy development. While we all wish Linux was so intuitive nobody needed instructions, currently that isn't always the case. This section is meant for '''notes and quick guides''' on how to perform common tasks on Linux.

If a section isn't yet written and you are able to write it, please do so!

== General user tasks ==

===Productivity===
* [[Browsing tasks]] - browsing the WWW and downloading safely
* [[Burning a CDROM]] - some pointers on how to write CDs.
* [[Emailing tasks]] - sending and receiving emails, setting up different mail applications
* [[Office tasks]] - word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, image manipulation and other
* [[Scanning]] - use a [[Scanner]] to convert you paper documents or images to an electronic format

===Fun===
* [[Gaming]] - pass some time ''not'' working
* [[Multimedia tasks]] - listen to music, extract CDs, watch videos and DVDs
* [[Talking to friends online]] - how to access common instant messaging networks, see also [[IM]].

===Technical===
* [[Command Line User Interface]] - Techniques for better experience
* [[Connecting to the net]] - using your modem/network connection to get online
* [[GRUB Menu]] - Single Task - Removing old kernel entries from your GRUB Menu boot up selections.
* [http://home.gagme.com/greg/linux/usbcamera.php How to Connect a Digital Camera to Linux (outside link)] - an excellent how-to on connecting digital cameras to Linux.
* [[Installing Software]] - how to find and manage additional software on a running Linux system
* [[Installing Windows fonts]] - installing your Windows fonts so they work with your Linux install.
* [[screenshots|Taking screenshots]] - You want to show somebody your desktop? There are tools that will help you make a [[screenshots | screenshot]] and [[record your desktop]] so that you can send movie-files of how nice your desktop looks.

== Power user tasks ==

* [[Compiling a Kernel]] - here is a guide for compiling a kernel
* [[Configure Storage Devices]] - how to partition a hard drive, add a new hard drive, use software RAID, or use LVM (logical volume management).
* [[Getting help from IRC]] - LinuxQuestions is a great forum, but it isn't the only one. If you know how, the IRC chat networks can also be a useful resource.
* [[GRUB boot menu]] - Configuration Guide.
* [[Installing NVIDIA drivers]] - Information on installing the newer (but closed-source) drivers released by NVIDIA. These drivers are sometimes required to run some games, like Unreal or Quake.
* [[Recover a Terminal Session]] - What to do if your screen's garbaged.

== See Also ==
* [[Distro specific tips & tricks]]

Common Tasks

2004-04-11T10:14:21Z

Costyn: botched it. :-)

Desktop Linux is still under heavy development. While we all wish Linux was so intuitive nobody needed instructions, currently that isn't always the case. This section is meant for '''notes and quick guides''' on how to perform common tasks on Linux.

If a section isn't yet written and you are able to write it, please do so!

== General user tasks ==

===Productivity===
* [[Browsing tasks]] - browsing the WWW and downloading safely
* [[Burning a CDROM]] - some pointers on how to write CDs.
* [[Emailing tasks]] - sending and receiving emails, setting up different mail applications
* [[Office tasks]] - word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, image manipulation and other
* [[Scanning]] - use a [[Scanner]] to convert you paper documents or images to an electronic format

===Fun===
* [[Gaming]] - pass some time ''not'' working
* [[Multimedia tasks]] - listen to music, extract CDs, watch videos and DVDs
* [[Talking to friends online]] - how to access common instant messaging networks, see also [[IM]]
* [[Humor]] - Linux related humor.

===Technical===
* [[Command Line User Interface]] - Techniques for better experience
* [[Connecting to the net]] - using your modem/network connection to get online
* [[GRUB Menu]] - Single Task - Removing old kernel entries from your GRUB Menu boot up selections.
* [http://home.gagme.com/greg/linux/usbcamera.php How to Connect a Digital Camera to Linux (outside link)] - an excellent how-to on connecting digital cameras to Linux.
* [[Installing Software]] - how to find and manage additional software on a running Linux system
* [[Installing Windows fonts]] - installing your Windows fonts so they work with your Linux install.
* [[screenshots|Taking screenshots]] - You want to show somebody your desktop? There are tools that will help you make a [[screenshots | screenshot]] and [[record your desktop]] so that you can send movie-files of how nice your desktop looks.

== Power user tasks ==

* [[Compiling a Kernel]] - here is a guide for compiling a kernel
* [[Configure Storage Devices]] - how to partition a hard drive, add a new hard drive, use software RAID, or use LVM (logical volume management).
* [[Getting help from IRC]] - LinuxQuestions is a great forum, but it isn't the only one. If you know how, the IRC chat networks can also be a useful resource.
* [[GRUB boot menu]] - Configuration Guide.
* [[Installing NVIDIA drivers]] - Information on installing the newer (but closed-source) drivers released by NVIDIA. These drivers are sometimes required to run some games, like Unreal or Quake.
* [[Recover a Terminal Session]] - What to do if your screen's garbaged.

== See Also ==
* [[Distro specific tips & tricks]]

Common Tasks

2004-04-11T10:14:01Z

Costyn: added link to humor page

Desktop Linux is still under heavy development. While we all wish Linux was so intuitive nobody needed instructions, currently that isn't always the case. This section is meant for '''notes and quick guides''' on how to perform common tasks on Linux.

If a section isn't yet written and you are able to write it, please do so!

== General user tasks ==

===Productivity===
* [[Browsing tasks]] - browsing the WWW and downloading safely
* [[Burning a CDROM]] - some pointers on how to write CDs.
* [[Emailing tasks]] - sending and receiving emails, setting up different mail applications
* [[Office tasks]] - word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, image manipulation and other
* [[Scanning]] - use a [[Scanner]] to convert you paper documents or images to an electronic format

===Fun===
* [[Gaming]] - pass some time ''not'' working
* [[Multimedia tasks]] - listen to music, extract CDs, watch videos and DVDs
* [[Talking to friends online]] - how to access common instant messaging networks, see also [[IM]]
* [[Humor]]] - Linux related humor.

===Technical===
* [[Command Line User Interface]] - Techniques for better experience
* [[Connecting to the net]] - using your modem/network connection to get online
* [[GRUB Menu]] - Single Task - Removing old kernel entries from your GRUB Menu boot up selections.
* [http://home.gagme.com/greg/linux/usbcamera.php How to Connect a Digital Camera to Linux (outside link)] - an excellent how-to on connecting digital cameras to Linux.
* [[Installing Software]] - how to find and manage additional software on a running Linux system
* [[Installing Windows fonts]] - installing your Windows fonts so they work with your Linux install.
* [[screenshots|Taking screenshots]] - You want to show somebody your desktop? There are tools that will help you make a [[screenshots | screenshot]] and [[record your desktop]] so that you can send movie-files of how nice your desktop looks.

== Power user tasks ==

* [[Compiling a Kernel]] - here is a guide for compiling a kernel
* [[Configure Storage Devices]] - how to partition a hard drive, add a new hard drive, use software RAID, or use LVM (logical volume management).
* [[Getting help from IRC]] - LinuxQuestions is a great forum, but it isn't the only one. If you know how, the IRC chat networks can also be a useful resource.
* [[GRUB boot menu]] - Configuration Guide.
* [[Installing NVIDIA drivers]] - Information on installing the newer (but closed-source) drivers released by NVIDIA. These drivers are sometimes required to run some games, like Unreal or Quake.
* [[Recover a Terminal Session]] - What to do if your screen's garbaged.

== See Also ==
* [[Distro specific tips & tricks]]

Using multiple monitors

2004-04-11T10:13:02Z

Costyn: changed link to XF86Config from XFConfig86

This is often called [[DualHead]] or [[MultiHead]].
All information descibed here only applies to [[XFree86]] 4.x.x versions, not the older 3.3.6 versions.

==Different methods==
There are a couple of different layouts possible:
#Clone mode -- Every monitors output the exact same thing.
#'Normal' MultiHead -- Every monitor has a different seperate X screen and session
#Combined mode -- The different monitors are combined into one big virtual screen. There are a couple different implementations for this:
##[[Xinerama]] -- The XFree86 extension
##Nvidia's [[TwinView]] -- What the Nvidia drivers call it
##ATI's [[Big Desktop]] -- What the ATI drivers call it
##[[MergedFB]] -- New method supported in some xfree86 drivers, currently mga,sis,ati drivers (These last two only in recent experimental/CVS versions)

==Requirements==
===Hardware===
Obviously multiple [[monitor]]s are needed.
For the videocards different methods are available:
#Using multiple seperate [[videocard]]s
#Using a single multihead capable videocard (this needs special support in the XFree86 driver)
#A combination of the two above.
Note: It's also possible to use the voodoo1/2 3d-only add-on cards as an extra output, see the glide driver manual page

==Software==
An [[XFree86]] 4.x.x. version.
A window manager that supports you're chosen multihead method.
Especially for Xinerama it's required that the window manager supports this extension (both [[KDE]] and [[Gnome]] support it).
For TwinView and MergedFB it's not needed, because these methods 'fake' one big desktop for the xserver itself.

==Configuration==
This section contains some quick info to configure the multihead setups. 
Some basic knowledge of the config file is needed for this. The [[XF86Config]] page should describe it.

===Multihead===
Each videocard should have a working 'Device' section. (Test this by using it as the single output).
Add a matching BusID option to each Device section so it knows which driver to use for each physical device.
The proper BusID can be found by using [[lspci]] or <tt>XFree86 -scanpci</tt>.
Example BusID line looks like this: 
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
(Note that even [[AGP]] cards use the 'PCI:' prefix) 
For single videocards that support multihead it depends on the used driver. In most cases these cards have a second entry in lspci/scanpci.
Each head on the card should have a seperate Device section, each with the same 'Driver' option but different 'Identifier and'BusID' options.
A special option needs to be added for multihead configuration. Each Device sections needs a 'Screen' option with a number. For example: 
Screen "0"
This would indicate that this particular device section if for the primary head, the other device sections should have a similar option, but with the number increased. The other configuration options of the driver should be only used in the device section of the primary head.

Each monitor should have a working 'Monitor' section. (Also test these as single output).
Now create a 'Screen' section for every monitor-videocard combination.

After this it's time to set up a multihead 'Layout' section in the [[XF86Config]].
To get normal Multihead, just add Screen options to your normal Layout. Example: 
Screen 0 "Normal"
Screen 1 "TV"
Screen 2 "Fridge-LCD"
etc. 
Now if you start up X, you should have seperate X sessions running on each screen.

===Xinerama===
Almost the same as above. Only need to enable the Xinerama extension.
This can be done either by starting XFree86 with the '+xinerama' option, or adding 'Option "Xinerama" "On" to the 'ServerFlags' section of the [[XF86Config]]. 
And you need to specify the position of the screen relative to another. This can be done in the 'Layout' section.
Choices are: LeftOf,RightOf,Above,Below,Absolute X,Y, Relative X Y
Example: 
Screen 0 "Main"
Screen 1 "Secondary" LeftOf "Main"
Screen 2 "TV" relative "Main" 0 2000
etc.

===Nvidia TwinView===
If you are using an NVIDIA card, the README for the Linux drivers on the NVIDIA.com website have excellent instructions on how to set up Xinerama (currently Appendix I in the README). Also see [[Installing_NVIDIA_drivers]]

===ATI Big Desktop===
Easiest way is to let the fglrxconfig app generate a config file for you. Select 'Big Desktop' in the screen layout question.

===MergedFB===
To enable [[MergedFB]] one only has to add some options to the Device section of the multihead video card. Multiple 'Device','Screen' and 'Monitor' sections aren't needed. It's also not needed the change the 'Layout' section. Everthing is configured in the 'Device' section of the videocard. These options can normally be found in the manual page of the driver. And example piece out of a 'Device' section:
Option "MergedFB" "On"
Option "CRT2HSync" "30-70"
Option "CRT2VRefresh" "50-150"
Option "CRT2Position" "LeftOf"
These options can differ between card drivers, since this is a relatively new method and there isn't a standard option set for it yet.

==Links==
#Maybe some links to working XF86Config files?

Framebuffer

2004-04-03T20:58:17Z

Costyn: mplayer link corrected

A framebuffer is a block of memory that holds one '''frame''' (one whole display or picture) of [[pixel]] data.

==Linux Framebuffer Device==
In the Linux kernel, there is a framebuffer device available. This device provides a hardware independent [[API]] for graphics devices. Applications see a framebuffer and can manipulate it though this [[API]]. It is accessed through a special device, normally <tt>/dev/fb*</tt> (e.g. <tt>/dev/fb0</tt>). It behaves much like other memory devices in linux, in that you can also read and write it with normal tools. For example copying the framebuffer to a file (effectively making a raw screenshot) can be done with: 
cat /dev/fb0 > somefile

The main application of this in the Linux kernel is allowing the [[Tux]] logo at boot and a high resolution text console (a "Framebuffer console" -- the module for this is called ''fbcon''). It's also for use on [[platform]]s which don't support a standard text mode.
Other applications can also use it to get graphics without X or some other library, this is especially interesting for [[embedded]] devices.

===Drivers===
These drivers are normally located in <tt>kernel/drivers/video</tt>. There are general drivers, like vesafb (which supports [[VESA]] [[BIOS]] extensions 2.0 capable videocards) and vga16fb (VGA compatible videocards). There are also different ones for specific videocards/chipsets (which do some basic 2D hardware acceleration to make it faster -- most of the hardware acceleration is left to do by the applications that use it).

Try
:<tt>locate video | grep fb</tt> 
to see a few on your system.

===Configuring framebuffer console===
*Kernel boot parameters, ''vga=ask'' and friends
*fbset
*video modes
*etc
<TODO>

===XFree86===
[[XFree86]] can also use the Linux framebuffer device. There is a special XFree86 driver, called '''fbdev''', which uses the framebuffer device. This allows XFree86 to support even more videocards (specially with the vesafb). Note however that this driver is un-accelerated, meaning it doesn't make use of specific extra graphics hardware on your video card, so graphics rendering can be slow.
Many other XFree86 videocard drivers can also use the Linux framebuffer device (without losing hardware acceleration). This is done by adding:
Option "UseFBDev" "True"
to the Device section of the [[XF86Config]] file. Check the manual page of the XFree86 driver to see if it supports this.
There isn't a difference in performence between using the framebuffer device and not. The difference lies in the implementation of the driver (using the fbdev device moves videomode and colormap handling into the kernel). So it's mainly a developer thing -- users normally don't care. It just makes XFree86 use a 'clean' API to access the hardware, instead of it's own code that directly accesses the hardware.

===Other applications===
There are many other applications that can use the framebuffer device.
Some of these are: 
*[[SDL]] can also output to it (so every application using SDL can theoretically run on it)
*[[Using_Mplayer|Mplayer]] can use it to display videos directly on the linux [[console]].
*[[DirectFB]] - A library which is a layer on top of the linux framebuffer device which does hardware acceleration, windowing, and input
*[[GGI]] - It also has a output target for this
*etc.

===3D hardware acceleration===
There are also some projects with the goal of adding [[3d hardware acceleration]] to the linux framebuffer device.
* fbdev/[[DRI]] driver from [[mesa3d]]
* [[DirectFB]]

===Multihead framebuffer console===
<TODO>

===Other Docs===
See also:
*<tt>man fbdev</tt>

User:Costyn

2004-04-03T20:48:58Z

Costyn: bleh

Linux freak, skydiving addict. [http://slashdot.org/~CvD Slashdot reader]. Lives in the Netherlands.

Outdated webpage at: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~pcdongen/

If Operating Systems Ran The Airlines

2004-03-30T10:29:15Z

Costyn: initial

'''UNIX Airways'''

Everyone brings one piece of the plane along when they come to the airport. They all go out on the runway and put the plane together piece by piece, arguing non-stop about what kind of plane they are supposed to be building.

'''Air DOS'''

Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then they jump on and let the plane coast until it hits the ground again. Then they push again, jump on again, and so on ...

'''Mac Airlines'''

All the stewards, captains, baggage handlers, and ticket agents look and act exactly the same. Every time you ask questions about details, you are gently but firmly told that you don't need to know, don't want to know, and everything will be done for you without your ever having to know, so just shut up.

'''Windows Air'''

The terminal is pretty and colorful, with friendly stewards, easy baggage check and boarding, and a smooth take-off. After about 10 minutes in the air, the plane explodes with no warning whatsoever.

'''Windows NT Air'''

Just like Windows Air, but costs more, uses much bigger planes, and takes out all the other aircraft within a 40-mile radius when it explodes.

'''Linux Air'''

Disgruntled employees of all the other OS airlines decide to start their own airline. They build the planes, ticket counters, and pave the runways themselves. They charge a small fee to cover the cost of printing the ticket, but you can also download and print the ticket yourself. When you board the plane, you are given a seat, four bolts, a wrench and a copy of the Seat-HOWTO.html. Once settled, the fully adjustable seat is very comfortable, the plane leaves and arrives on time without a single problem, the in-flight meal is wonderful. You try to tell customers of the other airlines about the great trip, but all they can say is, "You had to do what with the seat?"

[http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue45/orr.html Original]

Humor

2004-03-30T10:26:31Z

Costyn: initial

During the years of Linux' existence, many jokes and other humor have sprung up. This is a page with some Linux related humor.

=== Jokes ===

[[If Operating Systems Ran The Airlines]]

=== Humor in Linux Kernel Code ===

''This article is a [[LinuxQuestions.org_Wiki:stub_articles|stub]] and needs to be finished. [[LinuxQuestions.org_Wiki:plunging_forward|Plunge forward]] and [[LinuxQuestions.org_Wiki:How_to_edit_a_page|help it grow]] !''

Gaming

2004-03-19T13:37:49Z

Costyn: added armagetron

The following is a list of articles related to playing games under Linux.

* [[First person shooters]]
** [[America's Army]]
** [[Doom]]
** [[Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2]]
** [[Parsec]]
** [[Postal Plus]]
** [[Postal 2]]
** [[Quake]]
** [[Quake 2]]
** [[Quake 3 Arena]]
** [[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]
** [[Rune]]
** [[Savage]]
** [[Soldier of Fortune]]
** [http://icculus.org/~ravage/tacops/ Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror Retail for Linux]
** [[Tribes 2]]
** [[Unreal Tournament]]
** [[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]

* [[Emulators]]
** [[Atari800]]
** [[Daphne]]
** [[DarcNES]]
** [[Dosbox|DOSBox]]
** [[DOSEMU]]
** [[ePSXe]]
** [[Fake64]]
** [[FakeNES]]
** [[FCE Ultra]]
** [[Generator]]
** [[Gens]]
** [[Gngb]]
** [[Gngeo]]
** [[Gnuboy]]
** [[Handy]] - Atari Lynx
** [[Hatari]] - Atari ST
** [[Hugo]]
** [[InfoNES]]
** [[KiGB]]
** [[MAME]]
** [[Mekanix]]
** [[Mupen64]]
** [[NEStra]]
** [[NeoPocott]]
** [[OpenMSX|openMSX]]
** [[PCSX]]
** [[PCSX2]]
** [[Raine]]
** [[ScummVM]]
** [[SNES9X]]
** [[Stella]]
** [[TuxNES]]
** [[VGBA]]
** [[VICE]]
** [[VisualBoy Advance]]
** [[Virtual Jaguar]]
** [[Wine]] and [[WineX]]
** [[ZiNc]]
** [[ZSNES]]


* [[Role playing games]]
** [[Crossfire]]
** [[Daimonin]]
** [[FreedroidRPG]]
** [[Neverwinter Nights]]
** [[Roguelikes]]

* Racing
** [[GLTron]]
** [[Armagetron]]
** [[Tux Racer]]
** [[Tux Kart]]

* Arcade
** [[Chromium]]
** [[Crack Attack]]
** [[Maelstrom]]
** [[XPuyopuyo]]
** [[JumpnBump]]
** [[LiquidWar]]
** [[XScorch]]

* Simulation
** [[Alpha Centauri]]
** [[BZFlag]]
** [[FreeCiv]]
** [[Lincity]]
** [[Simcity 3000]]
** [[YS Flight Simulation]]

* Other
** [[Persistent online worlds]]
** [[Gaming via Wine or WineX]]
** [[Half-Life Server]]
** [[Freedroid]]
** [[Nighthawk]]
** [[Simutrans]]
** [[Dope Wars]]
** [[PySol]]
** [[XQF]] game server browser

See also:
<ul>
<li>[[online gamer]]
<li>[[gaming community]]
<li>[[gaming clan]]
<li>[[mmorpg]]
<li>[[rpg]]
<li>[[FPS]]
<li>[[frag]]
<li>[[camper]], [[camp]], [[camping]], [[spawn camper]]
<li>[[leet]] or [[l33t]]
<li>[[gaming tournament]], [[tournament]], [[tourney]]
<li>[[3D graphics acceleration]]
</ul>

Talk:OpenGL

2004-03-09T13:36:57Z

Costyn: agree, restructuring is necessary

I think we should steer people away from using Mesa. Yeah, its open source and everything, but most people looking for information here will just want their OpenGL acceleration, and not care that they are using binary only drivers. Thus, IMHO, we should put the official links to NVIDIA and ATI at the top, saying: this is probably what you want. And then continue with a discussion on the Mesa libs, etc.

I remember being hella confused when I first started trying to get OpenGL working under Linux. I had no clue as to if I needed Mesa or not, but it turned out I just needed the drivers from NVIDIA.

Software rendering sucks... having people install/use this will NOT make them impressed about Linux in general.

[[User:Costyn|Costyn]]

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I don't agree, Mesa also does 3d hardware accelerated rendering. And not everybody has got an ATI or Nvidia card!
Mesa provides 3d hw accel for most of the xfree86 drivers, and comes installed as default with most distros. This page does however need some better explaination of the situation :)
[[User:Jor|Jor]] 07:06, Mar 9, 2004 (EST)

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Hmmm... I guess I need to be better informed as well. :-) I was under the impression that the Mesa library stuff was for software rendering. That all accelerated drivers came with their own GL library, like the NVIDIA and ATI drivers. This has always been a confusing issue to me. I completely agree with you that this page needs restructuring. But it would have to be done by someone with good knowledge of all tech involved.

[[User:Costyn|Costyn]]

Burning a CDROM from a bin/cue file

2004-03-08T22:57:10Z

Costyn: added mounting a bin/cue or img/cue

To burn a bin/cue (or bin/toc), use the 'cdrdao' command. Make sure that both the bin and cue files are in your current directory (you see them when typing ls) when you invoke this command.

Type man cdrdao to see all options. Also see the section below on 'common options for cdrdao'.

cdrdao will turn on burnproof/burnfree automagically if it is available on your CD recorder.

=== Burning under kernel version 2.4 or less ===

Assuming you set up ide-scsi setup for your 2.4 (or less) kernel as described in [[IDE_CD_Writer]], you could now invoke cdrdao as follows:

cdrdao write --device 0,0,0 --driver generic-mmc --speed 16 NameOfCUEOrTOCFile

=== Burning under kernel version 2.6 or higher ===

cdrdao write --device ATAPI:0,0,0 --driver generic-mmc --speed 16 NameOfCUEOrTOCFile

=== Common options for cdrdao ===

* The first option tells cdrdao what you want to do. cdrdao can also be used to read an existing CD and make a bin/cue image from that. But that is another topic.

* The device command tells cdrdao where to find your CD writer. Like in described in [[Burning_a_CDROM_from_an_ISO_file]], if have a CD drive and a CD recorder, you might need to change this line (depending on the order that you have your drives in the IDE tree) to 0,1,0. See what works for you.

* Some drives are not known to cdrdao and it won't know what driver to use, so we specify it. Most CD recorders will use generic_mmc.

* Speed is obvious. If the cd writable medium you are using does not support a high speed, it will use that instead.

* Lastly the name of the .cue or .toc file.

=== Mounting a BIN/CUE or IMG/CUE file ===

To mount a BIN/CUE or IMG/CUE file you can use the 'cdemu' kernel module.

Official website: http://cdemu.sourceforge.net/

XCDRoast

2004-03-08T22:46:27Z

Costyn: added summary, prerequisite

A CD authoring program with a [[GUI]], written to be independent of any [[Desktop_Environment]].

Official site: http://www.xcdroast.org/

Requires: [[IDE_CD_Writer]] setup.

Applications

2004-03-08T22:44:27Z

Costyn: edited XCDRoast entry, capitlization was wrong

Use this space to collect notes and information on common Linux software!

Do:

* Provide basic descriptive and historical information about the application.
* Add notes or in-depth commentary on usage/common problems/tips.
* Include a concise list of important and distinctive features that will help a potential user decide whether a particular application will meet his or her needs.
* Critically process information you include.
* Link to official project pages and notable community resources.

Don't:

* Hesitate to add what you know, especially to a stub; any information is better than no or incorrect information.
* Simply duplicate the reference manual or uncritically include the project "About" page.
* Clutter the pages with platitudes, personal experience, opinion, or preference.
* Try and list every application in the world. Generally stick to those that are popular or distinctive, and stable or actively maintained/developed.

----
* '''[[3D modeling]]''' - [[Blender]], [[PovRay]]

* '''[[Audio Editor]]''' - [[Audacity]], [[Ardour]]

* '''[[Backup]]''' - [[rdiff-backup]], [[rsync]]

* '''[[CD Burning]]''' - [[K3b]], [[XCDRoast]], [[gcombust]], [[cdrecord]], [[cdrdao]], [[mkisofs]]

* '''[[Compiler]]''' - [[GCC]], [[Mono]], [[Intel Compiler|Intel C/C++ Fortran]], [[PGI]], [[Pathscale]], [[IBM XLF,VAC]]

* '''[[Database]]''' - [[PostgreSQL]], [[MySQL]], [[Oracle]], [[DB2]], [[FireBirdSQL]]

* '''[[Database Tools]]''' - [[DBVisualizer]], [[DataDino]], [[PGAdmin]], [[PHPMyAdmin]]

* '''[[Desktop Environment]]''' - [[KDE]], [[Gnome]], [[XFce]]

* '''[[Email Client]]''' - [[Evolution]], [[Thunderbird]], [[Kmail]], [[Sylpheed]], [[Sylpheed-claws]], [[mutt]]

* '''[[Emulation]]''' - [[CrossOver]], [[DOSEMU]], [[Dosbox]], [[VMware]], [[Wine]], [[WineX]]

* '''[[File Managers]]''' - [[Midnight Commander]], [[Konqueror]], [[Gentoo File Manager]], [[emelFM]], [[Nautilus]]


* '''[[Image browser]]''' - [[imgSeek]], [[KimDaBa]], [[Gthumb]], [[pixieplus]], [[GQview]]

* '''[[Image manipulation]]''' - [[GIMP]], [[XV]], [[ImageMagick]], [[Sodipodi]], [[Inkscape]], [[Scribus]]

* '''[[Instant Messaging]]''' - [[Gaim]], [[Kopete]], [[Bitlbee]], [[Centericq]]

* '''[[Integrated Development Environment and Web Design]]''' - [[Quanta Plus]], [[KDevelop]], [[Bluefish]], [[Anjuta]], [[Eclipse]]

* '''[[Internet Relay Chat]]''' - [[X-Chat]], [[BitchX]], [[Irssi]], [[ircII]]

* '''[[Music player]]''' - [[XMMS]], [[RhythmBox]]

* '''[[Office Suite]]''' - [[OpenOffice]], [[StarOffice]], [[KOffice]]

* '''[[PVR]]''' - [[MythTV]]

* '''[[Personal Information Management]]''' - [[Kontact]]

* '''[[Scientific Applications]]''' - [[BioInformatics]], [[Phy/Chem]], [[Molecular Dynamics]]

* '''[[Spreadsheet]]''' - [[Gnumeric]], [[KSpread]]

* '''[[System Configuration]]''' - [[webmin]], [[debconf]], [[linuxconf]]

* '''[[System Statistics]]''' - [[GKrellm2]], [[Dockapps]]

* '''[[Terminal Emulator]]''' - [[aterm]], [[Eterm]], [[rxvt]], [[xterm]], [[wterm]], [[root-tail]], [[pterm]]

* '''[[Editor|Text Editor]]''' - [[Emacs]], [[Vi]] and [[Vim]], [[Joe]], [[Nano]], [[Gedit]], [[Bluefish]], [[Kwrite]], [[Kate]], [[NEdit]]

* '''[[Text Processing]]''' - [[TeX]], [[LaTeX]], [[teTeX]], [[LyX]]

* '''[[Video Capture]]''' - [[Xvidcap]]

* '''[[Video Editor]]''' - [[Cinelerra]], [[Kino]], [[Transcode]], [[DVD::Rip]]

* '''[[Video player]]''' - [[Xine]], [[Totem]], [[MPlayer]], [[vlc]]

* '''[[Web browser]]''' - [[Mozilla]], [[Firefox]], [[Opera]], [[Konqueror]], [[Epiphany]], [[Galeon]], [[Lynx]]

* '''[[Window Manager]]''' - [[Fluxbox]], [[Blackbox]], [[Window Maker]], [[Sawfish]], [[Enlightenment]], [[Metacity]], [[IceWM]], [[Ion]], [[Openbox]], [[Afterstep]], [[FVWM]]

* '''[[Word Processor]]''' - [[AbiWord]], [[KWord]]

* '''[[X Window System]]'''
**[[General Tips]]
**[[Programming]] 
**[[Configuring]] 

----
* '''[[Useful Sites]]'''

Set up DSL

2004-03-08T22:36:47Z

Costyn: initial

=== PPTP with Alcatel/Thomson SpeedTouch Home ===

PPTP connections are sometimes used in conjunction with the [http://www.speedtouchdsl.com/ Alcatel/Thomson SpeedTouch Home] DSL modems. You will need the [http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ PPTP] software and a pppd package for your [[distribution]]. PPTP may also be available as a package for your [[distribution]].

Disclaimer: These steps may or may not be what you need to get your ADSL modem up and running. At least you will know what to look for when setting yours up. Look on the Internet for others using your [[ISP]] and see how they have configured their ADSL modems (if you have access to an Internet connection, of course :-))

The modems are commonly configured to have the static IP adres 10.0.0.138. You should [[Networking_basics#Configuring_Network|configure your ethernet card]] to within the same network range (give it an ip address in the 10.0.0.* range). You should also [[Networking_basics#Routing_configuration|add a route]] for your 10.0.0.0 address.

You should edit the file /etc/ppp/options.adsl (make a new file if it doesn't exist yet) and add the following options:
<pre>
idle 0
noauth
defaultroute
usepeerdns
nodetach
lcp-echo-interval 10
lcp-echo-failure 3
</pre>

Edit /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and add the login and password you use to authenticate yourself to your [[ISP]]. A valid entry will look like this:

<tt>yourlogin * password *</tt>

You can now start up your connection with the following command on your [[shell]] prompt:

<tt>/usr/sbin/pptp 10.0.0.138 file /etc/ppp/options.adsl</tt>

K3b

2004-03-08T22:10:26Z

Costyn: added summary, prerequisite

K3b is a CD and DVD burning application for Linux systems optimized for [[KDE]].

Official website: http://www.k3b.org/

Requires: [[IDE_CD_Writer]] setup.

Applications

2004-03-08T22:06:03Z

Costyn: added gcombust, mkisofs

Use this space to collect notes and information on common Linux software!

Do:

* Provide basic descriptive and historical information about the application.
* Add notes or in-depth commentary on usage/common problems/tips.
* Include a concise list of important and distinctive features that will help a potential user decide whether a particular application will meet his or her needs.
* Critically process information you include.
* Link to official project pages and notable community resources.

Don't:

* Hesitate to add what you know, especially to a stub; any information is better than no or incorrect information.
* Simply duplicate the reference manual or uncritically include the project "About" page.
* Clutter the pages with platitudes, personal experience, opinion, or preference.
* Try and list every application in the world. Generally stick to those that are popular or distinctive, and stable or actively maintained/developed.

----
* '''[[3D modeling]]''' - [[Blender]], [[PovRay]]

* '''[[Audio Editor]]''' - [[Audacity]], [[Ardour]]

* '''[[Backup]]''' - [[rdiff-backup]], [[rsync]]

* '''[[CD Burning]]''' - [[K3b]], [[Xcdroast]], [[gcombust]], [[cdrecord]], [[cdrdao]], [[mkisofs]]

* '''[[Compiler]]''' - [[GCC]], [[Mono]], [[Intel Compiler|Intel C/C++ Fortran]], [[PGI]], [[Pathscale]], [[IBM XLF,VAC]]

* '''[[Database]]''' - [[PostgreSQL]], [[MySQL]], [[Oracle]], [[DB2]], [[FireBirdSQL]]

* '''[[Database Tools]]''' - [[DBVisualizer]], [[DataDino]], [[PGAdmin]], [[PHPMyAdmin]]

* '''[[Desktop Environment]]''' - [[KDE]], [[Gnome]], [[XFce]]

* '''[[Email Client]]''' - [[Evolution]], [[Thunderbird]], [[Kmail]], [[Sylpheed]], [[Sylpheed-claws]], [[mutt]]

* '''[[Emulation]]''' - [[CrossOver]], [[DOSEMU]], [[Dosbox]], [[VMware]], [[Wine]], [[WineX]]

* '''[[File Managers]]''' - [[Midnight Commander]], [[Konqueror]], [[Gentoo File Manager]], [[emelFM]], [[Nautilus]]


* '''[[Image browser]]''' - [[imgSeek]], [[KimDaBa]], [[Gthumb]], [[pixieplus]], [[GQview]]

* '''[[Image manipulation]]''' - [[GIMP]], [[XV]], [[ImageMagick]], [[Sodipodi]], [[Inkscape]], [[Scribus]]

* '''[[Instant Messaging]]''' - [[Gaim]], [[Kopete]], [[Bitlbee]], [[Centericq]]

* '''[[Integrated Development Environment and Web Design]]''' - [[Quanta Plus]], [[KDevelop]], [[Bluefish]], [[Anjuta]], [[Eclipse]]

* '''[[Internet Relay Chat]]''' - [[X-Chat]], [[BitchX]], [[Irssi]], [[ircII]]

* '''[[Music player]]''' - [[XMMS]], [[RhythmBox]]

* '''[[Office Suite]]''' - [[OpenOffice]], [[StarOffice]], [[KOffice]]

* '''[[PVR]]''' - [[MythTV]]

* '''[[Personal Information Management]]''' - [[Kontact]]

* '''[[Scientific Applications]]''' - [[BioInformatics]], [[Phy/Chem]], [[Molecular Dynamics]]

* '''[[Spreadsheet]]''' - [[Gnumeric]], [[KSpread]]

* '''[[System Configuration]]''' - [[webmin]], [[debconf]], [[linuxconf]]

* '''[[System Statistics]]''' - [[GKrellm2]], [[Dockapps]]

* '''[[Terminal Emulator]]''' - [[aterm]], [[Eterm]], [[rxvt]], [[xterm]], [[wterm]], [[root-tail]], [[pterm]]

* '''[[Editor|Text Editor]]''' - [[Emacs]], [[Vi]] and [[Vim]], [[Joe]], [[Nano]], [[Gedit]], [[Bluefish]], [[Kwrite]], [[Kate]], [[NEdit]]

* '''[[Text Processing]]''' - [[TeX]], [[LaTeX]], [[teTeX]], [[LyX]]

* '''[[Video Capture]]''' - [[Xvidcap]]

* '''[[Video Editor]]''' - [[Cinelerra]], [[Kino]], [[Transcode]], [[DVD::Rip]]

* '''[[Video player]]''' - [[Xine]], [[Totem]], [[MPlayer]], [[vlc]]

* '''[[Web browser]]''' - [[Mozilla]], [[Firefox]], [[Opera]], [[Konqueror]], [[Epiphany]], [[Galeon]], [[Lynx]]

* '''[[Window Manager]]''' - [[Fluxbox]], [[Blackbox]], [[Window Maker]], [[Sawfish]], [[Enlightenment]], [[Metacity]], [[IceWM]], [[Ion]], [[Openbox]], [[Afterstep]], [[FVWM]]

* '''[[Word Processor]]''' - [[AbiWord]], [[KWord]]

* '''[[X Window System]]'''
**[[General Tips]]
**[[Programming]] 
**[[Configuring]] 

----
* '''[[Useful Sites]]'''

Talk:Using multiple monitors

2004-03-08T21:59:54Z

Costyn: excellent change to Using multiple monitors with XFree86

This page should probably be moved to something called 'multiple monitors' or 'multi-head'. Since Xinerama is what it's called only in the open source xfree86 drivers, and newbies won't know what it is.

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I've added a comment behind the link on the [[hardware|hardware page]] with the aliases. Do you think this suffices?

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No, I really think this should be moved to a general page about all the different 'multihead' configurations. Where each of them is explained.
This also because the term Xinerama may slowly fade away now, since some xfree86 drivers also implement the new MergedFB method.

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I hope it's now a bit more clear, trying to bring a bit of order in all the confusing names :)

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Excellent job! I guess this is the power of the wiki. Whomever knows most about it, puts the info there. This has become an excellent page now. :-)

Talk:Using multiple monitors

2004-03-08T15:25:53Z

Costyn:

Talk:Using multiple monitors

2004-03-08T15:25:17Z

Costyn: added comments to hardware page

Hardware

2004-03-08T15:20:51Z

Costyn: added xinerama, multihead, etc aliases

To see how well a piece of hardware works with linux, see the [[Hardware Compatibility List]].

Or check out the [http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/index.php LinuxQuestions.org HCL] and add your product reviews.

* Hardware with X Windows
** [[Configuring mice (Serial, PS/2, USB)]]
** [[Configuring keyboards]]
** [[Using multiple monitors with Xinerama]] (also called 'multihead', 'dualview', 'twinview')
** [[Configuring TV out]]
* Sound
** [[OSS]]
** [[ALSA]]
* Printers
** [[Adding local printers]]
** [[Adding network printers]]
* Disks
** [[IDE vs SCSI vs SATA]]
** [[IDE Tree Mapping]]
** [[IDE CD Writer]]
** [[LVM]]
** [[RAID]]
* Other Peripherals
** [[Hotplugging devices]]
** [[PCMCIA]]
** [[USB]]
** [[Firewire]]
** [[Scanners]]

Configuring TV out

2004-03-07T10:45:54Z

Costyn: init

=== NVIDIA Based Cards ===

* See APPENDIX J in the [http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html NVIDIA Linux drivers] README.
* Command line TV out control with [http://sourceforge.net/projects/nv-tv-out/ nvtv]

=== ATI Based Cards ===

Hardware

2004-03-07T10:39:03Z

Costyn: added TV out

Don't forget to check out the [http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/index.php LinuxQuestions.org HCL] and add your product reviews.

* Hardware with X Windows
** [[Configuring mice (Serial, PS/2, USB)]]
** [[Configuring keyboards]]
** [[Using multiple monitors with Xinerama]]
** [[Configuring TV out]]
* Sound
** [[OSS]]
** [[ALSA]]
* Printers
** [[Adding local printers]]
** [[Adding network printers]]
* Disks
** [[IDE vs SCSI vs SATA]]
** [[IDE Tree Mapping]]
** [[IDE CD Writer]]
** [[LVM]]
** [[RAID]]
* Other Peripherals
** [[Hotplugging devices]]
** [[PCMCIA]]
** [[USB]]
** [[Firewire]]
** [[Scanners]]

Burning a CD

2004-03-07T10:34:18Z

Costyn: a real redirect this time

#REDIRECT [[Burning_a_CDROM]]

User:Costyn

2004-03-07T10:25:38Z

Costyn: init

Linux freak, skydiving addict.

XCDRoast

2004-03-07T10:22:49Z

Costyn: init

Official site: http://www.xcdroast.org/

Burning a CDROM

2004-03-07T10:22:05Z

Costyn: Added sections, GUI apps

== Burning a CDROM ==

* Setting up your [[IDE_CD_Writer]]

=== Command Line Instructions ===

* [[Burning a CDROM from an ISO file]]
* [[Burning a CDROM from a bin/cue file]]

* For a detailed guide, see: [http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless.htm Coasterless CD Burning]

=== GUI Applications ===

* [[XCDRoast]]
* [[gcombust]]

Burning a CD

2004-03-07T10:17:17Z

Costyn: this page is redundant. Redirect has been placed. Will perhaps be deleted in the future.

Sorry, a redundant page. Please see: [[Burning_a_CDROM]]

OpenGL

2004-03-07T10:04:13Z

Costyn: added sections

=== OpenGL ===

OpenGL is the de facto standard API for modern 3d graphics in Linux. It was originally developed by SGI inc. The official page with the specification can be found at http://www.opengl.org/

=== 3D Accelleration ===

In most cases under linux, it's provided by the mesa 3d graphics library. Mesa doesn't have a license to call itself officially openGL. But the latest version of mesa (6.x) now supports the openGL 1.5 API. Also note that mesa doesn't only support linux+X11, it can be used on a whole range of other platforms.
http://mesa3d.sf.net

The mesa library and drivers are included in [[XFree86]], so are also included in most linux distributions. The mesa lib can use hardware acceleration to speed up rendering by using the [[DRI]] projects interface and can fall back on software rendering when the driver doesn't support this.

=== Official Harware Drivers ===

For some graphic cards there are proprietary drivers that support 3D hardware acceleration (they normally come with their own closed source openGL libraries):

For Nvidia cards you can get Nvidia drivers directly from them http://www.nvidia.com. See [[Installing_NVIDIA_drivers]] for an easy install guide. The README that comes with the drivers has more detailed information.

For ATI cards you can get drivers here
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

Talk:3D graphics acceleration

2004-03-06T22:38:08Z

Costyn: dupe?

Most of the info on this page is already covered in [[OpenGL]]

Talk:OpenGL

2004-03-06T22:36:19Z

Costyn: This page is confusing already

LQWiki:FAQ

2004-03-06T22:21:37Z

Costyn: Question about removing a Wiki article

As we get questions we will build a FAQ here.
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Q: Why are all the articles in the root directory instead of being categorized like http://kb.mozillazine.org does it?
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Q: I need a help link that explains the editing syntax of this wiki. Where is it?

A: [[Wiki_markup]]
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Q: How do you delete a redundant page? I accindentally created a page that was already covered. I now want to remove it. Nothing liks to the page anymore, but it still exists. I could not find it in the Wiki documentation anywhere.

IDE tree mapping

2004-03-06T22:16:40Z

Costyn: added partition info messages

Under Linux, IDE drives are mapped in the following way:

* Primary master: /dev/hda
* Primary slave: /dev/hdb
* Secondary master: /dev/hdc
* Secondary slave: /dev/hdd

If you have more IDE devices (with PCI expansion board, for example), they will be mapped consecutively.

Partitions are mapped with letters next to the IDE drive itself. For example, the first partition on the primary master would be /dev/hda1

[[fdisk]] can be used to get a list of partitions on a particular drive.

Other methods of getting information about your partitions:

* cat /proc/partitions
* Look in /var/log/dmesg

Burning a CDROM from an ISO file

2004-03-06T17:57:00Z

Costyn: added ATAPI/2.6 scanbus

== Burning a CDROM from an ISO file ==

=== Burning a CDROM under kernel verion 2.4 or less ===

Assuming you have set up your [[IDE_CD_Writer]] for your 2.4 kernel, the cdrecord command for burning a CDROM is as follows:

cdrecord -v device=0,0,0 fs=64M speed=16 driveropts=burnproof NameOfISOFile

See below for instructions on how to find your device number

=== Burning a CDROM under kernel version 2.6 or later ===

To burn a CDROM under kernel version 2.6, you can just invoke the cdrecord command. Below is a sample cdrecord command with useful options set. See 'cdrecord options' for explanation.

cdrecord -v device=ATAPI:0,0,0 fs=64M speed=16 driveropts=burnproof NameOfISOFile

Under 2.6, the 'scanbus' option is invoked as follows:

cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus

=== Options for the cdrecord command ===

* The '-v' option makes cdrecord more verbose, so you can see what is going on, and it will show progress as it writes the CD.

* The device option will tell cdrecord where to find your CD writer. You may need to adjust it if you have more than one CD drive. If you have a CD drive and a CD writer, the device line might become: 0,1,0.

* The 'fs' option indicates how large the buffer should be. 64 megabytes gives a nice large margin. Most computers have 256 MB or more anyways, so this is not a problem.

* Speed is fairly obvious. The cdrecord program will take the maxium speed between what you specified and what the cd-recordable is able to do (cdrecord will find this out from looking at the cd-recordable).

* Most newer CD writers have a buffer underrun protection feature, where the drive will stop or slow down if the data being fed to it is not fast enough. This feature can be enabled with the 'driveropts=burnproof' option (on all writers having such a feature, even if they might not call it 'burnproof').

* The last argument is the name of the isofile you downloaded or perhaps made with [[mkisofs]].

==== Finding your device number ====
cdrecord -scanbus will scan you devices for a cdburner. If you are using kernel v 2.6 or higher and you have an IDE/ATAPI cdburner, you will need to specify that like so: cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus. Another way to do that is if you know what device your burner is you can do something like: cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom -scanbus. If you aren't sure which device it might be look in /etc/fstab and it should show you all the drives (floppy, cd, hard drives, etc...) and what their device files are.

A cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus on my computer looks like the following. (note if you are using a SCSI burner, just type cdrecord -scanbus and you will get similar results)
<tt><code><pre>
scsidev: 'ATAPI'
devname: 'ATAPI'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha.
Warning: There may be fatal problems.
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) *
0,1,0 1) 'HP ' 'CD-Writer+ 9100 ' '1.0c' Removable CD-ROM
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
</pre></code></tt>

Here, my device is 0,1,0 do I would specify: 
cdrecord -device=ATAPI:0,1,0 <other command options> if I have an IDE/ATAPI burner or
cdrecord -device=0,1,0 <other command options> if I had a SCSI burner

Burning a CDROM from an ISO file

2004-03-06T16:18:41Z

Costyn: a separate IDE CD writer setup now exists

IDE tree mapping

2004-03-06T16:15:45Z

Costyn: init

Hardware

2004-03-06T16:12:51Z

Costyn: added the IDE tree

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Burning a CDROM

2004-03-06T16:03:55Z

Costyn: added a link to hardware setup

== Burning a CDROM ==

* Setting up your [[IDE_CD_Writer]]
* [[Burning a CDROM from an ISO file]]
* [[Burning a CDROM from a bin/cue file]]

* For a detailed guide, see: [[http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless.htm Coasterless CD Burning]]

Burning a CDROM

2004-03-06T15:58:20Z

Costyn: added external link

== Burning a CDROM ==

* [[Burning a CDROM from an ISO file]]
* [[Burning a CDROM from a bin/cue file]]

* For a detailed guide, see: [[http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless.htm Coasterless CD Burning]]

Talk:Burning a CD

2004-03-06T15:54:31Z

Costyn: double

Sorry, this is a double page. The already existing one is at [[Burning_a_CDROM]]