Backup xorg.conf (Ubuntu 10.11)

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
Horizsync 24.0 - 80.0
Vertrefresh 50.0 - 75.0
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1280x960@60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 1024
Modes "1280x1024@60" "1280x960@60" "1024x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Disable "dri2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "False"
EndSection

Getting Madwifi Working (Ubuntu)

1.

Code:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Uncomment anything that starts with "deb". Exit by pressing "CTRL+X" then answer "Yes". Finally hit "ENTER"

2.

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

3.

Code:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev

4.

Code:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

5.

Code:

sudo apt-get install subversion

6.

Code:

sudo -i

7.

Code:

sudo svn checkout http://svn.madwifi-project.org/madwifi/trunk/ madwifi-ng

8.

Code:

cd madwifi-ng

9.

Code:

echo "" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

10.

Code:

echo "#Remove To Install MadWIFI Drivers" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

11.

Code:

echo "blacklist ath9k" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

12.

Code:

echo "blacklist ath5k" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

13.

Code:

make && make install

14.

Code:

echo ath_pci >> /etc/modules

Restart your machine.

*******

Kernel updates of your system will kill your driver and will require a driver recompile. Just open a terminal and type in...

Code:

sudo -i

and repeat from step 8.

Turn Off "Fortunes" in Konsole

Type into Konsole.....

kdesudo kate /etc/bash.bashrc

.....then remove (or hash out) the line.....

/usr/bin/mint-fortune

(It's usually the very last entry).

Linux Mint - xorg.conf (Post Refresh Tweaks)

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
Horizsync 24.0 - 80.0
Vertrefresh 50.0 - 75.0
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1280x960@60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 1024
Modes "1280x1024@60" "1280x960@60" "1024x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Disable "dri2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "False"
EndSection

Linux Mint - xorg.conf (Prior To Refresh Tweaks)

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
Vendorname "Generic LCD Display"
Modelname "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
Horizsync 31.5-64.0
Vertrefresh 56.0 - 65.0
modeline "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -vsync -hsync
modeline "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
modeline "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
modeline "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -vsync -hsync
modeline "1280x960@60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994 -hsync +vsync
modeline "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
Gamma 1.0
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 1024
Modes "1280x1024@60" "1280x960@60" "1024x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Disable "dri2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "DontZap" "False"
EndSection

Nokia hard restore

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msttcorefonts (Kubuntu 9.04)

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

Installing nVidia Drivers (Fedora 11)

Type into a terminal:

su
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i586 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64
reboot

Then add the following to the newly created xorg.conf (/ext/X11)

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
VendorName "Generic LCD Display"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
HorizSync 31.5 - 64.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0
Gamma 1
ModeLine "640x480@60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "800x600@56" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "800x600@60" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1024x768@60" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync vsync
ModeLine "1280x960@60" 102.1 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994 -hsync vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024@60" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Virtual 1280 1024
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024@60" "1280x960@60" "1024x768@60" "800x600@60" "800x600@56" "640x480@60"
EndSubSection
EndSection

reboot!

How To Disable SELinux

1. Log in as root.

2, Type setenforce 0 to disable.

3. Type setenforce 1 to re-enable.

NOTE: To turn off SELinux add selinux=0 to the command line.

NOTE: To turn SELinux off permanently, you can specify the SELinux mode using the configuration file /etc/sysconfig/selinux.

# This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
# enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced.
# permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing.
# disabled - No SELinux policy is loaded.
SELINUX=enforcing
# SELINUXTYPE= type of policy in use. Possible values are:
# targeted - Only targeted network daemons are protected.
# strict - Full SELinux protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted

Setting the value to enforcing is the same as adding enforcing=1 to your command line when booting the kernel to turn enforcing on, while setting the value to permissive is the same as adding enforcing=0 to turn enforcing off. Note that the command line kernel parameter overrides the configuration file.

However, setting the value to disabled is not the same as the selinux=0 kernel boot parameter. Rather than fully disabling SELinux in the kernel, the disabled setting instead turns enforcing off and skips loading a policy.

Adding Hyperlinks to Forum pages

[a href="http://www.blogger.com/url"]Link text[/a]

Replace square brackets with less than/greater than brackets.

How To Install Flash Player 10 (Fedora 10)

sudo rpm -ivh
http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
sudo yum install flash-plugin
mozilla-plugin-config -i -g -v

Mounting NTFS Drives (Fedora 10)

Install the utility ntfs-config from the repositories:

After using it, your fstab files should read:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#

tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sda5 :
UUID=d572a434-8fb1-4fc2-b808-5649d0cc8a3e / ext3 defaults 1 1
#Entry for /dev/sda7 :
UUID=463e2a0f-3bfa-4fd5-935b-2d1720a62aea /home ext3 defaults 1 2
#Entry for /dev/sdb1 :
UUID=72188BF931F7548A /media/Archives ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sdb5 :
UUID=448EE9AE6EA505E0 /media/Audio ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sdb6 :
UUID=57D531AA6BB0C0BE /media/Video ntfs-3g defaults,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0
#Entry for /dev/sda6 :
UUID=0a44b859-4799-409b-86ac-d5708a7e141d swap swap defaults 0 0

#UUID=448EE9AE6EA505E0 /media/music ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=100,umask=0 0 0
#UUID=72188BF931F7548A /media/archives ntfs-3g uid=1000,rw,gid=100,umask=0 0 0
#UUID=57D531AA6BB0C0BE /media/video ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=100,umask=0 0 0
#UUID=DE487FA5487F7B5B /media/ntfs ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=100,umask=0 0 0

Installing nVidia Driver (Fedora 10)

su -
yum install kmod-nvidia
reboot