There's a bug in vnc4server. When you have gnome installed and you install vnc4server you'll experience it. Pressing 'D' wherever & whenever inside gnome will cause all the windows to minimize.
Change System->Preferences->Keyboard shortcuts; find the shortcut:
"Hide all normal windows and set focus to the desktop"
and change ‘D’ to something else.
What we want to do is to install VNC Server (which is about 45MB) without install the whole gnome environment. Such a vnc server can be started at boot time and serve as a XFCE or Fluxbox desktop with single user.
Install basic gnome environment (or any other lightweight):
?> apt-get install gnome-core
install vnc server:
?> apt-get install vnc4server
run the server to set password:
?> vncserver -geometry 1280x1024 -depth 24 :0
kill the server:
?> vncserver -kill :0
edit ~/.vnc/xstartup file:
change x-window-manager & in the end to:
gnome-session &
start the server:
?> vncserver -geometry 1280x1024 -depth 24 :0
Install rtorrent:
$> aptitude install rtorrent
$> apt-get install libapache2-mod-scgi
let’s configure apache to setup a scgi socket to a local process.
# nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
add a line:
SCGIMount /RPC2 127.0.0.1:5000
Then do the following:
$> a2enmod scgi
$> /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
install php support:
$> aptitude install libapache2-mod-php5
$> a2enmod php5
$> wget http://rutorrent.googlecode.com/files/rutorrent-3.2.tar.gz
(or from http://sites.google.com/site/bkosarzyckiaboutme/rutorrent-3.2.tar.gz)
Unpack these files and place in apache’s www directory.
$> aptitude install screen
$> aptitude install gcc libncurses-dev libncurses5 libsigc++-2.0-dev libsigc++-2.0-0c2a libssl-dev libssl-dev
$> aptitude install php5-xmlrpc coreutils
remember that you need to give rights to your rutorrent files. You can do this with chmod 666 for example.
mine rutorrent files were placed in:
/var/www/rutorrent
To use WebGUI you need to configure rtorrent and run it in background (e.g. in screen)
$> screen rtorrent
Rtorrent configuration has to be placed in home directory:
~/.rtorrent.rc
configure port settings in .rtorrent.rc:
port_range = 10000-10000
port_random = no
Running step-by-step:
a) you need Apache running (configured in SCGI mode)
b) you need rtorrent running (with SCGI enabled)
c) access RuTorrent (GUI) via browser
look for errors in:
/var/log/apache2/error.log
Wrong version of xmlrpc-c.
Ubuntu has old version (only stable) of xmlrpc. Until they update their packages you'll experience an error in rutorrent:
“rtorrent is compiled with incorrect version of xmlrpc - without i8 support.”
I use this old library and everything works more or less ok. Torrent size is invalid (it shows –2343444) and rtorrent settings do not work. But the main functionality remains intact.
You can download unstable xmlrpc-c release from:
http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/downloading.php
to remove this error.
The usual problem MOTD is that you want to change it in /etc/motd and it keeps reverting to the default value.
Try different approach.
Install package update-motd
aptitude install update-motd
Now you can control motd via editing files:
/etc/update-motd.d/00-header
/etc/update-motd.d/10-help-text
/etc/update-motd.d/91-release-upgrade
/etc/update-motd.d/99-footer
If you just want to add something in the bottom, create & edit the file:
/etc/motd.tail
install samba:
aptitude install samba smbfs smbclient
In the ####authentication#### section find the line that says security, uncomment it and change it to:
security = share
Define new share in this way:
[public]
writable = yes
path = /public
public = yes
guest ok = yes
guest only = yes
guest account = nobody
browsable = yes
After putting new ethernet cards my ubuntu renamed eth0 to eth2 and eth1 to eth3. I wanted to have my old names back.
in dmesg there was:
eth0 –> renamed to eth2.
All you have to do is delete all old entries in:
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
and you’ll have eth0 and eth1 names back.
This error is caused by having kernel module kvm and VirtualBox at the same time. KVM is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V).
http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page
To remove kvm module enter:
sudo modprobe -r kvm-intel
sudo modprobe -r kvm-amd
remove kvm from modules that are loaded at boot time. These are stored in file:
/etc/modules
