two weeks ago i tried to do “distro-upgrade” to Ubuntu Feisty, but something went wrong with my sftware-RAID0, so, after reboot, the filesystem was gone. with a lot of luck, i’ve been able to rescue all my files using mdadm from a booting live cd, but, by the way, after i had to reformat.
now i have switched from RAID0 to RAID1, but i’m not so sure about security with a software-RAID1 configuration (only one of the two disks has a booting partition, so what happens if THAT disk fails?).
here are some notes - just for my future needs - about new installation (i know for sure i will reinstall more than once a Feisty distro!):
- (K)ubuntu
feisty setup notes:
- first install a base
system with the live cd
- set static IP instead of
dhcp assigned
- go to System Settings
-> Network Settings
- select your network
interface
- set manual IP (don’t forget gateway)
- save
changes
- there is a bug, so have to manually edit
the file:
- sudo kate
/etc/network/interfaces
- and add “auto eth0″ so that
it looks like:
- # The primary network
interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address
192.168.0.14
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
add
custom resolutions to xorg.conf ( i.e. 1920×1200 )
- sudo
scite /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- add your resolutions like
this:
Section “Screen”
Identifier
“Default Screen”
Device
“Generic Video Card”
Monitor
“DELL 2407WFP”
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth
1
Modes
“1920×1200″ “1680×1680″ “1600×1200″ “1280×1024″ “1152×864″
“1024×768″ “800×600″ “720×400″ “640×480″
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth
4
Modes
“1920×1200″ “1680×1680″ “1600×1200″ “1280×1024″ “1152×864″
“1024×768″ “800×600″ “720×400″ “640×480″
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth
8
Modes
“1920×1200″ “1680×1680″ “1600×1200″ “1280×1024″ “1152×864″
“1024×768″ “800×600″ “720×400″ “640×480″
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth
15
Modes
“1920×1200″ “1680×1680″ “1600×1200″ “1280×1024″ “1152×864″
“1024×768″ “800×600″ “720×400″ “640×480″
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth
16
Modes
“1920×1200″ “1680×1680″ “1600×1200″ “1280×1024″ “1152×864″
“1024×768″ “800×600″ “720×400″ “640×480″
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth
24
Modes
“1920×1200″ “1680×1680″ “1600×1200″ “1280×1024″ “1152×864″
“1024×768″ “800×600″ “720×400″ “640×480″
EndSubSection
EndSection
- swap
(invert) buttons in wacom tablet
- sudo
scite /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- add these 2 rows in the
“stylus” section
Option “Button2″ “3″
Option
“Button3″ “2″
- the whole
section should look like this:
Section “InputDevice”
Driver
“wacom”
Identifier
“stylus”
Option
“Device”
“/dev/input/wacom”
Option
“Type”
“stylus”
Option
“ForceDevice”
“ISDV4″
# Tablet PC ONLY
Option
“Button2″ “3″
Option
“Button3″ “2″
EndSection
- follow instructions from
http://www.debianadmin.com/install-firefox2-in-ubuntu-and-list-of-recomended-addons.html
automatix2
- follow
instructions from
http://www.getautomatix.com/
printers
- installed
Epson AcuLaser C1100N (networked) following tutorial:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=105590&highlight=aculaser
- and
then activating the newly installed printer with cups web interface: