bradubuntu linux

My experience setting up a computer with Ubuntu linux

27 December 2011

New Setup Procedures

1. Connect to wireless network
  • Select "Connect to Hidden Network"
  • Enter SSID = DEGREGORIO
  • Set security to WPA2 Personal
  • Enter password

2. Change wireless IP (change from dynamic to static)

  • Select "Edit Connections"
  • Set IP to Manual
  • Enter IP = 192.168.2.50
  • Enter Mask = 255.255.255.0
  • Enter Gateway = 192.168.2.1
  • Enter DNS = 192.168.2.1

3. Run update manager

4. Install Restricted Drivers (e.g. nvidia driver)

  • If fonts are changed after install, run sudo leafpad /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add the lines
Option "UseEdidDpi" "false" (separated by tabs)
Option "Dpi" "92 x 92" (separated by tabs)

5. Install samba, x11vnc, picard

6. Set up VNC

  • To run the VNC server, x11vnc -forever -display :0
  • Copy custom mystartup.sh to the home directory from the backup drive
  • sudo cp mystartup.sh /usr/bin/mystartup.sh
  • sudo chmod 775 /usr/bin/mystartup.sh
  • sudo leafpad /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart and add the line

@mystartup.sh

7. Automount NTFS drive

  • Make sure NTFS drive (DIXON) is not already mounted
  • sudo mkdir /media/DIXON
  • ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid and look for the UUID for sda3
  • sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.old
  • sudo leafpad /etc/fstab and add the line
UUID=xxx /media/DIXON ntfs-3g defaults 0 0 (separated by tabs) where xxx is replaced by the UUID for sda3

8. Set up Samba server
  • Copy custom smb.conf to the home directory from the backup drive
  • sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.old
  • sudo cp smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf
  • sudo restart smbd
  • sudo restart nmbd
  • sudo smbpasswd -a bdegreg (prompt will ask for Windows password)

9. Set up automatic backup

  • sudo crontab -e and add line

00 01 * * * /usr/bin/rsync --delete --size-only --progress -av /media/DIXON '/media/My Book/brad/dixon'



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