Ubuntu Gutsy on MacBook Pro - UPDATED!

Preface

This page describes installing Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on MacBook Pro generation 1(CoreDuo) & 2(Core2Duo), and MacBook.

For the MacBook Pro generation 3(SantaRosa) you will need to read the wiki page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MacBookPro/SantaRosa first for additional information and instructions.

For more information :

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook

Thanks to Ubuntu forum members for their feedback and the people providing drivers for Linux on Macbook especially Nicolas Boichat, Ronald S. Bultje, Jan Bernhardt, Ludovic Rousseau ... and me

Contact: Ubuntu community nickname Fuz2y / Fuz2yPt ; email/msn - fuz2y@netcabo.pt

Following is a list of other wiki's which provide details on running Linux on Macbook:

• The [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook Gentoo Macbook wiki] - Partitioning, access to ext2/3 and UID sync'ing are covered quite well there (and somewhat sparse in this document)

• The [http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Triple_Boot_via_BootCamp OnMac wiki] has triple-boot instructions, and also some details on restoring things to their initial state (removing bootcamp, linux, etc.).

Mac OS X Installation

1. It may be useful to check for firmware update or run the hardware check...

2. Boot from the Mac OS X DVD by holding the Alt key on the gray screen.

3. Follow installation instruction.

Boot Menu installation

1. Boot from Mac OS X

2. Install/Run BootCamp

3. Install rEFIt (http://refit.sf.net)

Note: the following manual steps are not necessary with the latest version of rEFIt. Simply running the rEFIt.mpkg will take care of the details automatically.

1. Install mac image

2. Copy EFI to root directory (drag EFI folder to MacOS disk)

3. Open a mac OS terminal (in utilities)

4. cd /efi/refit

5. ./enable-always.sh

Partitioning

Note: I've also managed to do this automatically by using DiskUtil from Mac OS X DVD, but if you do this, leave the partitions partitioned but unformated except for Mac OS X partition, because Bootcamp installation requires single Mac partition!; and you also going to have to reboot after installation on to Ubuntu Live CD again and update grub mannualy.

In a Mac os X terminal, partition the disc :

sudo diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 49G

That sets 49G for MacOsX and the rest for Linux

For triple boot:

sudo diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 49G Linux Linux 35G "MS-DOS FAT32" Windows 63G

Install Windows Vista

1. Boot, in refit, choose the Windows DVD.

2. Launch Install, format Bootcamp partition with NTFS file system and procede with the installer, at reboot choose the Windows Hard Disk.

3. Install drivers from Apple Mac OS X 10.5 DVD

Install Linux Ubuntu

1. Boot on Ubuntu Live CD (Question: Which one? 32bit or 64bit? Core2* are 64 bit CPUs)

2. Click install on disk in Ubuntu

3. Choose a manual partition : Select Linux Partition and check out the format box option (as ext3 filesystem)

• - Do not erase or format anything else!!!

4. Define mount :

• - If possible, do not mount /mount/EFI (select white item in list) - Mount Linux partition as: / - Mount Windows partition as: /media/Windows

5. Click on Advanced Options before proceding with the installaton and modify Grub to install on (hd0,2)

Video

See http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Gutsy_Installation_Guide#Method_2:_Install_the_Catalyst_7.11_Driver_Manually for up to date binary AMD driver installation.

Also if you got the error of "LibGL.so.1" do this :

sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1.2 /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1

Note: use ATI Catalyst Control Center > Applications > Accessories > to change any of this mods(clone,single,big desktop) or to change screen resolution or to disable/enable monitors.

Suspend / Resume with Custom Kernel

The default Suspend method does not work with the default Gutsy kernel due to the use of the SLUB allocator.

Kernel

In order to get suspend working with this method you will need to compile your own version of the Gutsy kernel and choose the SLAB allocator.

sudo apt-get install build-essential bin86 kernel-package libqt3-headers libqt3-mt-dev libncurses5 libncurses5-dev
cd /usr/src/
sudo -s
wget -c http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.23.tar.bz2 && tar -xvjf linux-2.6.23.tar.bz2
rm -rf /usr/src/linux && ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.23 linux && cd /usr/src/linux
wget -c http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/patch-2.6.23.9.bz2
bzcat patch-2.6.23.9.bz2| patch -p1
svn co https://mactel-linux.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/mactel-linux/trunk/kernel/mactel-patches-2.6.23/ .
./apply /usr/src/linux
cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config && make oldconfig
  (Type 'y' to all, and type 'm' were option 'Y' is not available)
make menuconfig

In the menu, browse to 'General setup', then select 'Choose SLAB allocator' at the last entry. Change this from 'SLUB' to 'SLAB' , exit 'General setup', select 'Proccessor type ...' and 'Proccessor family' and change the CPU from 'Generic-x86-64' to 'Intel Core2 / newer Xeon', exit 'Proccessor type ...' then go to 'Device Drivers' > 'Sound' > 'Advanced Linux Sound Architecture' > 'PCI devices' and mark the 'Intel HD Audio' module. Save the new config and exit.

Now, build the kernel:

sudo make-kpkg clean
sudo make-kpkg -initrd kernel_image kernel_headers modules_image

Now, to install it:

sudo dpkg -i /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.23.9-mactel*.deb
sudo dpkg -i /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.23.9-mactel*.deb

If you had allready a Swapfile on Main / partition, by installing the custom Kernel you will loose the 'defoptions' settings in /boot/grub/menu.lst . To fix it:

sudo filefrag -v /swapfile
#output : First block: 110619
#...

Copy the first block number of the swapfile (ex:110619) and edit the defoptions line of /boot/grub/menu.lst :

defoptions=quiet splash resume=/dev/sda3 resume_offset=110619

Then Reboot... after reboot do this if you have allready installed the 7.11 ATI/AMD video driver:

sudo dpkg -i /usr/src/fglrx-kernel-2.6.23.9-mactel_8.433-1+2.6.23.9-mactel*.deb
sudo module-assistant prepare,update
sudo module-assistant build,install fglrx -f
sudo depmod -a
sudo mkdir /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/volatile
sudo ln -sf /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc/fglrx.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/volatile/fglrx.ko

ACPI configuration

You will need to make a slight change to the acpi-support config files to get resume to work correctly.

Open /etc/default/acpi-support your favourite text editor and:

- change POST_VIDEO=true into POST_VIDEO=false

- Add sky2 in the modules to be removed before suspend and reloaded after: MODULES="sky2"

You should now be able to successfully suspend and resume with your custom Kernel!

Swap File in Main / Partition

This is useful if you already have too many partitions on your macbook and want to put the swap file directly on the main / partition.

Code:

sudo /bin/bash

dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=2048000
mkswap /swapfile
swapon /swapfile

Edit /etc/fstab:

/swapfile               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0

Note: You can use suspend on disk with a swapfile. To do that we have to add an option passed to the kernel. Add the resume=/dev/<partition> resume_offset=<offset to the swapfile in blocks> :

sudo filefrag -v /swapfile
#output : First block: 110619
#...

Copy the first block number of the swapfile (ex:110619) and edit the defoptions line of /boot/grub/menu.lst :

defoptions=quiet splash resume=/dev/sda3 resume_offset=110619

On this example, the swapfile is on partition /dev/sda3.

Screen Colors

I've noticed that many MacBooks really need this tweak in order to visualize correctly screen colors. To calibrate the screen colors (in order to match OS X), you need to install xcalib. This isn't available in the Ubuntu repositories, so you'll have to download it.

Go to http://www.etg.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de/web/doe/xcalib/ and (if you are running i386) download the newest Linux binary; save it to the Desktop. (If you are running amd64, you'll need to compile it from source; make sure to install libxxf86vm-dev and libxext-dev first, and then simply make xcalib in the extracted source directory. Take the resulting xcalib binary and continue with these instructions.)

To install and configure it, you will need to do a few things in the terminal and mount a Mac OS X partition (to copy your color profile) as follows (substitute your Mac OS partition's partition number for x in /dev/sdax, 2 being the first standard partition):

sudo mv ~/Desktop/xcalib /usr/local/bin/xcalib
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/xcalib
sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdax /mnt
sudo cp /mnt/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays/* /usr/local/etc

Then, do an "ls /usr/local/etc" and note the name of the profile (for the next step).

Finally, add the following line to the end of either /etc/gdm/Init/Default (for standard Ubuntu/Gnome) or /etc/kde3/kdm/Xsetup (for Kubuntu/KDE), before the final "exit" statement:

/usr/local/bin/xcalib "/usr/local/etc/<insert name of profile here>"

Restart X (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) and your Mac OS X color profile will load as X starts.

Audio & Microphone

We need the latest alsa packages, so let’s go to compile them too:

cd /usr/src
sudo mkdir alsa
sudo rsync -avz --delete rsync://alsa.alsa-project.org/hg/alsa-driver alsa
sudo rsync -avz --delete rsync://alsa.alsa-project.org/hg/alsa-kernel alsa
cd alsa/alsa-driver
sudo ./hgcompile --with-cards=hda-intel
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo /etc/init.d/alsasound stop
sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel

Add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:

install snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-hda-intel $CMDLINE_OPTS && /lib/alsa/modprobe-post-install snd-hda-intel

1. Double click on the Volume icon (it opens Volume Control), Select Edit > Preferences > enable All tracks.

2. Increase the volume and unmute (PCM , Front, Surround, Center, LFE, Side, etc...) in the Playback tab (both using the key combination and the system tray applet) to its maximum possible value.

3. On the Recording tab, check if microphone icon is enable and sound icon is disabled and set (Capture, Capture 1, Digital) volume to 80% (Leave Mux and Mux1 icons disabled).

4. Right-click on the volume applet and choose Preferences. Select "PCM" as the device to control.

5. Open the Sound preferences (System-Preferences-Sound in GNOME). Select "PCM" as the device to control.

And Reboot.

Wireless

To install:

sudo aptitude install build-essential subversion
wget http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-trunk-current.tar.gz
tar -zxvf madwifi<tab>
cd madwifi<tab>
make
sudo make install

If you want you can alternatively get the sources by SVN

svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/trunk madwifi

At this point the driver should work and wifi will be enabled after reboot.

Alternatively you can use these commands to insert the driver into the running kernel:

sudo modprobe ath_pci
sudo modprobe wlan_scan_sta

To avoid random problem when wifi stops working with kernel messages "wifi0: rx FIFO overrun; resetting" in logs you may use the following command to disable background scanning:

sudo iwpriv ath0 bgscan 0

Also type in terminal:

sudo sed -i~ 's/^exit 0/modprobe ath_pci\nexit 0/' /etc/rc.local
sudo sed -i~ 's/^exit 0/modprobe wlan_scan_sta\nexit 0/' /etc/rc.local
sudo sed -i~ 's/^exit 0/iwpriv ath0 bgscan 0\nexit 0/' /etc/rc.local

Temperatures & Fan Speed

Hard Disk Temperature

sudo apt-get install hddtemp
sudo hddtemp  /dev/sda

That prints the temperature of your harddisk

CPUs Temperature

add this to /etc/rc.local :

modprobe coretemp
sensors -s

To install lm-sensors and sensors-applet type in terminal :

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors sensors-applet

Right Click in the main panel menu and 'Add to Panel...' the 'Hardware Sensors Monitor', then right click on Hardware Sensors Monitor applet and go to 'Preferences' > 'Sensors' and Enable > 'hddtemp' > '/dev/sda', and also Disable > 'libsensors' > temp2 to temp11 .

Manual Fan Speed Control

To set it manualy:

sudo modprobe applesmc
echo applesmc | sudo tee -a /etc/modules

and then add the following line to /fan_speed :

echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_manual
echo 3000 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_output

echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan2_manual
echo 3000 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan2_output

echo "Setting Fan Speed to manual Control!"

Then: sudo chmod +x /fan_speed

And to execute: sudo bash /fan_speed

Note: 3000 = 3000RPM , type "sensors" on a terminal to see the resulting temperatures, you can also set it between 2000 (almost noise-less) and a max of 6000 (very noisy), I recommend setting fans to a minimum of 4000RPM when playing Games and so.

Reducing power consumption

Install the powertop package :

sudo apt-get install powertop

and run with "sudo powertop" in a terminal. Follow the instructions given as to reducing power consumption.

Keyboard Fixes

MacBook Pro Keyboard doesn't have a Alt GR / Right Alt key, so you have no way to type "@" ; also F1 & F2 keys are bound to brightness control so Alt+F1(Run command) and Alt+F2(Show pannel) doesn't work, here's what you can do:

Go to System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts :

On the Desktop tab, change "Show the panel run application dialog" to "Alt+R" and change "Show the panel menu" to "Alt+P"

Go to System > Preferences > Keyboard :

On the Layouts tab, select the keyboard model: "Apple" and also set your Keyboard language.

On the Layout Options tab, select "Third Level Choosers" and check "Press Enter key on keypad to choose 3rd level".

• Now you can use the Left Enter key(on macbook pro keyboard) to type @

Touchpad Fixes

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace :

Sections "InputDevice"

• Identifiers "Synaptics Touchpad"
• ..
• ..

EndSection

With :

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Synaptics Touchpad"
        Driver      "synaptics"
        Option      "SendCoreEvents" "true"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto-dev"
        Option      "LeftEdge" "150"
        Option      "RightEdge" "1070"
        Option      "TopEdge" "100"
        Option      "BottomEdge" "310"
        Option      "FingerLow" "25"
        Option      "FingerHigh" "30"
        Option      "MaxTapTime" "180"
        Option      "MaxTapMove" "220"
        Option      "MaxDoubleTapTime" "180"
        Option      "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
        Option      "VertEdgeScroll" "0"
        Option      "TapButton1" "0"
        Option      "TapButton2" "0"
        Option      "TapButton3" "0"
        Option      "LockedDrags" "off"
        Option      "VertScrollDelta" "20"
        Option      "HorizScrollDelta" "50"
        Option      "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1"
        Option      "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1"
        Option      "MinSpeed" "1.10"
        Option      "MaxSpeed" "1.30"
        Option      "AccelFactor" "0.08"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
        Option      "SHMConfig" "on"
# corner buttons
        Option      "RTCornerButton" "0"
        Option      "RBCornerButton" "2"
        Option      "LTCornerButton" "0"
        Option      "LBCornerButton" "3"
EndSection

WebCam , iSight & Ekiga / aMSN

Quick and easy iSight setup:

sudo modprobe -r uvcvideo
sudo mv /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/media/usbvideo/uvcvideo.ko /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/ubuntu/media/usbvideo/uvcvideo.ko.original
sudo apt-get install libusb-0.1-4 libusb-dev linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Download the new all-in-one bundle, with firmware autoloader as provided by Ivan N. Zlatev by clicking here: http://files.i-nz.net/projects/linux-kernel/isight/uvcvideo-isight.tar.gz

Change directories to where the tar file is. Then untar it:

tar -xvf uvcvideo-isight.tar.gz

Now build and Install the uvcvideo module and load it:

cd against-revision-140
sudo make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe uvcvideo

Add this line to /etc/rc.local:

modprobe uvcvideo

Reboot and test it:

gst-launch-0.10 v4l2src ! video/x-raw-yuv,format=\(fourcc\)UYVY,width=640,height=480 ! ffmpegcolorspace ! ximagesink

On Ekiga > 'Preferences' > 'Video Plugin' select V4L2 , and press 'Detect devices' button.

See Below in Desktop Tab how to install aMSN with tk/tcl-8.5 from sources, then go to 'aMSN' > 'Preferences' > 'Other' > 'Edit audio and video settings' to set up webcam.

Access Mac OS X & Windows Partition

To do so edit /etc/fstab , here's mine :

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>

proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0

## Linux #################################################################

/dev/sda3       /    ext3   defaults,errors=remount-ro  0       1

## Swap ##################################################################

/swapfile       swap            swap    defaults        0       0

## EFI ###################################################################

#/dev/sda1      /media/EFI     vfat  defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46  0 1

## DVD-ROM ###############################################################

/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0    udf,iso9660  user,noauto,exec 0       0

## Macintosh #############################################################

/dev/sda2       /media/Macintosh     hfsplus      defaults  0  0

## Windows ###############################################################

/dev/sda4       /media/Windows       ntfs         defaults  0  0

## Network ###############################################################

# Servidor

//192.168.96.5/public /media/Servidor-public smbfs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,dmask=777,fmask=777 0 0

//192.168.96.5/public2 /media/Servidor-public2 smbfs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,dmask=777,fmask=777 0 0

# Lacie2T1

//192.168.96.10/public /media/Lacie2T1-public smbfs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,dmask=777,fmask=777 0 0

Then do the following in terminal:

sudo /bin/bash

mkdir /media/Macintosh
mkdir /media/Windows
chmod 777 /media/Macintosh
chmod 777 /media/Windows
umount -a
mount -a

Apple Remote Control

Apple's Remote Control is working by default in Ubuntu 7.10, but only allows you to control the Volume. So here's the tweaks to get it working on with other applications:

sudo apt-get install inputlirc lirc lirc-x

And edit /etc/rc.local and add:

/etc/init.d/inputlirc start
/etc/init.d/inputlirc restart

Then go to > System > Preferences > Sessions , and add the following to the Startup list by this order:

sudo irexec & /home/YOURACCOUNT/.lircrc   
sudo irxevent & /home/YOURACCOUNT/.lircrc
sudo /etc/rc.local

To make it work on the startup you have to edit sudoers and set the main user as no password requirement for the use of sudo command, here's how to:

sudo /bin/bash

nano /etc/sudoers

Here's what to change in /etc/sudoers :

# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
YOURACCOUNT   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
#%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

Note: YOURACCOUNT = your user name.

And Finally copy the following to /home//.lircrc file : Note : YOURACCOUNT = your user name

##################################################
# LIRC Config for the following Applications:
##################################################

#############
#### VLC ####
#############

begin
prog = vlc
button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
config = key-play-pause
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = vlc
button = KEY_MENU
config = key-aspect-ratio
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = vlc
button = KEY_PREVIOUSSONG
config = key-jump-medium
repeat = 1
end

begin
prog = vlc
button = KEY_NEXTSONG
config = key-jump+medium
repeat = 1
end
begin
prog = vlc
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
config = 
repeat = 1
end

begin
prog = vlc
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
config = 
repeat = 1
end

#################
#### MPlayer ####
#################

#begin mplayer
begin
prog = mplayer
button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
config = pause
repeat = 15
end

begin
prog = mplayer
button = KEY_MENU
config = stop
repeat = 15
end

begin
prog = mplayer
button = KEY_PREVIOUSSONG
config = seek -10
repeat = 10
end

begin
prog = mplayer
button = KEY_NEXTSONG
config = seek +10
repeat = 10
end
begin
prog = mplayer
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
config = volume 1
repeat = 1
end

begin
prog = mplayer
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
config = volume -1
repeat = 1
end
#end mplayer


##################
#### Kaffeine ####
##################

#begin kaffeine
begin
prog = irexec
button =
config = dcop kaffeine MainApplication-Interface
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
config = if `dcop kaffeine KaffeineIface isPlaying`; then dcop kaffeine KaffeineIface pause; dcop kaffeine kaffeine_mainview hide; else dcop kaffeine KaffeineIface play; dcop kaffeine kaffeine_mainview hide; fi
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_MENU
repeat = 1
config = dcop kaffeine KaffeineIface stop
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_NEXTSONG
repeat = 1
config = dcop kaffeine KaffeineIface posPlus
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_PREVIOUSSONG
repeat = 1
config = dcop kaffeine KaffeineIface posMinus
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
repeat = 1
config = dcop kaffeine KaffeineIface volUp
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
repeat = 1
config = dcop kaffeine KaffeineIface volDown
end

#end kaffeine


################
#### Amarok ####
################

#begin amarok
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
config = dcop amarok player playPause
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_MENU
config = dcop amarok player stop
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_NEXTSONG
config = dcop amarok player next
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_PREVIOUSSONG
config = dcop amarok player prev
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
repeat = 1
config = dcop amarok player volumeUp
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
repeat = 1
config = dcop amarok player volumeDown
end
#end amarok


###############
#### Totem ####
###############

begin
prog = irxevent
button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
config = Key p Totem
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_MENU
config = stop
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = Totem
button = KEY_NEXTSONG
config = seek_forward
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = Totem
button = KEY_PREVIOUSSONG
config = seek_backward
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
repeat = 10
config =
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
repeat = 10
config =
end



###################
#### Audacious ####
###################

begin
prog = audacious
button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
config = PAUSE
repeat = 16
end

begin
prog = audacious
button = KEY_MENU
config = STOP
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = audacious
button = KEY_NEXTSONG
config = NEXT
repeat = 16
end

begin
prog = audacious
button = KEY_PREVIOUSSONG
config = PREV
repeat = 16
end


##############
#### XMMS ####
##############

begin
prog = xmms
button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
config = pause
end

begin
prog = xmms
button = KEY_MENU
config = stop
end

begin
prog = xmms
button = KEY_NEXTSONG
config = next
repeat = 16
end

begin
prog = xmms
button = KEY_PREVIOUSSONG
config = prev
repeat = 16
end

begin
prog = xmms
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
config = fwd 5
repeat = 10
end

begin
prog = xmms
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
config = bwd 5
repeat = 10
end


###############
##### XdTV ####
###############

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
config = record
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_PREVIOUSSONG
config = setstation prev
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_PNEXTSONG
config = setstation next
repeat = 0
end

################
#### TVtime ####
################

#begin tvtime

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
config = tvtime-command ENTER
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_MENU
config = tvtime-command TOGGLE_FULLSCREEN
end

begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_NEXTSONG
config = tvtime-command UP
repeat = 1
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_PREVIOUSSONG
config = tvtime-command DOWN
repeat = 1
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
config = tvtime-command RIGHT
repeat = 2
end
begin
prog = irexec
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
config = tvtime-command LEFT
repeat = 2
end

#begin
# prog = irexec
# button = middle
# config = tvtime-command CHANNEL_JUMP
# repeat = 1
#end

#end tvtime


##############################################
#### Evince y OpenOffice (Presentations) ####
##############################################

begin
prog = irxevent
button = KEY_PLAYPAUSE
config = Key F11 CurrentWindow
config = Key F5 CurrentWindow
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = irxevent
button = KEY_MENU
config = Key Escape CurrentWindow
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = irxevent
button = KEY_PREVIOUSSONG
config = Key Prior CurrentWindow
repeat = 1
end

begin
prog = irxevent
button = KEY_NEXTSONG
config = Key Next CurrentWindow
repeat = 1
end

begin
prog = irxevent
button = KEY_VOLUMEUP
config = Key ctrl-plus CurrentWindow
repeat = 0
end

begin
prog = irxevent
button = KEY_VOLUMEDOWN
config = Key ctrl-minus CurrentWindow
repeat = 0
end

Note: If it doesnt work at the first time, execute the commands mannualy using Alt+R:

gksu irexec & /home/fuz2y/.lircrc
gksu irxevent & /home/fuz2y/.lircrc
gksu /etc/rc.local

Also if you use VLC, go to Settings > Preferences > Interface > Control interfaces > Enable Infrared remote control interface; and Video > Output modules > click Advanced options > Select OpenGL video output. Restart VLC.

Desktop

Fonts like Mac OS X

By default, Ubuntu uses a style of font rendering different than that used on Mac OS X. You may prefer fonts similar to those on Mac OS X, and you can have these on Ubuntu by doing the following:

1. Open the Appearance preference panel (System-Preferences-Appearance) 1. Click Fonts, and select the "Subpixel smoothing" option. 1. Click Details, and select "Slight" hinting. 1. Enjoy!

Compiz Fusion Icon and Emerald

To install Emerald go to Synaptic Software Sources.

To enable Compiz Fusion Icon do this:

sudo apt-get install git git-core compiz-dev
git-clone git://anongit.opencompositing.org/users/crdlb/fusion-icon
cd fusion-icon
make
sudo make install 

Go to System > Preferences > Sessions and add "fusion-icon" to the Startup

Avant Window Navigator

To install AWN with nice Skins and Curves Effect follow this guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=572019

aMSN SVN with Tcl & TK 8.5

Follow this guide, it's not my native language but i think anyone understands it: http://sevencapitalsins.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/amsn-svn/

if you get this error when amsn is opening "can't find package msgcat 1.4", do this:

wget http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/tcl/tcl8.5b2-src.tar.gz
tar -vxf tcl8.5b2-src.tar.gz
sudo cp tcl8.5b2/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl /usr/lib/tcl8.5
sudo cp tcl8.5b2/library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl /usr/lib/tcl8.5

also, here's what to do to get the sound working correctly with snack library on aMSN:

sudo apt-get install libsnack2
cd /usr/lib
ln -sf /usr/lib/snack2.2/ (for 32bit OS)
ln -sf /usr/lib64/snack2.2/ (for 64bit OS)

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars & PunkBuster

Download the game client from: ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/etqw/

To install type in terminal (example):

sudo -s

chmod +x ETQW-client-12-full_r5_x86.run
./ETQW-client-12-full_r5_x86.run

Also run ETQW as root (example):

gksu /home/fuz2y/Games/ETQW/etqw

Download Punkbuster Updater from here: http://websec.evenbalance.com/downloads/linux/pbsetup.run

Here's how to run Punkbuster Updater:

sudo apt-get install upx-ucl
upx -d pbsetup.run
sudo ./pbsetup.run

VMwarer Server & Bootcamp partitions

Installing VMWare Server on Ubuntu 7.10

1. Download VMware Server source from the VMware website: http://vmware.com/download/server/

2. Download this installer patch: http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update113.tar.gz ( source reference: http://igordevlog.blogspot.com/2007/07/vmware-in-ubuntu-gutsy-kernel-2622.html )

3. Extract all the archives to some location on your system (tar -zxvf VMware-server* ; tar -zxvf vmware*)

4. Ensure that you have build-essential installed in order to compile these sources (sudo aptitude install build-essential)

5. Install the xinetd server (sudo aptitude install xinetd)

6. Run sudo ./vmware-install.pl located within the vmware-server-* unpacked archive.

7. Select all the default options *EXCEPT* do not compile the modules at this point. (Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for your system? NO)

8. Run sudo ./runme.pl located within the vmware-any* archive. This will launch step 8.

9. Select the default options and this time answer YES to compile the proper modules.

10. Run vmware-server using the command vmware or via your Applications Menu.

Note: if you update your kernel you will need to re-run the scripts to regenerate and recompile VMware Server for your updated kernel.

Troubleshooting

1. Compiz as some issues with ATI drivers, and also ATI drivers have huge issues, so when compiz is enabled, i've notice that there's really huge bugs (black screen flickering) when watching movies or playing games, so disable compiz for any of those.