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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.

Info

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 special thanks to the people that have been continually editing this wiki Smile :)

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

Installing with Triple Boot (OS X, Ubuntu & Vista)

Note: If you have Ubuntu / Vista already installed and want to get it to triple boot, simple boot into Ubuntu Live CD and use Partition Editor (gparted) to add / create or resize partitions. Then you can update / reinstall grub (linux boot loader) booting into Live CD by typing in terminal console: sudo grub ; root (hd0,2) ; setup (hd0,2). [note! hd0,2 = /dev/sda3 , hd0,1 = /dev/sda2 , etc..]

Also if you have troubles installing Vista on the partition, pre-format it as ntfs using Partition Editor booting the Ubuntu Live CD.

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 / C key on the gray screen.

3. Follow installation instruction.

Boot Menu installation

1. Boot from Mac OS X

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

Note: the following manual steps are only necessary if rEFIT isnt apeering.

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

Install Linux Ubuntu

1. Boot on Ubuntu Live CD, Run gparted > System > Administration > Partition Editor.

2. Select the Macintosh partition (/dev/sda2) and resize it to 1/3 of the total disk size, and Apply.

3. Create 1 more partition (/dev/sda3) with 1/3 of total disk space and format it as 'ext3' and leave the remaining free space for the next partition.

4. Create the last partition (/dev/sda4) with the remaining free space and format it as 'ntfs'

4. Reboot

5. Boot on Ubuntu Live CD (Question: Which CD should I download? The 32bit or 64bit version? Core2(Duo/Quad/etc.) are 64 bit CPUs)

6. Click install on disk in Ubuntu

7. Choose manual partition : Select the Linux partition (/dev/sda3) and check out the format box option (as ext3 filesystem)

  • - Do not erase or format anything else!!! - Continue without a Swap partition!!!

8. Define mount :

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

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

10. Install and reboot into OS X

Install Windows Vista

1. In OS X run 'Boot Camp Assistant' from Utilities; Select Task: *Start the Windows installer, Continue.

1. Proceed (insert windows dvd and boot camp assistant will reboot and launch windows vista dvd installer), in the installer, format the Remaining Free Space partition with NTFS file system and proceed with the installation, at restart boot into Windows.

3. After booting into windows, insert Apple Mac OS X 10.5 DVD to install the Boot Camp drivers.

4. If your planning to play Games, I recommend to install the graphics driver with this tool(ATI only!): http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/

5. Restart and boot into Ubuntu Live CD and in Terminal reinstall grub: 

sudo grub
root (hd0,2)
setup (hd0,2)
quit

6. Reboot; Probably rEFIt as dissapeared so boot into OS X and reinstall it.

Suspend / Resume with Custom Kernel

The proprietary driver from ATI (including the latest, 8.433 AKA 7.11) does not work with the default Gutsy kernel due to the use of the SLUB allocator.

Kernel

In order to get suspend working correctly you will need to compile your own version of the Gutsy kernel and choose the SLAB allocator. I'm sure there are 'Debian' ways to do this, maybe someone else can modify this section. 

sudo apt-get install linux-source libncurses5-dev build-essential
cd /usr/src/
sudo tar -xvjpf linux-source-2.6.22.tar.bz2
sudo ln -sf linux-source-2.6.22 linux
cd linux
sudo cp /boot/config-2.6.22-14-generic .config
sudo 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 ...'. Go to 'Device Drivers' > 'Sound' > 'Advanced Linux Sound Architecture' > 'PCI devices' and Enable(*) the 'Intel HD Audio' module. Save the new config and exit.

Now, build the kernel: 

sudo make -j2
sudo make modules -j2
sudo make modules_install
sudo make install

You should now have a new vmlinuz entry under /boot/ and kernel modules under /lib/modules/ (version at time of writing is 2.6.22.9).

Initramfs

Build your initramfs for this kernel 

sudo ln -sf /lib/firmware/2.6.22-14-generic /lib/firmware/2.6.22.9
sudo update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.22.9

Boot loader

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Simply copy the current entry for the Gutsy kernel and change the initramfs and kernel from '2.6.22-14-generic' to '2.6.22.9'. You might also like to give it a different title, like 'Ubuntu, custom kernel 2.6.22.9'. Everything else can stay the same! If you want to boot this by default, also modify the 'default' entry in menu.lst.

And Reboot

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!

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.

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

Reboot

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 and compile it. 

sudo apt-get install libxxf86vm-dev libxext-dev
wget -c http://www.etg.e-technik.uni-erlangen.de/web/doe/xcalib/xcalib-source-0.8.tar.gz
tar -zxvf xcalib-source-0.8.tar.gz
cd xcalib-0.8/
make xcalib
sudo mv xcalib /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/xcalib

sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/sda2 /mnt
#(this mounts the mac partition [/dev/sda2] on /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

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, Capture) 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' volume to 80% .

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

Fix Function Keys

Pommed is a daemon to support extra keys on apple computers. These include brightness, eject, and others.

The current release of pommed does not support the macbook, but support exists in the svn version. You can build from svn head yourself, or use a pre-built package. If you are using the ppa from the kernel steps, an updated pommed package is available.

Install with this command: 

sudo apt-get install pommed

You can check your pommed version number with this command: 

pommed -v

I currently have pommed v1.13 rev:407 (The package is versioned 1.12~dfsg-svn412 so as to be superseded by an official 1.13 package). As of 2007-12-14 the 2 brightness keys, 3 volume keys, and eject key seem to be working.

Default behaviour on apple keyboards is to have the top row keys primarily function is as media keys (brightness, volume, etc), and have the expected function keys (F1, F2, etc) accessible with the fn keys. To reverse this behaviour either:

  1. edit /etc/pommed.conf by changing the value of fnmode or
  2. add the following lines to /etc/rc.local and decomment the appropriate line 

# Inverted fn key behavior for MacBooks

#echo -n 0x02 > /sys/module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode #FN off (press fn for volume/brightness/etc) 

# Default fn key behavior for Macbooks

# echo -n 0x01 > /sys/module/hid/parameters/pb_fnmode #FN on (like OSX)

Temperatures & Fan Speed

Hard Disk Temperature

sudo apt-get install hddtemp

Select 'Yes', then 'OK', and 'OK' again.

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_speed1 : 

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 Fans Speed to 3000RPM!"

edit ~/fan_speed2 : 

echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_manual
echo 4000 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_output

echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan2_manual
echo 4000 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan2_output

echo "Setting Fans Speed to 4000RPM!"

edit ~/fan_speed3 : 

echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_manual
echo 5000 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_output

echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan2_manual
echo 5000 > /sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan2_output

echo "Setting Fans Speed to 5000RPM!"

And to execute: sudo bash ~/fan_speed1 (...2 or 3)

To see the actual fans speed, Enable 'Left side' and 'Right side' in the Sensors Applet Preferences.

Note: I recommend setting fans to a minimum of 3000RPM (fan_speed1) and when your are playing Games and so on.. set the fans to 4000RPM (fan_speed2) or even 5000RPM (fan_speed3).

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+Super L" (Alt+AppleKey[WinKey])

Go to System > Preferences > Keyboard :

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 @ Smile :)

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

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
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
apt-get install smbfs

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

Also read this if you plan to mount network drives: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountWindowsSharesPermanently#head-35cfd84dee9a392fa28c8795f37b6660a8786c35

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 :

Note: YOURACCOUNT = your user name. 

# 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

And Finally copy the following to ~/.lircrc file : 

##################################################
# 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 Tweaks & Applications

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!

Ubuntu Animated Mouse Cursor

sudo apt-get install gcursor

wget -c http://www.gnome-look.org/CONTENT/content-files/66327-UbuntuCrystalcursors.tar.gz
tar -zxvf 66327-UbuntuCrystalcursors.tar.gz
cd Crystalcursors
make
sudo make install

sudo ./choose.sh
(select 'white' and wait for the next screen prompt and press 'OK')

gcursor
(select 'crystalwhite' and press 'Install Theme' button)

Then Reboot and enjoy your new animated cursor Smile :)

Ubuntu & Mac - Fusion Theme

Here's my latest Desktop theme, Icon theme and Login theme... and also an aMSN skin theme developed solo by me Smile :)

Grab the theme pack from here (instructions inside): http://www.savefile.com/files/1272550

Enjoy a futuristic Ubuntu Look! Smile :)

Compiz Fusion Icon and Emerald

Go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager, search for 'compizconfig-settings-manager' and check it, then search for 'emerald' and check it, then hit Apply.

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

To enable Emerald, start fusion-icon and right click on it and select window decorator: emerald.

To install Emerald Themes do this: 

sudo apt-get install subversion 
git clone git://anongit.compiz-fusion.org/fusion/decorators/emerald-themes

cd emerald-themes/themes
svn cp https://svn.generation.no/emerald-themes .
mv emerald-themes/* .
rm -rf emerald-themes
./import.sh
cd ..
mv themes ~/.emerald/

Avant Window Navigator

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

Automatix2 & Video Codecs

To install get it from here: http://www.getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation#Ubuntu_7.10_.28Gutsy_AMD64.29

Go to > System Tools > automatix2

In 'Codecs and Plugins' select: 'Ubuntu Restricted Extras and Multimedia Codecs' and also 'W64-DVD Codecs' and Install

aMSN SVN with Tcl & TK 8.5

Here's how to compile and install aMSN latest version with plugins and anti-alising support : 

sudo apt-get install build-essential libx11-dev libc6-dev imagemagick libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libxft-dev tcl8.4 tk8.4 tcltls msttcorefonts checkinstall debhelper subversion libsnack2

mkdir ~/amsn_svn
cd ~/amsn_svn
wget -c http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/tcl/tcl8.5b3-src.tar.gz
wget -c http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/tcl/tk8.5b3-src.tar.gz
tar -zxvf tcl8.5b3-src.tar.gz
tar -zxvf tk8.5b3-src.tar.gz

*64 bit OS only: 

cd ~/amsn_svn/tcl8.5b3/unix
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-64bit
make
sudo checkinstall -y --pkgversion 8.5b3 --pkgname amsn_tcl8.5b3

cd ~/amsn_svn/tk8.5b3/unix
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-xft --enable-64bit 
make
sudo checkinstall -y --pkgversion 8.5b3 --pkgname amsn_tk8.5b3

*END

*32 bit OS only: 

cd ~/amsn_svn/tcl8.5b3/unix
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo checkinstall -y --pkgversion 8.5b3 --pkgname amsn_tcl8.5b3

cd ~/amsn_svn/tk8.5b3/unix
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-xft 
make
sudo checkinstall -y --pkgversion 8.5b3 --pkgname amsn_tk8.5b3

*END 

sudo apt-cache search amsn

cd /usr/bin
sudo rm wish
sudo rm tclsh
sudo ln -sf wish8.5 wish
sudo ln -sf tclsh8.5 tclsh
cd /usr/lib
sudo ln -sf tcl8.5 tcl
sudo ln -sf tk8.5 tk
sudo ln -sf libtk8.5.so libtk.so
sudo ln -sf libtcl8.5.so libtcl.so
sudo ln -sf libtclstub8.5.a libtclstub.a
sudo ln -sf libtkstub8.5.a libtkstub.a
sudo ldconfig
sudo cp ~/amsn_svn/tcl8.5b3/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl /usr/lib/tcl8.5
sudo cp ~/amsn_svn/tcl8.5b3/library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl /usr/lib/tcl8.5
cd ~/amsn_svn
sudo rm -rf amsn
sudo rm -rf amsn-extras

svn co https://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amsn/trunk/amsn amsn

svn co https://amsn.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amsn/trunk/amsn-extras amsn-extras

cd amsn
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make deb
cd distrib/DEB
sudo dpkg -i amsn*.deb

Run aMSN (Panel Menu > Internet > aMSN), or type in terminal: 

amsn

Copy / Install extra Plugins and Skins to aMSN:

For Plugins: 

mv ~/amsn_svn/amsn-extras/plugins ~/.amsn/

For Skins: 

mv ~/amsn_svn/amsn-extras/skins ~/.amsn/

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

Here's how to run Punkbuster Updater: 

wget -c http://websec.evenbalance.com/downloads/linux/pbsetup.run
sudo apt-get install upx-ucl
upx -d pbsetup.run
sudo chmod +x pbsetup.run
sudo ./pbsetup.run

Wine (Windows Emulator)

wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine

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.

No one is leaving their contact in case of any assistance, but here's mine Smile :) fuz2y@netcabo.pt

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