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Following this, I enabled proprietary hardware drivers for 3d acceleration: System >> Administration >> Hardware Drivers
 
Following this, I enabled proprietary hardware drivers for 3d acceleration: System >> Administration >> Hardware Drivers
 
*Now I went through [[Ubuntu Post Install]] steps
 
*Now I went through [[Ubuntu Post Install]] steps
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{{code|<pre>
 
*Install Skype
 
*Install Skype
 
  wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-ubuntu
 
  wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-ubuntu
 
  sudo dpkg -i --force-all skype-install.deb  
 
  sudo dpkg -i --force-all skype-install.deb  
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</pre>}}
 
*search and install using Synaptic
 
*search and install using Synaptic
 
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*Boot up freshly installed system and connect drive in enclosure
 
*Boot up freshly installed system and connect drive in enclosure
 
*Open terminal as root, copy files across from old hard drive, e.g.
 
*Open terminal as root, copy files across from old hard drive, e.g.
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  cp -pR '/media/disk/home/user' '/home/user/backup'
 
  cp -pR '/media/disk/home/user' '/home/user/backup'
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</pre>}}
 
*If you want to keep an eye on the data transfer as it is happening, you can use:
 
*If you want to keep an eye on the data transfer as it is happening, you can use:
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{{code|<pre>
 
  du -sh '/home/user/backup'
 
  du -sh '/home/user/backup'
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</pre>}}
 
*Once the data has been transferred, you may need to change all the permissions to the new user:
 
*Once the data has been transferred, you may need to change all the permissions to the new user:
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{{code|<pre>
 
  chown user:user -R '/home/user/backup/user'
 
  chown user:user -R '/home/user/backup/user'
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</pre>}}
 
=== Restore applications and settings ===
 
=== Restore applications and settings ===
 
*Copy backup folders into new Home:
 
*Copy backup folders into new Home:
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**F-Spot (problem importing photos, need to sort this out ;-( )
 
**F-Spot (problem importing photos, need to sort this out ;-( )
 
**Pidgin (.purple)(!)
 
**Pidgin (.purple)(!)
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**<s>RhythmBox music player (~/.gnome2/rhythmbox/)</s>
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**RhythmBox music player (~/.gnome2/rhythmbox/)
 
*Run Evolution and use backed up data file to restore settings and data
 
*Run Evolution and use backed up data file to restore settings and data
 
;Add/remove
 
;Add/remove
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**Xvid
 
**Xvid
 
**aac
 
**aac
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*Install [http://www.oliverdeisenroth.de/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=85&func=startdown&id=46 hacked Wine] from [http://www.oliverdeisenroth.de/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=85&func=fileinfo&id=46 here].
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*Wine
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*Force i386 install using
 
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sudo dpkg -i --force-all '/home/user/Desktop/hacked_wine_1.1.6-1_i386.deb'
 
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=== Restore scripts and config ===
 
=== Restore scripts and config ===
 
*Pidgin emotes
 
*Pidgin emotes
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**Open System, Preferences, Preferred Applications, then change to Multimedia tab, choose Custom, and enter vlc.
 
**Open System, Preferences, Preferred Applications, then change to Multimedia tab, choose Custom, and enter vlc.
 
*Set up HP PSC 1315 Printer
 
*Set up HP PSC 1315 Printer
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**Download [http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install_wizard/index.html hplip] from http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html
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**Follow procedure at: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html
 
=== Issues and workarounds ===
 
=== Issues and workarounds ===
 
*Fix Skype audio problem
 
*Fix Skype audio problem
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{{code|<pre>
 
  killall pulseaudio
 
  killall pulseaudio
 
  sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
 
  sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
 
  sudo apt-get install esound
 
  sudo apt-get install esound
 
  sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio
 
  sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio
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</pre>}}
 
*Add a line to alsa-base
 
*Add a line to alsa-base
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{{code|<pre>
 
  sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
 
  sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
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*Add
 
*Add
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{{code|<pre>
 
  options snd-hda-intel model=dell-bios
 
  options snd-hda-intel model=dell-bios
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</pre>}}
 
Then hit save.
 
Then hit save.

Revision as of 05:31, 23 August 2009

Fresh install - Milan 08 2009

I bought the laptop off Trademe and it had some weird graphical output problems on startup, something to do with a "SmallLimp" "Blista".

So I decided to do a fresh install by downloading the 64bit Ubuntu 9.04 off Ubuntu.com onto my other laptop a.k.a. "pancake" and turning the .iso into a file installable off memory stick using the "Create bootable USB" application that comes natively with Ubuntu. In under 10 minutes after downloading the .iso, I had installed a fresh 64-bit Ubuntu onto my newly acquired M1330!

Post-Install

Next, I added the Dell repository to my sources list: 

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dell-team/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/dell-team/ubuntu jaunty main

Then update and upgrade as usual, 

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Then it was time to subscribe to the od-workstation package:

Following this, I enabled proprietary hardware drivers for 3d acceleration: System >> Administration >> Hardware Drivers 

*Install Skype
 wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-ubuntu
 sudo dpkg -i --force-all skype-install.deb
  • search and install using Synaptic
    • libqt4-gui

Data transfer

Once all the updates have installed it is time to transfer all the data across.

  • Backup Evolution File --> Backup settings... to /Home/Desktop
  • Remove the drive from the existing computer and place in HD enclosure
  • Boot up freshly installed system and connect drive in enclosure
  • Open terminal as root, copy files across from old hard drive, e.g.
 cp -pR '/media/disk/home/user' '/home/user/backup'
  • If you want to keep an eye on the data transfer as it is happening, you can use:
 du -sh '/home/user/backup'
  • Once the data has been transferred, you may need to change all the permissions to the new user:
 chown user:user -R '/home/user/backup/user'

Restore applications and settings

  • Copy backup folders into new Home:
    • Firefox profile (.mozilla/firefox)
    • Transmission (For the GTK+ client, all settings are kept in $HOME/.config/transmission)
    • F-Spot (problem importing photos, need to sort this out ;-( )
    • Pidgin (.purple)(!)
    • RhythmBox music player (~/.gnome2/rhythmbox/)
  • Run Evolution and use backed up data file to restore settings and data
Add/remove
  • GStreamer ffmpeg video plugin
  • Acrobat reader 9
  • Amarok
  • Planner
  • Asunder (CD Ripper) very slow! I miss the juicer!
    • Requires "lame"
  • GStreamer plugins
    • mp3
    • quicktime
    • Xvid
    • aac
  • Wine

Restore scripts and config

  • Pidgin emotes
    • If running Pidgin you can File:Od-pidgin-theme.zip which is currently just all the Skype ones (we've all been using mainly skype until now and would like to keep the same emoticons). It's a zipped up folder called "OD" which should be unpacked into /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/emotes. You'll need to make the emotes folder writable first with chmod 777 /usr/share/pixmaps/pidgin/emotes.
  • Sources.list
  • Key files
  • Set VLC to default
    • Set your preferred multimedia application to VLC:
    • Open System, Preferences, Preferred Applications, then change to Multimedia tab, choose Custom, and enter vlc.
  • Set up HP PSC 1315 Printer

Issues and workarounds

  • Fix Skype audio problem
 killall pulseaudio
 sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
 sudo apt-get install esound
 sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio
  • Add a line to alsa-base
 sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
  • Add
 options snd-hda-intel model=dell-bios

Then hit save.

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