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=== fixing sound === | === fixing sound === | ||
- | (didn't need that | + | (didn't need that with new image v3e) |
In one XTerminal: | In one XTerminal: | ||
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"xvkbd -xsendevent -text '\e'" | "xvkbd -xsendevent -text '\e'" | ||
Shift+BackSpace | Shift+BackSpace | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
So I changed the binding of full screen toggle to Shift+Fn+Space (which otherwise conflicts with [[N900 Shortcuts and Gestures|Maemo key bindings]]) and added additional ones for tab (\t) and escape (\e). | So I changed the binding of full screen toggle to Shift+Fn+Space (which otherwise conflicts with [[N900 Shortcuts and Gestures|Maemo key bindings]]) and added additional ones for tab (\t) and escape (\e). | ||
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=== Upgrades and additional installations === | === Upgrades and additional installations === | ||
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==== Lenny security updates ==== | ==== Lenny security updates ==== | ||
- | After adding security updates to $CHROOT/etc/apt/sources.list | + | After adding security updates to $CHROOT/etc/apt/sources.list: |
deb http://security.eu.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free | deb http://security.eu.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free | ||
- | and | + | and disabling squeeze and lenny-backports, I did a full upgrade by |
apt-get update | apt-get update | ||
apt-get upgrade | apt-get upgrade | ||
apt-get clean | apt-get clean | ||
- | ( | + | (without subsequently upgrading manually the packages that were held back when doing so). |
==== Additional packages ==== | ==== Additional packages ==== | ||
- | In order to have more space in the 2GB image | + | In order to have more space in the 2GB image, I have moved $CHROOT/usr/share/doc and $CHROOT/var/cache/apt/archives to /home/user and provided symlinks. From debian chroot: |
+ | cd /usr/share | ||
+ | cp -a doc /home/user/.easydebdoc | ||
+ | rm -r doc | ||
+ | ln -s /home/user/.easydebdoc doc | ||
cd /var/cache/apt | cd /var/cache/apt | ||
apt-get clean | apt-get clean | ||
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mv archives archives- | mv archives archives- | ||
ln -s /home/user/.easydebarchives archives | ln -s /home/user/.easydebarchives archives | ||
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I personally found the following packages useful, which include a complete LATeX installation and the symbolic math program xmaxima, which both are fairly big. | I personally found the following packages useful, which include a complete LATeX installation and the symbolic math program xmaxima, which both are fairly big. | ||
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(Don't forget to run "apt-get clean" regularly to free the space occupied by the downloaded Debian packages once they are installed.) | (Don't forget to run "apt-get clean" regularly to free the space occupied by the downloaded Debian packages once they are installed.) | ||
- | As a rule, | + | As a rule, install with |
- | apt-get install --no-install-recommends | + | apt-get install --no-install-recommends |
- | ( | + | (have a look at suggested and recommended packages which are not installed automatically) |
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From <u>lenny</u>: | From <u>lenny</u>: | ||
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*[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/xournal xournal] | *[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/xournal xournal] | ||
*[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/zim zim] (see also [http://wiki.maemo.org/Easy_Debian#Other_useful_applications_to_install_in_addition wiki]) | *[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/zim zim] (see also [http://wiki.maemo.org/Easy_Debian#Other_useful_applications_to_install_in_addition wiki]) | ||
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*[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/cadabra cadabra] (computer algebra system for field theorists - [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=807853&postcount=1714 screenshot]); | *[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/cadabra cadabra] (computer algebra system for field theorists - [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=807853&postcount=1714 screenshot]); | ||
:pulls in new texlive installation (big!) and requires additionally texlive-latex3 - for gaining more space in the image moved also /usr/share/texmf-texlive (almost 300MB) to /home/user: | :pulls in new texlive installation (big!) and requires additionally texlive-latex3 - for gaining more space in the image moved also /usr/share/texmf-texlive (almost 300MB) to /home/user: | ||
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Prior to image v3e, upgrade of [http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/openoffice.org OpenOffice] to 3.2.1 (including also openoffice.org-math, but leaving out openoffice.org-base which does not work in armel) through: | Prior to image v3e, upgrade of [http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/openoffice.org OpenOffice] to 3.2.1 (including also openoffice.org-math, but leaving out openoffice.org-base which does not work in armel) through: | ||
- | apt-get install | + | apt-get install openoffice.org-writer openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-style-galaxy openoffice.org-style-hicontrast openoffice.org-style-tango openoffice.org-emailmerge ttf-opensymbol python-uno |
apt-get clean | apt-get clean | ||
In v3e, OpenOffice 3.2.1-9 is already installed, but openoffice.org-math is left out. So I just did | In v3e, OpenOffice 3.2.1-9 is already installed, but openoffice.org-math is left out. So I just did | ||
apt-get install openoffice.org-math | apt-get install openoffice.org-math | ||
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Then revert $CHROOT/etc/apt/sources.list back to lenny only. Besides being on the safe side for future installations, this also frees quite some memory in the image. | Then revert $CHROOT/etc/apt/sources.list back to lenny only. Besides being on the safe side for future installations, this also frees quite some memory in the image. | ||
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== Google Streetview App through Easy Debian == | == Google Streetview App through Easy Debian == | ||
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Thanks to the ingenuity of [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=731567#post731567 debernardis], Easy Debian can be made to come to the rescue after the flashplayer in Maemo was no longer good enough for google streetview within google maps: | Thanks to the ingenuity of [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=731567#post731567 debernardis], Easy Debian can be made to come to the rescue after the flashplayer in Maemo was no longer good enough for google streetview within google maps: | ||
In the Debian image, with squeeze repository enabled, install kazehakase browser through | In the Debian image, with squeeze repository enabled, install kazehakase browser through | ||
- | apt-get install | + | apt-get install kazehakase libgtk2-ruby libgtk2-ruby1.8 xulrunner-1.9.1 |
In Maemo, create /usr/share/applications/hildon/streetview.desktop with content | In Maemo, create /usr/share/applications/hildon/streetview.desktop with content | ||
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; from squeeze | ; from squeeze | ||
*[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/build-essential build-essential] | *[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/build-essential build-essential] | ||
+ | *[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/calibre calibre] (needed upgrade of libpulse0, which breaks sound - perhaps only because I installed without --no-install-recommends option?; - [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=819930&postcount=1781 instructions and screenshots], after installation from squeeze [http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=820705&postcount=1795 updated to calibre version from sid]) | ||
*[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/eric eric] (needs .kbdactive for keyboard focus under debbie) | *[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/eric eric] (needs .kbdactive for keyboard focus under debbie) | ||
*[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/pdfchain pdfchain] | *[http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/pdfchain pdfchain] | ||
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=== Unresolved problems: === | === Unresolved problems: === | ||
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: needs to be installed from squeeze, works, but because <b>gconf2</b> is upgraded interferes with configuration of other applications such as evince | : needs to be installed from squeeze, works, but because <b>gconf2</b> is upgraded interferes with configuration of other applications such as evince | ||
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