TSL

TSL Todo list

• Shorten / tie up flyleads
• Provide tied down flyleads in the laptop areas (areas without PCs)
• Build new image & re-image computers
• Install replaced / fixed computers

Current problems

Network Sockets

SLAB013 SLAB016.

Power Sockets

pc48

Bad Images

1,2,3,5,12,14,17,20,44,45,47,70,74

Grub broken

7, 8, 9, 12, 23, 35

Image

Paste the source of the following into:

sed -ne 's/^* // p' | tr '\n' ' '; echo

to get a list you can install

Games

• bsdgames
• bzflag
• frozen-bubble
• gnome-games
• gtetrinet
• neverball
• openarena
• openttd
• pingus
• teeworlds
• tetrinet-client
• wesnoth
• wormux

Editors

• anjuta
• bluefish
• codeblocks
• eclipse
• emacs
• emacs-snapshot
• eric
• geany
• idle
• joe
• kate
• kdevelop
• lyx
• netbeans
• scite
• spe
• vim-full
• xemacs21

Docs

• devhelp
• diveintopython
• gtkmm-documentation
• manpages-dev
• python-doc
• stl-manual

Version Control

• cvs
• bzr
• bzr-gtk
• bzr-svn
• bzrtools
• darcs
• git-core
• meld
• mercurial
• subversion
• subversion-tools
• svk

Debugging

• ddd
• lsof
• ltrace
• strace
• valgrind

Programming

• ant
• ant-optional
• bicyclerepair
• bison
• bsh
• build-essential
• clisp
• cmake
• devscripts
• docbook
• flex
• freeglut3-dev
• fpc
• gcc-4.1
• gdc
• g++-4.1
• gengetopt
• ghc
• gnome-devel
• gnuplot
• graphviz
• ipython
• kiki
• libghc6-xmonad-dev
• libgtkmm-2.4-dev
• libphobos-4.2-dev
• libqt4-dev
• libqwt-dev
• libsdl-console-dev
• libsdl-dev
• libsdl-gfx1.2-dev
• libsdl-image1.2-dev
• libsdl-mixer1.2-dev
• libsdl-net1.2-dev
• libsdl-pango-dev
• libsdl-sound1.2-dev
• libsdl-stretch-dev
• libsdl-ttf2.0-dev
• mesa-utils
• octave
• pyflakes
• pylint
• python3
• python-all-dev
• python-beautifulsoup
• python-celementtree
• python-configobj
• python-crypto
• python-dateutil
• python-html5lib
• python-jinja
• python-matplotlib
• python-pygame
• python-pysqlite2
• python-simplejson
• python-scipy
• python-soappy
• python-sqlalchemy
• python-twisted
• python-visual
• qt4-designer
• r-recommended
• speedcrunch
• sun-java6-jdk
• sun-java6-plugin
• texlive-full
• wxmaxima

System

• ack-grep
• fluxbox
• htop
• imagemagick
• irssi
• ldap-auth-client
• ldap-utils
• lftp
• manpages
• moreutils
• mtr-tiny
• nis
• nfs-common
• ntp
• openssh-server
• openssl
• poppler-utils
• quota
• rdesktop
• rsync
• screen
• smartmontools
• tmpreaper
• traceroute
• tsocks
• units
• unrar
• unzip
• wbritish
• whois
• xtightvncviewer
• xmonad

Other

• abiword
• amarok
• blender
• dia
• firefox-3.5
• flashplugin-nonfree
• gnumeric
• inkscape
• konsole
• konqueror
• konversation
• linuxdcpp
• mplayer
• openoffice.org-draw
• pdfedit
• planner
• scribus
• ubuntu-restricted-extras
• wine
• yakuake
• xchat

Fonts

• ttf-adf
• ttf-aenigma
• ttf-atarismall
• ttf-beteckna
• ttf-breip
• ttf-droid
• ttf-dustin
• ttf-ecolier-court
• ttf-ecolier-lignes-court
• ttf-engadget
• ttf-essays1743
• ttf-f500
• ttf-fifthhorseman-dkg-handwriting
• ttf-georgewilliams
• ttf-goudybookletter
• ttf-inconsolata
• ttf-isabella
• ttf-jsmath
• ttf-junicode
• ttf-konatu
• ttf-larabie-deco
• ttf-larabie-straight
• ttf-larabie-uncommon
• ttf-linux-libertine
• ttf-marvosym
• ttf-mscorefonts-installer
• ttf-ocr-a
• ttf-oflb-asana-math
• ttf-oflb-euterpe
• ttf-radisnoir
• ttf-sil-gentium
• ttf-sil-gentium-basic
• ttf-sjfonts
• ttf-staypuft
• ttf-summersby
• ttf-tomsontalks
• ttf-tuffy
• ttf-ubuntu-title
• ttf-unifont
• ttf-xfree86-nonfree

Post Install

Get rid of:

• any MTA
• old kernels
• network-manager

Configure:

• /etc/ntp.conf

server ntp1.uct.ac.za iburst prefer
server ntp2.uct.ac.za iburst
server ntp3.uct.ac.za iburst
server dreamcoat.che.uct.ac.za iburst
server emperor.che.uct.ac.za iburst

• /etc/tmpreaper.conf

SHOWWARNING=false

• /etc/eclipse/java_home

/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun

• /usr/lib/eclipse/configuration/config.ini

org.eclipse.jdt.core.classpathVariable.JRE_LIB=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/rt.jar

• /etc/update-manager/meta-release

URI = http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ubuntu-changelogs/leg/meta-release
URI_LTS = http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ubuntu-changelogs/leg/meta-release-lts

• /etc/yp.conf

ypserver 137.158.56.6

• /etc/nsswitch.conf

passwd:         nis files
group:          compat nis files
shadow:         nis files

• /etc/fstab:

tsl.uct.ac.za:/home	/home	nfs	rw,sync		0	0

• /etc/ldap.conf:

uri ldaps://ucttldap1.uct.ac.za/ ldaps://ucttldap2.uct.ac.za/ ldaps://ucttldap3.uct.ac.za/
base  ou=main, o=uct
pam_filter objectclass=ndsloginproperties
pam_login_attribute cn
pam_password nds
tls_checkpeer no

• /etc/security/group.conf

*;*;*;Al0000-2400; audio,floppy,video,cdrom,plugdev

• /etc/firefox-3.[05]/pref/firefox.js

// UCT Proxy
pref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url", "http://www.uct.ac.za/cache.pac");
pref("network.proxy.type", 2);
pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 3000);

• /etc/firefox-3.[05]/pref/ubufox.js

pref("browser.startup.homepage", "file:/etc/firefox-homepage.properties");

• /etc/firefox-homepage.properties

browser.startup.homepage=http://www.tsl.uct.ac.za/

• /usr/share/gdm/themes/Human/Human.xml

  <item type="rect" id="custom-tsl-help">
    <pos y="10%" width="box" height="box" x="50%" anchor="n"/>
    <box spacing="2" orientation="vertical">
      <item type="label">
        <pos x="50%" anchor="n"/>
        <normal font="Sans 14" color="#ffffff"/>
        <text>Problems?</text>
      </item>
      <item type="label">
        <normal font="Sans 12" color="#ffffff"/>
        <text>e-mail help@tsl.uct.ac.za</text>
      </item>
    </box>
  </item>