!!! Installation Ubuntu Lucid Lynx

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\\(also used for Maverick Meerkat)

!! Installed software

* Plain install from live CD (created USB startup disk for that)
* installed extra packages:
** openssh-server
** htop
** sensors-applet
** flashplugin-installer
** gpsbabel
** sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-source sun-java6-plugin (first synaptic => repos => other repos => enable lucid partner)
** checkgmail
** download and install eclipse
** play an mp3, and you get prompted to install the required codecs....
** vlc and few more "ugly" and "bad" gstreamer packages
** subversion
** acpi
** libdvdcss2 from [http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.2.8/deb]
** nethogs %%small (show per process bandwith usage ) %% 
** iftop
** mysql-client mysql-server
** libnss3-tools (certutil)
** chmsee (viewing windows help files , .chm)
** guake terminal
** virtualbox-ose virtualbox-guest-additions
** acroread
** wammu (phone management)
** XSane (scanner software)
!! Kernel compile
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Because my HP 6830s laptop has a buggy DSDT, I have to change that. Since Linus decided that kernels no longer accept custom DSDT's I have to recompile the kernel to get this done.\\
I found a useful link here : [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1341580]\\
And afterwards another one here : [http://blog.avirtualhome.com/2010/05/05/how-to-compile-a-ubuntu-lucid-kernel/]

So, what I did is downloade the kernel source from [http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/], and :
{{{
dpkg -i /home/metskem/Downloads/linux-source-2.6.35_2.6.35-22.34_all.deb
sudo apt-get install fakeroot kernel-wedge build-essential makedumpfile
sudo apt-get build-dep linux
sudo apt-get install qt3-dev-tools libqt3-mt-dev kernel-package
mkdir src
cd src
tar xjf /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.32.tar.bz2 
cd linux-source-2.6.32/
cp -vi /boot/config-`uname -r` .config
make xconfig .......
}}}

click in left pane on ACPI, and then double click in right pane on custom DSDT and fill in the fullname of your custom dsdt (for example {{/home/metskem/dsdt/dsdt.hex}}.\\
Then we'll continue:
{{{
export CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=3   # put both intel cores to work :-) 
time fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=dh kernel-image kernel-headers | tee /home/metskem/kernel-compile.log
}}}

see [log|kernel-compile.log]
{{{
.......
real	66m15.850s
user	93m31.899s
sys	14m9.749s
}}}

Now install the kernel :
{{{metskem@gneisenau:~/src$ sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh_2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh-10.00.Custom_i386.deb 
(Reading database ... 151079 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh 2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh-10.00.Custom (using linux-image-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh_2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh-10.00.Custom_i386.deb) ...
Ok, aborting, since modules for this image already exist.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh_2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh-10.00.Custom_i386.deb (--install):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
Running postrm hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dirtyharrykernel
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows Recovery Environment (loader) on /dev/sda1
Found Windows Vista (loader) on /dev/sda3
Found Linux Mint 7 Gloria - Main Edition (7) on /dev/sda6
done
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh_2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
metskem@gneisenau:~/src$ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh_2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh-10.00.Custom_i386.deb 
Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh.
(Reading database ... 151079 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh (from linux-headers-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh_2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh-10.00.Custom_i386.deb) ...
Setting up linux-headers-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh (2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh-10.00.Custom) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/nvidia-common 2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh
}}}

And finally :
{{{
update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh 
update-grub
}}}


For the last part (that takes over an hour) I created a small shell [script|kernelcompile.sh]


!! Miscellaneous

Eclipse fails with 
{{{
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: invalid qualifier: 11+drm33
	at org.osgi.framework.Version.validate(Version.java:188)
	at org.osgi.framework.Version.<init>(Version.java:92)
	....
}}}
Solved by adding ''-vmargs -Dorg.osgi.framework.os.version=2.6.32.11+drm33.2dh01'' to /usr/local/eclipse/eclipse.ini.\\
Also added ''-Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni''  to eclipse.ini to get subversion working.