Latest revision as of 23:32, 11 May 2010

Configuration Files

/etc/init.d/linuxmce

• I don't know if the specific placement of this line really matters, but this worked for me

StartService "Setting SSH Keys" "/usr/pluto/bin/SSH_Keys.sh" "&"
StartService "Setting Coredump Location" "/usr/pluto/bin/corefile.sh"
StartService "Creating Firewire 2 Video4Linux Pipes" "/usr/pluto/bin/Firewire2Video4Linux.sh"
StartService "Configuring Pluto Storage Devices" "/usr/pluto/bin/StorageDevices_Setup.sh"
/etc/init.d/samba start
StartService "Detecting Timezone" "/usr/pluto/bin/Timezone_Detect.sh" "&"
StartService "Status Radar" "/usr/pluto/bin/StorageDevices_StatusRadar.sh"
StartService "Samba Radar" "/usr/pluto/bin/StorageDevices_SambaRadar.sh"
StartService "PVR-250 tuner restore" "/usr/pluto/bin/CaptureCards_BootConfig_PVR-250.sh"
StartService "KDE Desktop" "/usr/pluto/bin/Start_KDE.sh"
## Setup ALSA mixers
...

/etc/network/interfaces

• (the eth0 configuration should be set according to the network the media center is connected to)

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
   address 192.168.200.42
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   gateway 192.168.200.1
auto eth0:1
iface eth0:1 inet static
   address 192.168.80.1
   netmask 255.255.255.0

~/Desktop/Activate-Orbiter.sh

• Change "21" to the device number of your OnScreen orbiter
• This can be found by going to Web Admin > Show Devices Tree > Core > The core/hybrid, click on OnScreen Orbiter and look in the black box at the top left of the information displayed

#!/bin/bash
/usr/pluto/bin/MessageSend localhost 0 21 1 912 119 "0"

~/.kde/Autostart/Set-Volume.sh

#!/bin/sh
amixer sset Master 20% unmute
amixer sset Front 100% unmute
amixer sset Surround 100% unmute
amixer sset Center 100% unmute
amixer sset LFE 100% unmute
amixer sset 'Front Mic Boost' 100% unmute
amixer sset 'Front Mic' 100% unmute
amixer sset 'Input Source' 'Front Mic'
amixer sset 'Capture' 100% unmute

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

• Options may very depending on your setup and mouse, this is the config for my setup
• The protocol ExplorerPS/2 seems to have the best luck, but auto may work as well

...
Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "Buttons" "7"
    Option         "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
EndSection
   ...

~/.xbindkeysrc

• b:# is the mouse button, modify according to the functions you want
• use 'xev' to determine the mouse button numbers
• use 'xbindkeys -k' to determine keyboard button codes (they are case-sensitive)

"xte 'keydown F7' &"
  b:2
"xte 'keyup F7' &"
  b:2+release
"xte 'keydown Prior' &"
  b:4
"xte 'keyup Prior' &"
  b:4+release
"xte 'keydown Next' &"
  b:5
"xte 'keyup Next' &"
  b:5+release
"xte 'keydown F6' &"
  b:6
"xte 'keyup F6' &"
  b:6+release
"xte 'keydown F8' &"
  b:7
"xte 'keyup F8' &"
  b:7+release

/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

• Make sure you replace USERNAME and PASSWORD with your Gmail account info

#
# Config file for sSMTP sendmail
#
# The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000
# Make this empty to disable rewriting.
root=USERNAME@gmail.com
# The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required no
# MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
UseSTARTTLS=YES
AuthUser=USERNAME
AuthPass=PASSWORD
# Where will the mail seem to come from?
rewriteDomain=gmail.com
# The full hostname
hostname=dcerouter
# Are users allowed to set their own From: address?
# YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address
# NO - Use the system generated From: address
FromLineOverride=YES

~/Desktop/email.sh

• Replace 5555551234@vtext.com with whatever the equivalent is for your phone carrier, or a normal email address if you don't want text alerts

#!/bin/bash
# script to send simple email
# email subject
SUBJECT="MCE"
# Email To ?
EMAIL="5555551234@vtext.com" # This is the text message email setup for verizon, check for your carrier's equivalent
# Email text/message
EMAILMESSAGE="/tmp/emailmessage.txt"
echo "Your lights are:">$EMAILMESSAGE
echo "Off">>$EMAILMESSAGE
# send an email using /bin/mail
mail -s "$SUBJECT" "$EMAIL" < $EMAILMESSAGE

/etc/udev/rules.d/95-webcam.rules

• Modify the vendor and product ID to match that of your camera

KERNEL=="video*", SYSFS{idVendor}=="045e", SYSFS{idProduct}=="00f8", NAME="video5"

/usr/bin/skype

#!/bin/sh
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype.real

~/.devilspie/skype.ds

• This isn't quite right yet, but works if you have auto-answer on

(if
    (matches (application_name) "^Skype")
    (begin
        (center)
        (above)
        (focus)
        (skip_pager)
        (skip_tasklist)
    )
)