Some hints for problems I've run into and solved.
program & hardware | to do | result |
irssi | /hilight -channels #channel > or /hilight -channels #channel -regex .*\w.* | hilighting of a whole channel (first one worked for me and second for a friend) |
xorg.conf part for touchpads | Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "CorePointer" Option "ZaxisMapping" "4 5" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100" Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true" Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" Option "TapButton1" "1" Option "TapButton2" "2" Option "TapButton3" "3" Option "SHMConfig" "on" Option "UpDownScrolling" "on" EndSection | Touchpad configuration with horizontal and vertical scrolling and tapping Tested with: Acer Extensa 3000 |
nvidia-driver (>=260.19.21) | Section "Monitor" ... UseModes "1280x720" ... EndSection | force proprietary nvidia-driver to use a resolution which is not supported by EDID |
php on Archlinux | set short_open_tag = On | needed for using web projects like v-webmail and some dokuwiki-themes |
pure-ftpd | ssl-certificate saved in /etc/ssl/private/pure-ftpd.pem | enable - - tls option for pure-ftpd |
firefox | set „browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground“ in about:config „true“ | firefox doesn't change desktop if you click a link in an other program and opens it in background |
Imagemagick/import | import -window "$(xwininfo | grep "Window id" | awk '{print $4}')" \ "window_$(date +%Y%m%d-%k%M%S).png" | Screenshot of a window |
Here are some tricks and solutions for emerge-failure.
Be careful if you use something like putty you maybe have to set the „“ on your own.
program | trick/solution | source |
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open-vm-tools on hardened-sources | GCC_SPECS="/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.6/hardenednopie.specs"\\ emerge -av open-vm-tools or CFLAG="-nopie" emerge -av open-vm-tools I haven't figured out which configuration needs which way yet. | Gentoo-Bugs #200376 |
mono-install on hardened-sources | activate PAX-support and PAX-softmode-support in kernel activate softmode by using: sysctl kernel.pax.softmode=1 | hardened-IRC #gentoo-hardened |
mumble with debug | FEATURES=splitdebug USE=debug emerge -av mumble | mumble-IRC #mumble |