Webcam in Linux

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 041e:4036 Creative Technology, Ltd Webcam Live!/Live! Pro

Works straight off, needs medibuntu Skype package from linux mint website (http://linuxmint.com/software/?sec=item&id=1743&release=6)

ADDED for Linux Mint 10 (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8820997&postcount=30)

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype

PDF Printer

http://hubpages.com/hub/Print-to-PDF-in-Ubuntu-904

Not as simple as you think. May require a reinstall in Linux Mint!

Fancontrol

Vital: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=42737

Broken CPU temperature die can be 'fixed' this way.

/etc/rc3.d/m4n78sefancontrol start/stop

Latest development (Linux Mint 8, x64)

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lm_sensors

Need to set

acpi_enforce_resources=lax

 

Linux Amazon MP3 downloader

A life saver, use clamz (http://code.google.com/p/clamz) instead of hacking around with wine or the 'official version'.

Make sure you set the cookie by visiting this page and don't forget to save the .amz file.

Wine tricks

Winetricks is pretty essential for GUI LCD font smoothing!

Here's the script for fast HL2MP startup (from http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=howto+steam#cli):

#!/bin/bash
WINEDEBUG=-all wine C:/Program\ Files/Steam/Steam.exe \
    -applaunch 320 \
    -heapsize 102400 +map_background none "$@" \
    -console -novid -refresh 60 -dxlevel 81

Remember, -dxlevel 81 only needs to be used once! The video settings will be reset if it is included again!

compiling rtorrent

Quick reminder to set linux environmental variables:

ENVIRON_VAR=/$PATH

No last back slash!

To test the settting:

echo %ENVIRON_VAR

libtorrent and rtorrent needs the dev files (from ubuntu repositories), not just the named dependencies on the webpage.

Default locations of libtorrent and rtorrent are /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib, need symlink

Applying patches (.diff) was learned here: http://drupal.org/patch/apply

Currently tracking:

• forced tracker settings with 'f' key is currently broken, not remembered.
• 'encryption = enable_retry' not retrying in rTorrent 0.8.4/0.12. This doesn't seem to be fixed in 0.8.5.