Anticapitalista at 14:08, 26 July 2007

2007-07-26T14:08:10Z

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==IceWM and startx==

Many thanks to macondo.

The first thing I did was su to root and then as root:
<pre>
# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
</pre>

this updated the list of applications in the database and upgraded them
in case they hadn't been. It upgraded libmagic9 libnet-dns-perl and
ttf-opensymbol.

Next:
<pre>
# updatedb
</pre>
Then I installed the apps icewm-themes (about 80 themes), numlockx,
unclutter (makes the cursor disappear after 5 second, good for
reading), my favorite editor: joe, the firewall 'firehol', and the
fonts 'terminus', good for reading for long lapses.
<pre>
# apt-get install icewm-themes numlockx unclutter joe firehol
xfonts-terminus
</pre>
<pre>
# updatedb (again)
</pre>
Ctrl + Alt + Delete + r (will restart icewm) and make effective any
changes made.

To '''config my firewall''' and using the default editor nano:
<pre>
# nano /etc/default/firehol
</pre>
I edited and left it looking like this:
<pre>

START_FIREHOL=YES
FIREHOL_LOG_MODE="ULOG"

#If you want to have firehol wait for an iface to be up add it here
WAIT_FOR_IFACE=""
</pre>

then I saved and exited nano:
<pre>
Ctrl + O <Enter> the letter O is not a cap (saves)
Ctrl + x (exits)
</pre>
<pre>
# firehol-wizard <Enter>
</pre>
let it run, press Enter when told to do so.

'''Set up time configuration.''' Launch 'SetClock' on menu, enter root password:

Default messages:
<pre>
your current time zone is set to Europe/Greece
</pre>
<pre>
Do you want to change this? yes
</pre>
Gives me a list, I chose my continent: America

then a list of cities in America, I chose: Panama

You may need to fix the time in the bios.

'''To start Icewm as default WM''' instead of fluxbox, edit .xinitrc with nano:
<pre>
$ nano .xinitrc
</pre>
got an empty file, I left it looking like this:

<pre>
#!/bin/sh

numlockx &
unclutter &
icewm
</pre>

saved/exited from nano

Alternatively, edit the .xession file
<pre>
$ leafpad .xsession
</pre>

and edit to
<pre>
###exec startfluxbox
exec icewm-session
</pre>

'''Make booting faster and simpler:'''
<pre>
# nano /boot/grub/menu.lst
</pre>
changed the booting time to zero and commented some lines to avoid
seeing them when I booted, edited the file and left looking like this:

<pre>
timeout 0
#color cyan/blue white/blue
#foreground ffffff
#background 0639a1

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

title MEPIS at sda1, newest kernel
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 nomce quiet vga=791
resume=/dev/sda2
boot

title MEPIS at sda1, previous kernel (if any)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz.old root=/dev/sda1 nomce quiet vga=791
resume=/dev/sda2
boot

title MEPIS at sda1, kernel 2.6.15-27-desktop
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-desktop root=/dev/sda1 nomce quiet
vga=791 resume=/dev/sda2
boot

title MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin

</pre>

saved/exited and went to edit /etc/inittab I like 'startx'

<pre>

# nano /etc/inittab
</pre>
here I changed the runlevel to 2 and commented an extra tty to save
more ram:

<pre>
id:2:initdefault:

# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
#3:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
#4:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
#5:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
#6:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6

</pre>

Then went to /etc/fstab

and changed this line:
<pre>
/dev/sda3 /home ext3 defaults,noatime,nodev,nosuid 1 2
</pre>

saved exited

'''Remove xdm and other unwanted apps:'''
<pre>
# dpkg -P xdm xterm gimp gnumeric minicom dillo links2 mutt pan
</pre>
<pre>
# reboot
</pre>
when it began to reboot I pressed Delete, got into my BIOS, changed the
time, pressed F10 (save/exit) and it continued rebooting, took me to
login, entered my username/password, typed startx, icewm came up, the
time was correct, so I'm a happy camper.

'''Now to config icewm:'''
I got it all save in my yahoo mail so it's just a matter of copy/paste.
<pre>
$ nano .icewm/preferences
</pre>
(gives me an empty file) I copied/pasted my preferences:

See [http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=8229 this post] for icewm configuration:

'''Shutdown apps with F7 instead of Alt+F4'''

<pre>
$ nano .icewm/prefoverride
KeyWinClose="F7
</pre>

save/exit.

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Anticapitalista at 14:08, 26 July 2007