DMA - CD/DVD

# sudo vi /etc/hdparm.conf

/dev/cdrom {
dma = on
}


Login screen theme - KDE (KDM)

- put themes in

/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/new_theme/

- point to the new theme

# sudo vi /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

[X-*-Greeter]
Theme=/usr/share/apps/kdm/themes/new_theme


Firefox form widgets

- download Firefox form widgets from linuxart.com

(there are other hacked widgets to be found on the net)

- extract firefox-forms.tar.gz to

/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/res/

**

- for Firefox 1.5 tarball from mozilla.org use widgets from http://koti.mbnet.fi/~ots/artwork/

Keyboard: 'Win' keys, media buttons - Logitech Ultra-X

# vi ~/.kde/Autostart/Xmodmap

#!/bin/sh
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap

# vi ~/.Xmodmap

keycode 8 =
keycode 9 = Escape
keycode 10 = 1 exclam
keycode 11 = 2 at
keycode 12 = 3 numbersign
keycode 13 = 4 dollar
keycode 14 = 5 percent
keycode 15 = 6 asciicircum
keycode 16 = 7 ampersand
keycode 17 = 8 asterisk
keycode 18 = 9 parenleft
keycode 19 = 0 parenright
keycode 20 = minus underscore
keycode 21 = equal plus
keycode 22 = BackSpace Terminate_Server
keycode 23 = Tab ISO_Left_Tab
keycode 24 = q Q
keycode 25 = w W
keycode 26 = e E
keycode 27 = r R
keycode 28 = t T
keycode 29 = y Y
keycode 30 = u U
keycode 31 = i I
keycode 32 = o O
keycode 33 = p P
keycode 34 = bracketleft braceleft
keycode 35 = bracketright braceright
keycode 36 = Return
keycode 37 = Control_L
keycode 38 = a A
keycode 39 = s S
keycode 40 = d D
keycode 41 = f F
keycode 42 = g G
keycode 43 = h H
keycode 44 = j J
keycode 45 = k K
keycode 46 = l L
keycode 47 = semicolon colon
keycode 48 = apostrophe quotedbl
keycode 49 = grave asciitilde
keycode 50 = Shift_L
keycode 51 = backslash bar
keycode 52 = z Z
keycode 53 = x X
keycode 54 = c C
keycode 55 = v V
keycode 56 = b B
keycode 57 = n N
keycode 58 = m M
keycode 59 = comma less
keycode 60 = period greater
keycode 61 = slash question
keycode 62 = Shift_R
keycode 63 = KP_Multiply XF86_ClearGrab
keycode 64 = Alt_L Meta_L
keycode 65 = space
keycode 66 = Caps_Lock
keycode 67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1
keycode 68 = F2 XF86_Switch_VT_2
keycode 69 = F3 XF86_Switch_VT_3
keycode 70 = F4 XF86_Switch_VT_4
keycode 71 = F5 XF86_Switch_VT_5
keycode 72 = F6 XF86_Switch_VT_6
keycode 73 = F7 XF86_Switch_VT_7
keycode 74 = F8 XF86_Switch_VT_8
keycode 75 = F9 XF86_Switch_VT_9
keycode 76 = F10 XF86_Switch_VT_10
keycode 77 = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys
keycode 78 = Scroll_Lock
keycode 79 = KP_Home KP_7
keycode 80 = KP_Up KP_8
keycode 81 = KP_Prior KP_9
keycode 82 = KP_Subtract XF86_Prev_VMode
keycode 83 = KP_Left KP_4
keycode 84 = KP_Begin KP_5
keycode 85 = KP_Right KP_6
keycode 86 = KP_Add XF86_Next_VMode
keycode 87 = KP_End KP_1
keycode 88 = KP_Down KP_2
keycode 89 = KP_Next KP_3
keycode 90 = KP_Insert KP_0
keycode 91 = KP_Delete KP_Decimal
keycode 92 =
keycode 93 = Mode_switch
keycode 94 = less greater bar brokenbar bar brokenbar
keycode 95 = F11 XF86_Switch_VT_11
keycode 96 = F12 XF86_Switch_VT_12
keycode 97 = Home
keycode 98 = Up
keycode 99 = Prior
keycode 100 = Left
keycode 101 =
keycode 102 = Right
keycode 103 = End
keycode 104 = Down
keycode 105 = Next
keycode 106 = Insert
keycode 107 = Delete
keycode 108 = KP_Enter
keycode 109 = Control_R
keycode 110 = Pause Break
keycode 111 = Print Sys_Req
keycode 112 = KP_Divide XF86_Ungrab
keycode 113 = Alt_R Meta_R
keycode 114 =
keycode 115 = Super_L
keycode 116 = Super_R
keycode 117 = Menu
keycode 118 =
keycode 119 =
keycode 120 =
keycode 121 =
keycode 122 =
keycode 123 =
keycode 124 = ISO_Level3_Shift
keycode 125 = NoSymbol Alt_L
keycode 126 = KP_Equal
keycode 127 = NoSymbol Super_L
keycode 128 = NoSymbol Hyper_L
keycode 129 =
keycode 130 =
keycode 131 =
keycode 132 =
keycode 133 =
keycode 134 =
keycode 135 =
keycode 136 =
keycode 137 =
keycode 138 =
keycode 139 =
keycode 140 =
keycode 141 =
keycode 142 =
keycode 143 =
keycode 144 =
keycode 145 =
keycode 146 =
keycode 147 =
keycode 148 =
keycode 149 =
keycode 150 =
keycode 151 =
keycode 152 =
keycode 153 =
keycode 154 =
keycode 155 =
keycode 156 = NoSymbol Meta_L
keycode 157 =
keycode 158 =
keycode 159 =
keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute
keycode 161 =
keycode 162 = XF86AudioPlay XF86AudioPause
keycode 163 =
keycode 164 =
keycode 165 =
keycode 166 =
keycode 167 =
keycode 168 =
keycode 169 =
keycode 170 =
keycode 171 =
keycode 172 =
keycode 173 =
keycode 174 =
keycode 175 =
keycode 176 =
keycode 177 =
keycode 178 = XF86WWW
keycode 179 =
keycode 180 =
keycode 181 =
keycode 182 =
keycode 183 =
keycode 184 =
keycode 185 =
keycode 186 =
keycode 187 =
keycode 188 =
keycode 189 =
keycode 190 =
keycode 191 =
keycode 192 =
keycode 193 =
keycode 194 =
keycode 195 =
keycode 196 =
keycode 197 =
keycode 198 =
keycode 199 =
keycode 200 =
keycode 201 =
keycode 202 =
keycode 203 =
keycode 204 =
keycode 205 =
keycode 206 =
keycode 207 =
keycode 208 =
keycode 209 =
keycode 210 =
keycode 211 =
keycode 212 =
keycode 213 =
keycode 214 =
keycode 215 =
keycode 216 =
keycode 217 =
keycode 218 =
keycode 219 =
keycode 220 =
keycode 221 =
keycode 222 =
keycode 223 =
keycode 224 =
keycode 225 =
keycode 226 =
keycode 227 =
keycode 228 =
keycode 229 =
keycode 230 = XF86Favorites
keycode 231 =
keycode 232 =
keycode 233 =
keycode 234 =
keycode 235 =
keycode 236 = XF86Mail
keycode 237 = XF86AudioMedia
keycode 238 =
keycode 239 =
keycode 240 =
keycode 241 =
keycode 242 =
keycode 243 =
keycode 244 =
keycode 245 =
keycode 246 =
keycode 247 =
keycode 248 =
keycode 249 =
keycode 250 =
keycode 251 =
keycode 252 =
keycode 253 =
keycode 254 =
keycode 255 =


To clear modifier keys (mod3, mod4, mod5):

# xmodmap -e "clear mod3"


To use Win-keys as modifiers, add at the end of .Xmodmap:

add mod3 = Super_L


To get key codes (print contents of X events):

# xev


Sudoed apps look

# sudo -i

# ln -sf /home/user/.kderc
# ln -sf /home/user/.gtk_qt_engine_rc
# ln -sf /home/user/.gtkrc-2.0
# ln -sf /home/user/.gtkrc
# ln -sf /home/user/.fonts.conf
# ln -sf /home/user/.icons

# cd .kde/share/config/
# ln -sf /home/user/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals
# ln -sf /home/user/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc
# ln -sf /home/user/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc
# ln -sf /home/user/.kde/share/config/kcminputrc
# ln -sf /home/user/.kde/share/config/khelpcenterrc

# cd .kde/share/apps/
# ln -sf /home/user/.kde/share/apps/konqueror
# ln -sf /home/user/.kde/share/apps/konqiconview
# ln -sf /home/user/.kde/share/apps/konqlistview
# ln -sf /home/user/.kde/share/apps/konqsidebartng

- for KDE 3.5.1 link everything in /root/share/config/ instead of /root/.kde/share/config/ (bug or feature?)

GTK1 - themes and fonts

- install GTK+ theme switcher

# sudo apt-get install gtk-theme-switch

- install themes (e.g. gtk-engines-industrial, gtk-engines-geramik, etc.)

# sudo apt-get install gtk-engines-theme

- run switcher

# switch

***

- alternatively, edit ~/.gtkrc (or /etc/gtk/gtkrc for global settings)

style "user-font"
{
fontset="-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
}
widget_class "*" style "user-font"

- other good picks:

-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-clean-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*
-*-lucida-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

- to view fonts:

# xfontsel

Fonts - Firefox

sharp non-antialiased fonts for LCDs at 1280x1024 / 96 dpi

Proportional: Sans Serif, size: 16
Serif: Times New Roman
Sans-serif: Arial
Monospace: Courier New, size: 13
Display resolution: 96 dpi
Minimum font size: 9

- additional tweaking through Firefox's about:config

font.FreeType2.enable
font.FreeType2.autohinted
font.FreeType2.unhinted
font.freetype2.shared-library

font.antialias.min
font.embedded_bitmaps.max

font.scale.aa_bitmap.enable
font.scale.aa_bitmap.always
font.scale.aa_bitmap.dark_text.gain
font.scale.aa_bitmap.dark_text.min
font.scale.aa_bitmap.light_text.gain
font.scale.aa_bitmap.light_text.min
font.scale.aa_bitmap.min
font.scale.aa_bitmap.oversize
font.scale.aa_bitmap.undersize

font.scale.bitmap.min
font.scale.bitmap.oversize
font.scale.bitmap.undersize

font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.gain
font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.min

font.scale.outline.min