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2/19/2019 - Install 1 TB SSD in comet2 using partitioning scheme above. Andrew activates kerberos and adds me to sudo list. Then begin process of installing needed software all over again! 2/20/2018 - - New CR 2032 battery installed in comet2 for RTC
- X11 install appears successful, but causes screen freeze early on. Also SELinux complaints...but Karl fixes:
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sudo semanage fcontext -a -t abrt_var_log_t '/var/adm'
sudo restorecon -v '/var/adm'
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- And adds me to the 'wheel' group so I may use the GUI s/w installer tools.
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# usermod -a -G wheel dragon |
- The X11 freeze was "solved" by reseating the nVidia card. Will have to see if this is a long-term solution. If not, Karl suggests swapping out the nouveau video driver for the nVidia driver: nvidia-automatic-builds-via-dkms
- Install AFS/YFS
- Install google-chrome
- Install thunderbird
- Install emacs + git version control package
- Install NX client (from NERSC)
- Install FastX
- Install python3
- Install slack app
- Install Zoom app
- Install sshfs
- Install dev tools
- Install filezilla
- NOTE: the following apps were already installed (or equivalents): libreOffice, ksnapshot
- Install multimedia codecs and apps (including ffmpeg)
- Install htop
- Install gimp
- Install gitg (GTK+ interfact to git)
- Install galculator and GTK+ development files
- Install BrightQ printer support for Canon ImageRunner Advance C5255
- Driver package is recommended by Canon, https://www.codehost.com/canon/
- One must "register" to download and then again to install the drivers
![(sad)](/s/gefuhg/8804/1f3pw56/_/images/icons/emoticons/sad.svg) - This system was installed to interface with CUPS (already installed)
- A number of "BrightQ" apps appear in the gnome Applications->Office menu
- It seems to work, including providing the printer-specific options (e.g., paper size, duplex, etc.)
- Install Code42 CrashPlan
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Gotchas
Here is a list of gotchas or concerns that I stumbled into during this project investigations.
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