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There has been a short discussion on sharing private documentation on post-install customisation procedures ( http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=129847 ).

As an example, I append an edited dump of my 2010.1 customisation notes (edited for making cryptic reminders to myself somewhat understandable to somebody else). Please note that:

all this is specific to my environment and my personal taste for a good Desktop "feeling",
all my "permanent" data at the level of the home directory are linked to a shared partition (shared between OS partitions) - the only static data in the home directory are (hidden) configuration files and directories,
I maintain hidden information in the .local/share/applications/xx.desktop files, using pragmas for defining the position of the icon on the desktop and of application shortcut key sequences.This is useful in support of configuration scripts and - simply - for documentation. Examples:
Comment[pragma]=key:Meta+C
Comment[pragma]=pos:1,1 link

This first draft illustrates the need for improvement (shorter, better structured) - I suggest, at present, to collect examples here in the wiki and discuss how to improve things. Discussion probably also in the wiki, but once we agree that this is worth while pursuing, some noise in the Documentation forum might be a good thing. I started of with trying to just "dump" my notes - adapating them to wiki format I forced me to do have a first go at structuring.

Example of 2010.1 customisation notes

Step 1: basic system setup

Add partitions to /etc/fstab

Look at /dev/sdxx, add non-existing items to /etc/fstab

Script: partition editor tool

Make sure that windows partitions are mounted on /mnt/windows etc.

Update Grub menu

User-friendly labels, sequence of menu items, parameters of items, convert configfile items -> kernel items

Script: menu editor tool

Basic directory structure

Create links to data in shared (non-OS) partitions, for instance:

ln -s /common/usr/local /usr/local

ln -s /common/repositories /repositories

Script: partition editor tool

Throwaway Mandriva goodies

xguest
mdkonline

Script: PreActions

Step 2: Customize/update rpm packages

Create default media

Script: Media handling tool

Install/update packages

Update the packages coming out of the install process
Install supplementary packages

Script: Package tool

Step 3: Customize configuration

Principal actions done:

Add /etc/X11/xinit.d/user_profile (source .profile at X startup)
Add configuration file for unige vpnc
Add minicom profiles
Sudoers (allow sudo for user harms)
Customise /etc/hosts (define hosts supported on LAN)
Define shares in /etc/rsyncd.conf
Define faces in /usr/local/faces
Create /usr/info
numero rio rio bouygues rio orange
Add to sounds file
Add xemacs modules, define xemacs startup
Adapt /etc/xinetd.d/rsync
Link system ssh key-files to predefined pattern files
Define /root/.usync/syncrc
tune /etc/security/msec/security.conf
add user guest

Script: PostActions

Customize Personal Firewall

Unless done during sys install, enable:

873/tcp 873/udp
Web Server
Domain Name Server
SSH server
FTP server
CUPS server
Echo request

No script, needs to be done manually

Add hosts to the whitelist as popups arrive

Adding to the whitelist may need to be done by calling /usr/sbin/drakids -> manual (MCC)

No script, use MCC

Patches for 2010.0

Create link /usr/bin/ooffice
chown root:dialout /var/lock (harms is member of group dialout)
Patch urpmi (allow urpme execution from script)

Script: Patch-2010.1

Manual changes in shared template files to accommodate 2010.1

Make 2010.1- specific executable for pcb (/usr/local/bin)
Modify /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf (192.168.0.10 for recognition of login-less access from server becomes 127.0.0.1)

Step 4: Customize user environment

Select target user and template directories

Determine where to find the template files

Script: User mode initialisation

General user setup actions

link user .ssh to shared template data (stored in the shared /common filesystem)
add user harms to dialout group
change home shell to tcshrc

Script: UserSetup

Customize the home directory

Delete: Pictures, Templates, Videos, Documents, Downloads, Music
Add files from template: .adobe, .cshrc, .gftp, .gimp-2.6, .netrc, .profile, .tcshrc, .rpmmacros, .usync, .xemacs

.Xdefaults, .mozilla, .thunderbird, .pcb, .ooo3

Script: UserHome

Create links to shared home directories

Create links to the shared (between OS partitions) home directories, stored in a separate file-system

Script: UserLinks

Step 5: KDE customisation

Basic (initial) actions

Add .face.icon
Add desktop and directory files to .local/share
Customise Desktop directory
Add .config/menu/applications.menu
Create empty .kde4 hierarchy
Add konsole profiles (apps/konsole, config/konsolerc): JH_application, JH_root, JH_remote, JH_log, JH_minicom, workaround bug in konsole menu cration)
Only 1 touchfreeze: cp ./confkit/actions/templates/killfreeze ~/.kde4/Autostart/

Script: KDE4Setup

Step 6: Manual KDE customisation

Default konsole size

Set konsole initial size to 80x25
Konsole menubar -> Advanced -> Special Application settings -> Geometry
Check "Size", Select "Apply initially"

Popuplate taskbar with pullup menus

Unlock widgets (Cashew)
KDE menu0-> JH subdirectory (included when .config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu had been copied)
For each top-level directory -> right-click on name -> hit "Add to panel"
Open taskbar -> for each new widget, drag it to the desired place

Add system-tray icons

Open taskbar -> Add widgets -> find "CPU system monitor" icon -> double-click that icon

KDE Desktop Look & Feel

Avoid KDE tampering with application colors
KDE CC -> Look & Feel -> Appearance -> Colors -> Options
Uncheck: Apply colors to non-KDE4 application

Tune window header-bar style
KDE CC -> Look & Feel -> Appearance -> Colors -> Colors
Active Titlebar : 36 68 156
Active Titlebar Text : 255 255 70
Inactive Titlebar : 213 225 255
Inactive Titlebar Text :100 100 100

Determine size of desktop icons
Icons -> Desktop
Size: 32

Fonts used by KDE
Window title : Sans Serif 12 Bold
Desktop: Sans Serif 8

Task manager settings
Desktop -> Multiple Desktops -> Desktops
Number of desktops: 6
Desktop -> Multiple Desktops -> Switching
Animation: No Animation

Disable screen-edge effects
Desktop -> Screen Edges
Upper left corner: No action

Select Screensaver
Desktop -> Screen Saver
Blank Screen

KDE sound notifications
Notifications -> System Notifications -> Applications -> KDE System Notifications
(kde3 sounds established earlier)

Login: /usr/local/share/sounds/kde3/KDE_Startup_1.ogg
Logout: /usr/local/share/sounds/kde3/KDE_Logout_2.ogg

Window selection via focus
Window Behaviour -> Focus -> Focus follows mouse (popped up windows will have focus)

Support keyboard switching

(Add US international with dead keys and swiss-french keyboard)

Configure your Desktop (General) -> Personal -> Regional & Languages -> Keyboard Layout
Enable keyboard layouts: check
Add US (label: usx, variant: int)
Add Switzerland (variant: fr)

Erase Numlock at login
Configure your Desktop (General) -> Computer Administration-> Keyboard & Mouse -> Keyboard
Keyboard Setting -> NumLock on KDE startup
Unselect checkbox

Icon selection by single-click
Configure your Desktop (General) -> Computer Administration-> Mouse -> General
Single-click opens files and folders

Establish KDE window shortcuts
Computer Administration -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Global Keyboard Shortcuts
KDE component -> KWin
Toggle Window Raise/Lower: F2
Switch to next desktop: Ctrl+Alt+Right
Switch to next desktop: Ctrl+Alt+Left
Window to next desktop: Shift+Alt+Right
Window to next desktop: Shift+Alt+Left

Define login behaviour
Configure your Desktop (Advanced) -> Advanced User Settings
Session Manager -> On Login
Restore manually saved session

Define desktop background and icon label style
Right-click on desktop -> Folder View Activity Settings
Wallpaper
Type: Color
Background Mode: Vertical
First Color: 0 80 40
Second Color: 0 40 20

Display
Icon Text Color: 192 255 192
Shadows: Uncheck

KDE-menu customisation
Right-click on KDE-button -> Application Menu Launcher Settings
View: Uncheck all except
- Applications
- Run Command
- Leave

Options: Icon -> Other Icons -> kde2

Define application shortcuts
Right-click on KDE startup menu -> Menu editor
Navigate to all concerned menu items, for each
Select the item
Advanced
Activate current shortcut key
Type triggering key sequence
list of items & key sequences:
see pragmas in .local/share/applications/xx.desktop

Customize Taskbar and system-tray tools

Clock Settings
Right-click on "clock" taskbar item
Adjust Date $ Time -> Enable Network Time Protocol
Digital Clock Settings: Font Bold
Use Custom Coloer 100 0 0

KOrganiser setup
(start by saving utilities/calendar - might be destroyed)

Launch Korganizer
Double-click on Calendars (Default Calendar)
Change Name to : JH Calendar
Calendar Format to : vCalendar
Location to: /home/harms/utilities/calendar
(if browse is used, set Filter to * )

Battery Monitor Settings
Uncheck Show Charge Information

Taskbar settings
Right-click in taskbar -> Appearance
Uncheck: Show tooltips
Grouping and sorting: only when taskbar is full
Filters: Check "Only show tasks from the current desktop"

Wireless
Copy iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode to /lib/firmware
Power up: Wireless access pointLaptop interface
Activat Wlan switch on laptop
MCC -> Network & Internet -> Set up a new network interface -> Wireless -> Wlan -> Select ESSID
Configure Wlan interface for
Managed, Open WEP, Key from login document

Various manual tasks

1st manual launch of RGBview from a root konsole
Configure printers
Install and launch lighttpd (server only, see separate documentation)
Install and launch backuppc(server only, see separate documentation)

Need for additional documentation to be made for

Dolphin customisation
Thunderbird customisation (Migration tool)

--Juergen_HARMS 16:43, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

@@ Line 67: / Line 67: @@
 * Define faces in /usr/local/faces
 * Create /usr/info
+* [http://obtenir-rio.info numero rio][http://obtenir-rio.info/rio-bouygues rio bouygues] [http://obtenir-rio.info/rio-orange rio orange]
 * Add to sounds file
 * Add xemacs modules, define xemacs startup
@@ Line 76: / Line 77: @@
 ''Script: PostActions''
 === Customize Personal Firewall ===

Configuration post-installation