xbmc-live upgrade errors

when getting the next error during upgrade:


/var/lib/dpkg/info/xbmc-live.postinst: 165: cannot create /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/20-xbmclive.pkla: Directory nonexistent 


dpkg: error processing xbmc-live (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 


Errors were encountered while processing: xbmc-live E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


remedy:


sudo apt-get purge xbmc-live
sudo apt-get install upower acpi-support uxlaunch
sudo apt-get install xbmc-live

myunity for ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:myunity/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install myunity

Create APPlication Menu Links for used WEBAPPS

Create the needed files in /usr/share/applications/ and add the needed permitions (777 is ok)

*note to self: make sure u have the needed icons in the needed dirs.


XDA.desktop

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Name=Google Chrome

GenericName=Web Browser

Comment=Access the Internet

Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome %U --app=http://forum.xda-developers.com/

Terminal=false

Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/xda.png

Type=Application

Categories=Network;WebBrowser;

MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/

https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;

X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow;NewIncognito

Name[C]=Google Reader

Comment[C]=Google Reader

Name[en_US]=XDA

Comment[en_US]=XDA

XP Lite.desktop



[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Name=XP Lite
Comment=Starts the VirtualBox machine XP Lite
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox --comment "XP Lite" --startvm "4461ed56-5c4c-4627-a77
d-6c02226f0d5d"
Icon=virtualbox-vbox.png

 Reader.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Google Chrome
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Access the Internet
Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome %U --app=http://www.google.com/reader/view/
Terminal=false
Icon=/home/dni/Pictures/icons/google-reader.png
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/
https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow;NewIncognito
Name[C]=Google Reader
Comment[C]=Google Reader


Name[en_US]=Reader

Calendar.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Google Chrome
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Access the Internet
Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome %U --app=https://www.google.com/calendar/
Terminal=false
Icon=/home/dni/Pictures/icons/calendar-google.png
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x
-scheme-handler/ftp;
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow;NewIncognito
Name[C]=Calendar
GenericName[C]=Comet Engineering Contacts
Comment[C]=Gmail Calendar Interface


Docs.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Google Chrome
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Access the Internet
Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome %U --app=https://www.google.com/calendar/
Terminal=false
Icon=/home/dni/Pictures/icons/google doc.png
Type=Application
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x
-scheme-handler/ftp;
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow;NewIncognito
Name[C]=Docs
GenericName[C]=Comet Engineering Contacts
Comment[C]=Gmail Contacts Interface

 gmail.desktop 

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Name=Google Chrome

GenericName=Web Browser

Comment=Access the Internet

Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome %U --app=http://gmail.com

Terminal=false

Icon=/home/dni/Pictures/icons/gmail_logo_stylized.png

Type=Application

Categories=Network;WebBrowser;

MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x

-scheme-handler/ftp;

X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow;NewIncognito

Name[C]=Mail - Comet

GenericName[C]=Comet Engineering E-mail

Comment[C]=gmail interface

Automaticlaly mount the NAS Shares

add the smbfs package:apt-get install smbfs

apt-get install smbfs

add the smb share line in /etc/fstab

//n2200/NAS_Public /home/dni/NAS_Public cifs users,noauto,guest,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

this will allow default user to mount the main share 

*note to self: make sure the symlinks on the localfilesystem are setup on the main share so you dont waste time copying later with filebot .

FileBot and TED

Automaticaly manage media files:

install mediainfo:


apt-add-repository ppa:shiki/mediainfo
apt-get update
apt-get install mediainfo

get filebot .deb package from:

http://pkgs.org/ubuntu-11.10/getdeb-apps-i386/filebot_0.0.0r465-1~getdeb1_all.deb.html

and install it with:

dpkg -i filebot*.deb


Then Download Ted (stable and nigtly) - problem here is that latest nightly does not have english translation (stable has problems with reading some peers, and nigtly does not have english language, so I have to combine those both)

http://www.ted.nu/download.php

unpack both versions in /home/dni/ted (nightly) and /home/dni/ted_stable (stable version)

using nautilus (archive manager) open the ted.jar file from the ted_stable and go into ted/translations directory and extract tedLang_en_EN.properties file.

add this file to the nigtly (SVN) ted.jar (ted0972-0.972-SNAPSHOT.jar) in /home/dni/ted

now move /home/dni/ted to /home/dni/.ted

create a file /usr/bin/ted.sh and make it executable


#!/bin/bash


cat /proc/mounts | grep /home/dni/NAS_PUBLIC > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
  echo NAS_PUBLIC is mounted
  echo starting ted
  java -jar /home/dni/ted/ted.jar
  exit
fi

echo "mounting NAS_PUBLIC and starting ted"
mount /home/dni/NAS_PUBLIC && java -jar /home/dni/ted/ted.jar
exit

create a file /usr/share/application/ted.desktop and make it executable


[Desktop Entry]
Name=Torrent Episode Downloader
Comment=TED Downloader
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
Exec=sh /usr/bin/ted.sh 
Icon=winicon
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Core;Documentation;Utility;Internet

create a file /usr/bin/filebot.sh and make it executable


#!/bin/bash


cat /proc/mounts | grep /home/dni/NAS_PUBLIC > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
  echo NAS_PUBLIC is mounted
  echo starting filebot
  /usr/bin/filebot
  exit
fi

echo "mounting NAS_PUBLIC and starting filebot"
mount /home/dni/NAS_PUBLIC && /usr/bin/filebot
exit

create a file /usr/share/application/ted.desktop and make it executable


[Desktop Entry]
Name=Filebot
Comment=FileBot Manager
OnlyShow=uIn=GNOME;Unity;
Exec=sh /usr/bin/filebot.sh 
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/filebot.png
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Core;Documentation;Utility;Internet

FileBot rename settings so XBMC can scrape it

/home/dni/NAS_PUBLIC/TV_SHOWS/{n}/Season{S.pad(2)}/{n}-S{s.pad(2)}E{e.pad(2)}-{t}.{ext}

my PPA Repositories

on main desktops


http://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3 - gnome 3
https://launchpad.net/~ricotz/+archive/testing - gnome shell testing
https://launchpad.net/~n-muench/+archive/vlc - gnome3 extensions


https://launchpad.net/~n-muench/+archive/programs-ppa - filezila, gnucash wireshark
https://launchpad.net/~n-muench/+archive/calibre - calibre
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-wine/+archive/ppa wine
https://launchpad.net/~ajf/+archive/trg - transmission remote gtk
https://launchpad.net/~ferramroberto/+archive/java - sun java
https://launchpad.net/~jfi/+archive/ppa - psensor
https://launchpad.net/~n-muench/+archive/vlc - VLC
https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/y-ppa-manager - ppa manager
https://launchpad.net/~llyzs/+archive/ppa - remmina remote manager (not working for 11.10 yet)
https://launchpad.net/~danielrichter2007/+archive/grub-customizer - gruub customizer
https://launchpad.net/~shiki/+archive/mediainfo - mediainfo - for ted and filebot automation


https://launchpad.net/~matthaeus123/+archive/mrw-gimp-svn - gimp svn



https://launchpad.net/~myunity/+archive/ppa - myuniti - unity configurator


On media server:

https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable

Install PPA Manager Ubuntu

Open a terminal (hopefully this will be the last time you install PPA via the terminal) and type:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager

Once installed, go to “Applications -> System Tools -> Y PPA Manager“.

Hopefully  Future Y PPA Manager version will use internet to downlad descriptopns for PPA's :

Configure Touchpad on Aspire 7738G ubuntu 12.04

edit /etc/default/grub.conf and change line:


GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i8042.nomux"

run update-grub and restart

install the alps driver for ubuntu 

http://people.canonical.com/~sforshee/alps-touchpad/psmouse-alps-0.10/psmouse-alps-dkms_0.10_all.deb


configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if nonexistant Create it)



Section "InputClass"
   Identifier "enable synaptics SHMConfig"
   MatchIsTouchpad "on"
   MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
   Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

configure the psmouse module to treat the touchpad as a mouse with scrool

echo "options psmouse proto=imps"|sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.conf

sudo modprobe -r psmouse

sudo modprobe psmouse

Change hostname in Ubuntu

sudo /bin/hostname mynewhostname
sudo /bin/hostname > /etc/hostname
sudo nano /etc/hosts

Configure Asus eee 7'' to use only TV for XBMC on ubu

as root:

X - configure

copy xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf

edit xorg.conf to look like this:





Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"

        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"

        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"

        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"

        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"

        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"

        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"

        FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/$

        FontPath     "built-ins"

EndSection

Section "Module"

        Load  "dbe"

        Load  "glx"

        Load  "record"

        Load  "extmod"

        Load  "dri2"

        Load  "dri"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier  "Keyboard0"

        Driver      "kbd"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

        Identifier  "Mouse0"

        Driver      "mouse"

        Option      "Protocol" "auto"

        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"

EndSection#Disable LVDS1 output

Section "Monitor"

        Identifier   "LVDS1"

#       VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"

#       ModelName    "Monitor Model"

        Option  "Ignore"        "1"

EndSection

#Enable VGA1 za primary Output

Section "Monitor"

        Identifier   "VGA1"

#       VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"

#       ModelName    "Monitor Model"

        Option  "primary"        "1"

EndSection

Section "Device"

        Identifier  "Card0"

        Driver      "intel"

        BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"

        Option "monitor-TV1" "TV1"

        Option "monitor-LVDS1" "LVDS1"

        Option "monitor-VGA1" "VGA1"

EndSection

Section "Screen"

        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "VGA1"
        DefaultDepth    24

        SubSection "Display"

                Viewport   0 0

                Depth     24

                modes "1360x768"

        EndSubSection

EndSection

Enable VNC (Desktop Sharing) via Console

Install X11vnc

sudo apt-get install x11vnc

Set a password (as the user used to automaticaly log into the desktopl)

x11vnc -storepasswd

Make X to load X11vnc at startup

echo "x11vnc -display :0 -bg -nopw -noxdamage -forever" > ~/.xsessionrc