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Revision as of 12:50, 22 June 2009
Contents |
CentOS 5.3 on Dell Studio Hybrid
IP: 137.110.115.231
Hardware Specs
- CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8100, 2.10GHz
- NIC: Realtek RTL 8111/8168B PCI-E
- Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, Chipset: 965GM
- RAM: 3GB
- Native OS: Windows Vista Home
- Dell 1909Wb display: 1440x900@60Hz
Notes
- To insert/remove DVD touch Eject icon on front panel.
- Installation policy: erase Windows partition, but leave recovery partition intact
- NIC should install automatically
- Select DHCP based configuration for network parameters
- Graphics driver: use Intel GM965/GL960
- install GRUB on MBR, no GRUB password
- create 6GB swap drive (should be default)
Getting the Intel graphics unit to work
- Download four libraries from Intel site
- Instructions at: http://intellinuxgraphics.org/install.html
- xorg.conf driver configuration parameters: http://alcor.concordia.ca/manpages/sys4/intel.4.html
- xf86 driver needs libdrm >= 2.4.3 (centos 5.3 comes with 2.0.2)
- libdrm 2.4.4 requires pthread-stubs, can be found at
- Use the following /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Dell"
ModelName "Dell 1440x900"
HorizSync 30-83
VertRefresh 56-75
ModeLine "1440x900@60" 106.40 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909 934 -Hsync +Vsync
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "VGA-0"
Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LVDS-0"
Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "intel"
Driver "i810"
# Option "monitor-TMDS-1" "Monitor1"
# Option "monitor-VGA" "VGA-0"
# Option "monitor-LVDS" "LVDS-0"
# Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP, CRT"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
# Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
# Option "ExaNoComposite" "false"
# Option "DRI" "true"
# Option "ForceCRT1" "false"
# Option "DPMS"
Option "AperTexSize" "131072"
Option "ModeDebug" "true"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "intel"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900@60" "800x600" # mode 1920x1440 must previously have been overwritten with 1440x900 using the 915resolution tool
Viewport 0 0
EndSubSection
EndSection
Add support for widescreen monitors
- Download 915resolution from http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/download.html
- Copy 915resolution to /usr/sbin/
- Run 915resolution (eg, for Dell 1909Wb):
/usr/sbin/915resolution -c G965 5c 1440 900 32
- Restart X11 (init3; init5)
- To permanently install the 915resolution script add this text as file "/etc/init.d/915start".
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
NAME=915start
DESC=915start
# test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
echo "$NAME."
915resolution -c G965 5c 1440 900 32
;;
stop)
echo "$DESC cannot be stopped."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
echo "$NAME."
915resolution -c G965 5c 1440 900 32
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
echo "Usage: $N start" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
Then create a symlink in /etc/rc.d/:
ln -s ../init.d/915start S20915start
Then create a file "/etc/default/915resolution" and put the following text in it:
MODE=5c XRESO=1440 YRESO=900 BIT=32 HTOTAL=1904 VTOTAL=934
An alternate, untested way is:
If you are not currently using the ATrpms repository then, as root, add the following lines to the bottom of your /etc/yum.conf file:
[atrpms] name=CentOS $releasever - $basearch - ATrpms baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/el$releasever-$basearch/atrpms/stable gpgkey=http://ATrpms.net/RPM-GPG-KEY.atrpms gpgcheck=1
Then execute the following command:
yum install 915resolution
Now you will need to configure the settings to match your monitor's native resolution. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/915resolution file with your favourite editor. You can use the following command:
vi /etc/sysconfig/915resolution
Change the contents of this file to match below, changing the resolution to match your display's resolution:
RESOLUTION="3c 1280 800" </pre. Finally we need to ensure this program is launched on startup by execute the following: <pre> chkconfig --add 915resolution chkconfig 915resolution on
Reboot your system and you should now be able to use the resolution you entered.
CentOS 5.3 on Dell Optiplex GX620
- Preparation
- Hardware
- set up computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse on lab desk
- make sure mouse is wired and optical
- connect monitor with DVI cable, not VGA
- connect network cable to activated Ethernet jack
- Install Operating System
- insert CentOS 5.2 DVD-ROM
- reboot computer
- hit F12 during POST and select external USB or DVD drive to boot from DVD
- use default regional settings (US/English)
- set root password to IVL password
- in time zone settings: enable NTP
- Configure network
- start network configuration tool in System->Administration->Network
- double click on connected Ethernet port
- enter this computer's static IP address
- net mask: 255.255.255.0
- DNS servers: 132.239.1.52, 128.54.16.2, 132.239.0.252
- reboot
- Configure server access
- add machine's IP address to server's "exports" file
- "exportfs -r" on server
- add mount line to /etc/fstab (copy from sessions.ucsd.edu)
- mount -a
- Copy accounts
- ssh root@sessions
- cd .ssh
- scp * root@<new_machine>:.ssh
- cd
- vi labnodes.txt
- add "<new_machine>"
- ./passsync
- Install additional libraries
yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools" yum -y groupinstall "Development Libraries" yum -y groupinstall "Chinese Support" yum -y install kernel-devel yum -y install arts-devel yum -y install curl-devel.x86_64 yum -y install freetype-devel.x86_64 yum -y install freeglut.x86_64 yum -y install freeglut-devel.x86_64 yum -y install libpng-devel.x86_64 yum -y install compat-libstdc++-33 yum -y install boost.x86_64 yum -y install boost-devel.x86_64 yum -y install ImageMagick.x86_64 yum -y install ImageMagick-devel.x86_64 yum -y install ImageMagick-c++.x86_64 yum -y install ImageMagick-c++-devel.x86_64 yum -y install mysql.x86_64 yum -y install mysql-devel.x86_64 yum -y install screen yum -y install gnuplot rpm -Uhv /home/jschulze/rpm/Cg-2.1_November2008_x86_64.rpm
- Update all installed CentOS software:
- yum -y update RUN THIS COMMAND TWICE
- reboot
- Install graphics driver
- on login screen: hit ctrl-alt-F1
- log in as root
- type "init 3"
- "sh /home/jschulze/rpm/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.12-pkg2.run"
- skip FTP server lookup
- do not install 32 bit compatibility libraries
- do auto-configure graphics driver
- reboot
