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===Install Library Repositories=== | ===Install Library Repositories=== |
Revision as of 16:10, 7 February 2012
CentOS 6.2
Preparation
- Request static IP address in 137.110.118 or 137.110.119 subnet, suggest DNS name (find inspiration at [1])
- Send DNS name to Jurgen to update data bank at [2]
Hardware
- Set up computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse on lab desk
- Make sure mouse is wired and optical; talk to Jurgen if not
- Connect monitor with DVI cable, not VGA
- Connect network cable to activated Ethernet wall jack
Install Operating System
- insert CentOS DVD-ROM
- reboot computer
- in boot manager: select DVD drive to boot from DVD
- use default regional settings (US/English)
- set root 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: 132.239.0.252, 128.54.16.2
- reboot
Configure File Server Access
- Add machine's IP address to server's "exports" file
- "exportfs -r" on server
- Add two lines to /etc/fstab:
137.110.118.210:/raid/ivlhome /home nfs defaults 0 0 137.110.118.211:/raid/ivldata /data nfs defaults 0 0
- mkdir /data
- mount -a
Optional: Delay NFS Mount
If home directories aren't mounted upon reboot: give OS time to get network ready before mounting the NFS
- "vi /etc/init.d/netfs"
- insert the following line:
action $"Sleeping for 30 secs: " sleep 30
between line:[ ! -f /var/lock/subsys/portmap ] && service portmap start
andaction $"Mounting NFS filesystems: " mount -a -t nfs,nfs4
This makes sure the server directory gets mounted.
Install Library Repositories
Enable EPEL repository (git, etc):
- wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
- rpm -Uhv epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
Enable RPMforge repository (contains libraries like fltk, vlc, etc):
- wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
- rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
- rpm -K rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm # make sure this returns OK
- rpm -i rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
Install additional libraries
Install libraries which are part of CentOS:
yum -y groupinstall "Chinese Support" yum -y install eclipse yum -y install kernel-devel yum -y install arts-devel yum -y install freetype-devel yum -y install freeglut-devel yum -y install ImageMagick-devel yum -y install ImageMagick-c++-devel.x86_64 yum -y install emacs yum -y install screen yum -y install gnuplot yum -y install latex2html yum -y install gsl-devel yum -y install lapack-devel yum -y install opencv-devel
The following libraries are not part of CentOS:
yum -y install fltk yum -y install fltk-fluid rpm -Uhv /home/jschulze/rpm/Cg-2.1_November2008_x86_64.rpm rpm -Uhv /home/jschulze/rpm/mxml-2.2.2-8.el5.ccrma.x86_64.rpm ln -s /usr/lib64/libmxml.so.1 /usr/lib64/libmxml.so
Update Everything To Latest Version
- yum -y update Note: run this command several times until no further updates are done
- reboot
Install graphics driver
- on login screen: hit ctrl-alt-F1
- log in as root
- "init 3"
- log in as root again
- For CentOS 6: Disable Nouveau driver
- create config file: vi /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
- contents for this file:
blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0
- vi /etc/grub.conf
- add rdblacklist=nouveau to kernel line:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_pumice-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD rd_LVM_LV=vg_pumice/lv_root SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rhgb rd_LVM_LV=vg_pumice/lv_swap rd_NO_DM rdblacklist=nouveau
- reboot
- Install Nvidia driver
- "sh /home/jschulze/rpm/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10.run"
- do not install 32bit compatibility drivers
- allow auto-editing xorg.conf
- reboot
Copy root's ssh keys
- ssh root@sessions.ucsd.edu
- cd .ssh
- scp * root@<new_machine>:.ssh
Add user accounts
- Copy passwd, shadow and group files from sessions
Disable user list at login
- As root type on command line:
gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory --type Boolean --set /apps/gdm/simple-greeter/disable_user_list True