Toshiba Satellite P10-874 with Suse9.1

Satellite P10-874 with Suse Linux 9.1

Specification
Install
Configuration, Setup
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Pentium IV HT 3GHz. Front Side Bus : 800 MHz, 1GB DDR RAM(upgrade)
nVIDIA GeForce Go FX 5600 (64MB Texture Memory)
S.M.A.R.T. 60GB Harddisk.
CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD-RAM(read only).
Display 1280x800, 32 bit color depth.

Install

Put the DVD ROM (32 bit version) and select the new install. Basically that's all.

Release note is /usr/share/doc/release-notes/RELEASE-NOTES.ja.rtf. (I installed Suse under the Japanese mode.)

Runlevel is 3, then login from console by root. Then, startkde.

Yast module online update. (NVidia's driver is also downloaded by this.)

Sound is not detected first time. But after a reboot, it is OK.

Graphics Card is NVidia FX 5600SE, Resolution 1280x800. This part is hard. The way is like this:

Monitor : VESA : 1280x960@60Hz (instead of 1280x800@60Hz)
Card : NVidia GeForce FX 5600SE (no GeForce FX Go 5600)
Resolution : 1280x800 (manual select)
Color : 24 bit
3D acceleration : on

Later I update the driver to 1.0-6111. Just follow the NVidia page, download drivers, Graphics driver, GeForce and TNT2, Linux IA32. There is a SuSE Linux install documentation. Using YOU, update NVidia driver. Once NVidia driver is installed, it is on Installable and Installed Patches list. It is already selected, but you should put update to this. Otherwise nothing happens. update is right click, then this will be changed to circle with checked mark instead of JUST Checked mark.
Download the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run file.
```
     cd /usr/src/linux     
     make cloneconfig
     make prepare-all 
     sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run -q --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux
     sax2 -m 0=nvidia
     
```
But, This is so unstable. Easy to hang up.
```
     nvidia-installer --uninstall
     sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run 
     sax2 -m 0=nvidia
     
```

Configuration, Setup

Stop the several non-necessary services (for me).

save current status: chkconfig > ~root/chkconfig.save
check which services are available: chkconfig | grep on | less
stop some services : ex. chkconfig isdn off

Using Profile manager. scpm

In office, I use DHCP, but in my house, I use local fiexed IP address (no internet).
In yast2: System, Profile manager. Activate SCPM.
Save current setting, I coined it z.B. ``office.''
Cut the network, change some settings through the Yast2. Create another setting called ``home'' which is newed profile based on office.
When two SCPM entry are ready, back to yast2, and goto ``System -- Boot loader configuration -- Available Sections.''
Select ``Add label,'' add current option PROFILE=home.
This is based on a SuSE page.
I've met a situation which the SCPM is crashed. Then SCPM is complain ``SCPM is locked.'' For this, according to the man page, next procedures recover the situation.
- Check no scpm process is running.
- remove the lockfile /var/lib/scpm/#LOCK
- run `scpm -s reload'
Compact flash card.
Unknown reason, I can not configure this hardware. However, kernel knows this hardware as /dev/hde1. (Hardware center answered.) So, mounted by hand. mount -t vfat /dev/hde1 /mnt/mountpoint, or mount -a /dev/hde1 /mnt/mountpoint.
Unicode.
The Unicode introduces so many problems in Asian writing. Original concept was nice, for the characters -- one (uni) code to display them all, one code to find them all -- but, there are already several Unicodes there (e.g., UTF-8, 16, 32.) And each of them has no injection map from other existing codes to Unicode by Han Unification in (almost only) Asian characters. This means converting to Unicode from another code losts information. Therefore, Unicode is mathematically wrong for me, why it is not injective? If we can make that between Unicode and other codes, Unicode might be good. However, now one code to bring us in the darkness...
Anyway, for Japanese environment, try next: (This may be not the best, sometimes these all are set to `C' might help you. This area is not matured enough.)
```
     setenv LANG     ja_JP.eucJP
     setenv LC_ALL   ja_JP.eucJP
     setenv LANGUAGE ja
     setenv KDE_LANG ja_JP.eucJP
     
```
Coding system on xemacs.
I usually use euc-jp. Some of my programs assume this code. Set Emacs Group latin-unity will help you.
- Preferred Coding System List: euc-jp
- Ucs List: euc-jp
Or, setting environment variables in this section.
f2c

I need to compile an f2c translated source code. Redhat rpm has Shared lib problem, then I compiled from source. (f2c で変換されたソースを含むパッケージを利用したかったために導入． Redhat の rpm を最初使ってみたが，後述する Shared lib problem のためにソースから導入)
- get ftp://netlib.bell-labs.com/netlib/f2c.tar
- Expand files and cd src.
  (ファイルを展開し，src ディレクトリに移動)
```
	  tar xvf f2c.tar
	  gunzip -r *
	  unzip libf2c.zip
	  cd src
	  cp makefile.u makefile
	  
```
  Change the CFLAGS's line according to the makefile comments:
  (makefile のコメントに従って次のように CFLAGS の行を変更)
```
	  CFLAGS = -O -DNON_UNIX_STDIO -fPIC 	  
	  
```
  Then, make and build f2c. (make して f2c を作成する．)
- cd to libf2c.
  (libf2c ディレクトリに移動).
  Put the same modification of CFLAGS as in src/makefile. (CFLAGS の行を src ディレクトリで行なったものと同様に行う)
```
	  cd ../libf2c 
	  make hadd
	  make
	  
```
  Then, you've got libf2c.a.
- Install
```
	  PREFIX=/your/install/path
	  cp src/f2c $PREFIX/bin
	  cp libf2c/libf2c.a $PREFIX/lib
	  cp src/f2c.h $PREFIX/include
	  (cd $PREFIX/lib; ranlib libf2c.a)
	  
```
- Install Manual
```
	  MANPREFIX=/your/man/path/man
	  mv f2c.1 f2c.1.bak
	  mv f2c.1t f2c.1
	  gzip -9 f2c.1
	  cp f2c.1.gz $$MANPREFIX/man1
	  
```
- Shared lib problem
  I could not build the shared lib of libf2c. I processed according to the README file. But at the linking stage of an application, an error `MAIN__ does not found' occurs. Shall I exclude libf2c/main.c even README said `link everything under the libf2c.' (README に従って shared lib を作ってみましたが，実際のアプリケーションをコンパイルしてみると，MAIN__ がないと言われます．README には全部のファイルを link して作るように書いてありますが，libf2c/main.c は含めないのが正しいのかもしれません．)
OpenEXR , a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic.
The rpm file (OpenEXR-1.0.7-1-i386.rpm, OpenEXR-devel-1.0.7-1.i386.rpm) have the next symbol missing problem in my environment.
```
     /usr/lib/libIex.so: undefined reference to `__dynamic_cast_2'
     /usr/lib/libIex.so: undefined reference to `__check_null_eh_spec'
     
```
I looked up at /lib, /usr/lib, and try nm all. But I could not find above symbols.

So, I compiled by myself. For OpenEXR-1.2.1.tar.gz, first expanding files, and then:
```
     ./configure --prefix=/opt/OpenEXR
     make
     make install
     
```
For 64 bit environment (like AMD64) compiling,
```
     setenv CFLAGS   -m64
     setenv CXXFLAGS -m64
     # This does not work...
     # setenv LDFLAGS  "-L/usr/lib64 -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64" 
     setenv LDFLAGS  -L/usr/lib64
     ./configure --prefix=/opt/OpenEXR --libdir=/opt/OpenEXR/lib64
     
```
And you should specify the which library do you use at compiling time for your programs. For Example, the commented out LDFLAGS is an example.

Qt の moc の -p Option の振る舞いが違うようだ．-o の option が関係なくなっている．これは困ったぞ．

     moc -p 

     moc -p  /path/one -o SuSE9.1/file.moc.cc SuSE9.1/file.hh
     -> #include "/path/one/file.h" in SuSE9.1/file.moc.cc 
     moc version 26 (Qt 3.3.1)

     moc -p  /path/one -o SuSE9.1/file.moc.cc SuSE9.1/file.hh
     -> #include "/path/one/SuSE9.1/file.h" in SuSE9.1/file.moc.cc 
     moc version ? (Qt 3.0.1)

TeX

Abstract.
SuSE 9.1's LaTeX does not work on Japanese text. Maybe SuSE linux packager had some mistakes to make a package.

I tried to install tetex-2.02 base rpm package from Vine Linux. However, coreutil has dependency problem and I can not solved it. I did not try ignoreing the dependency.

So, I compiled them from the scratch. See the Okumura's page

Section of --with-vflib=vf2ft has a bit problem. You should add to /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/xdvi/vfontmap next.

    /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/kochi-mincho.ttf 
        min 
        tmin 
        nmin 
        jis    
        jis-v 
    /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/kochi-gothic.ttf 
        goth 
        tgoth 
        ngoth 
        jisg     
        jisg-v

instead of

    jis     /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/kochi-mincho-subst.ttf
    jisg    /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/kochi-gothic-subst.ttf
    jis-v   /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/kochi-mincho-subst.ttf
    jisg-v  /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/kochi-gothic-subst.ttf

When you change the /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf file, next line :
```
	  TEXINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/tex/{generic,}//
	  
```
to
```
	  TEXINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/{tex,ptex}/{generic,}//
	  
```
Then, kpsewhich can find jarticle.cls. See http://oku.edu.mie-u.ac.jp/~okumura/texwiki/?Make .

I can not find jarticle.cls through platex.
In /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf, TEXINPUTS.platex entry may be mistaken. Change to next.

	  %TEXINPUTS.platex  = .;$TEXMF/tex/{platex,latex,generic,}//
	  TEXINPUTS.platex  = .;$TEXMF/ptex/{platex,latex,generic,}//;$TEXMF/tex/{platex,latex,generic,}//

Acroread

SuSE 9.1's acroread is for English version. Download the jpnfont.tar.gz from Adobe, then install it also. I installed linux-508.tar.gz and it's fine.
tknamazu
tknamazu home page, expand and make; make install (to /usr/local/bin).
SKK 12.2.0 on GNU Emacs 21.3
- install APEL: get apel-10.6.tar.gz from ftp://ftp.m17n.org/pub/mule/apel/
```
	  make install PREFIX=/YOUR/INSTALL/DIR/
	  
```
- install SKK: get ddskk-12.2.0.tar.gz from http://openlab.jp/skk/index.html
```
	  make install PREFIX=/YOUR/INSTALL/DIR/
	  
```
colorgcc
- Colorgcc is harmful in my case since I usually use compile-mode in Emacs. This mode analyzes output of error message from gcc and jump to the error/warning line. However, colorgcc add some escape sequences and I could not manage this to control through environment variable. So I uninstall it but rpm -e.
Mew
- Mew is a mail reader on Emacs. Mew is already installed on SuSE Linux, however, some configuration on Japanese is not correct. I uninstall this and install version 3.1 with standard makefile in the package. The sufficient version Apel is already installed.
KAudio Creator, KsCD, xmcd, grip, and DVD/CD program.
- /dev/cdrom is not setuped for usual users. This might be security reason. Then, I will not add the concrete command here. But you can play cd on this machine with SuSE Linux anyway.
plan (http://www.bitrot.de/plan.html)
define holidays
- Config -- define holidays
- #include "/usr/share/apps/korganizer/holiday_de"
  (Using Korganizer's define holiday file)

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