I always stick these notes on the 'net like this so I can let Google index it. It works better than my memory.
1) Switch the "Welcome" sound off. It's embarrassing to go into a meeting, open your netbook and be greeted with the sound of breaking glass. (The default welcome sound for crunchbang linux) It's even more embarrassing to mistype your password and get the sound again!) sudo gdmconf May as well switch on the remote login while you're there. Then you can tweak the desktop from your desktop. I dislike all the sudo'ing so I always install sux apt-get install sux sudo bash passwd Enter root password exit sux - 2) If you're using laptop-netconfig set the default to lo interface only, other wise when you're away from an access point it sits trying to connect. 3) Reading the "man 5 interfaces" page I suspect laptop-netconfig is the wrong way to go. It's basic idea is good, (sending an arp to an ip address and checking the mac address), but it going against the grain of the if up down debian way. 4) I must give up trying all these glui gui interfaces to the 'net stuff. * They change with every version. * They're flaky. * They give no feed back as to what went wrong. * They only manipulate the underlying /etc/network text files. * Debian ifupdown is rich and powerful enough to do all the glui's do and a hell of a lot more. * I just need to read the docs a bit. 5) I must discipline myself in meetings to listen to my coworkers instead of tweaking the netbook. Treat netbook as merely a notebook (that just happens to hold all the relevant documents and sourcecode) for the duration of the meeting. John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [email protected] New Zealand
