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anonymous

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Registered: 2008-11-29

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Quick Reference

Note: This is the old quick reference thread and I have created a newer one:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … erence-v2/

This thread is a quick reference and index of some of the useful tips, tricks & scripts that appear in this forum. Please pm me if you think anything should be included or removed.

Note: I've started a new Quick Reference thread for Statler here:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … r-statler/

User configuration files

• .screenrc files

• MOC Configs & Themes

• My Conky Config | Conky Help

• My tint2 config | Tint2 Help

• Post your .bashrc!

User made programs and scripts

• ADesk Launcher (by ADcomp)

• ADesk Menu (by ADcomp)

• ADeskBar (by ADcomp)

• CrunchBang Panel (by ADcomp)

• Crunchbang theme installer (by iggykoopa)

• crunchooter (by ~HP)

• Deskrot (by danielrmt)

• Info grabber for screenshots (by jinnstar)

• marchobmenu (by ju1ius)

• OB Autostart (by ADcomp)

• OBLogout (by Nik_Doof)

• omploader script (by iggykoopa)

• OOo 3.2 Install Script (by omns)

• open-iso.sh (by johnraff)

• OSD for openbox using aosd_cat (by jelloir)

• Power management gui (by iggykoopa)

• Quick package information (by johnraff)

• Suspend and Hibernate Timer (by jmbarnes)

• trans-follow (by ADcomp)

Users' favorites

• Favorite apps to add?

• Favorite CLI command and tool?

• Favorite Firefox Extensions / Addons

• Favorite repositories

• What are your favourite Linux applications?

• Your Favorite Wallpaper Websites

Desktop

• #! CrunchBang Linux Desktop Screenshots

• HOWTO - Have a Desktop terminal, and manage Terminator profiles

• HOWTO: Have Terminator Become Your Wallpaper

• Rotating Desktop Wallpapers

Hardware (general)

• Analogue video capture in Linux, recording and echoing video to screen

• Battery life optimization

• How to bind volume keys with xbindkeys

• HowTo: Mobile/Cell Phone Broadband connecting using Bluetooth

• Install Crunchbang to USB flash drive using USB-Creator

• Invert left-right mouse buttons

• Keyboard and laptop shortcuts / Change Super Key (Windows Key) to ALT or CTRL

• Multimedia keybindings in Openbox (or for keybindings for Audacious, Banshee, Exaile, and MOC)

• Netbook recommendations

• Raid arrays

• SD Cards: Automounting SD or other storage with Openbox autostart

• Touchpads: Auto disable when typing, Disable tap-to-click, Turn off completely

• White pixel: Get rid of the one white pixel...

• Xrandr quick scripts

Hardware (specific)

• Asus A52 or K52 fix guide!

• Atheros AR242x wireless chipset

• EVDO: Set up Sprint USB Modem

• HDMI ATI HDA SOUND

• IBM Thinkpad T22: Installing Crunchbang 8.10

• Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN

• Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)

• HP Pavilion volume buttons

• HP2133; Resolution, WLAN, and kernel update

• Scanners: Configure the scanner element of Epson multi-function device

Aspire One

• CrunchBang on the Acer Aspire One

• New install on Acer Aspire One with Kuki kernel

Dell Mini

• !# on the Dell Mini 9

• Dell Mini 9: Help & Tweaks

Eee PC

• Asus Eee PC 1005HA Crunchbang Installation Guide

• Crunchbang on the Eeepc

• Eee 1101HA

• eee 901go wammu sms service

• How I install/configure my Eee 900 KoalaCrunch, and why

• Installing elmurato ACPI scripts on the EEEPC 701

• Volume hot keys on Eee PC

OLPC XO

• Finally! Got Crunchbang on my OLPC XO

Samsung NC10

• Crunchbang on the Samsung NC10

Networking

• How to assign a static network address to #! system

• Network

• Samba and network browsing

• sshfs mount for all users using ifdown/ifup

• view LAN - with Gigolo or smbnetfs

• Wicd Network Manager instead of Network Manager

Software

• [How to] Install the board game Risk on crunchbang.

• A purple-remote powered shell script for setting pidgin/finch status.

• Adding Gnome-Games to menu

• Adding PPAs - in bulk, or at least simplifying

• Alsa Upgrade (currently 2.2) - several ubuntu based ver.

• Calcurse Todo.txt integration

• Change Chromium's Useragent Setting

• Control VLC Using Multimedia Keys

• Customising Xsplash in karmic

• EverQuest / Wine / and !#Crunchbang 64bit

• FVWM - let us tune it together.

• Getting a little more out of GMRun (A-F2)

• Getting Tango icons in Inkscape

• How to fix checkgmail

• How to set-up Ubuntu One under #! 9.04.01

• HOW TO: Install wbar (Mac-style application launcher bar)

• How-to run compiz as a stand-alone window manager

• HOWTO: 9.04 nVidia Drivers

• HOWTO: configure xscreensaver instead of gnome-screensaver

• HOWTO: Install #! with encrypted /, swap and /data partitions

• Howto: Install OpenOffice 3 using openoffice.org debs

• HOWTO: Install wvdial for CrunchBang

• Howto: MPD

• HOWTO: Send SMS via Terminal

• HOWTO: Setup Pidgin (using Gtalk) for CrunchBang

• HOWTO: Setup PSI for CrunchBang

• HOWTO: wvdial must use root permission - Fix for versions > 8.04LTS

• I just made a "silly" script to Convert … ing ffmpeg

• Install UNetbootin and add it to the obmenu

• Installing & using Twirssi (irssi twitter client)

• Installing Audacious 2.2 in !# 9.04

• Installing dzen2 from svn

• Installing Metasploit in 9.04.01

• Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions in CrunchBang

• moc: a few comments and some links.

• Netwmpager How-to

• PeKwm on crunchbang linux system

• ProTip: Strip that ugly default theme off Skype

• Review Skype new version and how to record Skype video call

• Search using gmrun and catfish

• smixer-wrapper : simplest CLI for smixer

• Theming VLC and other qt4 apps

• Upgrade to Thunderbird 3.0 and Firefox 3.5.5 with UbuntuZilla

• Using menu xml or adeskbar to control cdrom tray and playback

• Using Screen to extend the terminal

• VNC Server (vino) on #!

Claws Mail

• HOWTO: Setup up Claws mail with Gmail

• upgrading Claws mail client

Conky

• Bible Verses in Conky

• Conky as a screensaver

• conky low battery warning

• Conky Power Usage Script

• Getting started with lua and cairo for conky

• How to get Facebook, Identica and Twitter messeages in Conky

• Images in Conky (specifically rhythmbox album art)

• QLOCKTWO in conky

• rc.xml keybindings for conky

• Workspace indicator

dmenu

• Display time in dmenu

• dmenu with xft support

Dropbox

• Dropbox howto

• Use Dropbox to manage torrentslave/server

Firefox

• Firefox "needs to restart" bug & a #! v9.04.01 fix

• firefox usercontent.css

• fullscreen firefox - launch undecorated

• how to link firefox to pcmanfm,open downloads,files & folders

• How to make Firefox 3.6 + Java work on #! 8.10

• How to speed up firefox

• Mouseless Browsing with Firefox

• Running two instances of Firefox

LXpanel

• Change the lxpanel menu applet icon

• How do I give Firefox an icon in the toolbar...

• How to have scripts in lxpanel menu

• how to link firefox to pcmanfm,open downloads,files & folders

• Howto replace lxpanel with tint2 & trayer

• Howto: lxpanel menu applet logout fix

Openbox

• Adding RSS Feeds to your #! Menu.

• Adding Terminal Apps to Openbox Menu

• Auto update menu?

• Dynamic Places (pipe menu)

• How to create links to folders in openbox<3#!

• How to set up a dynamic XDG menu for Openbox

• obMenu Video Introduction

• Openbox + tweetdeck/thwirl/etc

• Openbox process menu

• Openbox Resources

• Openbox weather pipe menu

• Script to combine a custom menu with an auto-generated menu

• System wide search and a control panel

• the ultimate pipe menu thread

• Tile windows in openbox with pytyler

• Transparent Menus

• transparency shortcuts + start/stop xcompmgr script

• Using Nautilus under Openbox

Thunar

• [ Tip ] Quick resizing of images in Thunar

• HOWTO: Add folder destinations to the Thunar sendto action.

• Set wallpaper with thunar.

• SSH and Thunar

• Thunar + Uploader

• Thunar custom actions

Tint2

• gsimplecal: Lightweight calendar to display when clicking the clock

• Restart tint2

• Show/hide tint2

• Tint2 Taskbar Task Width

Other distros

Arch

• ArchBang LIVE CD

• howto crunch'arch

• Playing around with arch....

• To those who managed to get a Archbang/CrunchArch

Debian

• Crunchbang Squeeze

• DTX Linux Script updates

• debian-live based crunchbang

• exact debian like crunchbang.

• How to make a Custom Debian setup

• Java trouble in Iceweasel

• squeezebang is now testing

Madbox (by ADcomp)

• Madbox : liveUsb / toram

Miscellaneous

• /usr compressed with squashfs

• #! and the RT kernel.

• Add time variables to FAQ?

• Catching apt-get install as you go

• Easily Kill Unresponsive Applications with single click Using Xkill

• Encryption

• How to concatenate (merge) PDF files

• Howto: Change mouse cursor theme and size

• Huge performance boost in Crunch 9.xx

• mini-HOWTO: root account

• Open source whole disc encryption?

• Recording "Late Junction" (radio stream) from the BBC iPlayer

• Remastersys Guide - Create Your Own Ubuntu-based Distro

• Small tip: Speed up your system with preload

• Speed up surfing the internet by using HOSTS file

• tiny batch renaming app for those that know python

• Tips for privacy and security

• Turning off system beeps

Fonts and languages

• font subpixel smoothing

• Fonts for all languages

• HOW TO: Make Gedit autodetect SJIS Japanese encoding

• Howto: Change DPI for fonts

• HOWTO: Install East Asian Language support

• Japanese input please help

Terminal

• Cleaning up clogged root (system) partition

• Color man pages

• HOW-TO: Make a functional trash bin for the terminal

• HOWTO: Extract compressed files in terminals or console

• man pages in color

• quick wiki lookup in terminal

• shutdown on a delay from terminal.

Last edited by anonymous (2010-07-20 14:24:51)

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