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1. Add a Menu Launcher for Your User Enable or Disable Running Scripts at Boot 9 System Information Change the System Console Keyboard Settings a Make an ISO Hybrid bootable USB key of AV Linux Task Manager A Change the System Font Display Settings _ Mount All Partitions Now Task Manager Root 13 Change the System Keyboard Settings Open a Root Terminal User Admin Tool Change your password Lil Printer Setup 2 Ncurses Terminal Interface dpkg reconfigure Functions like rcconf to enable disable boot scripts use the ncurses terminal interface To navigate the options use the arrow keys on your keyboard and to select or deselect an option use your keyboard space bar rr rs CX reconf Debian Runlevel Configuration tool acpi fakekey acPi support acpid alsa utils anacron apmd atd avahi daemon binfmt support g Cancel gt 14 The Remastersys Backup Utility The Remastersys Backup Utility is very easy to use and will create a bootable ISO image of your running system that you can use to reinstall in case of major problems There is a limit of 4 0Gb for an ISO image so it is not recommended to keep large files or stored data in your User s home To use it set up your remastersys config File and select either Backup which will back up your User s home as well or Dist mode
2. 26 METHOD 1 Preferred GRUB2 Proprietary Driver Mode When you boot into AV Linux 6 0 3 after installing you will notice that there is an extra GRUB boot option just below the default top boot line in the GRUB2 boot menu This is a special optional non modesetting workaround created by Tony Brijeski to Facilitate using SGFXI By using this option all modesetting For nVidia and Ati video cards is disabled so SGFXI does not have to be run twice To use this optional boot mode you need to select this option in the Few seconds the GRUB2 menu splash displays at boot by using your keyboard arrow keys to highlight and select the second boot option Once selected the kernel will boot as usual showing the boot progress text in the console When the kernel is done booting you will be presented with a console login For this mode to Function the user is required to login as Root At the console prompt type your username as root and then enter your Root password not your regular user password Once logged in as Root SGFXI will automatically run and attempt to install the proprietary video drivers fe AV Linux 6 0 1 Running Oracle VM VirtualBox tX Machine View Devices Help GNU GRUB wersion 1 99 20100804 14 squeezel ehian GNU Linux with Linux 39 0 1 10 ebian GNU Linuds with Linux 3 0 55 avl 10 Proprietary Video Driver SS avl 10 recovery mode ory test mem EStEE POC test eE serial console 115200 OU too ee experimental mulbtikbodig
3. NETWORKING WITH AV LINUX Page 43 PRINTING WITH AV LINUX Page 48 USING JACK Page 50 MANAGING MIDI IN AV LINUX Page 51 USING THE ALOOP DAEMON Page 52 M AUDIO 1010LT PCM_ MULTI WITH AV LINUX Page 53 DEBIAN REFERENCE Page 57 HANDY TERMINAL COMMANDS Page 58 THANKS FOR SUPPORTING AV LINUX PREFACE NEW TO LINUX Realistic Expectations of what AV Linux Can Offer AV Linux is an ISO Image created with Debian GNU Linux Despite it s critics Linux continues to grow it s user base year after year and has seen great strides in both the quality and number of Software Applications There are many positive attributes to Linux and FLOSS Free Libre Open Source Software and the grassroots community based development model is completely unique when compared to the Apple and Windows corporate paradigms To be blunt the notion that Linux of any kind is either better or worse than any other computer Operating System is to miss the point somewhat and serves to set the user up for unrealistic expectations and encourages pointless comparisons that Fuel endless and futile debates An Operating System that allows you to Freely create in a streamlined and productive workflow is an individual ideal to be pursued and there is no question that this is truly an attainable goal on all three major platforms gt gt Some Things to Keep in Mind When Considering Linux as an OS Platform Linux blurs the line somewhat between the en
4. Remastersys an dooblou WiFi File 4 SquirrelMail Lo 4 Kdenlive Free a Index of avlinux6 debs Name Last modified Size Description Parent Directory kdenlive 28 Jan 2013 17 16 mlt 28 Jan 2013 17 11 blendery 23 Jan 2013 15 12 planoteq demo 23 Jan 2013 13 39 reno1se demo 23 Jan 2013 08 22 ardour 22 Jan 2013 17 52 mhwaveedit 20 Jan 2013 17 15 hexter 14 Jan 2013 11 26 phasex 14 Jan 2013 11 17 calf 14 Jan 2013 11 01 amsynth 12 Jan 2013 17 40 tv viewer 08 Jan 2013 19 39 triceratops Ol Jan 2013 21 24 mixxx Ol Jan 2013 15 28 quitarix O1l Jan 2013 15 18 41 NETWORKING ON AV LINUX Bo a Out of the box LAN and Wireless Support For most users with reasonably common networking hardware AV Linux should provide out of the box Internet connectivity Upon login to the Desktop the Network Manager should automatically look after connecting a LAN connection and Wireless should prompt the user to connect to available networks You can access the network settings by clicking on the Network Manager icon found to the far right on the XFCE4 Panel IF you left click on the icon it will open a menu displaying all available connections like this rE Disconnect macnet VPN Connections Connect to Hidden Wireless Network Create New Wireless Network IF you right click on the icon it will open a menu allowing you the option to edit your connect
5. AV LINUX 6 0 3 XFCE4 4 10 USER MANUAL A Guide to Get Acquainted with AV Linux Prepared by Glen MacArthur February 18 2014 Legal Disclaimer Debian GNU Linux comes with no guarantee so neither does AV Linux accept no responsibility for any hardware software malfunctions or data loss resulting from it s use It is important to note that the AV Linux ISO contains software that is non free and is distributed under a special licensing arrangement with the original developers re distributing the AV Linux ISO with the non free content included is a violation of these licenses AV Linux also contains Multimedia Codecs that may be under patent in certain countries it is the users responsibility to know the law as it applies to their own respective country before downloading or installing TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 3 PREFACE Page 4 THE AV LINUX STORY Page 5 CREDITS amp CONTACT Page 6 THE CONCEPT OF AV LINUX Page 7 RUNNING AV LINUX LIVE Page 10 AV LINUX BASIC BOOTING BIBLE Page 11 INSTALLING AV LINUX Page 12 GETTING AROUND IN AV LINUX Page 23 SLIM LOGIN MANAGER Page 24 PERFORMANCE SETTINGS Page 25 PROPRIETARY VIDEO DRIVERS IN AV LINUX Page 31 MONITOR AND DISPLAY SETTINGS Page 33 COMPIZ WINDOW MANAGER Page 34 AV LINUX KERNELS Page 35 KERNEL CHEATCODES Page 36 AV LINUX SOFTWARE Page 37 INSTALLING SOFTWARE IN AV LINUX Page 41 WHERE TO FIND UPDATED PACKAGES Page 42
6. gedit usr share applications envy24_controlcard2 desktop Then change this Exec opt bin envy24control D hw 1 To this Exec opt bin envy24control D hw 2 This will allow the Mudita24Control Card 2 launcher found in the Soundcard Utilities Menu to correctly work with the second card Launching JACK With PCM Multi Start The 1010LTs are identified to JACK and ALSA as pcm_multi capture and pcm_multi playback by the asoundrc file The regular method of launching JACK with the Qjackctl application requires some extra configuration to work with PCM Multi so AV Linux provides a special PCM_ Multi Start launcher Found in the Soundcard Utilities Menu to start JACK and have the 16 Channels of I O available to the Audio applications of your choice This launcher opens a small xterm window to show you that JACK is running properly please note that closing the xterm window also kills JACK Copyright 2007 2009 Paul Davis Stephane EA Jack 0 Tea Torben Hohn and oth ers jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions see the file COPYING for details JACK compiled with System Y SHH support loading driver apparent rate 441700 creating alsa driver multi_playback lmulti_capture 1024121441001010 nomon sum eter 42 bit configuring for 44100Hz period 1024 frames 24 2 ma buffer 2 periods ALSA final selected
7. jackd Name default Driver alsa 4 Realtime Priority default i Interface default Mo Memory Lock TERTE o Frames Period 512 Dither None Unlock Memory 5 le Rate 44100 ample Rate g pE z Audio Duplex Soft Mode Periods Buffer 2 Monitor Input Device default Force 16bit Output Device default HAW Monitor Channels 1 0 default default L H W Meter l Latency I O deFault default Port Maximum Verbose messages MIDI Driver none Timeout msec Server Suffix Start Delav 2secs _ Latency 23 2 msec Cancel 48 Making Connections Most applications once up and running with JACK will manage their connections within the program you are using however sometimes it is necessary to manually connect applications or even hardware like MIDI Keyboards In the example below we are using Patchage to connect the ALSA MIDI Outputs of the VMPK Virtual Keyboard to control the Qsynth Soundfont Synthesizer This Patchage window shows ALSA MIDI connections in the green boxes JACK MIDI in the red boxes and the Audio connections in the blue boxes It is important to note that this example is showing JACK MIDI as it is provided by the A2JMIDID daemon and also jack2alsa and alsa2jack ports that are provided by the Aloop daemon described in the Following sections In AV Linux 6 0 3 Qjackctl is automatically s
8. default j 2 pale j 3 earthy j 4 dark For light console background k Build kernel module either for current kernel or another kernel with K lt kernel version Can be run in X Simply builds the kernel module for that kernel and does not remove any other modules or drivers or update etc X11 xorg conf Requires previous install with sgfxi of the same driver to work This feature only supports nVidia drivers Hint sgfxi 40 will install modules to all your non running kernels automatically K Installs nVidia fglrx driver for another kernel Syntax sgFxi K 2 6 25 2 sgfxi will double check that the kernel exists Debian Ubuntu only L List current live driver or status data then exit Requires extra argument d to show current drivers n to show current nvidia support status f to show current fglrx support status v to show current latest local remote sgfxi svn server version information n Automatically installs correct native xorg nvidia intel or ati amd driver for your system Cleans up old binary driver stuff updates xorg conf with new driver information and cleans nvidia and fgrlx stuff out of xorg conf For radeon noveau also preps N Force install of specific xorg driver Syntax sgFxi N lt driver gt Ex sgfxi N radeon Supported Xorg drivers apm ark ati chips cirrus Fbdev geode glide glint i128 i740 intel imstt mach64 mga neomagic nsc openchrome nouveau r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis si
9. stands for Don t cryptographically sign the changelog and b stands for Build the binary package only debuild A handy wrapper script around dpkg buildpackage that will automatically take care of using Fakeroot or not as well as running lintian and gpg for you Fixing dependencies dpkg configure pending If dpkg quits with an error while apt get install upgrade or dist upgrading try running this to configure the packages that were already unpacked Then try apt get install Upgrade or dist upgrade f and then try apt get install upgrade or dist upgrade again Repeat as needed This usually resolves most dependency problems also if it mentions a specific package For some reason you might want to try installing or removing that package apt get install f apt get upgrade f apt get dist upgrade f Attempt to fix dependencies while doing one of the above Note that apt get install F does not require a lt package gt argument 56 HANDY TERMINAL COMMANDS SYMLINK TO A FILE OR FOLDER ELSEWHERE ON SYSTEM AS ROOT ln s path file exists path link placed REBUILD FONT CACHE AS ROOT fc cache f v FONT ANTIALIASING AND HINTING SETUP dpkg reconfigure fontconfig config DVD RIPPING WITH MPLAYER Creates a File called dump vob in your home folder assuming movie is title 1 mplayer dvd 1 dumpstream dumpfile dump vob VIRTUALBOX MODULE SETUP AS ROOT Make sure linux headers are installed and l
10. 20100922 1 6 1 rt 0 9 0 1 3 0 0 5 2 0 99 6 0 7 0 1 1 0 20130420 20130419 INSTALLING SOFTWARE IN AV LINUX There are 3 main methods of installing software in AV Linux For Repository based software packages the Synaptic Package Manager is used For independently downloaded Debian deb Files the Gdebi Package Installer is used and Finally For AV Linux Package Bundle Zips the Terminal and dpkg command are used Do Not Use apt get dist upgrade WARNING It is not advised to use apt get upgrade or apt get dist upgrade in AV Linux as is common in other Debian based Distributions AV Linux contains many specially customized pinned and held packages that would potentially get overwritten by a dist upgrade and break the system In addition AV Linux is to be used with the Debian Squeeze repositories ONLY using the Squeeze Backports New Stable Wheezy Testing Jessie and Unstable Sid repositories is unsupported and will cause potential conflicts with the existing custom avlinux Packages By default AV Linux has the repositories recommended for daily use enabled so unless you are certain about what you are doing do not make changes to the Software Sources Synaptic Package Manager The Synaptic Package Manager is Found in the Preferences Menu and serves as a graphical means to keep inventory of all installed Debian deb software packages and also to remove any installed packages and is the prima
11. L You will be prompted to enter your FTP username and password in order to access your FTP folder glen File Browser File Edit View Go Bookmarks Help Places x Go To Ftp myFtp server com myfolder glen Desktop Enter password for FTP File System Connect anonymously fam Network E os2 rs Connect as user DATA ia VIDEO r a SATA g Forget password immediately AUDIO Tai Remember password until you logout 2 ras Remember forever D bandshed net cancel Connect Shared Folders On A Network AV Linux 6 0 3 includes a Nautilus extension called Nautilus share which allows you to set shared Folders on your network which can be accessed from other PC s In order to create shares your login user needs to be a member of the sambashare group which can be set up by entering this into a Root terminal adduser lt YOURUSERNAME gt sambashare Further to that any users who are accessing shared Files on your computer need to have a non login non home folder user UNIX account on the serving computer as Root useradd s bin true lt CREATEUSERNAME gt 45 Any users you ve added will also require you set up a Samba Password for the newly added user account as Root smbpasswd a lt CREATEPASSWORD gt It may also be necessary to add the user to etc samba smbusers like this lt unix username gt lt samba
12. adduser command Go to Accessories gt Root Terminal and copy or enter these commands USERNAME is your actual regular username on the system adduser USERNAME lp adduser USERNAME lpadmin Printer Drivers and Software Many printer models will have driver support within the CUPS print server IF you have a Hewlett Packard Printer AV Linux 6 0 3 comes with a pre installed recent build of the HPLIP Printer Drivers and Utilities For other makes of printers configuration is done with the printer configuration utility Found in Preferences gt Printing Printer drivers come in a PPD PostScript Printer Description format which is key to getting your printer to work properly PPD Files can be Found for some Printer manufacturers on their websites or in some cases on the driver disk that came with your printer IF you are having difficulty getting your particular printer working then the only advice can offer is doa Google search on your printer make and model followed by the word linux There are quite a few specialized blogs or forum posts dealing with specific printer issues Many times the Ubuntu user Forums will have some good information as well 47 USING JACK The easiest way to setup the JACK Audio server is to use the JACK Control app a k a Qjackctl It can easily be launched from the XFCE4 Panel or Wbar Dock To setup your Audio card click the Setup button JACK Audio Connection Kit default Start
13. ese Console i See etl Uze the t and keys to Select WA1CH enna Na E E Fress enter to boot the selected 05 c oE C Oar E before booting or oc for a command Mimie SOF El Right ctrl 27 IMPORTANT KMS MODESETTING INFO FOR ATI GRAPHICS USERS This is only recommended if you are certain your hardware supports KMS or if you are experiencing Xorg ATI driver issues ATI Graphics Cards have a wide ranging variety of chipsets and accompanying Xorg drivers including ati radeon and radeonhd Generally speaking ATI Proprietary drivers do not use KMS Kernel Mode Setting and only some ATI chipsets support using KMS with Xorg drivers For this reason and for maximum ATI support with the AV Linux LiveDVD KMS is enabled in the Kernel but is switched off in the etc modprobe d radeon kms conf configuration File In order to have Fully Functional KMS with Xorg ATI drivers users need to enable the option in the radeon kms conf file To accomplish this go to Accessories gt Root Terminal and copy and paste this command gedit etc modprobe d radeon kms conf This will open the gedit text editor so you can modify the radeon kms conf File To enable KMS edit the File to look like this options radeon modeset 1 Once edited click Save in the gedit text editor and reboot your computer to allow KMS to take effect METHOD 2 Alternate SGFXI Options SGFXI can also be run in a regular Desktop session however it needs to be run i
14. for low latency audio application There is also a selection of older but viable Kernels in the AV Linux Kernel FTP in the link below AV Linux Kernels are built by Trulan Martin Updated AV Linux Kernels can be installed from the AV Linux Kernel Repository which is enabled by default in the AV Linux 6 0 Software Sources for AV Linux 6 0 there is now an additional Testing Repository that has to be manually enabled It is strongly recommended to only change or update your Kernel if absolutely necessary File Edit Tabs Help 34 KERNEL CHEATCODES Enabled By Default in AV Linux 6 0 3 threadirqs Force threaded irq handlers realtime preemption Threaded irq s have long been a major part of the RT_PREEMPT patchset and can offer significant benefits For low latency audio uses Use this parameter unless you have a really good reason not to transparent_hugepage never turn off hugepages a new memory management feature Transparent hugepages should be useful in memory intensive applications such as virtual machines databases and possibly video editing IF ultra low latency is desired it seems to be best to disable them Use this parameter if you want to squeeze the lowest latency possible out of your audio chain To Be Enabled Disabled Optionally noautogroup disable auto cgroup scheduling The famous 200 line patch that does wonders aka SCHED_AUTOGROUP is useful when cpu intensive tasks such as make are being done in a
15. governor default performance frequency defaulLt 800000 Power Management Power Management in AV Linux 6 0 3 is handled by the XFCE4 Power Manager Utility Power Manager Power Manager Settings For the Xfce Power Manager General Options System tray icon When battery is present ES onac l _ When power button is pressed Nothing iA Extended When hibernate button is pressed Nothing When sleep button is pressed Nothing lt 7 Monitor power management control 7 Show notifications to notify about the battery state All Settings 24 PROPRIETARY VIDEO DRIVERS IN AV LINUX E gt The addition of proprietary 3D nVidia and Ati video card drivers is handled by a 3 party script in AV Linux called SGFXI Proprietary drivers are not supported and are to be installed at the risk and discretion of the user AV Linux does supply a method to help Facilitate the installation of proprietary 3D drivers since many users want this option and Debian Linux has no tools to handle this operation other than for the stock Debian Kernel which AV Linux does not use MPORTANT Setting Up Network Connections Correctly for SGFXI SGFXI obtains and installs the Video Drivers on your system as the Root user this means that any Network Connection employed by SGFXI must be available to both the logged in Session user and also the Root user For this to work it has to be explicitly enabled in the Network Mana
16. once done save the edited syslinux cfg file and you are ready to boot into your new Key Enjoy append initrd ubninit boot live config threadirqs quiet splash persistent mn UNetbootin 2 _o0 x Distribution Select Distribution Select Version z Welcome to UNetboatin the Universal Netboot Installer Usage 1 Select a distribution and version to download from the list above or manually specify Files to load below 2 Select an installation type and press OK to begin installing Diskimage 150 7 6 0 2 XFCE avlinux6 0 2 xfce410 i386 en iso Custom Kernel eee initrd Options Show All Drives Use with Care Type USB Drive Drive Cancel AV LINUX BASIC BOOTING BIBLE 9 When Booting an AV Linux ISO 1 Be patient it can take several seconds to start the boot especially on LiveDVD media 2 Watch for disk activity if you see nothing immediately on the monitor but there is disk activity it is still working on the boot 3 Closely observe the Kernel console text output For red text errors warnings and even many regular console colored errors are normally harmless The reason AV Linux doesn t use a pretty bootsplash is so the user can monitor what the Kernel is doing at boot 4 IF the console output completes and the SLIM login window appears wait for it to auto login which will take several seconds on the LiveDVD and may not appear at all when booting from a Unetbootin USB Key
17. package gt The difference between remove and purge is that while remove only deletes data and executables purge also deletes all configuration Files in addition dpkg L lt package gt Gives a listing of all the Files installed by lt package gt See also dpkg c for checking the contents of a deb file dpkg s lt package gt Shows information on the installed package lt package gt See also apt cache show For viewing package information in the Debian archive and dpkg I for viewing package information extracted from a deb file dpkg reconfigure lt package gt Reconfigures an installed package if it uses debconf debconf provides that consistent configuration interface for package installation You can reconfigure debconf itself if you want to change the Front end or priority of questions asked For example to reconfigure debconf with the dialog Front end you simply run dpkg reconfigure Ffrontend dialog debconf echo lt package gt hold dpkg set selections Put lt package gt on hold command line method dpkg get selections lt package gt Get the current status of lt package gt command line method dpkg S lt file gt Searches for lt file gt in package database telling you which packages have that File in them Building Debian Packages From Source apt get source b lt package gt Download the source Debian package for lt package gt and extract it You must have deb src lines in your etc apt so
18. some more attention and during the development of AV Linux 4 0 noticed an ever increasing influx of new users on the AV Linux forum and numerous blog articles about AV Linux This greatly increased the amount of time required to maintain and support both all of the rapid new developments in Linux multimedia and the growing user base needing technical support still had much to learn about proper packaging and distributing a Linux ISO but thankfully the growing community of AV Linux users also came with a few able Folks wanting to help As time went on I was able to strike up some valuable relationships with various upstream developers who were interested in using the AV Linux ISO as an avenue to demonstrate their applications and various Linux projects around the web Openshot Guitarix LiVES Cinelerra Renoise Transcribe linuxDSP and Mixbus Featured AV Linux as their LiveDVD of choice which included both open source and commercial applications The AV Linux 5 0 series hit some milestones and garnered some welcome recognition when it appeared on Distrowatch without even being officially submitted and was reviewed by both ZDnet and Linux Journal The Linux Journal article was a real honor as it was written by Dave Phillips who had been an inspiration and great source of information when I was a Linux newb The sum of the experience and lessons learned over the previous 5 versions of AV Linux have culminated in this latest release of AV Linux 6 0 3 I
19. terminal while the desktop is in use Use this parameter to disable it if you think it is causing problems Example grub kernel command line threadirqs transparent_hugepage never quiet Making GRUB 2 Add the Boot Flags Automatically 1 As root edit etc default grub 2 Add the desired boot flags to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULLT line like this GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT threadirqs transparent_hugepage never 3 Then run also as root update grub 4 Reboot 35 APPLICATION A2JMIDID Aloop Daemon AmsSynth Ardour ArdourVST Ardour 3 Ardour 3 VST Audacity Blender3D Brasero Calf Plugins Carla Cinelerra Clementine DeVeDe DrumGizmo Easytag Evince Festige FFADO Fmpeg FFMultiplex FileZilla Gedit GIMP Gnome Photo Print GParted Gthumb Guitarix Handbrake Hydrogen Iceweasel Inkscape Invada Plugins JACK JACK Control JACK Capture Kdenlive Kompozer LADSPA Plugins AV LINUX 6 0 3 SOFTWARE Included Software Applications Subject to Minor Changes Support Libs Not Shown DESCRIPTION JACK ALSA MIDI Bridge ALSA Loopback Script Analog Modelling Synthesizer Digital Audio Workstation Ardour w Windows VST Support Digital Audio Workstation version 3 0 Ardour 3 0 w Windows VST Support Soundfile Editor Animation Modeler CD DVD Authoring and Burning LV2 Audio Plugins and JACK Host Multi Plugin Host Non Linear Video Editor QT4 Amarok based Music Player Video DVD Authoring Virtual Drum Instrument LV2 Plu
20. which will not retain your personal settings and customizations It is also important to use the Clean utility between uses to ensure a Fresh ISO is created The latest version of the Remastersys GUI included in AV Linux 6 0 3 has a lot of additional new features to Further assist the user customize their own version of AV Linux RemastersysBackup Please Select which option you would like Pick Info Backup Dist Distedfs Distiso DistBoot DistGrub DistSkel DistPlymouth Modify Skelclean Clear Viewlog Info Backup Complete System including User Data Make a Distributable copy to share with Friends both cdfs and iso will be created Make a Distributable copy cd Filesystem only good if you want to add Files to the cd Make a Distributable iso File only cd Filesystem must have been completed already Select your own picture to be the default LIVE boot menu background Select your own picture to be the default GRUB boot loader background Make your user customized settings the default configuration For the system Select your own picture to be the background For a simple custom plymouth theme Modify the remastersys config File to customize options Clear out config Files From etc skel to remove all customizations Clear out the remastersys working Folder View the remastersys log About Remastersys Backup 15 Nautilus File Manager Default ilc File Browser File Edit View Go Bookmarks Help _ e DW a 1
21. 00 icon View Places a glen E Desktop File System ge Network SATA AUDIO al OS2 a DATA ial VIDEO S Trash bandshed net opt 18 items Free space 141 0 GB AV Linux 6 0 introduced Nautilus from Gnome 2 as the default file manager Nautilus is utilized without having it manage the Desktop in order to keep the usage of system resources to a minimum It is Fully Featured and great for networking as well as loaded with options like Audio and Video thumbnails Perhaps most interesting is the extensibility of Nautilus provided by it s support of scripts AV Linux 6 0 3 provides Nautilus with a pre installed collection of handy system administration scripts It is important to note that Nautilus has a Fully Functional trash Function unlike the previous PCManFM file manager used by AV Linux Two useful menus in Nautilus are the Scripts Menu accessed by right clicking in the File window Create Folder Create Document gt Browse as root m a 2 Arrange Items amp Open with gedit Open with gedit as root _ Terminal Here Open Scripts Folder Zoom In _ m Zoom Out Normal Size 16 and the Go Menu Open Parent FY Home Folder Computer la Templates Trash a Network Location Search For Files Clear History AV6 Manual Resources a glen Nautilus Notes Nautilus has some handy features that can be handled with keyboard commands
22. 5 IF the desktop partially loads OR the display resolution is wrong or corrupted it is most likely a Kernel Modesetting Video Driver issue which is covered in more detail below Failure to Boot Can be Caused by Several Issues 1 A corrupted or broken ISO image on the Project Ftp server This is extremely unlikely and rare and is easily ruled out by a single successful install by an end user AV Linux is pre tested by a third party before any release is made public to make sure the Ftp ISO images are intact and Functional 2 A bad download of the ISO image This is not common but quite possible and can be verified by using the accompanying ISO md5 file From the Ftp download Folder Another simple indication is if the File sizes on both the Ftp and the downloaded file match perfectly 3 A bad burn of the ISO to disk media This is usually the most likely cause of boot failure and is generally evident when the disk does nothing at all or freezes after displaying a few lines of console text which may be accompanied by numerous console red error messages Always burn any compressed Filesystem media like ISO images at low burn speeds i e 4X or less and make sure to use good disk media If a LiveDVD Fails try it on a different computer this is the number one way to discern if your media is bad or not or whether your computer has a specific hardware issue with the LiveDVD 4 Incompatible Video Hardware and Kernel Mode Setting KMS This iss
23. 8 04 download html LIVES Video Editor http lives sourceforge net index php do downloads Guitarix http quitarix sourceforge net Commercial Software Demo Permissions Provided by Mike Start linuxDSP Audio Plugins Julien Pommier Pianoteq Colin Barry Loomer Plugins Andy Robinson Transcribe Edouard Muller Renoise Graphic Credits Default Theme AVLinux Blue modded by me from Classic Ambiance Blue by Ravenfinity Default Wallpaper AV 601 Blue Metal by GMaq Icon Theme Faenza Icons by tiheum including Faenza Fresh by Funnyguy Cursor Themes Pulse Glass by Kuduk Picks by starcycle Manual Fonts This Manual uses Ubuntu and Ubuntu Mono fonts AV Linux Resources Manual http www bandshed net pdf AV603Manual pdFf Website http www bandshed net AVLinux html Forum http geekconnection org remastersys Forums index php 7 Email info bandshed net DO NOT USE EMAIL FOR TECH SUPPORT THE CONCEPT OF AV LINUX E Differences Compared To Other Linux Distributions On the surface AV Linux looks very much like any other Desktop Linux system however the way it is presented and maintained differs greatly from most other common Distributions The primary mandate of AV Linux is simple Install Create This means AV Linux is intended to be first and foremost a complete and self contained ISO Disk Image for it s intended task of providing users with a pre tested and pre configured Audi
24. S Wbar Dock Change the Exec line like in the example above and save your changes in gedit 21 Uptime 1h 14m Processes 158 Running 0 Conky Desktop Statistics AV Linux 6 0 3 comes with an optional Conky for a graphical way to display the system stats Conkys are very light on system resources and use very little RAM The Conky on AV Linux has been custom designed to reflect the default system theme and can be easily switched on or off by selecting the Conky launchers in the Settings menu There are numerous conkyrc configuration files widely available on the internet and they are intended to be customized to the preferences of the user There are no simple graphical tools available to configure Conkys due to the variety of types IF you want to modify the appearance of the Conky in AV Linux you will need to hand edit two separate text files in your user s home folder The Conky scripts reside in hidden folders so in order to see them go to your user s home folder and hit ctrl h on your keyboard to make the hidden files visible The folders containing the Conky config files are conky and lua scripts Of interest to many users will be changing the four letter code for the Weather temperature indicator To do this you will need to to determine the letter code for your own location by visiting the National Weather Service website here http weather noaa gov Once you select your location from the weather ser
25. UTF 8 Verston 1 0 Type Application Categorvies System Terminal false Icon Name DuaLlhead Exec home YOURUSERNAME screenlayout dualhead sh Comment Autostart Dual Monitors 32 COMPIZ WINDOW MANAGER By default AV Linux comes with the light and efficient Openbox Window Manager XFCE4 is also capable of utilizing the Compiz Window Manager which gives an assortment of 3D desktop effects The First prerequisite to using Compiz is having 3D Video Drivers installed Intel graphics cards have out of the box 3D support for the most part Most Ati cards have varying degrees of 3D support through using the Xorg radeon radeonhd driver and Full support using the proprietary video drivers detailed in the previous section Nvidia 3D support is only available currently by installing the proprietary nVidia drivers also detailed in the previous section To use Compiz it is necessary to First select your options using the Compiz Settings Manager and use the included Emerald Theme Manager to select one of the pre installed Emerald themes or any you have installed All setup for Compiz can be easily done by using the Fusion Icon found in the System Tools menu which puts all the Compiz related programs into one application Autostarting Compiz To have Compiz start at login it is necessary to copy the Autostart Compiz launcher found in the Extra Goodies Autostart Launchers Folder to one of two possible system autostart folders To have the launch
26. able to launch any ALSA dependent applications and have the audio output come through your selected running JACK Audio device Cool Stuff eS 2 0 x killing conflicting processes alsa_int no process found alsa_outt no process found Fita ae jt no process found Fita j2eat no process found Pulseaudiot no process found Alsa Loopback daemon started successfully 51 M AUDIO 1010LT PCM MULTI WITH AV LINUX NOTE PCM Multi setup cannot be used with the Aloop Daemon Lots of Audio I O for Little Money AV Linux supports a number of Pro Audio interfaces with PCI FireWire and USB I O of special note M Audio s 1010LT is a very affordable and well supported PCI Card interface supplying 10 channels of I O By using a customized PCM_Multi asoundrc File multiple 1010LT s can be run on AV Linux providing a lot of channels without spending a lot of money AV Linux comes by default with the necessary software components to set up two 1010LT s easily providing Funtionality either with or without an additional onboard Sound Card on the system The default AV Linux PCM_Multi setup is for 16 Channels of I O How to Use the Provided asoundrc Config Files To start you will need to decide whether you are using the 1010LT s by themselves or in addition to an onboard Sound Chip and then make sure both 1010LT cards are installed in the system PCI slots and the the SPDIF Out of the first card is connected to the SPDIF In on the
27. age pcm multi launchers install Package Status All dependencies are satisfied Description Details Included files Specialized Launchers and Icons For Using Multiple M Audio 1010LT Soundcards with PEMMulti Custom AV Linux Package How to Downgrade an Installed Package Sometimes it may occur that you have updated a package From an independent source ie the AV Linux Packages FTP and you wish to revert to a previous version IF you use the Gdebi Package Installer it will Fail to work and complain that the installed version is newer than the one you wish to install This is easily solved by installing the package from the command line using dpkg which does allow downgrading To do this go to whatever directory you have downloaded the desired package to and right click in the directory and select Terminal Here From the Nautilus Scripts menu make yourself Root in the terminal by typing su and entering your Root password Use this command to then downgrade your package dpkg i lt PACKAGENAME gt 39 Installing Zipped Package Bundles with dpkg Occasionally optional packages for AV Linux may be be adapted From other Debian based distros or Ubuntu Since the dependencies for these packages may not be available in the usual Debian repositories to accommodate installation a Package Bundle containing the necessary dependencies will be provided in a Zip file available in the AV Linux Packages FTP Since many times the
28. assuming you are using an existing AV Linux install however any current distro with GParted and Unetbootin will work This operation will utilize the entire USB Key so use a key you don t want to share data on other computers with and remove any important data from the key would also suggest you use a clean key without any U3 or other proprietary launching software on it most manufacturers provide utilities to remove this STEP 1 Insert your USB Key into the USB Port but don t mount it in the File Manager From the menu go to Preferences gt GParted and launch GParted STEP 2 Using the drop down dialog in the upper right corner of GParted select your USB Key MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHICH DRIVE YOUR USB KEY IS STEP 3 DO WITH CAUTION Select any existing Partitions on the Key Right Click on them and delete them until the Key is completely unallocated space STEP 4 Create a new FAT32 partition on the USB Key at least 3 0 Gigabytes 3072 mb In the remaining Unpartitioned space create an ext2 or ext3 partition and in the label field enter live rw STEP 5 Click on the checkmark icon at the top of GParted and apply the partitions you have created to the key STEP 6 Once GParted has finished creating your new partitions right click on the FAT32 Partition and select Manage Flags and from the list select boot When you close the Flags dialog Gparted should quickly rescan and display the boot flag on your FAT32 Pa
29. ay if you install anything that day and every time after etc apt sources list is changed apt get upgrade u Upgrades all packages installed to newest versions available Will not install new or remove old packages If a package changes dependencies and requires installation of a new package it will not be upgraded it will be put on hold instead apt get upgrade will not upgrade packages put on hold that is the meaning of hold See below for how to manually put packages on hold suggest the u option as well because then you can see what packages are going to be upgraded apt get dist upgrade u Similar to apt get upgrade except that dist upgrade will install or remove packages to satisfy dependencies apt cache search lt pattern gt Searches packages and descriptions for lt pattern gt apt cache show lt package gt Shows the full description of lt package gt apt cache showpkg lt package gt Shows a lot more detail about lt package gt and its relationships to other packages 54 Common Dpkg Usage dpkg i lt package deb gt Installs a Debian package File one that you downloaded manually for example dpkg c lt package deb gt Lists the contents of lt package deb gt a deb file dpkg I lt package deb gt Extracts package information from lt package deb gt a deb file dpkg r lt package gt Removes an installed package named lt package gt dpkg P lt package gt Purges an installed package named lt
30. d user and the developer and therefore doesn t shy away from Featuring it s basic operational face known as the Console or Terminal Certainly efforts over the past several years have molded Desktop Linux into as user friendly a platform as any but to Fully enjoy all Linux has to offer it is somewhat incumbent on the user to have at least a casual interest in what happens on both sides of the computer screen Although Linux at it s core is a curious symbiotic mixture of Community and Corporate interests For the most part the Linux Multimedia applications within AV Linux are developed by volunteer developers from all over the world Many of these generous and talented people are doing their work out of the purest motive the love of doing it Because the motivation is not primarily Financial end users sometimes have a problem differentiating their personal expectations From those that would be usual when looking at things from a paying customer perspective FLOSS developers are giving the end user something much greater than software they are sharing their most vital asset time It is very easy to take this Fact for granted and certainly someone who is showing such generosity should be equally paid back with patience and respect Free doesn t indicate an absence of Financial support many projects are in dire need of Financial support to encourage and enable their developers to continue Free should be seen as politically Free and the
31. dependencies have to be installed in a specific order it is a better practice to install these bundled packages via the terminal with dpkg To do this download the Package Bundle from the AV Linux Packages FTP Folder to your home folder once downloaded right click on the Zip file and select Extract Here to unzip it Now double click on the Folder to open it and you will see a series of deb packages and a README text file Take time to browse the README file For any special additional instructions Go to the Scripts menu in the Nautilus File Manager and select Terminal Here In the newly opened terminal type su which will prompt you For your Root Password so you can administrate installing the series of packages with dpkg Once you have entered your password and are returned to the terminal prompt enter or copy and paste this command dpkg i deb Watch the terminal output for any errors and once the packages are installed successfully close the terminal File Edit Tabs Help 40 WHERE TO FIND UPDATED PACKAGES 9 AV Linux Custom Packages FTP Folder Updated custom user packages For between AV Linux ISO Image releases are uploaded to a special FTP Folder here http bandshed net avlinux6 debs This FTP Folder is organized with separate Folders for each application that is uploaded depending on the nature of the application some of the application folders may contain subfolders as well Application Folders w
32. ed a E Stop 3 Quit iA Messages O Session Setup 3 Connect DPatchbay WA lt lt BP nN A About In the example below the system has a default single soundcard which has been selected in the Interface dropdown Generally speaking if your Audio interface shows up in the dropdown list it is supported by ALSA and therefore by JACK as well To use a firewire interface you will need to select Firewire instead of alsa in the Driver dropdown It is very important to make sure that Realtime is checked off under Parameters Another number to look at during setup is the Frames Period figure IF you are experiencing Xruns or audio dropouts then you will need to increase this number conversely if you want to decrease the Latency figure then decrease the Frames Period until Xruns appear IF you are recording directly to a Recording Track then low latency numbers are really not terribly necessary if you are recording through a plugin or other audio application en route to the Recording Track then lower latencies are required To use JACK with Synthesizer and MIDI Plugins it is recommended to increase the Timeout msec value to 2000 miliiseconds or more for better stability Setup JACK Audio Connection Kit Settings Options Display Misc Preset Name default Parameters Server Prefix
33. ed to browse the contents of Folders Nautilus T Other T iE The preferred Terminal Emulator will be used to run commands that require a CLI environment Ixterminal z Help 18 Changing the Keyboard Layout for Other Languages To set the keyboard for a different language during a LiveDVD session open a Terminal and use the setxkbmap command with the accompanying 2 letter code for your language The screenshot below shows the command for French setxkbmap fr glen av60 2xfced File Edit Tabs Help To permanently change the keyboard setting in an AV Linux install use the Keyboard setting utilities Found in the System Customization tab of the AV Linux Control Panel You can also change the System keyboard manually by opening a Root Terminal from the Accessories menu and editing the configuration File in etc default keyboard with this command gedit etc default keyboard Change the Model and Country codes within the quotes to the correct ones for your Country and save the changes XKBMODEL pc104 XKBLAYOUT us XKBVARIANT XKBOPTIONS 19 Using the Wbar Dock AV Linux uses the Wbar Dock for an attractive way to quickly launch apps from the Desktop The Dock is configured by editing it s dot wbar config File in your user s home The config file is very straightforward to edit i Icon c launch command and t title The Wbar Dock can be closed by clic
34. er work only for your user copy the Autostart Compiz launcher to config autostart To have the launcher work system wide for all users copy the launcher as Root to etc xdg autostart Emerald Themer 0 8 4 Themes Settings Emerald Settings Themes Edit Themes Search Clear FJ Refresh Delete E Import Theme Screenshot Up to Date Engine New Ambient R Ai ae Based on eleme Character Map i Version 0 4 _ T Engine YES 0 2 Created By cainn rie View search Go Sar Emerald YES 0 7 2 Use With Divergen Bold Shiki Empire Based on Dive i Version 0 4 i Ee eS e a Engine YES 0 2 Created By cainn iiaa inezi aa ae Emerald YES 0 7 2 Use With Divergen Bold Ambient No Description i Version 0 4 A J Say os Engine YES 0 1 Created By cainn ae es korrsshs e a Emerald YES 0 7 2 Use With Divergen se Wi ivergen Bold Italic Ambient E Based on eleme Character Map Version 0 4 E Engine YES 0 2 Created By cainn HIE View seer 0 ep Emerald YES 0 7 2 Use With Divergen 33 AV LINUX KERNELS ae j Default 3 10 27 PAE Kernel AV Linux offers a range of choices for post install Kernels by default it Features the performance advantages of a stock 3 10 27 PAE i686 Kernel This Kernel features the best of both worlds by having rt IRQ Threading in a mainline Kernel This Kernel offers rtirq init capabilities on the new Juju FireWire stack making it an optimum choice
35. ers In AV Linux section Screen Layout Editor Layout View Outputs System Help 31 Making a Persistent Dual Head Setup IF you have a permanent setup with Dual head monitors you may want to have the Arandr configuration settings automatically start it up for you when you boot up your computer This is possible but requires some extra steps and placing a desktop launcher in home YOURUSERNAME config autostart Here s how to do it Start Arandr configure the displays as desired Save and name your configuration From the Save As menu ie dualhead sh dualhead sh will be saved in home YOURUSERNAME screenlayout by default Find your created dualhead sh in the sscreenlayout Folder and right click on it Go to Properties gt Permissions and make sure Allow executing File as program is checked In your home folder right click and Create Document gt Empty File and name it dualhead desktop Right click on the dualhead desktop File you created and Open with gedit From the example below copy and paste the Launcher text into the dualhead desktop File Change the yellow highlighted YOURUSERNAME to your actual User name Save your changes in gedit Copy the dualhead desktop File to home YOURUSERNAME config autostart On reboot your ArandR configuration should be automatically loaded Example dualhead desktop Launcher File Desktop Entry Encoding
36. et up to start JACK and launch the A2JMIDID and Aloop daemons Patchage 2 0 File System View Help Latency 512 Frames J 0 Dropouts VMPK Output VMPE Output M Audio Delta 1010LT M Audio Delta 1010LT MIDI Midi Through Midi Through Pert O REI Qa FLUID Synth 5328 Synth input port 5328 0 WMPK Input VMPK Input M Audio Delta 1010LT M Audio Delta 1070LT MIDI Midi Through Midi Through Port VMPK Output 130 capture VMPK Output VMPE Input 131 playback VMPK Input FLUID Synth 5328 132 playback Synth input port 5328 0 FES Midi Through 14 capture Midi Through Port O M Audio Delta 1010LT 16 capture M Audio Delta 1070LT MIDI gsynth Loo r_Oo alsa jack capture 7 capture 2 system capture 7 capture 2 capture 3 capture 4 capture S capture 6 capture 7 capture capture 9 capture 10 capture 11 capture 12 FET Midi Through 14 playback Midi Through Port O M Audio Delta 1010LT 16 playback M Audio Delta 1010LT MIDI system playbac k_10 jack2alsa playback_1 playback _2 MANAGING MIDI IN AV LINUX W Bridging ALSA and JACK MIDI In the previous section we discussed the low latency JACK Audio server JACK has both an Audio and MIDI component and the fact that Linux has 2 distinct types of MIDI I O can often be confusing to new users A common scenario is plugging in an ALSA supported MIDI Controller Keyboard if you start an appl
37. ger on whichever Internet Connection you are planning to use whether it is Wired WiFi DSL or USB Adaptor BEFORE running SGFXI To do this right click on the Network Manager Applet in the Systray section of the XFCE4 Panel at the top of your screen in this example we are editing the Auto Ethernet wired connection Enable Networking Enable Notifications Connection Information About This will take you the Network Connections dialog where you can select the connection you want to edit by choosing it s tab In the example we have selected the Auto Ethernet tab and highlighted it s connection Next click the Edit button at the right side 25 LJ Network Connections 2 ox s Wired all Wireless all Mobile Broadband VPN a DSL Name Last Used ae Add Auto Ethernet 2 days ago iJ Delete Once the Edit button is clicked you will be taken to the Connection Editing dialog where you must check off the Available to all users checkbox at which time you will be prompted to enter your Root password Now log out and log back in to ensure the new settings have taken hold and then select one of the 2 methods below to run SGFXI LJ Editing Auto Ethernet 20x Connection name Auto Ethernet Connect automatically Wired 802 1x Security IPv4 Settings IPv6 Settings MAC address MTU automatic 7 Available to all users amp cancel ii Apply
38. gin Music File Tagging PDF Document Viewer JACK Host For WindowsVST Plugins FireWire Audio Drivers CLI Audio Video Converter Audio Video Stream Muxer GUI FTP Client Text Editor with Syntax Highlighting Advanced Image File Editor Photo Printing Utility Hard Drive Partition Editor Image File Viewer Guitar Effects Processor with LV2 Plugins DVD Ripper and H 264 Video Encoder Advanced Drum Sequencer and Programmer Mozilla Web Browser SVG Graphics Editor Assorted LV2 Plugins Low Latency Audio Server Session Support Qt GUI for JACK Capture Output of JACK into an Audio File KDE4 based NLE Video Editor WYSIWYG Web Page Editor ambisonic autotalent calf caps cmt csa Fil guitarix Invada leet swh rev tap vlevel 36 VERSION 8 1 0 1 4GIT 2 8 16 2 8 16 3 5 357 3 5 357 APPLICATION LibreOffice linuxDSP Plugins LMMS Loomer Plugins Meterbridge MIxxx Mudita24 Control Mverb Mypaint Nautilus Non Things Openshot Patchage Pianoteq QjackCtl QMIDIArp Qsynth Qsampler Qtractor Renoise Rosegarden Scribus Seq24 SetBfree SGFXI Simple Scan Shutter Sooperlooper Synaptic Synthclone Totem Transmission TV Viewer VMPK Vee One Plugins Wbar Whysynth WINE WineASIO WINFF X42 Plugins XArchiver XineUl XJadeo Yoshimi Zita Reverb Zita Retuner Continued DESCRIPTION Full Office Productivity Suite LinuxVST and LV2 Plugins Demos Linux MultiMedia Studio LinuxVST Audio Plugins Demo Versions JACK Meter S
39. h 14 playback Midi Through Port 0 Bridge started Press ctrl c to stop the bridge port created M Audio Delta 1010LT 16 captures M Audio Delta 10L0LT MIDI pt created M Audio Delta 1010LT 16 playback M Audio Delta 1010LT MIDI 50 USING THE ALOOP DAEMON A SA Looping ALSA Applications While JACK is Running AV Linux 6 0 3 has a great new Audio routing feature contributed by falkTX of KXStudio In a usual ALSA JACK setup whichever system Audio Device being use by one audio server will not be available to the other For instance if you are using an onboard soundcard with JACK and fire up any ALSA dependent application it will fail and complain that the Audio device is busy The aloop daemon uses a combination of the Kernel s snd aloop module the daemon s python script and a dynamically loaded custom asoundrc File to create an ALSA Loopback Audio device on the system To use this feature in AV Linux 6 0 3 simply start the JACK server with Qjackctl and the aloop daemon will launch automatically in the background It is also possible to launch it from the Audio Utilities menu which will launch a terminal to both indicate that the daemon is running and that it launched successfully Do not close the terminal until you want the daemon to quit running You can shut down the daemon by either shutting down JACK with Qjackctl or closing the terminal that the daemon is running in When the daemon is running you will be
40. ication which supports ALSA MIDI ie Hydrogen you will be able to see and use your MIDI keyboard as you would expect Where things get confusing is if you are using an application that only supports JACK MIDI ie Ardour3 you will not be able to see your Keyboard in the listed MIDI inputs what to do AV Linux includes an Audio Utility called A2JMIDID a daemon which takes ALSA MIDI inputs and outputs and exposes them to the JACK MIDI system and therefore makes them visible in applications that only support JACK MIDI these MIDI I O ports will also be visible in Patchage and other JACK Patching Utilities like Qjackctl To use AZJMIDID you need to have JACK Running and then simply select A2JMIDID From the Audio Utilities Menu In AV Linux 6 0 3 A2JMIDID runs automatically in the background when you start JACK with Qjackctl but you can also run it by itself in an Xterm window to display what it s doing and that it has bridged successfully You need to leave the Xterm window open For as long as you want to use A2JMIDID azZjmidid e JACK MIDI lt gt ALSA sequencer MIDI bridge version 8 7303d268c4bfeg5df9f10df6351 BF fbS9elidica built on Wed Dec 31 19 00 00 1969 Copyright 2006 2007 Dmitry 5 Baikoy Copyright 2007 20082009 2011 2012 Nedko Arnaudoy Bridge starting Using JACK server default Hardware ports will be exported port created Midi Through 14 capture Midi Through Port 0 port created Midi Throug
41. ill generally contain the version number of the program that is present on the most recent AV Linux ISO Image and any new updated versions that have been uploaded the reason for keeping the original versions is For users to be able to Fall back to their original version in the case of an update not working as desired or introducing new and unwanted bugs Usually newer uploaded program packages will have a higher version number than their predecessor or if it is a custom GIT or SVN package the date in the package name will determine what package is most recent Programs that will install without requiring additional dependencies will be in the usual Debian deb Package Format programs that require multiple dependent deb packages installed simultaneously with be provided in a compressed zip package IF you are unsure about how to install these different package formats please refer to the previous Installing Software In AV Linux section A little shortcut to see what package folders have been modified in the FTP most recently and therefore what programs have been updated last is to modify the URL of the FTP folder in your web browser to this http www bandshed net avlinux6 debs C M O D Using this command will change the browser view of the FTP and show the most recently modified Folders at the top with the date they were modified Index of avlinux6 deb x D www bandshed net aviinux6 debs C M O D AV Linux Install
42. ing their support some of whom made repeat and regular donations AV Linux 6 0 3 is dedicated to all of you who chose to donate to the project My humble thanks and appreciation to you GLEN 58
43. inked fetc init d vboxdrv setup PRINT A selections txt FILE TO DESIGNATE HELD PACKAGES AS ROOT dpkg get selections gt selections txt Then edit selections txt as Root SAVE THE selections txt FILE TO DPKG AS ROOT dpkg set selections lt selections txt BUILD DEBIAN PACKAGE WITH GIT BUILDPACKAGE git buildpackage git upstream branch origin upstream BUILD DEBIAN PACKAGE WITH DPKG dpkg buildpackage rfakeroot uc b LINKING KERNEL HEADERS FOR MODULE BUILDING ln s usr src linux headers S uname r lib modules S uname r build SET A DIFFFERENT C COMPILER THAN DEFAULT Replace X X with desired gcc version export CC usr bin gcc X X APPLY A PATCH TO SOURCE CODE OR KERNEL patch p1 lt PATCHFILENAME GRAB SOURCE CODE FROM LAUNCHPAD WITH BZR Openshot Video Editor as an example bzr branch lp openshot CHECK SOUND DEVICES INSTALLED ON SYSTEM cat proc asound cards CHECK AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES ON SYSTEM aplay l 57 THANKS FOR SUPPORTING AV LINUX A sincere and heartfelt thanks to the few but amazingly generous people who have supported AV Linux over the years the project truly could not have continued as long as it has without your thoughtful assistance It is an unfortunate statistic that the ratio of downloaders to donators results in less than 1 in 10000 people supporting AV Linux but the Failure of the donation model to effectively work still has not stopped some unique and wonderful people From show
44. inux you will need to have a separate and unique password for your Root Superuser to administrate the system and a regular User password for normal system use 9 IMPORTANT NEW INSTALLER FEATURES The Remastersys Installer in AV Linux 6 0 3 has some new features to make installing easier and more convenient than before Users can now choose ext2 ext3 OR ext4 partitions and GRUB2 is now the default bootloader PLEASE NOTE The noformat your home folder option in the AV Linux Remastersys Installer is still under development and not recommended for use at this time Message Dialogs During Installation AV Linux employs a special script to mount all partitions at boot During the installation process as the new partitions are created the Removable Drive mounting dialog may appear You can safely hit the Cancel button and close these dialogs as the installation takes place 11 GETTING AROUND IN AV LINUX About XFCE4 XFCE4 is a Functional efficient Desktop Environment with it s 4 10 release included in AV Linux 6 0 3 it provides a good balance between resource efficient performance and GUI attractiveness and provides a complete Desktop Environment without a lot of superfluous extra unwanted applications Custom AV Linux Menu Run Program The AV Linux Custom Menu has been prepared to help users get gt Terminal Emulator to the applications they are looking for quickly and differs File Manager significantly From the st
45. ions 42 lt Enable Networking Enable Notifications Connection Information LJ Network Connections 40x Wired all Wireless il Mobile Broadband fh VPN s DSL Name Last Used ae Add Auto Ethernet Close From here you can add set up and edit Wired LAN Wireless Mobile Broadband USB VPN and DSL connections Specifics for each kind of setup are beyond the scope of this manual but generally speaking Wired LAN and Wireless connections shouldn t need manual setup Many mobile broadband USB key devices are supported by AV Linux but most of them need manual configuration to work 43 Networking with Windows Computers The Nautilus File Manager can be used to network with Windows PC s using Samba To browse a Windows network use the Go menu and then select Network Nautilus will open a new window with a network URL and any available windows machines should appear as being able to browse Network File Browser File Edit View Go Bookmarks Help gt DB amp 10 Places x Ba Network E glen B Desktop ig File System Bo Network ee E os2 ig Ej DATA in VIDEO C HP1CC1DEFF2795 E SATA E AUDIO S Trash D bandshed net Windows Network 5 items 44 Connection to an FTP Folder Nautilus can also be used to move files to and from a remote FTP Folder to do this simply enter the web address into the URL bar at the top accessed by using Ctrl
46. king the last icon with the red X on it Occasionally when switching between workspaces the Dock will appear on top of the window of any application you have open simply click on the window of the running application and the Dock will be correctly placed behind the window There are a large number of customized icons for common multimedia apps in a special faenza wbar Folder found in usr share icons dot wbar gedit File Edit Wiew Search Tools Documents Help E dot wbar li fusr share wbar iconpack wbar avlinux avlinuxbarback bLue png c wbar bpress above desk pos top zoomf 1 3 isize 48 idist 2 jumpf 1 nanim 3 balfa 25 t usr share wbar iconpack wbar avlinux DejaVuSansCondensed Bold 16 fusr share icons faenza wbar rcp png xfced settings manager Settings fusr share icons faenza wbar find png xfced appfinder Apps fusr share icons faenza wbar nautilus4 s png nautilus no desktop Files fusr share icons faenza wbar chrome png fopt google chrome google chrome audio buffer size 2048 U Browser usr share icons faenza wbar synaptic png SU to root 4 c usr sbin synaptic Synaptic fusr share icons faenza wbar terminal png Lxterminal Terminal 20 To Wbar or not to Wbar that is the question IF you don t like it at all and wish it gone suggest this Use Synaptic or dpkg r and simply remove the wbar and wbar launch delay packages from your sy
47. m to default without redoing xorg conf moves xorg conf to backup Only use this on new Xorgs that do not require xorg conf file to operate Using this command restores system to default 33 Skip Grub file tests Important Only use with nVidia ATI if radeon nouveau have been blacklisted 40 Create modules for all your kernels nVidia only Will loop through and test each if can be made then create the modules excluding your running kernel You must have already installed an nVidia driver with sgfxi to use 40 Note if your installed driver is NOT the default sgfxi offers you have to use either the o lt driver number gt OR the B option if you are using current beta driver as well as the 40 option EG to install beta to all kernels sgfxi B 40 30 MONITOR AND DISPLAY SETTINGS AV Linux uses an application called Arandr to handle setting the monitor screen resolution and also for setting up Dual head displays Arandr can be found in the Preferences menu To change and select the monitor resolution right click on the rectangle within the Arandr window that represents the Video output and display you are using IF you are using more than one output and display there will be more than one rectangle present within the Arandr window PLEASE NOTE To use Dual head for many nVidia and ATI Video cards it will be necessary to have Proprietary Video Drivers installed as detailed in the previous Proprietary Video Driv
48. n the bare system console outside of the XFCE4 UI In order to run SGFXI this way you need to shut down XFCE4 by hitting the Ctrl Alt F2 keys simultaneously Your system will then go to the basic console where you will need to login Since SGFXI requires running with Root privileges you need to login as root and then enter your root password If a login message doesn t immediately appear in the console you may need to hit the Enter key to display the login prompt Debian GNU Linux 6 0 av devdesk ttyz av6devdesk login root Password Linux av6devdesk 3 0 55 avl 10 76 SMP PREEMPT Sat Dec 8 10 44 12 EST 2012 The programs included with the Debian GNU Linux system are free software the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in usr share doc copyr ight Debian GNU Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY to the extent permitted by applicable law xhost unable to open display root av devdesk sgfxi 28 MPORTANT Because of the KMS issues noted above it is often necessary to run SGFXI twice in a row to completely install the replacement proprietary Video drivers In this case SGFXI will most likely run the first time and obtain the drivers and when you are prompted to log back into LXDE the computer will Fail to use the new driver and leave you at the bare console unable to login The reason For this is that SGFXI cannot both install the drivers and blacklist modules from
49. o Video workstation For a system that needs to be reliable especially in the context of professional multimedia content creation some common sense measures have been taken to help ensure that dependability comes first Two common adages in the computer world are never touch a working system and if it ain t broke don t fix it AV Linux strives to live up to these ideals by avoiding having an update manager push updates onto the user s system Any updates or changes to software on AV Linux are completely at the user s discretion Updates to the core base of AV Linux Debian Squeeze are handled through the included Synaptic Package Manager and updates and bug fixes to the specific custom Audio and Video software packages are made available in a special custom packages FTP folder further explained in the Installing Software In AV Linux section of this manual The Focus of development in AV Linux is always on the complete Operating System ISO Disk Image between ISO releases updated improved or bug fixed packages will be made available but not ina usual apt repository where they would show up as updates in the Package Management system this is to ensure that users are not influenced into making unneeded or ill informed changes to their system For this reason AV Linux should not be considered as a Distro it is more accurately a ISO based OS with supplemental packaging that may sound similar to other Linux Operating Systems in a general sen
50. o edit the autologin line auto_login no Once again remove the comment and change the no to a yes like this When you have completed editing the slim conf file click Save in the Gedit Text Editor and autologin should be active on your next login Setting SliM Default Session Using Other Desktop Environments Open a Root Terminal from the Accessories Menu and enter gedit etc slim conf Scroll down the file to Find the Following line Login_cmd exec bin bash login etc X11 Xsession session Change session to the start command of your desired other default Desktop Environment Command Examples For Some Other Common Light Desktops default startxfce4 openbox ion3 icewm wmaker blackbox awesome 23 PERFORMANCE SETTINGS CPU Governor Settings Governing the CPU in AV Linux is handled by a small light GTK based tray utility known as Trayfreq Simply click and right click on the LXPanel applet and select your desired governor Trayfreq can be Further configured and have it s defaults changed by editing it s trayfreq config File Found in usr share trayfreq To do this use Accessories gt Root Terminal and this command gedit usr share trayfreq trayfreq config Trayfreq example default settings in AV Linux using the ondemand governor on battery power and performance governor on AC power battery show 1 governor ondemand ac governor performance events activate usr bin xterm
51. ock XFCE4 menu It s simple two tiered m interface doesn t have numerous sub menus to confuse and Mail Reader obscure where applications can be found Web Browser l The Menu contains a number of custom launchers so even Settings applications that normally have a CLI interface only can be easily found and launched from the Menu Some examples are Accessories A2JMIDID Aloop Daemon JACK Capture JACK Meterbridge and WineASIO which can be found in the Audio Utilities menu a Audio Audio Utilities Graphics E internet Occasionally you may install a program and have it appear in the many wrong menu category since the AV Linux menu differs from the EE Office stock XFCE one additionally in rare cases you my install a program Managing Misplaced Program Launchers n e with a launcher that doesn t appear in the menu at all This will soundcard Utilities usually affect only the separate Audio and Video menus Fixing this is quite simple first find the misplaced or missing launcher in usr share applications or usr local share applications then E System Video right click on the launcher you want to Fix and use the Scripts menu in Nautilus to Open with gedit as root and scroll down to the line that says Categories and delete any text that is Following the and replace it with AudioEditing to make the launcher appear in the Audio menu or VideoEditing to make it appear in the Video menu F
52. or the new custom Audio Utilities and Video Utilities menus use AudioUtils and VideoUtils For your Categories Video Utilities VST Plugins i About Xfce Log Out An Example from a Floola Launcher Desktop Entry Encoding UTF 8 Verston 1 0 Type AppLication Terminal false Icon floola Name FLloola Exec opt Floola linux Floola Comment iPod Management Tool and More 12 Creating Custom Launchers IF you have installed or compiled a program that does not have a launcher you can easily create one using the launcher creation tools found in the AV Linux Control Panel You have a choice of creating a launcher for your user only or a system wide launcher for all users Read and Follow the prompts carefully The AV Linux Control Panel The AV Linux Control Panel is a simple yad based launcher style utility created by Tony Brijeski The Control Panel choices are Fairly self explanatory To use the X Kill option to terminate a misbehaving program click on the X Kill launcher with your mouse and then move your cursor to the window of the application you wish to terminate then hit the Enter key When the cursor changes into a skull and crossbones click again on the window of the application to terminate it oA Double Click or Select and Press Enter to Launch an item AV Linux Control Panel Add a Menu launcher For All Users Enable or Disable Mounting of All Partitions on Boot Set Time and Date
53. rtition Close Gparted STEP 7 Remove your USB Key and then plug it back in Then open the File Manager you should see 2 partitions available to mount relating to your USB Key you can mount them both but you only need to mount the FAT32 one Hint it is the one not called live rw STEP 8 From the menu open System Tools gt Unetbootin Select the Diskimage option and navigate to where you have downloaded or placed the ISO Image file and Click OK Unetbootin will take several minutes to copy the image and bootloader to your Key Adding Persistence to the Key IF you simply want AV Linux on a USB Key without persistent storage you can stop here This will give you the partition AV Linux runs from and a small additional partition to store Files on while you are running it For persistence there are a few more steps and a few things to consider 1 Persistence will dramatically slow bootup time the first boot after enabling it 2 Persistence may cause the system response to be a little slower than a non persistent Key 3 Installing AV Linux from a persistent Key has NOT been tested and may not work 4 System shutdown may display several harmless errors do not remove your key when prompted until it stops Flashing STEP 9 Mount the FAT 32 Partition of your Key if it isn t already in PCManFM and navigate to the syslinux cfg File Right click on it and open it in gedit and modify it s text in line 9 like the example below
54. ry way of installing repository based packages Which packages appear as installable is determined by whatever Repositories are checked off in the Software Sources utility also Found in the Preferences Menu Updated packages appear by selecting the Installed Upgradeable in the list in the left hand pane Synaptic Package Manager File Edit Package Settings Help O y Quick search Reload Mark All Upgrades All Package Installed Version Latest Version Description Installed tap plugins 0 7 1 1 0 7 1 1 Tom s Audio Processing LADSPA plugins Installed local or obsolete ardour harvid binaries 0 7 3avlinux6 1 0 7 3avlinux6 1 harvid ffmpeg_harvid and ffprobe_harvid Bii Installed manual amb plugins 0 8 1 2 0 8 1 2 ambisonics LADPSA plugins ardour3 3 4 custom avlinux6 3 4 custom avlinux6 Ardour 3 4 Digital Audio Workstation Custom Sections eee T ee eee a ee eee a ae oo Canem ITF i oe te TY Status No package is selected Origin Custom Filters Search Results 7 packages listed 2490 installed 0 broken 0 to install upgrade 0 to remove 38 Gdebi Package Installer For single packages downloaded from the web ie the AV Linux package Ftp the Gdebi Package Installer is used Simply download the package to your home folder and double click on it The Gdebi Package Installer will automatically launch and ask for your Root password and install the package Package Installer pcm multi launchers File Help Pack
55. sample format for capture s2bit integer little endian ALSA use 2 periods for capture ALSA final selected sample format for playback S bit integer little endian ALSA use 2 periods for playback 53 DEBIAN REFERENCE Many people who are new to Linux are reluctant to use the terminal and sometimes consider it to be either a primitive means of using the computer or too complicated After some time to adjust to using it most Linux users come to appreciate the Facility and speed afforded by using the CLI The Following section can be utilized by experienced Linux users and demonstrate some Fundamentals to new Linux users The apt and dpkg articles are modified from an excellent article by Matthew Danish WARNING Please remember it is not advised to use either apt get upgrade or apt get dist upgrade with AV Linux If you don t understand what a Terminal Command is actually going to do to your system it is advised not to use it Common APT usage apt get install lt package gt Downloads lt package gt and all of its dependencies and installs or upgrades them This will also take a package off of hold if it was put on See below for more info on hold apt get remove purge lt package gt Removes lt package gt and any packages that depend on it purge specifies that packages should be purged see dpkg P for more information apt get update Updates packages listings from Debian mirrors should be run at least once a d
56. se but in daily usage it is a very different way of doing things Many conscious choices have been made in the creation of AV Linux to enhance it s efficiency make it adaptable to keeping older computers productive and blending the best attributes of available applications for the Desktop Environment and User Interface Because of this high degree of customization and integration AV Linux is not intended to be easily adaptable to using alternative Desktop Environments AV Linux is not a generic Linux OS that allows for unlimited choices it is a highly specialized OS that willingly sacrifices some freedom of choice for rock solid dependability and predictable performance There is no question that Linux users can enjoy creating multimedia on more conventional Desktop Linux OS s it is not intended to suggest that this is an inferior way of doing things AV Linux employs a more cautious methodology in the hopes that it will provide a positive and reliable experience to users especially those who are new to Linux as a platform and perhaps more importantly provide the dependability to maximize the potential of acceptance into professional and commercial content creation opportunities RUNNING AV LINUX LIVE AV Linux can be used Live in 2 different ways with no changes to the host machine operating it by running it from a LiveDVD or using a Bootable USB Key l gi k 2 F LiveDVD Download the AV Linux 6 0 3 ISO file from http w
57. second card Next look in your User s home Folder for the Extras PCM Multi Folder and select which asoundrc file is needed For your particular setup To check out how you cards are set up on the system use this command in a regular terminal cat proc asound cards Here is a screenshot of a system with two 1010LT s note that the 0 1 2 numbers correlate to the hw 0 hw 1 hw 2 numbers used by JACK File Edit Tabs Help Use this File by copying the asoundrc txt For 2 ice1712 cards with NO onboard sound card OR the asoundrc onboard txt for 2 ice1712 cards AND an onboard sound card into your users home folder and renaming whichever file you use to asoundrc without the quotes It is normal for the File to disappear from view when you rename it because the dot makes it viewable only with show hidden enabled in the PCManFM file manager It is important to note if you are using 2 cards plus an onboard you should have the onboard chip as the default or First sound card Followed by the ice1712 cards 52 Setting up Mudita24Control Card2 Launchers By default the Mudita24Control Card 2 launcher found in the Soundcard Utilities Menu is set fora system with two 1010LT s and no onboard Sound Chip In order to use it properly with an onboard Sound Device the launcher needs to have it s Exec line modified Open the launcher for modification by copying and pasting this command into a Root Terminal
58. stem and also remove the dot wbar text File From your home Folder On the next login the danged thing should be gone and good riddance too IF you DO like it and want to change the position in AV Linux 6 0 3 ie on a Netbook it now is auto launched with a combination of an autostart launcher and a little script to have it launch on login ina different position open a Root terminal and modify the wbarlaunch sh script gedit usr bin wbarlaunch sh Which will open the script which by default looks like this bin bash killall wbar sleep 10s usr bin wbar vbar pos right bpress above desk isize 40 zoomf 1 3 balfa 50 For example if you would prefer the Wbar to be placed at the bottom modify the last line of the script notice that vbar has been removed Like this usr bin wbar pos bottom bpress above desk isize 40 zoomf 1 3 balfa 50 Save the file in gedit and on the next login the Wbar will appear at the bottom of your screen Changing the Wbar position when launching Wbar manually from the Menu In a Root terminal gedit usr share applications wbar desktop Desktop Entry Verston 1 0 Encoding UTF 8 Name Wbar Dock GenericName Wbar Dock Comment Fast Light Application Dock Exec usr bin wbar vbar pos right bpress above desk isize 40 zoomf 1 3 balfa 50 Icon usr share tcons wbar png Terminal false MultipleArgs false Type AppLication Categories AppLlications Settings GenericName en_U
59. stersys and self compiled upstream packages that worked quite well After the next Ubuntu release 8 04LTS I quickly learned that in between point releases of Ubuntu like the 7 10 was using didn t age very well after their 6 months were up so looked to Debian GNU Linux for a longer running release model AV Linux 2 0 was the First release on Debian and was also when I came to know and appreciate the new light Desktop Environment known as LXDE As a small independent project AV Linux did not receive much notice or publicity From the usual Linux media blogs and online journals but a small but growing word of mouth Following encouraged me to keep at as learned more about packaging and customizing After AV Linux 3 0 was released received an email from Michael Bohle one of the former developers of JackLab he was doing freelance journalism and had a gig doing a Linux Audio article with the German BEAT Magazine and had stumbled across AV Linux He asked if I d be interested in putting together a custom ISO for a series of workshops being done on Linux audio coinciding with the BEAT magazine article very hurriedly assembled an updated ISO with some added commercial Linux apps like Renoise EnergyXT and linuxDSP plugins and called it AV Linux 3 1 BEAT Edition after that had a concept liked mixing both open source and commercial Audio and Video apps with a light Desktop Environment that kept older computers viable The BEAT Edition attracted
60. susb tdfx tga trident tseng vesa vga via voodoo vmware v4l Also configures xorg conf as required Full radeon xorg 3d configuration automatically o Override default install a specific driver this is an absolute override syntax O 177 68 For nVidia or o 8 6 For fglrx q Turns off composite mode Default is ON for newer nVidia ATI cards Q Skip start X Question automatically start X post driver install r Remove mode lines from xorg conf R Skips self updating Feature No restart U Forces sgfxi to update itself must be root but can be in x Exits after v Prints sgfxi current version information Exits after W Skip all wget downloads Only use this to reinstall a driver that has already been downloaded using sgfxi at least once previously x Reverts to default libXvMC so 1 For system instead of nVidia package nVidia only X Use to skip auto X start stop Do not use this unless you have a good reason to not want X start stop tests to run Gives start X option on completion if not in X Y Clean script download and backup files Shows a list of cleanup actions to carry out including script uninstaller Can be run in X as root z Backup and recreate xorg conf using the command X configure requires X Xorg command Only use if you know what you are doing This creates a simple basic xorg conf file Advanced Options Only for Specialized Cases 32 Remove Purge all drivers remove all grub modeline blacklists restore syste
61. t is my sincere hope that users will Find this to be the most complete reliable and useful version so Far My sincere thanks to all whose paths I ve crossed in one way or another during this journey For a middle aged Canadian Farmboy with no formal computer training this has been a rewarding and enjoyable experience With Warm Regards and Sincere Thanks Glen MacArthur 4 CREDITS amp CONTACT Thanks to My wonderful wife and kids for their infinite patience and encouragement Debian GNU Linux Debian pkg multimedia team LXDE Tony Brijeski Remastersys RevLinux geekconnection org Trulan Martin Firewire guru AV Linux Kernel Dev Allen Tate Torrent and tracker Mike Start linuxDSP damentz Liquorix Kernels Dan MacDonald Complaints Dept Michael Bohle BEAT Magazine Christian Marillat Deb Multimedia org Paul Davis and development team Ardour Ben Loftis Todd Naugle Harrison Mixbus Rui Nuno Capela Qjackctl Qsampler Qsynth Qtractor Matt Weatherford WinFF Jonathan Thomas Andy Finch Openshot Hermann Meyer James Warden Andreas Degert Guitarix Gabriel Finch LIVES Dan Dennedy MLT i2productions Linux in Review Dave Phillips Linux Journal FalkTX KXStudio Grooveschmied German Translation Edward Diehl ISO Testing Applications using the AV Linux ISO Image as a Demo LiveDVD Cinelerra http cinelerra cv org getting cinelerra ph Openshot Video Editor http www openshotvideo com 200
62. the Xorg Video drivers at the same time Although this is somewhat cumbersome usually logging in as root and running SGFXI again with the same options as you used the first time will allow the driver installation to complete SGFXI is quite Flexible and can be run with many optional commands as listed below which were taken From the help file which can be accessed in a terminal by typing sgfxi h EXACT VERSION NUMBERS SUBJECT TO CHANGE Script Requirements Debian Ubuntu Arch Fedora based systems Xorg version required 7 1 1 1 or greater Your X version 1 10 Linux Kernel required 2 6 18 or greater Your kernel 3 0 55 avl 10 default s The driver installed automatically by sgFxi unless it is not supported by your card Some older cards will force an override of this basic default Script will print out what driver it will install when you start it up with option to exit supported drivers choices require o lt see o for correct syntax gt to install gt Fglrx default 12 10 Other supported drivers 12 10 12 7 12 6 12 10 12 7 12 6 12 4 12 3 12 2 12 1 11 12 11 11 11 10 11 9 11 8 11 7 11 6 11 5 11 4 11 3 11 2 11 1 Nvidia defaults current legacy 3 2 1 310 19 304 64 173 14 36 96 43 23 71 86 15 Other supported drivers 304 64 304 60 304 51 304 43 295 71 290 10 285 05 09 280 13 275 43 270 41 19 260 19 44 256 53 195 36 31 190 53 185 18 36 180 60 177 82 1173 14 35 169 12 100 14 19 96 43 20 71 86 14 The Follo
63. to browse files with an URL bar use Ctrl L to see hidden Files in the directory you are browsing use Ctrl H To bypass the Trash Folder use Shift Del to permanently delete the files It is important to note if you are browsing as Root and delete any files they will be placed in the Root Trash file not the regular users it is a good practice to always delete Files From Root browsing with Shift Del to bypass Root s Trash folder There is along running bug in Nautilus that prevents trash from being deleted by the usual clicking on the Trash icon in the left hand pane of Nautilus To manually find and remove Trash files From Root browse the root Folder as Root and navigate to root local share Trash and enter the files and info Folders and select the files you want to delete and use Shift Del to permanently remove them from the hard drive 17 Thunar File Manager Optional Although AV Linux 6 0 3 is set up to use Nautilus as the default File Manager there is also the option to use Thunar which is the usual native File Manager in XFCE4 To change from Nautilus to Thunar use the Preferred Applications utility Found in the Settings menu NOTE Thunar is not set up with the handy custom Administration scripts that Nautilus uses E3 Preferred Applications 20 xX Preferred Applications Select default applications for various services Internet Utilities File Manager The preferred File Manager will be us
64. ue is generally evidenced by the Kernel completing it s console output and dying at the login or unsuccessfully trying to load the Desktop and or displaying the Desktop at a very low or garbled resolution AV Linux 6 0 3 can be booted to disable KMS by selecting the Failsafe option from the ISOlinux LiveDVD boot splash screen 10 INSTALLING AV LINUX WARNING The following section involves major system changes like hard drive partitioning etc There is always a risk of Data loss or corruption when installing a new or different Operating System ALWAYS back up any important Data before making changes to your existing Hard Drive If you are completely unfamiliar with the concept of drive partitioning or terms like Master Boot Record it is recommended that you don t attempt to install AV Linux Installation Info Launch the Remastersys Installer from the desktop by right clicking on the Desktop Installer Icon AV Linux uses GParted to perform disk partitioning you can choose to set up partitions before running the Installer or do it as part of the installation process The Installer is laid out in a very simple step by step manner take your time and carefully read the Installer prompts to ensure a successful install Please also take time to read the rest of this section before installing PLEASE NOTE AV Linux does not use sudo it uses the pure Debian Root Superuser and User method When installing and setting up AV L
65. uite DJ Focused Music Player Updated Mixer for ice1712 Soundcards LV2 Reverb Plugin Painting Program File Manager Suite with DAW Sequencer Mixer and Session Mgr Non Linear Video Editor JACK Patchbay Routing Piano Modeling Software Demo Version GUI For JACK Settings MIDI Arpeggiator Qt Frontend For Fluidsynth LinuxSampler QT4 GUI Audio MIDI Sequencer Tracker Style Audio Sequencer Demo Version QT4 base MIDI Sequencer and Score Editor Desktop Publishing Application Pattern based MIDI Sequencer Hammond B3 Organ Emulation Automated Install Script for 3D Graphics Drivers Easy Scanner Utility Screenshot Capturing and Editing Live Looping Sampler Software Package Manager Copy and Create Sample Libraries Gstreamer based Movie Media Player Bittorrent Client Watch and Record TV Virtual Midi Piano Keyboard Samplv1 SynthV1 and DrumkV1 LV2 Plugins Light Application Launch Bar DSSI Synthesizer Windows Compatibility Layer ASIO Driver for JACK FFmpeg based Audio Video Converter Useful Collection of LV2 Audio Plugins Compression and Unzip Utility Media Player based on Xine Video Player with JACK Transport Real Time Synthesizer LV2 Reverb Plugin LV2 Autotuner Plugin 37 VERSION 4 2 0 4 15 0 9 2 b1 1 11b1 1 0 3 1 0 0 9 0 2 30 1 9 5 GIT 1 4 3 BZR 0 5 0 4 2 1 0 3 11 0 6 0 0 3 8 0 2 2 30 0 5 12SVN 2 8 1 13 10 1 4 1 0 9 2 BZR 0 7 5 2 31 1 0 85 1 1 6 18 0 70 1 0 3 0 2 30 2 03 0 8 2b1 0 4 0 0 3 5 o e
66. urces list For this to work IF you supply the b option and you are currently root then the package will be automatically built if possible apt get build dep lt package gt Download and install the packages necessary to build the source Debian package lt package gt This Feature is only present in apt version 0 5 and up Currently this means that woody and above contain this Functionality IF you have an older version of apt then the easiest way to Find out the build dependencies is to look in the debian control File in the source package directory A common usage of this command is in conjunction with apt get source b For example as root apt get build dep lt package gt apt get source b lt package gt Will download the source package all of its build dependencies and attempt to compile the source package 55 dpkg source x lt package dsc gt If you have downloaded the source package for a program manually which includes several files such as a orig tar gz or tar gz if it is Debian native a dsc and a diff gz if it is not Debian native then you can unpack the source package using this command on the dsc file dpkg buildpackage Builds a Debian package from a Debian source tree You must be in the main directory of the source tree for this to work Sample usage dpkg buildpackage rfakeroot uc b Where rfakeroot instructs it to use the fakeroot program to simulate root privileges for ownership purposes uc
67. user s choice to decide what projects they wish to support and how they wish to do it The primary method of hardware support on the Linux platform is through that magical bundle of code known as the Kernel It is truly amazing the sheer total number of various pieces of computer hardware that are natively supported without ANY outside or 3 party drivers Having said that it is certainly not reasonable to expect that Linux will 100 support ALL available hardware or even have an equal degree of stability with all hardware that is supported The ground rules for building an effective Audio Video Workstation with Linux are really no different than on any other platform All PC s are not created equal and certainly not all are suited to professional level multimedia content creation IF you are serious about optimizing your success with AV Linux then some care should be taken to select well supported Audio Video hardware for Linux These guidelines are informed by a mixture of opinion and experience and are offered as such THE AV LINUX STORY A Brief Well OK Maybe Not So Brief History AV Linux came into being in 2007 out of a simple desire to share a working Linux audio desktop with some like minded users on the Ardour forum At that time two of the dominant multimedia centered Linux Distributions Jacklab 64 Studio were starting to fade away from active development had customized a version of Ubuntu Studio 7 10 with Tony Brijeski s Rema
68. username gt Open Open in New Tab Open in New Window Open with Open Folder with Thunar Open with Other Application Scripts Cut Copy Make Link Rename Copy to Move to B Move to Trash Ej Compress Properties Folder Sharing Folder Sharing E Share this folder Share name Documents Comment Allow others to create and delete files in this folder cancel Os Create Share 46 PRINTING WITH AV LINUX Getting Started Printing with Linux can either be Plug and Play heaven or software dependency hell a lot depends on what Printer you have how old or new it is and how serious the manufacturer is about providing open source Friendly Linux drivers IF you don t already have a printer strongly recommend Hewlett Packard products they seem to be the only manufacturer taking printing on Linux seriously and have their own Linux HPLIP project to support their hardware There is no possible way for this manual to cover printing in any specific detail and many users may prefer to not use a printer at all on a streamlined Audio recording system like AV Linux Nonetheless here are a few key points for those who wish to set up their printer Printer Group Permissions In order to administrate and use the CUPS print server the user will need to be a member of two main system groups that deal with printing lp and lpadmin The quickest way to do this is with the Root Terminal and the
69. vice you should see an URL in your browser URL bar something like this http weather noaa gov weather current CYKD html Make note of the four letter code at the end of the URL ie CYKD and then go to conky and open the conkyrc File by right clicking on it and selecting Open With gt gedit Scroll down to line 62 in the conkyrc text file and replace the default CYXU code with the four letter code for your location Save the file in gedit and the Conky should now reflect the temperature for your location 22 SliM LOGIN MANAGER Setting SliM For Autologin AV Linux 6 0 features a new and much lighter Login Manager SLiM Although not as Fully Featured and Familiar as GDM SliM has a very light system Footprint and is still quite configurable by editing it s configuration File in etc slim conf The example below will cover the most popular configuration request autologin First open a Root Terminal from the Accessories Menu and enter gedit etc slim conf To enable autologin two separate variables must be changed in slim conf Scroll down the file to Find the Following line default_user To set yourself as the default user remove the comment from the beginning of the line and then add your username USERNAME is used here as an example IF we leave the file like this then on next login it will automatically enter your username but still require your password to have autologin work Fully you need t
70. wing beta drivers are available nvidia 313 09 Fgrlx 12 11 Script Options A Run the install non interactively Will not restart x at end b Enable tripleBuffer nvidia only triplebuffer can reduce 3d performance on cards with low graphics memory 64 mB or less Default is disabled ofF B Use latest Beta Driver for your card type Autodetects card type beta driver nVidia AMD cards only IF no beta driver is available the current stable driver for your card type is used Also checks nvidia for live latest beta information and replaces script defaults with newer if present c Force use of Xorg composite mode Beryl Compiz requires this for 3d Old nvidia ATI Intel cards not supported Composite is default ON for newer nVidia ATI cards c not required C Skip Xorg configuration Only use this if your Xorg is already working with your driver Main use is if you have dual card output and don t want xorg conf changed d Installs distro packaged nVidia fglrx drivers ATI nVidia cards only Formerly s D Build Distro Debian Ubuntu only packages for fglrx with FGLRX binary run package then install them formerly F Not recommended Because of constant package builder Failures the direct install method is now default F Force option Forces re install of your driver bypasses module check build nVidia only h View this help menu 29 j Alternate text output script colors Requires this syntax j O sets to monochrome j 1
71. ww bandshed net AVLinux html Burn the ISO file to a DVD R or RW using your existing Burning Software Set your Computer BIOS to Boot from your DVD Drive if it doesn t by default Reboot into the AV Linux LiveDVD VV V WV re _ METHOD 1 Bootable USB Key Requirements An existing AV Linux 5 0 or greater install OR a running AV Linux 6 0 3 LiveDVD session PC Capable of booting from USB Key with block sizes greater than 1024mb At least 4GB USB Key avlinux6 0 lxde i386 en iso from here http www bandshed net AVLinux html Bootable USB Keys can be created with the Remastersys USB Startup Disk Tool found in the AV Linux Control Panel This unique tool creates an ISOhybrid USB Key Please note that this tool overwrites any existing USB FAT32 or other Filesystem and writes the actual ISOhybrid image itself to the key This means the Key will no longer be usable for Data storage however you can use the USB Key Tool to overwrite the ISOhybrid image as many times as you want This USB Key Tool will only work with ISOhybrid images The AV Linux ISO comes ready to use as a Formatted as an ISOhybrid image Choose a USB Key sde 3978063 J la TL Choose a Source Image Ye avlinux6 0 2 xFee D Quik Copy to USB Key METHOD 2 Unetbootin Method Requirements PC Capable of booting from USB Key At least 4GB USB Key Latest AV Linux ISO image From here http www bandshed net AVLinux html This guide is written

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