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1. Website http www bandshed net A V Linux html Email infoc bandshed net 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 D LiveDVD gt Download the AV Linux 5 0 3 ISO file from http www bandshed net AVLinux html gt Burn the ISO file to a DVD R or RW using your existing Burning Software gt Set your Computer BIOS to Boot from your DVD Drive if it doesn t by default gt Reboot into the AV Linux LiveDVD 4 e a METHOD 1 Bootable USB Key Requirements An existing AV Linux 5 0 or greater install OR a running AV Linux 5 0 3 LiveDVD session PC Capable of booting from USB Key with block sizes greater than 1024mb A 2GB USB Key or larger avlinux5 0 3 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 Preferences Menu 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 useable 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 ISOh
2. AV LINUX 5 0 3 USER MANUAL A Guide to Get Acquainted with AV Linux Prepared by Glen MacArthur January 22 2012 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 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 8 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 23 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 30 Page 33 Page 36 Page 37 Page 39 Page 41 Page 44 Page 45 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE NEW TO LINUX HISTORY BLURB CREDITS amp CONTACT 5 NEED TO KNOWS ABOUT AV LINUX RUNNING AV LINUX LIVE AV LINUX BASIC BOOTING BIBLE INSTALLING AV LINUX GETTING AROUND IN AV LINUX SLIM LOGIN MANAGER MOUSE CURSOR THEMES PERFORMANCE SETTINGS PROPRIETARY VIDEO DRIVERS IN AV LINUX COMPIZ WINDOW MANAGER AV LINUX KERNELS KERNEL CHEATCODES AV LINUX SOFTWARE INSTALLI
3. Renoise Graphic Credits Default Theme Murrine Unity by celticmusicguy Default Openbox Theme Murrine Unity by celticmusicguy Icon Theme Faenza Icons by tiheum including Faenza Fresh by funnyguy Optional Icons Instruments by starcycle Cursor Themes Pulse Glass by Kuduk Picks by starcycle Wbar background Image modified from osxbarback by trevelyn AV Linux Resources Manual http www bandshed net pdf AV503Manual pdf Website http www bandshed net AVLinux html Forum http geekconnection org remastersys forums index php 7 Email info bandshed net Updated Packages http www remastersys com forums index php topic 1550 0 5 NEED TO KNOWS ABOUT AV LINUX r On the surface AV Linux looks like any Debian based Distribution however it has some key differences in approach when compared to larger mainstream Distributions These differences are intended to be presented here in a non qualitative manner and not as a better than or worse than comparison to the various methods employed by other Linux OS s AV Linux is an ISO Image not a Distro AV Linux comes as a complete ready to use OS within a bootable and installable ISO Image This differs from most distros that come as a small net boot or a CD sized image format with a core of applications that require further configuration and package downloads after installing AV Linux works with established Debian repositories however it d
4. Qt Frontend for Fluidsynth LinuxSampler QT4 GUI Audio MIDI Sequencer Tracker Style Audio Sequencer Demo Version Realtime Configuration Scan Script Audio MIDI Sequencer and Score Editor Pattern based MIDI Sequencer Automated Install Script for ATI nVidia 3D Graphics Drivers Easy Scanner Utility Screenshot Capturing and Editing Live Looping Sampler Soundfont Instrument Editor Software Package Manager Song Transcribing Learning Tool Demo Version Gstreamer based Movie Media Player Bittorrent Client Virtual Midi Piano Keyboard Light Application Launch Bar DSSI Synthesizer Windows Compatibility Layer ASIO Driver for JACK ffmpeg based Audio Video Converter Compression and Unzip Utility Media Player based on Xine Video Player with JACK Transport Real Time Synthesizer Autotune JACK Plugin Reverb JACK Plugin Create Multiple MIDI Zones JACK LV2 Synthesizer Host VERSION 3 4 4 0 9 1 1 4 9 0 4 12 ON oO WW NO IW O o _ N Op ow N gt 2 2 28CVS NoSowoSoNaosa390 WN Oa A NUuNWaonPnhorO 11 11 42 O O N WOOD OLYIrW KA Ow NOnR OW Ow WK OW 0922 4 rt OW O e 6 Vw SO NOON whanNnoc FOGO OOT OS OS pS ONV OF sos N 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 f
5. software AV Linux is created from Debian GNU Linux and inherits Debian s GNU GPL license in all content derived from Debian Also all customized content and tweaks within AV Linux ie the AV Linux Control Panel etc are also covered by the GPL license The AV Linux ISO is a unique entity which bundles a few select commercial software demos that are not open source and therefore non free and not licensed under the GNU GPL These non free applications all are included on the ISO with the permission of the individual developers however the AV Linux ISO cannot be re distributed with these applications included since it would be a violation of their distribution licenses These licenses are conveniently located in a Non Free Licenses folder in your user s home for the user to read If an end user wishes to redistribute AV Linux the following software packages must be removed to comply linuxdsp jack demos linuxdsp lv2 demos linuxdsp linuxvst demos linuxdsp guitarfx demos loomer linuxvst demos loomer jack demos discodsp linuxvst demo pianoteq demo renoise demo transcribe demo mm About AV Linux AY Linux You are using AV Linux a full featured Operating System for Multimedia Content Creators This unique combination of Open Source and Commercial Software was built using a custom built Linux Kernel Debian GNU Linux the LXDE Desktop Environment and Remastersys Tools AV Linux is developed and maintained by Glen MacArthur
6. 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 launcher work only for your user copy the Autostart Compiz launcher to home YOURUSERNAME 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 Refresh Delete E Import Theme Screenshot Up to Date Engine Use With Technix A Murrine Unit A clean and simp a ss Version 0 7 j ass ay Sp Engine YES 0 1 legacy ret A T File View Search Go Help Emerald YES 0 8 4 Use With Murrine U vy Bold Italic 24 Shiki s Hope r Based on Diverg B Baiba Version 0 4 ae 2 SRA ye 4 Engine YES 0 2 Created By cainn sei Pastas sirens maa iad Emerald YES 0 7 2 Use With Divergenc pixmap Bold Italic lt Ambient Em Based on elemen Character Map Version 0 4 i i i Engine YES 0 2 Created By cainn rie vie search G
7. a glossy pulsating cursor To change the cursor theme open Accessories gt Root Terminal and copy and paste or enter gedit usr share icons default index theme To change to the Pick theme change the Inherits line like this icon theme To change to the Pulse Glass theme change the Inherits line like this icon theme To have no cursor theme and use the system default cursor edit the Inherits like this icon theme When you have finished editing the index theme file click Save in gedit and log out and log back in 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 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 governor default performance frequency default 800000 Monitor Display DPMS AV Linux does not use a Screensaver due to the unnecessa
8. 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 2 Persistence causes the system response to be a little slower than a non persistent Key but faster than a DVD ROM 3 Installing AV Linux from a persistent Key is NOT advised 4 System shutdown is kind of kludgy and displays several harmless errors do not remove your key when prompted until it stops flashing NOT SCARED OFF 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 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 threadirgs quiet splash persistent AV LINUX BASIC BOOTING BIBLE r 1 Be patient it can take several seconds to start the boot especially on LiveDVD media When booting an AV Linux ISO 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 d
9. 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 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 threadirgs transparent_hugepage never quiet Making grub add the boot flags automatically Grub legacy AVLinux 4 2 and older 1 As root edit boot grub menu st 2 Add the desired boot flags to the defoptions line 3 As root run update grub 4 Reboot Grub2 AV Linux 5 0 1 As root edit etc default grub 2 Add the desired boot flags to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line like this 3 Then run also as root update grub 4 Reboot AV LINUX 5 0 3 SOFTWARE Included Software Applications Subject to Minor Changes Support Libs Not Shown APPLICATION DESCRIPTION VERSION A2JMIDID JACK ALSA MIDI Bridge 7 2 Ardour i686 Digital Audio Workstation 2 8 12SVN ArdourVST Ardour DAW with Windows VST Support 2 8 12SVN Arpage MIDI Sync d JACK Arpeggiator 0 3 3 Asunder Audio CD Ripper 2 1 Audacity Soundfile Editor 1 3 12 Avidemux Video Processor and Converter 2 5 4 Blender 3D Animation Modeler 2 61 Brasero C
10. 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 to 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 MOUSE CURSOR THEMES Changing the Mouse Cursor Theme AV Linux 5 0 3 comes without a custom mouse cursor theme as the default Two optional custom cursor themes are included Pick featuring guitar picks as the cursor and Pulse Glass with
11. the user to do ANY updates they don t want As mentioned above AV Linux is Image based and has only a Kernel Repository however those wishing to update certain individual applications can do so by checking the packages FTP in a Web Browser with this link http www bandshed net custom C M 0 D AV Linux is a 32bit OS Most recent computers come with 64bit processors and understandably people often wish to utilize their hardware with an operating system that matches their CPU architecture While there is certainly nothing wrong with using a 64bit OS there are often misconceptions and even exaggerations about performance when compared to a 32bit system 64Bit looks great on a technical whitepaper and certainly it s increased handling of available memory is an advantage when compared to 32bit However on a Linux Desktop computer the actual noticeable performance improvements are so subtle as to be almost unnoticeable Generally speaking a 64bit system will not run any more audio tracks in a Sequencer or encode video at more frames per second than an equivalent 32bit system AV Linux provides an optional post install PAE Physical Address Extension Kernel that will allow it to utilize up to 64 Gb of RAM thus accommodating user s want to overcome the 4 Gb RAM bottleneck inherent in a 32 bit system At the end of the day how useful and productive an OS is can be far more important than which CPU architecture it uses The AV Linux ISO contains non free
12. thing actually worked Started to become curious about using Linux for multimedia creation since like many people my interest in using a PC in the first place was multitrack audio recording and video editing soon discovered that MEPIS 6 5 despite all it s charm was not a Multimedia centered Distro so started looking elsewhere and stumbled upon Ubuntu 7 04 Feisty continued using 7 04 and learning more about Linux and it s different programs but still wasn t very satisfied with the multimedia offerings and how to get them set up and working When the next Ubuntu 7 10 Gutsy came out read an article on a new variant called Ubuntu Studio eagerly installed it and was properly introduced to Linux as a multimedia OS have to admit to being overwhelmed at the sheer number of applications and underwhelmed at how few of them were actually ready for prime time JACK Ardour Hydrogen and Rosegarden stood out as being the most usable and mature at the time and got me hooked Around that time the JackLab project also started and had a finer tuned package list and an eager development team used JackLab for a few months as well but was not as familiar or comfortable with it s openSUSE base finally settled on a plain Ubuntu 7 10 install with Ubuntu Studio s rt Kernel and noticed that development of the actual applications was interested in was far outpacing the ability of the package repositories to keep up discovered to keep my favorite
13. 010LT s note that the 0 1 2 numbers correlate to the hw 0 hw 1 hw 2 numbers used by JACK tester av5desk Tabs Help ter avSdesk cat proc asound cards Intel HDA Intel HDA Intel HDA Intel at Oxe3120000 irq 43 1 M1010LT ICE1712 M Audio Delta 1010LT M Audio Delta 1010LT at OxdOad irq 2 M1010LT_1 ICE1712 M Audio Delta 1010LT M Audio Delta 1O10LT at Oxdosea irq tester avSdesk Jj Use this file by copying the asoundrc txt for 2 ice1712 cards with NO onboard sound card OR the asoundrc onboard txt for 2 ice1 12 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 Setting up Mudita24Control Card2 Launchers By default the Mudita24Control Card 2 launcher found in the Soundcard Utilities Menu is set for a 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 g
14. 6 VMPK Output Synth input port 3336 0 qsynth system oo playback_1 r_oo playback_2 M AUDIO 1010LT PCM MULTI WITH AV LINUX 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 1 0 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 second card Next look in your User s home folder for the Extra Goodies 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 an onboard Intel HDA and two 1
15. 6 37 5 dmz 1 Liquorix 666 recovery moz Memory test mentesta6 Memory te memtest66 serial console 115200 Memory test memtestG6 experimental multiboot Memory test memtest86 serial console 115200 experimental multiboo cted 0S e to edit the commands Use the t and keys to sel Press enter to boot the sel before booting or c for a command line ect which entry is highlighted e The highlighted entry will be executed automatically in 3s debian The Universal Operating Systeri eP city Right Ctrl METHOD 2 Run SGFXI from the AV Linux Control Panel You can also install proprietary 3D video drivers from the AV Linux Control Panel The installer is found in the System Customization tab This method is a little more time consuming and difficult because it does not automatically turn off modesetting in the running video driver For example the Debian default Xorg nouveau nVidia driver works with KMS Kernel Mode Setting in the Kernel In order to install the proprietary nVidia driver SGFXI has to be run twice once to remove the nouveau Kernel module and create a modesetting blacklist file in etc modprobe d and add a nomodeset GRUB command and a second time to actually install the nVidia proprietary driver For this reason it is preferable to use Method 1 o SGFXI Launcher t x 29 This will now stop the graphical desktop and take you to a Console text login screen Please log into the Con
16. CmanFM file manager it will open a dialog like the screenshot below which will provide a listing of all available programs A couple of common scenarios are to find Gdebi Package Installer and the Wine Program Loader in the System Tools menu for opening deb packages or installing a Windows program respectively When you tick off the set as default checkbox then the file will either be opened by the Application you chose when double clicked or the application will appear in the menu when you right click on the file File Edit Go Bookmarks View Tools Help gt v j homerstester Manuals Assorted README DSSI VST Choose An Application File Type To be Opened README document Installed Application Custom Command Line El GNOME Commander D HP Device Manager amp Image Viewer LXTerminal A Root Terminal Shutter E xarchiver gt Ej audio gt BF Graphics Use selected application to open files bandshed net Set selected application as default action of this file type Q Cancel WOK README 9 8 KB README document Free space 7 5 GB Total 15 9 GB The AV Linux Control Panel The AV Linux Control Panel is a three tabbed Administration Tool adapted from Tony Brijeski s Remastersys Control Panel The Control Panel is a vital part of AV Linux and addresses many of the features missing from LXDE when compared to Gnome or KDE Tabs Features System Management Open a Root Terminal Use xkill to
17. 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 gt 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 user s choice to decide what projects they wish to support and how they wish to do it gt The prim
18. Control Qt GUI for JACK 0 3 7 JACK Capture Capture Output of JACK into an Audio File 0 9 61 Jamin Audio Mastering Suite of Plugins 0 97CVS JC_gui Frontend GUI for jconvolver 07 JOST LADSPA DSSI and LinuxVST Host 0 5 5 Kdenlive KDE4 based NLE Video Editor 0 8 2 1GIT Kompozer WYSIWYG Web Page Editor 0 8b3 LADSPA Plugins ambisonic autotalent calf caps cmt csa fil guitarix Invada leet swh rev tap vlevel Continued APPLICATION LibreOffice Lingot linuxDSP Plugins LIVES LMMS Loomer Plugins LV2Rack Medialnfo Meterbridge Mixxx Mudita24 Control Musecore Mypaint Openshot Oomidi Patchage PCManFM Pianoteq Qsynth Qsampler Qtractor Renoise Realtime Scan Rosegarden Seq24 SGFXI Simple Scan Shutter Sooperlooper Swami Synaptic Transcribe Totem Transmission VMPK Wbar Whysynth WINE WineASIO WinFF XArchiver XineUl XJadeo Yoshimi Zita AT1 Zita Rev1 Zonage Zynjacku DESCRIPTION Full Office Productivity Suite Guitar Tuner JACK Client Plugins LinuxVST and LV2 Plugins Demos Non Linear Video Editor Linux MultiMedia Studio JACK and LinuxVST Audio Plugins Demo Versions JACK LV2 Plugin Host Utility to Identify Audio and Video Codecs JACK Meter Suite DJ Focused Music Player Updated Mixer for ice1712 Soundcards Music Score Editing Painting Program Non Linear Video Editor QT4 based Audio MIDI Sequencer JACK Patchbay Routing Default File Manager Piano Modeling Software Demo Version
19. D DVD Authoring and Burning 2 30 3 Bombono DVD DVD Authoring Application 1 0 0 Bristol Classic Synth Emulation 0 60 9 Bristol Launcher Gtkdialog UI to Launch Bristol 0 4 Calf Plugins LV2 Audio Plugins and JACK Host 0 0 19GIT Chordata Analyze Chords in Audio Files 1 0SVN Cinelerra Non Linear Video Editor 2 2CV Clementine QT4 Amarok based Music Player 1 0 Desktop Record Records Desktop Into A Video File GTK Version 0 3 8 DeVeDe Video DVD Authoring 3 16 9 Discovery LinuxVST Synthesizer Plugin Demo Version R3 Disk Utility Analyses and Troubleshoots Hard Disks 2 30 1 Evince PDF Document Viewer 2 30 3 Festige JACK Host For WindowsVST Plugins 1 0 2 FFADO FireWire Audio Drivers 2 0 99SVN1995 ffmpeg CLI Audio Video Converter 0 7 10SVN FFMultiplex Audio Video Stream Muxer GUI 0 1 FileZilla FTP Client 3 3 1 Fontforge Create and Edit Fonts 20100501 Gedit Text Editor with Syntax Highlighting 2 30 3 GIMP Advanced Image File Editor 2 6 10 Gnome Photo Print Photo Printing Utility 0 7 0 GParted Hard Drive Partition Editor 0 7 0 Gthumb Image File Viewer 0 2 14 1 Guitarix Guitar Effects Processor 0 21 GUVCView Webcam Utility 1 4 1 GXTuner Breakout Tuner Module From Guitarix 1 8 Handbrake DVD Ripper and H 264 Video Encoder 0 9 4 Hydrogen Advanced Drum Sequencer and Programmer 0 9 6b1 Iceweasel Mozilla Web Browser 9 0 Inkscape SVG Graphics Editor 0 47 2b1 Invada Plugins Assorted LV2 Plugins 1 2 0 JACK Low Latency Audio Server Session Support 0 121 3SVN JACK
20. NG SOFTWARE IN AV LINUX NETWORKING WITH AV LINUX PRINTING WITH AV LINUX USING JACK M AUDIO 1010LT PCM_MULTI WITH AV LINUX DEBIAN REFERENCE HANDY TERMINAL COMMANDS HELP SUPPORT THIS PROJECT 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 Some things to keep in mind when considering Linux as an OS Platform gt Linux blurs the line somewhat between the end user and the developer and therefore doesn t shy away from featuring it s basic operational face known as the
21. 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 allona 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 adduser command Go to Accessories 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 HP printer that is a couple of years old you will want to install the hplip package with the Synaptic Package Manager for the best support and graphical user tools If you have a newer HP printer you will be best advised to go to the HPLIP website and follow the instructions on installing the latest HPLIP version with their easy to use run scripts 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 prop
22. Window Managers and gtk 2 0 themes common to other Desktop Environments like Gnome and XFCE4 is Accessories Custom AV Linux Menu By Audio b l IE Graphics The AV Linux Custom Menu has been prepared to help users get to the meme _ applications they are looking for quickly and differs significantly from W JACK Plugins ia Office a Programming H Soundcard Utilities System Tools s VST Plugins F3 video ES wine the stock LXDE menu It s simple two tiered interface doesn t have numerous sub menus to confuse and obscure where applications can be found The Menu contains a number of custom launchers so even applications that normally have a CLI interface only can be easily found and launched from the Menu Some examples are JACK Capture JACK Meterbridge WineASIO Realtime Config Scan linuxDSP and Loomer JACK Plugins etc 22 Preferences Run Logout Managing Misplaced or Missing Launchers Occasionally you may install a program and have it appear in the wrong menu category since the AV Linux menu differs from the stock LXDE one additionally in rare cases you my install a program with a launcher that doesn t appear in the menu at all This will 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 use the Tool menu in PCManFM to open the current folder as
23. a configuration is required post install as detailed in the instructions below First you need to use the Accessories Root Terminal to add your user the the disk group by using this command note that USERNAME is your actual username adduser USERNAME disk Next it is necessary to have the FireWire libraw1394 module load at boot time to do this it must have the comment removed from the libraw1394 line in etc modules file as shown in the example below by again using the Root Terminal to open the file for editing gedit etc modules Modify the etc modules file like in the highlighted example below etc modules kernel modules to load at boot time This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded at boot time one per line Lines beginning with are ignored Parameters can be specified after the module name acpi cpufreq loop KERNEL CHEATCODES Enabled By Default in AV Linux 5 0 3 threadiraqs 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
24. andle this operation other than for the stock Debian Kernel which AV Linux does not use METHOD 1 Preferred GRUB2 Proprietary Driver Mode When you boot into an AV Linux 5 0 3 install 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 Development Running Oracle VM VirtualBox Machine Devices Help GNU GRUB version 1 98 20100804 14 Debian GNU Linus with Linus 2 6 397 3 dmz 1 Liquorix 686 Defian GNU Linux with Linux 2 6 37 3 dmz 1 liguorix 666 Proprietary Debian GNU4Linus with Linus 2
25. applications current was going to have to familiarize myself with Compiling and after the obligatory awkward and fumbling attempts and initial trips through dependency hell found could enjoy all the latest and greatest programs At this time Ubuntu released 8 04 Hardy and there were initial problems with the rt Kernel and some IDE chipset issues which prevented me from installing and using it continued with my existing 7 10 and kept it up with my own packages read somewhere about the Remastersys project and was very interested in the potential of backing up my existing system with the many hours of extra work had put into keeping it current found using Remastersys to be very straightforward and in no time had a working customized Ubuntu 7 10 Remaster started spending some time on the Ardour forum and noticed a recurrent number of issues with new users and audio recording decided on a whim to use some extra web space from my wife s website hosting and share an ISO of my own setup for people trying to get started with Linux Audio called it AV Linux 1 0 and although it certainly didn t have Ubuntu Studio or 64Studio quaking in their boots it generated a fair bit of interest Since AV Linux was already one Ubuntu version old when uploaded it learned quickly the that Ubuntu s 6 month release schedule was not working in my favor and quickly ran into too many problems keeping the support libraries to build the software updates cu
26. ary 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 HISTORY BLURB A Brief Well OK Maybe Not So Brief History A few years back was a forum member at Videohelp com following a long and acrimonious thread on switching to Linux which I knew virtually nothing about Like most of the planet had been using Windows XP for a few years and was getting quite bored of using it decided to download a Linux LiveCD and see what the fuss was about tried a MEPIS 6 5 LiveCD and was blown away by the hardware detection the little bouncing KDE cursor and the fact that this Linux
27. ccessful 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 Linux 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 IMPORTANT NEW INSTALLER FEATURES The Remastersys Installer in AV Linux 5 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 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 GETTING AROUND IN AV LINUX About LXDE LXDE is a relatively new Desktop Environment with it s 0 5 X release included in AV Linux it was chosen for it s unique modular mix and match of existing individual software components It provides a good balance between resource efficient performance and GUI attractiveness with the ability to utilize different
28. ding stability to the core libraries of the OS it can result in some of the software applications becoming stale and outdated In AV Linux the commonly used applications for Multimedia Creation are kept current and updated far more regularly than would be normal in a stock Debian Stable scenario AV Linux can be looked at as a two tiered system with a solid reliable base and a heavily customized second layer AV Linux If it Ain t Broke Don t Fix It AV Linux strives to provide an out of the box pre tested and pre configured OS While many Linux desktop OS s encourage their users to apply daily full updates to the system this can lead to unexpected instability and introduce new bugs to an otherwise functional system This accepted practice is largely unnecessary in a system with a stable core like AV Linux To go back to automotive terms it doesn t make sense to take your car to the local garage for new spark plugs and have the mechanic replace the entire engine the computer parallel to this is if you want an updated application why update several unrelated core libraries The Squeeze base of AV Linux can be regularly updated with the Synaptic Package Manager like any other distro however AV Linux does not use an Update Manager and leaves system updates to the user s own perceived need and discretion Truthfully very few Squeeze updates will have an impact on AV Linux as a Multimedia creation OS and it is not mandatory at all for
29. e core of LXDE It is light fast and is loaded with hidden features like the ability to navigate system files as Root and open a Terminal in the folder you are browsing It manages the Desktop background and appearance and also handles the mounting and unmounting of Removable and USB Drives PCManFM by default in AV Linux does not utilize a Trash folder so when you delete an item it is permanently deleted from the hard drive An optional trash function can be enabled in the Edit Preferences menu PCManFM 0 9 8 now will access remote folders and has the capability to browse Samba shares and FTP Folders Two useful menus in PCManFM are the Go Menu Previous Folder Alt Left Next Folder Alt Right Parent Folder Alt Up E Home Folder Alt Home B Desktop D My Computer Z Trash Can me Network Drives Applications and the Tools Menu A Open Current Folder in Terminal F4 Us Open Current Folder as Root 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 mi tester avS5mobile File Edit Tabs Help tester avSmob1le setxkbmap trl To permanently change the keyboard setting in an AV Linux install use the Keyboard setting utilities found in the System C
30. e source Debian package for lt package gt and extract it You must have deb src lines in your etc apt sources 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 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 rfakeroo
31. edit usr share applications envy24_ controlcard2 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 Q ajackd R d alsa r 44100 C multi_ capture P m tT X jackd O 121 1 Copyright 2001 2009 Paul Davis Stephane Letz Jack U Quinn 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 no message buffer overruns JACK compiled with System SHAM support loading driver apparent rate 44100 creating alsa driver multi_playback Imulti_capture 102412144100 1010 nomon l
32. ent 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 issue 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 5 0 can be booted to disable KMS by selecting the Failsafe option from the ISOlinux LiveDVD boot splash screen 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 double clicking the Install AV Linux 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 su
33. erly 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 do a 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 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 LXPanel or Wbar Dock To setup your Audio card click the Setup button JACK Audio Connection Kit IntelHDA Started N m B Start Stop M Quit fa Messages 5 Session D Setup 3 Connect DJ Patchbay H Ad p U e G About In the example below the system has a default onboard Intel HDA 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 dr
34. es 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 COMPIZ WINDOW MANAGER By default AV Linux comes with the light and efficient Openbox Window Manager LXDE is also capable of utilizing the Compiz Window Manager which gives an assortment of 3D desktop effects It is important to note that LXDE does not yet have the full abilities of Gnome or KDE to implement all possible effect plugins In particular the Lxpanel does not have multiple desktop viewports which prevents having more than one desktop workspace when using Compiz Other than that caveat Compiz is a great way to add some visual bling to your system 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
35. es an installed package named lt package gt dpkg P lt package gt Purges an installed package named lt 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 frontend 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 th
36. ft click on the icon it will open a menu displaying all available connections like this Wired Network Wireless Network macnet af Disconnect VPN Connections I 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 connections v Enable Networking w Enable Wireless w Enable Notifications Gi Connection Information About LJ Network Connections ft x 2 Wired il Wireless Il Mobile Broadband VPN ae DSL Name Last Used ae Add Auto eth never Auto eth never t 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 Networking with Windows Computers The PCManFM 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 Drives Previous Folder Alt Left Next Folder Alt Right Parent Folder Alt Up Home Folder Alt Home B Desktop E my Computer Trash Can mo Network Drives a Applications PCManFM will open a new window with a network URL and any available windows machines
37. grade by clicking on them until they are highlighted use the Ctrl or Shift key to select multiple packages Once you have selected the packages you wish to upgrade right click on them and select Mark for Upgrade This method is preferable to using the Mark All Upgrades button at the top of the Synaptic window 3 Synaptic Package Manager T x File Edit Package Settings Help Quick search H 0G Q Search Reload Mark All Upgrades Properties All S Package Installed Version Latest Version Size Installed libssl dev 0 9 80 4squeezel 0 9 80 4squeeze2 6009 kB Installed local or obsolete libssio 9 8 Installed manual openssl Installed upgradable New in repository Mark fer TEE E Not installed B Mark foe Secure Socket Layer SSL Pinned o yari Mark for Complete Removal tools Sections Get Screenshot Status This package contains the ope Origin It is part of the OpenSSL implementation of SSL Custom Filters You need it to perform certain cryptographic actions like Search Results Crastiann anf DCA MU ana NCA bau narama tare v 3 packages listed 2139 installed 0 broken 0 to install upgrade 0 to remove The Software Sources Utility i Software Sources t x Debian Software Third Party Software Updates Authentication Statistics http mozilla debian net squeeze backports iceweasel release http backports debian org debian backports squeeze backports main http ftp u
38. he 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 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 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 Tools menu in the PCManFM File Manager and select Open Current Folder In Terminal 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
39. his can be done easily using the Accessories gt Root Terminal like this Create a blank text file called 40 rtc permissions rules in the lib udev rules d directory with this command gedit 1ib udev rules d 40 rtc permissions rules Now copy and paste this text into the blank text file you just created and click Save in the gedit Text Editor KERNEL rtc0 GROUP audio On the next boot the rtc will automatically belong to the audio group Adding usbfs to etc fstab to use USB audio devices only necessary for older optional 2 6 31 and 2 6 33 RT Kernels If you are using an optional realtime rt Kernel and want to use a USB Audio device you will need to mount a usbfs filesystem in the etc fstab file To open the fstab file for editing enter the following command into Accessories Root Terminal gedit etc fstab Copy and paste the following lines to the bottom of the etc fstab file and then save it in the text editor USBFS File System none proc bus usb usbfs defaults 0 0 PROPRIETARY VIDEO DRIVERS IN AV LINUX a amp 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 2 methods to help facilitate the installation of proprietary 3D drivers since many users want this option and Debian Linux has no tools to h
40. iles the Gdebi Package Installer is used and finally for AV Linux Package Bundle Zips the Terminal and dpkg command are used 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 Testing Wheezy and Unstable Sid repositories is unsupported and will cause 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 primary 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 In AV Linux it is preferable to manually select the packages you wish to up
41. it s website have an actual financial cost and supporting users takes valuable time away from other pursuits The only way for this project to continue being produced is through free will donations from those who benefit from it s use Even a donation of 10 00 can help this project continue To donate use the PayPal link on the AV Linux Website
42. ithin the program you are using however sometimes it is necessary to use the Connect function in JACK Control to manually connect applications or even hardware like MIDI Keyboards In the example below we are connecting the MIDI Outputs of the VMPK Virtual Keyboard to control the Qsynth Soundfont Synthesizer The Connections window has three tabs The Audio tab is where the Audio connections are made from the mic or line inputs of the soundcard to the application you are using and from the application to the actual outputs of the soundcard The MIDI tab is for making connections with hardware and software that utilizes JACK MIDI and the ALSA tab does the same thing for hardware and applications that use ALSA MIDI Connections JACK Audio Connection Kit Audio MIDI ALSA Readable Clients Output Forts Writable Clients Input Ports b FJ 14 Midi Through Y Fa 129 VMPK Output b FJ 130 VMPK Input O VMPK Output Y FJ 131 FWID Synth 3336 O Synth input port 3336 0 X Disconnect s Disconnect All Expand All 5 Refresh For those who are more graphically oriented there are also two alternate patchbay utilities for making connections in AV Linux the linuxDSP JP 1 Patchbay found in the JACK Plugins menu and Patchage found in the Audio menu and pictured below Patchage File System View Help Latency 256 frames 7 lt Dropouts VMPE Input YMFE Input VMPK Output FLUID Synth 333
43. o elp Emerald YES 0 7 2 Use With Divergenc pixmap Bold Italic 9 Ej ouit AV LINUX KERNELS oi Default 3 0 16 Kernel AV Linux offers a range of choices for post install Kernels by default it features the performance advantages of a stock 3 0 16 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 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 5 0 3 Software Sources It is strongly recommended to only change or update your Kernel if absolutely necessary http www bandshed net kernels Optional Kernels and FireWire Audio Devices The default Kernel in AV Linux features the new Juju FireWire stack with IRQ Threading which provides plug and play support for FFADO supported FireWire audio devices in most cases this should work as desired Very rarely FireWire devices and hardware setups may perform better using one of the older optional AV Linux realtime rt kernels in conjunction with the rtirq boot script In order to use a FireWire audio device with either the optional 2 6 31 12 rt21 or 2 6 33 7 rt30 some extr
44. oes not require repositories to be used in fact AV Linux is complete enough in it s broad range of applications to not need an internet connection at all to be of use for it s intended mandate of multimedia content creation The only way of updating to new complete ISO s ie version 5 6 of AV Linux is to install from the updated ISO Image Package updates are provided from an optional packages FTP within incremental ISO releases ie 5 0 5 0 X There is no upgrade path via repositories AV Linux is based on Debian s Stable Distribution Debian GNU Linux is one of the best established and longest standing pillars of the Linux community along the way it has created an amazing infrastructure and branch system that serves both it s users and developers very well AV Linux 5 0 3 is based on Debian s Stable branch currently known as 6 0 or perhaps better known by it s code name Squeeze The stable base affords a rock solid platform to base the core of AV Linux on and enjoy the reliability of fully tested software In automotive terms Squeeze can be looked on as the chassis and wheels of AV Linux A marked difference in AV Linux is in it s custom packaging of recent versions of the applications suited to it s multimedia focus Traditionally Debian Stable maintains software in a fairly static environment without a lot of updates or introduction of new versions during it s service life while this is a favorable attribute when it comes to len
45. oing 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 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 differ
46. opers packagers and of course Linux Audio users along the way Glen MacArthur a k a GMaq 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 Debian Multimedia org Paul Davis and development team Ardour Ben Loftis Harrison Mixbus Rui Nuno Capela Qjackctl Qsampler Qsynth Qtractor Matt Weatherford WinFF Jonathan Thomas Andy Finch Openshot Hermann Meyer James Warden Andreas Degert Guitarix salsaman LiVES Dan Dennedy MLT i2productions Linux in Review Dave Phillips Linux Journal falkKTX KXStudio Applications using the AV Linux ISO Image as a Demo LiveDVD Cinelerra http cinelerra org getting cinelerra php Openshot Video Editor http www openshotvideo com 2008 04 download html LiVES Video Editor http lives sourceforge net index php do downloads Guitarix http guitarix sourceforge net Commercial Software Demo Permissions Provided by Mike Start linuxDSP Audio Plugins Julien Pommier Pianoteq George Reales discoDSP Discovery Colin Barry Loomer Plugins Andy Robinson Transcribe Edouard Muller
47. opouts 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 3000 miliiseconds or more for better stability Setup JACK Audio Connection Kit settings Options Display Misc Preset Name IntelHDA Delete Server Server Path fust bin jackd 7 Name default Driver alsa Parameters W Realtime Priority default Interface default No Memory Lock Frames Period 256 7 Dither None ea E Sample Rate 44100 o m Soft Mode aa Ps Taira ES 3 Input Device default Monitor eee Word Length a Force 16bit Output Device default HIW Monitor Wait usec 21333 Oe Channel default Hw Meter Channels default Output Channels default Port Maximum 256 Input Latency default Verbose messages Timeout msec 2000 Output Latency default MIDI Driver none Start Delay secs 2 m Latency 17 4 msec Cancel Making Connections Most applications once up and running with JACK will manage their connections w
48. r more information apt get update Updates packages listings from Debian mirrors should be run at least once a day 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 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 Remov
49. ream dumpfile dump vob VIRTUALBOX MODULE SETUP AS ROOT Make sure linux headers are installed and linked etc 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 l1ib modules S uname r build SET A DIFFFERENT C COMPILER THAN DEFAULT Replace X X with desired gcc version export CC usr bin gcec X X APPLY A PATCH TO SOURCE CODE OR KERNEL patch pl 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 HELP SUPPORT THIS PROJECT The AV Linux ISO Image promotes Software Freedom over Free Software Although on the surface AV Linux may appear to be a slightly modified Debian spin off under the surface it is far more than that A great deal of time effort and attention have been put into creating it and making it convenient to use Hosting the project and
50. root and then right click on the launcher you want to fix and open with gedit 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 An Example from a Floola launcher Desktop Entry Encoding UTF 8 Version 1 0 Type Application Terminal false Icon floola Name Floola Exec opt Floola linux Floola Comment iPod Management Tool and More 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 in the System Customization tab 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 Filetype Preferences AV Linux 5 0 3 no longer guesses what application should open respective filetypes because in some cases undesirable programs were setting themselves up as defaults ie GIMP opening PDF files Xarchiver opening deb packages To give maximum flexibility for diverse filetypes AV Linux now requires users to initially select the application they desire for each filetype This is quite simple and once set prevents unwanted applications opening your filetypes by default When you go to open a file for the first time in the P
51. rrent and regrettably had to leave Ubuntu 7 10 and it s rock solid rt Kernel Looking forward to other options saw that things were going from bad to worse for Ubuntu s subsequent 8 10 and 9 04 rt Kernels due to a prolonged issue with the rt patch in Linux kernels from 2 6 25 2 6 27 so found myself trying out Debian 5 0 Lenny and a new leaner desktop environment called LXDE was very excited by how lean and efficient LXDE was but had concerns about it s newbie potential since it was missing many of the extra amenities of Gnome or KDE Fortunately Tony Brijeski whom had already met through Remastersys had created a Remastersys Control Panel for LXDE to use in a distribution of his own so included his RCP to use in AV Linux 2 0 development and it nicely filled in the missing pieces of convenience from LXDE The last piece of the puzzle was a good rt Kernel and realized was going to have to build my own to get what wanted as read up on how to compile a Kernel decided that using the PAE Physical Address Extension ability of the Linux Kernel would be a good way to get the most notable 64bit benefit out of a 32bit OS and also allow RAM handling from older PC s all the way up to the latest new multi core systems with 8Gb The AV Linux ISO Image has continued to grow and increases it s user base with each release and is now at it s 5 0 3 milestone am extremely grateful to have met so many new and interesting software devel
52. rsys 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 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 Se Remastersys Backup Please Select which option you would like Pick Into Backup Backup Complete System including User Data Dist Make a Distributable copy to share with friends both cdfs and iso will be created Distcdfs Make a Distributable copy cd filesystem only good if you want to add files to the cd Distisa Make a Distributable iso file only cd filesystem must have been completed already Modify Modify the remastersys config file to customize options Clean Remove temporary files Info About Remastersys Backup Quit Quit Remastersys Backup Cancel af OK PCManFM 0 9 8 File Manager File Edit Go Bookmarks View Tools Help a gt v 4 Dl Py tester B Desktop ns Applications DATA SS bandshed net 20 files are listed Free space 7 5 GB Total 15 9 GB The recently rewritten PCManFM 0 9 8 File Manager is probably the closest thing to th
53. rw Sj a dev sdb GParted GParted Edit View Device Partition Help e fdev sdb 3 75 GiB fdev sdbl idev sdb2 2 00 GiB 1 74 GiB Partition File System Mount Point Label Size Used Unused Flags fdev sdbl jes E fat32 media D813 EC52 2 00 GiB 1 96 GiB 40 78 MiB boot fdev sdb2 js ext mediaylive rw live rw 1 74 GiB 130 22 MiB 1 60 GiB 0 operations pending 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 Partition Close Gparted STEP 7 Remove your USB Key and then plug it back in Then open PCManFM 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 avlinux502 lxde i386 en iso file and Click OK Unetbootin will take several minutes to copy the image and bootloader to your 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
54. ry diversion of resources during recording or editing operations DPMS Display Power Management Signaling is used to turn off the Monitor with the system defaults of 60mins to blank the display 120mins to suspend the display and powering off the display disabled To edit the etc xdg autostart dpms settings desktop configuration file run this command in a Root Terminal gedit etc xdg autostart dpms settings desktop This will open a text file to edit containing the following Desktop Entry Categories Application System Comment Monitor DPMS Settings Encoding UTF 8 Exec xset s off dpms 3600 7200 0 Hidden false Name Monitor DPMS Settings Terminal false Type Application Version 1 0 Icon To change the DPMS duration settings edit the highlighted line Exec xset s off dpms 3600 7200 0 The durations are in seconds not minutes so multiply your desired minutes by 60 The first number 3600 is the blank time the second 7200 is the suspend time and the third number 0 is to disable monitor shutdown Entering a third number greater than the first or second will enable shutdown mode When you have made your changes they will not become effective until a reboot Setting Audio Group Permissions on the Real Time Clock rtc AV Linux 5 0 3 has rtc permissions set by default this information is for reference only Many audio applications benefit from the user and audio group permissions being set on the system Real Time Clock T
55. s debian org debian wheezy main non free contrib http ftp us debian org debian wheezy main non free contrib Source Code Debian Sid unstable Officially supported Non DFSG compatible Software DFSG compatible Software with Non Free Dependencies Debian Sid unstable Source Code Officially supported Non DFSG compatible Software DFSG compatible Software with Non Free Dependencies http ftp us debian org debian experimental main non free contrib http ftp us debian org debian experimental main non free contrib Source Code http www debian multimedia org squeeze main http www debian multimedia org wheezy main http www debian multimedia org sid main http www debian multimedia org experimental main http download tuxtamily org ekdforum ekd squeeze contrib http www geekconnection org remastersys repository squeeze http www geekconnection org remastersys repository remastersys lxde http dl qoogle com linux deb stable non free http dl google com linux deb testing non free http deb opera com opera testing non free http debian scribus net debian testing main non free contrib http debian tagancha org debian testing main non free contrib http liquorix net debian sid main amp a Add g Add CD ROM t Close Gdebi Package Installer For single packages downloaded from the web ie the AV Linux package ftp the Gdebi Package Installer is used Simply download t
56. should appear as being able to browse Lg Network tX File Edit Go Bookmarks View Tools Help w e gt y E network a ry tester E E Desktop ao eT 7 Windows a Applications Meinn E DATA a E sdal v l files are listed Free space 7 5 GB Total 15 9 GB Connection to an FTP Folder PCManFM 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 You will be prompted to enter your FTP username and password in order to access your FTP folder File Edit Go Bookmarks View Tools Help i bandshed net a ig Applications a Enter password for ftp om mammam Si com sda1 01 Connect anonymously bandshed net Connect as user Forget password immediately 0 Remember password until you logout O Remember forever amp Cancel Connect 20 files are listed Free space 7 5 GB Total 15 9 GB 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
57. sole with your username and password and then at the prompt log in as Root Once logged in type in sgfxi for ATI or sgfxi c for Nvidia and press enter to start the sgfxi 3D Graphics Driver Installer When it is finished you can choose to return to graphical mode with your new Drivers and log back in eNOTE Due to the new default Nouveau nvidia Driver sgfxi must runin 2 stages to install the nvidia proprietary Driver First sgtxi will blacklist the Nouveau module and then require a reboot After rebooting cancel and ignore any Xorq Kserver errors and login and run sgfxi again to finish installing the nvidia proprietary Driver Do you want to continue E3 No es 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 Accessori
58. swm eter s2bit configuring For 44100Hz period 1024 frames 23 2 mal buffer 2 periods ALSA final selected sample format for capture S bit integer little endian ALSAS use 2 periods for capture ALSA final selected sample format for playback zbit integer little endian ALSA use 2 periods for playback 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 fo
59. t instructs it to use the fakeroot program to simulate root privileges for ownership purposes uc 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 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 dumpst
60. terminate a misbehaving program Run the QPS task manager as user or Root to monitor system resources View your system info with hardinfo Set partition mounting options ISOhybrid USB Tool VVVVV WV System Administration gt Set time date and timezone gt Add and manage users and groups gt Manage system passwords System Customization SGFXI proprietary graphics driver installer RT performance analysis scan Fontconfig font display settings System Console Keyboard settings Rcconf boot scripts utility Custom menu launcher creation tools VVVVV V AV Linux Control Panel AV Linux Control Panel system Management System Administration System Customization Open a Root Terminal Kill a program that is not responding Task Manager Root Task Manager System Information Mount All Partitions Now Enable or Disable Mounting of All Partitions on Boot Make an ISO Hybrid bootable USB key of AV Linux Quit Ncurses Terminal Interface dpkg reconfigure functions like setting the keyboard configuration and 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 rccont t X qa Fl reconf Debian Runlevel Configuration tool acpi fakekey acPi Support acpid alsa utils ahnacron apmd atd avahi daemon binfmt support bluetooth lt Cancel gt The Remastersys Backup Utility The Remaste
61. this command dpkg 1 deb Watch the terminal output for any errors and once the packages are installed successfully close the terminal root av5mobile home tester Downloads FLUIDSYNTH 1 1 5 op ee dit Tabs Help 0 Im Password root av5mobile Reading database 201008 files and directories currently installed Preparing to replace fluidsynth 1 1 1 5 using fluidsynth_1 1 5 1_1386 deb Unpacking replacement fluidsynth Preparing to replace Libfluidsynthl 1 1 1 5 using Libfluidsynthl_1 1 5 1 1386 deb Unpacking replacement Libfluidsynthl Preparing to replace Libfluidsynth dev 1 1 1 5 using Libfluidsynth dev_1 1 5 _1386 deb Unpacking replacement Libfluidsynth dev libftluidsynthl 1 1 5 1 libfluidsynth dev 1 1 5 1 Setting up fluidsynth 1 1 5 1 Processing triggers for man db rootf avSmobi le home tester DownLoads FLUIDSYNTH 1 1 54 p NETWORKING ON AV LINUX 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 LXPanel If you le
62. ustomization 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 Using the Wbar Dock AV Linux uses the Wbar Dock for an attractive way to quickly launch apps from the Desktop Wbar is set up to be launched from the LXPanel so the user can choose to have it on or not after startup to have it launch automatically at startup simply copy the wbar desktop file from usr share applications to home USERNAME config autostart 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 command and t title PELTANONGA SIOR SliM LOGIN MANAGER Setting SliM For Autologin AV Linux 5 0 3 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
63. ybrid image Remastersys USB Startup Disk Tool tT X c Choose a USB Key sdb 3956735 Choose a Source Image gt aviinux502 xde 1H Quit Copy to USB Key METHOD 2 Unetbootin Method Requirements PC Capable of booting from USB Key At least 2GB USB Key 4GB Recommended Latest AV Linux ISO image from here http www bandshed net AVLinux html This guide is written 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 PCManFM 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 2 0 Gigabytes 2048 mb In the remaining unpartitioned space create an ext2 or ext3 partition and in the label field enter live

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