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= Mat Booth =
= Mat Booth =


Mat is a software engineer who works on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA SCADA] systems by day and Fedora by night.
Mat Booth is a software engineer who works commercial [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCADA SCADA] systems by day and hacks on Fedora and other Open Source software by night.


Email: [mailto:fedora(at)matbooth.co.uk fedora(at)matbooth.co.uk]
Email: [mailto:fedora(at)matbooth.co.uk fedora(at)matbooth.co.uk]
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** All the "PHPEclipse Help" links work in the help contents.
** All the "PHPEclipse Help" links work in the help contents.
** TODO: Run profiles and debugging.
** TODO: Run profiles and debugging.
= Random Notes =
== New Installation Checklist ==
* Allow users of the wheel group to have sudo access by uncommenting the line that says '''%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL'''
  su -c 'visudo'
* Add myself to the wheel group
  su -c 'usermod -aG wheel mbooth'
* Set Nautilus to always open in browser windows and use list view
* Install [http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html Flash Player]
  tar -xzvf libflashplayer-10.0.22.87.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
  sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/
== Reinstate Tap-to-Click Touchpad Behaviour ==
  Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "TouchPad"
        Driver      "synaptics"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto-dev"
        Option      "TapButton1" "1"
        Option      "RTCornerButton" "2"
        Option      "RBCornerButton" "3"
        Option      "SHMConfig" "on"
  EndSection
== Asus Laptop Sound Fix ==
Specifically for F10 on Asus Model F3Sr laptops, but this is probably valid for other configurations too.
In '''modprobe.conf''':
  options snd-hda-intel model=lenovo
== Sun Java on Linux Bug ==
For this locking assertion failure:
  java: xcb_xlib.c:82: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed
Fix for sun-java5-bin:
  sed -i 's/XINERAMA/FAKEEXTN/g' /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.14/jre/lib/amd64/xawt/libmawt.so
Fix for sun-java6-bin:
  sed -i 's/XINERAMA/FAKEEXTN/g' /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.5/jre/lib/amd64/xawt/libmawt.so
== Missing Grub Splash Workaround ==
Grub splash screen image is missing on new installs of F10 and F11. To workaround, add the '''verbose=0''' option to '''/boot/grub/menu.lst'''

Revision as of 22:48, 27 February 2014

Mat Booth

Mat Booth is a software engineer who works commercial SCADA systems by day and hacks on Fedora and other Open Source software by night.

Email: fedora(at)matbooth.co.uk

Website: www.matbooth.co.uk

Activities Within Fedora

Package Maintenance

A comprehensive list of the packages I maintain in Fedora can be seen in the Package Database. What follows is a brief test plan for some of the packages I maintain.

  • eclipse-epic
    • Run eclipse from a terminal with -consoleLog.
    • Open Perl perspective, create a new Perl project with Module::Starter bits and create a new Perl file.
    • Syntax highlighting, occurrence highlighting, content-assist and Outline view contributions work.
    • Syntax error markers shown in Problems view and task tag markers shown in Tasks view.
    • Mouse-over Perl built-in function tooltips work.
    • Hit Ctrl-Shift-F to make sure Perl Tidy formatting works.
    • Right-click a built-in function "Perldoc" option opens Perldoc view.
    • Right-click a user function "Open Declaration" option works.
    • Create a "Perl Local" run profile and run, results appear in console.
    • Set a breakpoint and debug local profile, results appear in console and variable view works.
    • Create a "Perl CGI" run profile and run, server status appears in console, results appear in browser.
    • Set a breakpoint and debug CGI profile, server status appears in console, results appear in browser and variable view works.
    • TODO: Pod::Checker, Perl::Critic integration.
  • eclipse-phpeclipse
    • Run eclipse from a terminal with -consoleLog.
    • Open PHP perspective, create a new PHP project and PHP file.
    • Syntax highlighting, occurrence highlighting, content-assist and Outline view contributions work.
    • Syntax error markers shown in Problems view and task tag markers shown in Tasks view.
    • Start, stop and restart apache successfully.
    • Apache stops when eclipse is closed.
    • When running apache, right-click the editor "Show In->PHP Browser" works.
    • When running apache, right-click navigator view "Open PHP Browser" works.
    • Right-click navigator view "External PHP Parser" runs and results are in the console.
    • Win32 help preference page is removed.
    • Mouse-over PHP built-in function tooltips work and PHP Manual view works.
    • Right-click a built-in function "PHP Help" opens help system to correct page.
    • Right-click a user function "Open Declaration" option works.
    • All the "PHPEclipse Help" links work in the help contents.
    • TODO: Run profiles and debugging.