Posts Tagged ‘gentoo’
Tor, Privoxy, Squid – a little HowTo
Why did I take this step? Well, there are several reasons for using the Tor-Network.
The most important one to me is, I want to use the World Wide Web as an information source and want every bit of information, when I’m searching for something. I don’t need someone like the German BKA to tell me, which information I’m allowed to see and which not.
So, according to the guide at howtoforge.com, I’ve created my own local Tor node for my home network. (Besides I’ve been configuring a server to act as a relay a little while ago)
Fetchmail Cyrus-SASL Postfix Imap -> Email System @ Home
Just wanted to leave a great guide for creating a fully functional email service within your home network.
Intels D945GCLF2 and 5.1 Surround Sound with Alsa
After searching for the last 2 months or so, I finally figured out, what I had to do, to get 5.1 surround sound working with my Intel D945GCLF2 and alsa.
Just had to compile everything alsa related as kernel module and not directly into the kernel.
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xorg, hal, udev && Touchpad/Mouse Toggle (>=xorg-server-1.5)
I read, there were some changes between <xorg-server-1.5 and >=xorg-server-1.5. While I’ve updated my version to the latest possible (x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.0), I thought of using hal for my keyboard/touchpad/mouse-configuration.
The following configuration works for me:
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Xorg && Touchpad/Mouse toggle (<xorg-server-1.5)
Following should help for turning the Touchpad off, when an external mouse is connected
[~]# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules
ACTION==”add”, SUBSYSTEM==”input”, ENV{ID_CLASS}=”mouse”, RUN+=”/usr/bin/synclient TouchpadOff=1″
ACTION==”remove”, SUBSYSTEM==”input”, ENV{ID_CLASS}=”mouse”, RUN+=”/usr/bin/synclient TouchpadOff=0″
