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ofBook installation ideas

http://openframeworks.cc/ofBook/chapters/installation_up_4evr_linux.html

Upstart to launch/respawn installation

• create this in /etc/init/facegraft.conf:

#!upstart
description "Face Swap"

# Start job via the daemon control script. Replace "gert" with your username.
exec su -l rtwomey -c 'export DISPLAY=:0; /home/rtwomey/code/openFrameworks/apps/oftwomey/graft-tracker/bin/graft-tracker'

# Restart the process if it dies with a signal
# or exit code not given by the 'normal exit' stanza.
respawn

# Give up if restart occurs 10 times in 90 seconds.
respawn limit 10 90

• starting and stopping the service. from the command line:

start faceswap

stop faceswap

./ls
#do some linux commands here
sudo reboot

Disable Screen Dimming

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0

source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/430384/turn-screen-off-when-inactive-setting-from-terminal

run ofApp on local screen

export DISPLAY=:0
~/code/of... 
command

UVC / webcam control in ubuntu

v4l2-ctl

Installing

sudo apt-get install v4l-utils

Using

• set max zoom with c920:

v4l2-ctl -c zoom_absolute=200

• set max tele with c920:

v4l2-ctl -c zoom_absolute=100

• list all controllable settings:

v4l2-ctl --list-ctrls

guvcview

• comes installed.
• launch it:

guvcview

• should give you full access to your camera controls.

Make a Portable UBUNTU installation

1. make a live ubuntu usb disk in os x. directions
2. IN OSX: attach your new portable drive, partition it as an OSX Extended Journaled drive.
3. Reboot into the live ubuntu usb disk.
4. IN UBUNTU: start install. select "something else", create three partitions (boot, root, and swap), leaving existing partition from OSX.
5. Install Refind to first partition.

Install rEFInd to partition of external drive

• download refind flashdrive http://sourceforge.net/projects/refind/files/0.7.4/refind-flashdrive-0.7.4.zip/download
• use diskutil to find number for partition on your external:

diskutil list

• • my EFI partition on external drive is /dev/disk2
• unmount:

diskutil unmountDisk disk2

• use dd to copy flash image to external partition:

sudo dd if=refind-flashdrive-0.7.4.img of=/dev/disk2s1 bs=1m

Using H2 with Ubuntu

Recording from H2

arecord -D "hw:2,0" -f S16_LE -c 2 -r 44100 test2.wav

pocketsphinx-continuous with H2

Custom PC Build

Installing NVIDIA GeForce 960 Drivers

• http://www.askmetutorials.com/2015/01/install-uninstall-nvidia-driver-34058.html

Installing CUDA

netatalk file sharing with OS X

• http://outcoldman.com/en/archive/2014/11/09/ubuntu-as-home-server-part-3-afp-server/
• had to install libevent-dev and libtdb-dev:

sudo apt-get install libevent-dev
sudo apt-get install libtdb-dev