Gentoo Linux Tips

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Little tips in using gentoo linux.

To start kinput2 under KDE3&kdm environment automatically

Add line below to /etc/X11/Sessions/kde-*

kinput2 -canna -xim &

To use kinput2 with software built with gtk+2 toolkit

Add lines below to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Kinput2

*SeparateConversion.input: false
*selectionShell.input: false
*auxShell.input: false

To set the systemwide default language Japanese

Create the file /etc/env.d/99lang_env and add lines below

LANG=ja_JP.eucJP
XMODIFIERS="@im=kinput2"

My make.conf

CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
USE="cjk nls qt kde -gtk gtk2 -gnome alsa cups crypto mmx sse
     dvd f2c divx4linux dvd dvdread live xvid"
CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse -msse2 
        -mmmx -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops
        -frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4
        -pipe -s -z combreloc"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PORTAGE_NICENESS=+10
ALSA_CARDS='intel8x0'
LINGUAS="ja"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
VIDEO_CARDS="i830"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"

SSH RSA key generation

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa
$ scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub $DESTINATION:/home/$USERNAME/.ssh/authorized_keys
$ ssh $DESTINATION
$ chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

autofs status adjustment for ALSA with kernel 2.6.11

amixer sset 'Headphone Jack Sense' off