Basic setup for dedicated service of a Ubuntu box 1) Setup automatic log in: system>administration>login window>enable automatic login ...... see http://www.inspectmygadget.com/2007/08/27/img-quickie-login-automatically-to-ubuntu/ 2) fix issue with secure wireless. Disable nm-applet in sessions manager: preference>sessions>start-up programs>disable network manager. Creat the following script: #!/bin/bash #launch useful stuff for gnome... #first unlock the default keyring... echo /usr/libexec/pam-keyring-tool -u -s #then run nm-applet in the background... nm-applet & Add this script to the start-up programs.

Automatically log into Ubuntu

see http://www.inspectmygadget.com/2007/08/27/img-quickie-login-automatically-to-ubuntu/ Basic steps: 1) system>administration>login window 2) security tab 3) enable automatic login

Accessing the Linux Machine Remotely from a PC

1. Install putty portable. See www.portableapps.com
2. Start putty portable.
3. Specify linux machine and hit connect.

Ubuntu tightVNC

To setup and use a Ubuntu machine...

1. Get tightVNC server and client using the Synaptics package manager
2. From a terminal start the server using "$tightvncserver -nolisten tcp :1" See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC
3. To connect, a) For a PC, download http://www.tightvnc.com/ and install. Start and connect. Don't foget to specify the full name including the terminal number, e.g. "computer:1" b) For another linux box, from a terminal start the client using $tightvncclient

My favorite server configuration:

$tightvncserver -display 1280x800 -depth 32

Getting Webware + Apache to work on Ubuntu

Useful Links:

• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=272022
• http://www.webwareforpython.org/WebKit/Docs/InstallGuide.html#wkcgi

Steps: see http://www.webwareforpython.org/WebKit/Docs/InstallGuide.html#id8

1. Install Apache 2. The built in package installer will install the cgi-bin directory under usr/lib.
2. Download and install Webware 1.0
3. In ../Webware/WebKit/Adapters/wkcgi run make (I use /home/Webware/Webkit/...)
4. copy wkcgi to usr/lib/cgi-bin/wkcgi.cgi
5. copy WebKit.cfg to usr/lib/cgi-bin directory
6. Install webit from webkit directory $python install.py
7. start apache
8. start WebKit app server by invoking WebKit/AppServer
9. test by opening http://127.0.0.1/
10. test by opening http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/wkcgi.cgi

You can stop the server by typing ^Z at the terminal.

Exploring Python Centric Web servers

Useful Links: Useful Texts: General Comments on Python Centric/Compatible Frameworks

• Webware
• Xitami
• Apache
• Zope
• Grok