iMon VFD on Arch Linux

1. you have to install lirc which provides kernel module ( driver ) support for soundgraph imon devices

pacman -S lirc

2. use the command, modinfo, to find out all parameters of a module

modinfo lirc_imon
--

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.33-ARCH/kernel/drivers/misc/lirc_imon.ko
..
..
parm: debug:Debug messages: 0=no, 1=yes(default: no) (int)
parm: display_type:Type of attached display. 0=autodetect, 1=vfd, 2=lcd, 3=vga, 4=none (default: autodetect) (int)
..
..

3. create a module setting for imon vfd

vi /etc/modprobe.d/lirc_imon.conf
--

options lirc_imon display_type=1

4. enable lirc_imon module

modprobe lirc_imon

after that, my linux created two device files, /dev/lirc0 /dev/lcd2

5. copy correct remote setting to /etc/lircd.conf, my model is imon pad

cp /usr/share/lirc/remotes/imon/lircd.conf.imon-pad /etc/lircd.conf


6. start lirc daemon

/etc/rc.d/lircd start


7. install LCDproc in AUR

yaourt lcdproc

8. edit server configuration file, /etc/LCDd.conf

vi /etc/LCDd.conf
--

..
..
Driver=imon
..
..
[imon]

# select the device to use
Device=/dev/lcd2

# display dimensions
Size=16x2
..
..

9. start lcdproc server daemon

/etc/rc.d/lcdd start

10. edit client configuration file, /etc/lcdproc.conf

vi /etc/LCDd.conf
--
# address of the LCDd server to connect to
Server=localhost

# Port of the server to connect to
Port=13666

# set reporting level
ReportLevel=7

# report to to syslog ?
ReportToSyslog=false

# run in foreground [default: false; legal: true, false]
#Foreground=true

# PidFile location when running as daemon [default: /var/run/lcdproc.pid]
#PidFile=/var/run/lcdproc.pid

# slow down initial announcement of modes (in 1/100s)
#delay=2

# display name for the main menu [default: LCDproc HOST]
#DisplayName=lcdproc


## screen specific configuration options ##

[CPU]
# Show screen
Active=True
OnTime=1
OffTime=2
ShowInvisible=false


[Iface]
# Show screen
Active=True

# Show stats for Interface0
Interface0=eth0
# Interface alias name to display [default: ]
Alias0=LAN

# Show stats for Interface1
#Interface1=eth1
#Alias1=WAN

# Show stats for Interface2
#Interface2=eth2
#Alias2=MGMT

# for more than 3 interfaces change MAX_INTERFACES in iface.h and rebuild

# Units to display [default: byte; legal: byte, bit, packet]
unit=bit

# add screen with transferred traffic
#transfer=TRUE


[Memory]
# Show screen
Active=True


[Load]
# Show screen
Active=True
# Min Load Avg at which the backlight will be turned off [default: 0.05]
LowLoad=0.05
# Max Load Avg at which the backlight will start blinking [default: 1.3]
HighLoad=1.3


[TimeDate]
# Show screen
Active=True
# time format [default: %H:%M:%S; legal: see strftime(3)]
TimeFormat="%H:%M:%S"
# date format [default: %x; legal: see strftime(3)]
DateFormat="%x"


[About]
# Show screen
Active=false


[SMP-CPU]
# Show screen
Active=false


[OldTime]
# Show screen
Active=false
# time format [default: %H:%M:%S; legal: see strftime(3)]
TimeFormat="%H:%M:%S"
# date format [default: %x; legal: see strftime(3)]
DateFormat="%x"


[BigClock]
# Show screen
Active=false


[Uptime]
# Show screen
Active=false


[Battery]
# Show screen
Active=false


[CPUGraph]
# Show screen
Active=false


[ProcSize]
# Show screen
Active=false


[Disk]
# Show screen
Active=false


[MiniClock]
# Show screen
Active=false
# time format [default: %H:%M; legal: see strftime(3)]
TimeFormat="%H:%M"


# EOF

11. run lcdproc as root because of the permission of default PidFile location

sudo lcdproc

12. various clients were made for different displays dimensions so the only way is modify the source code if you want to make a client fit for your lcd

Split MP3 in CLI on Arch Linux

1. install mp3splt, utility for mp3/ogg splitting without decoding

sudo pacman -S mp3splt

2. usage

mp3splt input_file begin_time end_time -o output_file

time format: minutes.seconds[.hundredths]

Device Number Swap During Each Reboot on Arch Linux

to specify loading order of modules in /etc/rc.conf is not working

solution: write custom udev rules

1. get a list of all the attributes of a device

udevadm info -a -p $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/video0)

first block of the result

looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.3/usb5/5-2/5-2:1.0/video4linux/video0':
KERNEL=="video0"
SUBSYSTEM=="video4linux"
DRIVER==""
ATTR{name}=="Logitech QuickCam Zoom"
ATTR{index}=="0"
ATTR{button}=="0"

2. create rules in /etc/udev/rules.d

vi /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules
--

KERNEL=="video*" ATTR{name}=="Logitech QuickCam Zoom", SYMLINK+="webcam"
KERNEL=="video*" ATTR{name}=="saa7133*", SYMLINK+="tvcard"

10 is the number in sequence
* is wildcard character

3. the symbolic links, /dev/webcam and /dev/tvcard will be created and linked to the corrrect devices when loaded udev rules so you can use soft links instead

Sync File with Rsync between Windows and Arch Linux

1. install rsync on both sides

windows version of rsync is called cwRsync, can be download from http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650

2. add each module with the below format to /etc/rsyncd.conf on linux server side

[share]
# comment = Private Share
path = /home/share
# read only = yes
# list = yes
# hosts allow = 192.168.1.0/24
uid = nobody
gid = nobody
# auth users = username
# secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets

3. auth users is read from secrets file

vi /etc/rsyncd.secrets
--

username:password

4. start rsync daemon

/etc/rc.d/rsyncd start

5. test client connection

"C:\Program Files\cwRsync\bin\rsync.exe" username@source_ip::share

6. start synchronizing command from windows client side

"C:\Program Files\cwRsync\bin\rsync.exe" -rt --delete source_ip::share /cygdrive/c/destination

-a, --archive # archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X)
-r, --recursive # recurse into directories
-t, --times # preserve modification times
--delete #delete extraneous files from destination dirs

/cygdrive/c/destination is the destination format for cwrsync

Remove Orphan Packages on Arch Linux

1. remove a package's dependencies which are not required by any other installed package

sudo pacman -Rs

2. list all packages no longer required as dependencies

sudo pacman -Qdt

3. combine both commands

sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qqtd)

-n, --nosave # delete .pacsave backup files
-q, --quiet # show less information for certain sync operations

Install Maemo 5 SDK on Arch Linux

1. download GUI Installer made with python from http://www.forum.nokia.com/Tools_Docs_and_Code/Tools/Platforms/Maemo/

2. according to http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo_5_Final_SDK_Installation, the python script needs to be modified for non-debian linux

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< SB_PATH = "/scratchbox"
---
> SB_PATH = "/opt/scratchbox"
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> opt = opt + "-s /opt/scratchbox"
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> cmd = cmd +" -s /opt/scratchbox"

3. then run the installer

sudo python ./maemo-sdk-install-wizard_5.0.py

4. start the Xephyr xserver

Xephyr :2 -host-cursor -screen 800x480x16 -dpi 96 -ac &

-host-cursor # re-use exisiting X host server cursor
-screen WIDTHxHEIGHT # specify screen characteristics
-dpi # screen resolution in dots per inch
-ac # disable access control restrictions
-help # prints message with these options

5. disable vdso support in the host's kernel

vi /etc/sysctl
--

# Disable VDSO support
vm.vdso_enabled = 0

6. load in sysctl settings from the file

sudo sysctl -p

7. log out and log back or login to the new group in the current session

newgrp sbox

8. login to scratchbox

/opt/scratchbox/login

9. set the DISPLAY variable to match the display setting given for the Xephyr server

[sbox-FREMANTLE_X86: ~] > export DISPLAY=:2

10. start the ui framework

[sbox-FREMANTLE_X86: ~] > af-sb-init.sh start

11. method to shutdown

[sbox-FREMANTLE_X86: ~] > af-sb-init.sh stop

12. if your linux is non-debian based, start scratchbox manually when the system is rebooted

sudo /opt/scratchbox/sbin/sbox_ctl start


Check The Bandwidth of Network

iperf is a tool for performing network throughput measurements.

1. install iperf on both nodes

arch linux

sudo pacman -S iperf

windows version can be downloaded from http://www.noc.ucf.edu/Tools/Iperf/

2. one node acts as server, the other node would be client
start listening on server side

iperf -s

3. start connecting to server on client side

iperf -c -w 2m server_ip

# -w 2m adjust windows size to 2 mbytes

4. result should appear in a few secs like this

[1924] 0.0-10.0 sec 111 MBytes 92.9 Mbits/sec


Convert FLAC to MP3 on Arch Linux

1. install necessary packages to decode and encode

sudo pacman -S lame flac

2. pipe the decoded standart output for the encoder

flac -dc input.flac | lame -h - output.mp3

-d decode
-c write output to stdout

-h use some quality improvements

Change the Default Sound Card on Arch Linux

i found the sound module of my tv card was the default sound device because i tried to run amixer and got no master or pcm controls.

1. discover your sound card model name with lspci and your ALSA driver module names with ls

$ ls -l /sys/module/snd/holders
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 saa7134_alsa -> ../../saa7134_alsa
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_hda_codec -> ../../snd_hda_codec
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_hda_codec_realtek -> ../../snd_hda_codec_realtek
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_hda_intel -> ../../snd_hda_intel
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_hwdep -> ../../snd_hwdep
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_mixer_oss -> ../../snd_mixer_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_pcm -> ../../snd_pcm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_pcm_oss -> ../../snd_pcm_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_rawmidi -> ../../snd_rawmidi
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_seq -> ../../snd_seq
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_seq_device -> ../../snd_seq_device
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_seq_oss -> ../../snd_seq_oss
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_timer -> ../../snd_timer
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2009-08-13 09:21 snd_usb_audio -> ../../snd_usb_audio

2. add order setting for the module of main soundcard to modprobe.conf

vi /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf
--

options snd_hda_intel index=0

3. make your user be able to use the sound card

gpasswd -a username audio

3. reboot then make sure the sound modules have been loaded

lsmod | grep ^snd_

4. the current version of alsa installs with all channels muted by default. use alsamixer to unmute the channels and adjust volume manually

5. run alsactl once to create /etc/asound.state

alsactl store
# restore
# alsactl restore

6. add alsa to daemons in rc.conf to store the mixer settings on every shutdown and restore them when you boot.

Wireless USB Network Card WIFI-Link WL-USB-RSMA-27 on Arch Linux

when you plug the card into the usb slot, arch linux will modprobe rtl8187 module automatically. the driver is mac80211 based. then you can see interface wlan0 registered. it is pity it doesn't work with WIFI-Link WL-USB-RSMA-27 though aircrack-ng indicates 2.6.27 and newer kernel contain a fully-functional driver for rtl8187b and rtl8187l. so we got to compile the module by ourselves

some errors cause the newest driver rtl8187_linux_26.1025.0328.2007 cannot be compiled on arch linux and modern distributions. fortunately aircrack-ng has a patch for compiling the old driver rtl8187_linux_26.1010.0622.2006

1. unload rtl8187 module

rmmod rtl8187

wlan0 should be disappeared

2. download the old one

wget http://dl.aircrack-ng.org/drivers/rtl8187_linux_26.1010.zip

3. unzip

7z x rtl8187_linux_26.1010.zip

4. change to the extracted directory

cd rtl8187_linux_26.1010.0622.2006

5. download the patch

wget http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/rtl8187_2.6.27.patch

6. extract some components

tar xzf drv.tar.gz
tar xzf stack.tar.g

7. apply patch to source code

patch -Np1 -i rtl8187_2.6.27.patch

8. one more step to pass through compiling

vi beta-8187/r8187.h
--
change
#include <asm/semaphore.h>
to
#include <linux/semaphore.h>

9. compile and install

make && make install

i know the interface name would be wlan0 after new installed module r8187 loaded. so i write wlan0 directly in the following steps

10. if you need to load settings while booting, wlan_<interface>= in rc.conf isn't working. so i pick rc.local for use

vi /etc/rc.local
--

iwconfig wlan0 essid <ESSID> mode Ad-Hoc key 1234567890
ifconfig wlan0 up <IP> netmask <MASK>

remember to install wireless_tools package before iwconfig. and if you need sharing ppp connection with wlan interface, set mode to Ad-Hoc. although iwconfig supports Master, Repeater mode. only Ad-Hoc and Managed modes work on WL-USB-RSMA-27

11. block old rtl8187 and load new r8187 module when booting

vi /etc/rc.conf
--

..
MODULES=(r8187 !rtl8187)
..

12. reboot then done

Subversion Setup on Arch Linux

1. install subversion

pacman -Sy subversion

2. create a folder for svn service

mkdir /srv/svn

3. create the first svn repository which includes conf, locks, etc

svnadmin create /srv/svn/myproject

4. setup authentication

vi /srv/svn/myproject/conf/svnserve.conf
--

[general]
anon-access = none
auth-access = write

password-db = passwd

anon-access is access right for unauthenticated users
auth-access is access right for authenticated users
password-db is password file, the syntax is as follows

username = password


5. start svn server

svnserve -d -r /srv/svn

for more usage details, please refer,

svnserve --help

-d [--daemon] : daemon mode
-r [--root] ARG : root of directory to serve
--config-file ARG : read configuration from file ARG
--listen-port ARG : listen port
--listen-host ARG : listen hostname or IP address

WiFi / Wireless USB Network Card Edimax EW-7318UG on Arch Linux

1. identify the card

check /var/log/message when you plug your card into usb slot
you'll see

kernel: wmaster0 (rt73usb): not using net_device_ops yet
kernel: wlan0 (rt73usb): not using net_device_ops yet
kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:radio
kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:assoc
kernel: Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:quality
kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2500usb

or lsusb command
or check your card if is linux supported
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported

2. you can see the interface from iwconfig command

3. bring the interface up

ifconfig wlan0 up
--

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

that means you need a firmware file. below is the error log appearing in /var/log/message at the same time

kernel: rt73usb 1-4:1.0: firmware: requesting rt73.bin
firmware.sh[19027]: Cannot find firmware file 'rt73

4. install the corresponding firmware packages

pacman -S rt2x00-rt71w-fw ( or rt2x00-rt61-fw )

5. in order to install package from http://repo.arch-linux.pl/, add the following setting to /etc/pacman.conf

[archlinux.pl]
Server = ftp://repo.arch-linux.pl/i686

6. install the package, RaLink RT73 USB Enhanced Drivers

pacman -Sy rt73-k2wrlz
--

Drivers installed, but not loaded. To enable it: 'rmmod rt73usb && modprobe rt73

7. to avoid conflict between modules, block the modules which would be loaded automatically
these module was observed from lsmod command

vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
--

blacklist rt2500usb
blacklist rt73usb
blacklist rt2x00usb
blacklist rt2x00lib

8. add rt73 to MODULES in /etc/rc.conf then reboot

9. iwconfig

rausb0 RT73 WLAN ESSID:""
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency=2.412 GHz Cell: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality=65/100 Signal level:-54 dBm Noise level:-143 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

10. ifconfig rausb0 up

11. scan for available access points for testing

iwlist rausb0 scan

12. usage of iwconfig

iwconfig rausb0 essid "SSID" key 1234567890

if your wep key is ascii, prefix with s:

iwconfig rausb0 essid "SSID" key s:asciikey

13. automatical setup while booting

vi /etc/rc.conf
--

..
wlan_rausb0="rausb0 essid SSID mode Ad-Hoc key 1234567890"
rausb0="rausb0 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX netmask XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX"
INTERFACES=(eth0 rausb0)
..


Some Adjustments of Lighttpd and PureFTPD for Virtual Hosting on Arch Linux

1. vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

..
server.modules = (
"mod_simple_vhost" )
..
simple-vhost.server-root = "/srv/http/vhosts/"
simple-vhost.default-host = "default"
simple-vhost.document-root = "/"
..

default means read from server.document-root

2. create necessary directories and change the permissions

mkdir -p /srv/http/vhosts/example.com/

chown user:group /srv/http/vhosts/example.com/

3. if your pure-ftpd is set as ChrootEveryone yes, but your client receive 550 error while connecting soft-linked directory

CWD name
550 Can't change directory to name: No such file or director

it means the pure-ftpd wasn't configured with --with-virtual-chroot

4. the solution is to make use of filesystem trick, mount command

mount -o bind /source /destination


Fix Backspace Key with GNU Screen on Arch Linux

it happens only in my x-windows terminal.

solution:

vi ~/.screenrc
--

bindkey -d ^? stuff ^H
bindkey -d ^@ stuff ^H


Set up Lighttpd, PHP, PhpMyAdmin, MySQL on Arch Linux

1. install packages

pacman -S lighttpd php phpmyadmin mysql

2. this script starts mysql daemon and also take care of the basic configuration as adding system users and creating log files

/etc/rc.d/mysqld start

3. force both mysql client and server to use utf8 encoding though not all kinds of clients read the setting

vi /etc/my.cnf
--

..
[client]
default-character-set = utf8
..
[mysqld]
default-character-set = utf8
..

4. it may be necessary to add a user and group for http. this user seems to need to have permissions to write to the /var/log/lighttpd

groupadd http
adduser http
chown -R http /var/log/lighttpd

5. lighttpd handles php through fastcgi so we have to enable it in /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

server.modules = (
..
"mod_fastcgi",
..
..
fastcgi.server = ( ".php" =>
( "localhost" =>
(
"socket" => "/var/run/lighttpd/php-fastcgi.socket",
"bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi"
)
)
)

6. for php and phpmyadmin, edit /etc/php/php.ini as follows

..
cgi.fix_pathinfo=1
..
extension=mysql.so
..

6. sample phpmyadmin configuration

vi /srv/http/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php

--
<?php
/* Servers configuration */
$i = 0;

/* First server */
$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = false;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'http';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = 'name_of_server';

/* End of servers configuration */

?>

7. start your web server

/etc/rc.d/lighttpd start

then enter the url, http://localhost/phpMyAdmin

Garbage Code in JAVA CJK Environment on Arch Linux

1. create /opt/java/jre/lib/fonts/fallback directory

2. make symbolic link for font

ln -s /usr/share/fonts/TTF/fontfile /opt/java/jre/lib/fonts/fallback/

if Wen Quan Yi, the full path is /usr/share/fonts/wenquanyi/wqy-zenhei/wqy-zenhei.ttc

7-Zip Command Line

the linux version of 7zip is called p7zip
usage of 7za in windows is totally same to 7za in linux
the help message of command line version isn't detailed enough so here is an example

7za a -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=64m filename.7z target

a: add files to archive
e: extract files from archive (without using directory names)
-t: type of archive
-m0 : compression algorithm
-mx : compression level, 0 = no compression, 9 = ultra
-mfb : number of fast bytes for LZMA
-md : dictionary size
-ms=on : solid archive

p7zip is able to extract rar archives, but you have to use the exact command 7z, neither 7za nor 7zr because they are light-weighted commands which don't load plugins

if you use ubuntu, there is a package named p7zip-rar. on arch linux, p7zip package also installs rar plugin to /usr/lib/p7zip/Codecs/Rar29.so

7z e filenamr.rar


Static ARP Entry and Wake on Lan on Arch Linux

1. install wol package in community repository

pacman -S wol

2. wol works only if the target machine is in the arp table. so if not, manually add an entry to the table

arp -s HOSTNAME MACADDRESS

hostname must be in /etc/hosts

3. to load permanent arp entry at boot time, create /etc/ethers then add the command into /etc/rc.local

vi /etc/ethers
--

MACADDRESS HOSTNAME


vi /etc/rc.local
--

arp -f

-f: if no filename is specified, /etc/ethers is used as default

4. wake up some machine

wol -h HOSTNAME MACADDRESS


Set up MythTV Backend on Arch Linux and Watch TV on Windows Player

1. install the mythtv package

sudo pacman -S mythtv

2. import the database structure of mythtv to mysql

mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/mythtv/mc.sql

3. run setup as root or you'd get the message "Couldn't open /dev/v4l/video0 to probe its inputs."

sudo mythtv-setup

4. first time when you run mythtv-setup, it may ask you if upgrade the database schema, press yes, backup would be /tmp

5. General (the below setting is for taiwan)
TV format: NTSC
Channel frequency table: us-cable

6. Capture card (get these device number from dmesg, lspci, and lsusb)
Card type: Analog V4L capture card
Video device: /dev/videoX
VBI device: /dev/vbi0
Audio device: /dev/dspX
Default input: Television

7. Video sources
Listings grabber: No grabber
Channel frequency table: default

8. Input connections
Scan for channels: Video source must be pick first
Starting channel: remember to type a valid number

9. Storage Directories, at least one recording directory has to be added to the Default Storage Group or it will not be possible to watch/record anything. personally i set /tmp. to remove a storage group from the list, highlight it and press the 'D' key

10. user plans to watch analog tv only doesn't need to run mythfilldatabase?

11. start mythtv backend server

sudo /etc/rc.d/mythbackend start


12. go to mythtv front-end

mythfrontend

Utilities / Setup -> Setup -> TV Settings -> Recording Profiles -> Software Encoders (v4l based) -> LiveTV
change all of codecs from RTjpeg to MPEG-4

13. download MythTV Player which is the only one player for windows that allows you to play recordings and LiveTV directly from a MythTv backend.
http://www.sudu.dk/mythtvplayer/index.php

14. mythtv player accept protocol versions 15-31 originally. if your server speak newer or older than it, edit config.xml just change 0 to 1

<AcceptNewerProtocols>1</AcceptNewerProtocols>
<AcceptOlderProtocols>0</AcceptOlderProtocols>


i got some problems, frequent disconnect at the very first minutes, cannot continue playing after disconnect, suitable setting or bitrate for stream to internet.. to be continued

Install VirtualBox on Arch Linux

1. virtuabox needs fakeroot installed and its gui needs sdl

sudo pacman -S fakeroot sdl

2. install virtualbox personal use binary edition from aur

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9753

3. add user to the vboxusers group

gpasswd -a USERNAME vboxusers

4. add vboxdrv, vboxnetflt( for host interface networking ), vboxnetadp( for host-only networking ) to the Modules array in /etc/rc.conf

5. add the following line to /etc/fstab if you want the vboxusers to have permission to emulate USB devices

none /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto,busgid=108,busmode=0775,devgid=108,devmode=0664 0 0

6. run "vbox_build_module" as root every time your kernel is upgraded

sudo /usr/bin/vbox_build_module