===== Configuration =====

==== nVidia integrated graphics GeForce 6150SE ====

There might be better ways to do this, but for me the following procedure worked:

  - Connect a VGA monitor together with a DVI monitor, delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf, reboot
  - Install nVidia driver version 173.14.28, which is not the current driver but the previous one (did not succeed when installing the current driver)
  - Start Applications/System/NVIDIA Server Settings, then open **X Server Display Configuration**
  - Set the digital monitor to absolute position, VGA monitor to relative, display mode to TwinView
  - Copy content of X Configuration File to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
  - Reboot and disconnet VGA monitor
  - if KDE shows any display issues, delete folder ~/.kde and reboot again

Install glxinfo to check whether nvidia's glx module was loaded:
  apt-get install mesa-utils

==== Plymouth splash screen ====

After installing the proprietary nVidia drivers, the splash screen is broken. To get it back, do the following (as root):
  apt-get install v86d hwinfo

Find the supported resolutions by using hwinfo, e.g. output of highest resolution: Mode 0x03f0: 1280x1024 (+5504), 24 bits
  hwinfo --framebuffer

Edit /etc/default/grub to make sure we boot with uvesafb framebuffer. For the mode_option parameter change to your native screen resolution you see from running the above comment:
  ...
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1366x768-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap"
  ...
  GRUB_GFXMODE=1366x768

Edit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules to include uvesafb by adding the following line:
  uvesafb mode_option=1280x1024-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap

Force the use of framebuffer:
  echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash

Update grub and initramfs, then reboot:
  sudo update-grub2
  sudo update-initramfs -u


==== Change keyboard layout system wide ====

  setxkbmap us
  sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

After starting console-setup, go through the different screens and confirm your new layout.

==== Accessing Samba shares ====

First, install the samba filesystem:
  apt-get install smbfs

To manually mount a samba share:
  mount -t  smbfs -o username=<username> //<servername>/<sharename> /mnt/point/

To have the samba share mounted during boot-time, edit fstab:
  mkdir /mnt/<sharename>
  vim /etc/fstab
  //<servername>/<sharename>  /mnt/<sharename>  smbfs  username=<username>,password=<pwd>  0  0

==== Firefox ====

Instructions to install the flash plugin on 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04: http://blog.mattrudge.net/2010/09/23/new-64-bit-flash-installer-for-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/

  http://www.mattrudge.net/files/flash-square-installer.tar.gz
  cd ~/Downloads
  tar xvf flash-square-installer.tar.gz
  chmod +x flash-square-installer.sh
  ./flash-square-installer.sh

Restart Firefox.