Advantech Linux 2.5 User Manual V1.06 Contents 1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL ........................................................................................................ 1 2. ADVLINUX OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................... 1 2.1. HARDWARE SUPPORT LIST .................................................................................................. 1 2.2. MAIN FEATURES .................................................................................................................. 1 2.3. ADVLINUX SCREENSHOT .................................................................................................... 3 3. INSTALLATION GUIDE ......................................................................................................... 4 3.1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................................... 4 3.2. PREPARE FOR INSTALLATION ............................................................................................... 5 3.3. GRAPHIC INSTALLATION STEP ............................................................................................. 5 3.3.1. Step 1: choose installation mode ....................................................................... 5 3.3.2. Step 2: Welcome picture for graphic installation .............................................. 7 3.3.3. Step 3: Select installation process types ............................................................ 8 3.3.4. Step 4: hostname configuration ......................................................................... 9 3.3.5. Step 5: Time zone configuration ..................................................................... 10 3.3.6 Step 6: Root password configuration .............................................................. 10 3.3.7 Step 7: Disk partition ....................................................................................... 12 3.3.8 Step 8: Grub boot loader configuration ........................................................... 16 3.3.9 Step 9: Select OS type to install ...................................................................... 18 3.3.10 Step 10: package installation ........................................................................... 20 3.3.11 Step 11: Congratulation ................................................................................... 21 3.4 TEXT INSTALLATION MODE ............................................................................................... 22 3.5 INSTALL FROM USB DISK .................................................................................................. 22 3.6 BURN ADVLINUX ISO TO DVD DISK ................................................................................ 25 4 READ ONLY ROOT FILE SYSTEM .................................................................................... 25 5 ADVLINUX X-WINDOWS INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 27 5.3 X-WINDOWS OVERVIEW ................................................................................................... 27 5.4 XWINDOW TOOLS .............................................................................................................. 28 5.4.6 X Terminal ....................................................................................................... 28 5.4.7 Thunar ............................................................................................................. 28 5.4.8 Dillo ................................................................................................................ 29 5.4.9 Mouse pad ....................................................................................................... 30 5.4.10 Development IDE:Geany ................................................................................ 31 5.4.11 Screenshot ....................................................................................................... 32 5.4.12 Image viewer ................................................................................................... 32 5.4.13 Log out restart shutdown suspend and hibernate ............................................ 33 5.4.14 Task manager................................................................................................... 34 5.5 X-WINDOWS CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................... 34 5.5.6 Desktop configuration ..................................................................................... 35 5.5.7 Display configuration ...................................................................................... 36 5.5.8 Sound card configuration ................................................................................ 37 5.5.9 TPC touch screen calibration .......................................................................... 38 5.5.10 Virtual Keyboard ............................................................................................. 39 6 CONSOLE MODE CONFIGURATION ................................................................................ 40 6.3 DATE AND TIME CONFIGURATION ...................................................................................... 40 6.4 IP CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................ 41 6.5 TFTP SERVICE CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................... 41 6.6 FTP SERVICE CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................... 41 6.7 TELNET SERVICE ............................................................................................................... 42 6.8 LINUX RUNLEVEL CONFIGURATION ................................................................................... 42 6.9 MYSQL DATABASE CONFIGURATION ................................................................................ 42 6.10 TPC EXTENSION DISPLAY CONFIGURATION ............................................................... 43 6.11 TPC BRIGHTNESS CONFIGURATION ........................................................................... 44 6.12 VNC SERVER CONFIGURETION .................................................................................. 44 6.11.1 Super user login ............................................................................................... 44 6.11.2 Non super user login ....................................................................................... 45 6.12 LANGUAGE CONFIGURATION ..................................................................................... 45 6.13 DISABLED PING RESPONSE ........................................................................................ 46 6.14 USING CHKCONFIG TO CONTROL INITSCRIPTS ........................................................... 46 6.15 ANY USER AUTO LOGIN ............................................................................................. 46 6.16 CUSTOM BOOT LOGO ................................................................................................. 46 6.17 QT RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT AND QT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT ...................... 47 6.17.1 QT runtime environment based on frame buffer ............................................. 47 6.17.2 QT Development environment ........................................................................ 48 6.18 CONFIGURATION FOR LOW RESOLUTION DEVICE....................................................... 48 7 ONLINE EXTENSION AND UPDATE ................................................................................ 49 7.11 JAVA SUPPORT ............................................................................................................ 49 7.11.1 Install JRE ....................................................................................................... 49 7.11.2 Web Browser support java .............................................................................. 49 7.12 ONLINE INSTALL BY YUM .......................................................................................... 49 7.12.1 About yum ....................................................................................................... 49 7.12.2 Install Firefox .................................................................................................. 49 7.12.3 Install firewall manager ................................................................................... 52 7.12.4 Install PDF view .............................................................................................. 53 7.12.5 Install xarchiver ............................................................................................... 53 8 ADVANTECH DEVICE DRIVER ......................................................................................... 54 9 DEVELOPMENT FOR ADVLINUX .................................................................................... 54 10 BACKUP AND RESTORE .................................................................................................... 54 11 APPENDIX A ......................................................................................................................... 57 Table of Linux Kernel Video Mode Numbers ................................................................. 57 Advantech Linux 2.5 Manual 1. 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