Updating ATI Driver

http://combatwombat.7doves.com/index.php/2007/10/31/gutsy_effort_in_new_ati_driver

The above page talks about what to do.

Xgl server setup changed

The Xgl server will now be started automatically next time you login. It is no longer necessary to use any special X session to start Xgl, and such sessions will likely fail to work properly. Please select a regular session from your session manager next time you log in. To disable Xgl autostart for this user, create a file named ~/.config/xserver-xgl/disable

WOW Under Linux!!!

However, it is so slow that I cannot play it, but it runs under Linux.

That was way cool. It work and it ran, just very, very slow.

Able to reset the resolution to a the actual resolution of the screen (1280x800)

Unable to change to use OpenGL.

SET gxApi "opengl"

I get the error "WoW was unable to start up 3D accelration"

SET ffxDeath "0"
SET ffxGlow "0"

This seems to help but things are still really slow.

How ever I jump from WOW to the blog without losing WOW.

It says that my ATI accelerated graphics direver is not in use.

This may be part of my problem.

Perhaps it is not installed.

I don't see it to install or uninstall it.

ATI accelerated graphics driver

Looks like I need to update graphics driver

SET ffx
SET ffxGlow "0"

Configuring Apache2

I need to configure Apache so that is knows where the Gallary PHP stuff is found.

OK, I can see that Apache and PHP are working, what do I need to do to get Gallery working?

How do a get Apache to point to /usr/share/gallery2 folder?

OK, the /etc/gallery2/apache.conf file has what I need. (i.e. it tell apache where to look for the Gallery file.)

#Alias /gallery2 /usr/share/gallery2


Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride Limit Options FileInfo



Now where do I find the Apache file to put the change in?

/etc/apache2/apache2.conf

It looks like the user configuration are suppose to go in httpd.conf

OK, how do I stop and start Apache?

sudo invoke-rc.d apache2 restart

I still don't see the http://localhost/gallary2 directory.

I don't see anything in the error log.

/var/log/apach2/error.log

What is going on?

Is this a privileges problem?

Installing Gallery Continued

Trying to make sure I have PHP5 working.

Using the following link: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/installing-php5-and-apache-on-ubuntu/

Looks like everything is already installed.

Says to look in the /var/www folder.

Yea! That is where everything is.

Now I need to tell Apache where to find this new stuff.

Installing WOW under Ubuntu

Forgot to save what I did before unless I save it under the learning WOW blog.

I did not; however, with a lot of searching I finally found the magic google search string " wow ubuntu gusty wine" that leads me to this wonderful link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft

It seems that I need direct rendering to get WOW to work and I don't have direct rendering with my ATI graphics card. I will definitely look to get a graphic card other than ATI next time I buy a portable PC.

It seems that there is a way around my graphics problem, but it may give me some poor frame rates.

WOW does support OpenGL and I can use an XServer for this.

It looks like I will need to reinstall Wine by rebuilding the most recent code.

This could be some work.

ATI Accelerated Graphics Driver

Looking in the Restricted Drivers Manager I can see that it is not enabled.

Enabling.

Rebooting.

Installing Gallery

Using the Ubuntu install for Gallery.

The version being installed is 2.2.1-3.

Installing apache, mySql, and PHP.

Seems to have removed apache2-mpm-worker when some other packages may have depended upon.

Need to use the following command to restart apache2:

invoke-rd.d apache2 res

Using the network 127.0.1.1

Testing:

Apache is working but I don't see Web Gallery.

How don't see how to start gallery. All the instructions are for after gallery is started.

I was able to get MySQL running but I had to install it by hand.

It would be nice if Ubuntu handled this better.