|
|
| (16 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| =Fixing Kali to Work= | | =Fixing Kali to Work= |
|
| |
|
| ==Upgrades==
| | All the dumb stuff you gotta do to get a distro that actually works. |
|
| |
|
| First things first
| | [[Kali Fixes]] |
|
| |
|
| <pre>
| | Most important was probably mapping Alt + F1 to Open A Terminal. |
| $ apt-get update
| |
| $ apt-get -y dist-upgrade
| |
| </pre>
| |
|
| |
|
| Now add to aptitude sources as per [[Kali 2015-06-17]] notes, and when you have added the new sources, run
| | =Pentadactyl= |
|
| |
|
| <pre>
| | After a long hiatus, returning to [[Pentadactyl]], to keep me sane while I use Firefox. |
| $ apt-get update
| |
| </pre>
| |
|
| |
|
| Now you'll be able to install stuff like xfce4.
| | =SDR on Kali= |
| | |
| ==Map CapsLock to Control== | |
| | |
| I have to do this before anything else, otherwise I go nuts.
| |
| | |
| In Applications > System Tools > Preferences > System Preferences, open Keyboard. Click Layout Settings. Click Options.
| |
| | |
| On this screen, changed Alt/Win to "Left Alt swapped with Left Win" and changed Caps Lock to "Make caps lock additional Control".
| |
| | |
| ==XFCE==
| |
| | |
| XFCE has a more keyboard-friendly and minimalist windows manager arrangement, so I use it.
| |
| | |
| To make the windows manager to be xfce by default, first install xfce:
| |
| | |
| <pre>
| |
| $ apt-get install -y desktop-base xfce4 xfce4-places-plugin xfce4-goodies
| |
| </pre>
| |
| | |
| last two are optional.
| |
| | |
| ==Start XFCE==
| |
| | |
| More info here: [[Xfce]]
| |
| | |
| ==Iceweasel==
| |
| | |
| All browsers are obnoxious, Firefox most of all. The vimperator plugin makes it tolerable, although it has poor documentation (read: no documentation). Here's a link: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7723/
| |
| | |
| Annoyances:
| |
| * can't use control a to select all text - it just moves the cursor to the beginning of the line (e.g. search box)
| |
| * wildly inconsistent and unpredictable behaviors with alt/meta/control/shift and arrows
| |
| * no improvement for entering text in a field.
| |
| | |
| ==Mouse Trackpad==
| |
| | |
| ===Synaptics===
| |
| | |
| The mouse trackpad can be modified with the <code>xserver-xorg-inputs-synaptic</code> package (as per https://wiki.debian.org/MacBookPro#Touchpad). Double finger scrolling is disabled by default but can be enabled by picking Applications > System Tools > Preferences > System Preferences, then Mouse, then edit the settings in the Trackpad tab.
| |
| | |
| I had synclient installed on my machine: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Synclient
| |
| | |
| What I'm trying to do: http://askubuntu.com/questions/250336/disable-mouse-movement-in-tap-zones-on-synaptics-trackpad
| |
| | |
| I believe the synaptics stuff is provided by the <code>gpointing-device-settings</code> package, which I already had.
| |
| | |
| In any case, you can test settings with synclient. When you're ready, commit them to Xorg in <code>/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf</code> to pick them up at restart.
| |
| | |
| This is very discouraging: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=188324
| |
| | |
| Guess I'll have to resort to a physical hack to fix this god-awful apple keyboard.
| |
| | |
| Annoyances:
| |
| * when i have a second finger on (or even near) the trackpad, the trackpad won't accept any input at all.
| |
| * i use the trackpad with index finger while resting thumb on bottom of trackpad
| |
| * if apple hadn't designed such an idiotic trackpad, this wouldn't be an issue
| |
| * solution is to increase the very very tiny sliver of ignored space at the bottom of the trackpad
| |
| | |
| ==Mouse Generally==
| |
| | |
| Annoyances:
| |
| * while working in termal or in firefox, Kali randomly gets a "scroll up" signal, every minute or so.
| |
| | |
| ==Keyboard Shortcuts==
| |
| | |
| Navigation and movement are the worst. It's impossible to keep keyboard shortcuts between Mac and Linux straight, mainly becuase the navigation keyboard shortcuts in Linux are so inconsistent.
| |
| | |
| Using Function + Up and Function + Down for top/bottom, and Function + Left and Function + Right to go to beginning/end of line work fine.
| |
| | |
| Annoyances:
| |
| * alt forward and alt back in browser navigate forward and back. I lose a lot of work this way.
| |
| * option foward and option back don't work as expected.
| |
|
| |
|
| | Some tinkering with a DVB-T USB stick that hooks up to a little antenna, which can be used as a software defined radio for gnuradio. Some information [http://blog.opensecurityresearch.com/2012/06/getting-started-with-gnu-radio-and-rtl.html here] |
|
| |
|
| | Notes on initial SDR foray: [[DVB-T USB SDR]] |
|
| |
|
| | =Wireless Network Problems= |
|
| |
|
| | Having some issues with the wireless network on the dual-booted Kali/Mac OS X MacBook Pro. [[Kali Wireless Debugging]] |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
| Line 98: |
Line 25: |
|
| |
|
| [[Category:Kali]] | | [[Category:Kali]] |
| | [[Category:Wireless]] |
| | [[Category:Networking]] |
| | [[Category:Fixes]] |
| | [[Category:Log]] |
Fixing Kali to Work
All the dumb stuff you gotta do to get a distro that actually works.
Kali Fixes
Most important was probably mapping Alt + F1 to Open A Terminal.
Pentadactyl
After a long hiatus, returning to Pentadactyl, to keep me sane while I use Firefox.
SDR on Kali
Some tinkering with a DVB-T USB stick that hooks up to a little antenna, which can be used as a software defined radio for gnuradio. Some information here
Notes on initial SDR foray: DVB-T USB SDR
Wireless Network Problems
Having some issues with the wireless network on the dual-booted Kali/Mac OS X MacBook Pro. Kali Wireless Debugging