andLinux Install

Last edited: Wed Apr 23, 2008

Install either the minimal/XFCE version (about 143 MB) or the KDE version
(about 665 MB) of andLinux.  If you only intend to run NCID, you should
load the minimal version.

INSTALL andLinux:

    - See http://www.andlinux.org/ for documentation, FAQ, and forum help

    - download andLinux-VERSION-minimal.exe or andLinux-VERSION-KDE.exe
      from http://www.andlinux.org/
    - accept the installation defaults (you may want to add more memory)
    - add "Xming.exe" and "colinux-slirp-net-daemon.exe" programs to your 
      firewall program exceptions so they are allowed
    - edit C:\Program Files\andLinux\settings.txt (you can use notepad.exe)
    - modify the line:
       eth0=slirp
      so it becomes:
       eth0=slirp,,udp:560:560:udp:5061:5061/udp:10000:10000/tcp:3333:3333/tcp10629:10629
      (this forwards the SIP, NCID, and YAC ports to andLinux)
    - if you would like to ssh into andLinux, append /tcp:22:22 to the end
      of the line.
    - The andLinux Beta 1 rc6 release has problems with some virus checkers
      that cause the startup to take minutes to complete.  Virus scanners
      will usually scan files that end in .dvr, so a workaround is to rename
      the files:
        * modify these lines if they end in .dvr, skip otherwise:
          cobd0=Drives\base.dvr
          cobd1=Drives\swap.dvr
          so they become:
          cobd0=Drives\base.vdi
          cobd1=Drives\swap.vdi
        * rename these files from .dvr to .vdi only if you did the above
          Drives\base.dvr
          Drives\swap.dvr
    - reboot

INSTALL NCID:

    - Download the latest NCID deb package from sourceforge
      * You can use the andLinux version of Netscape
      * You can use wget in a andLinux terminal window
        (using version 0.70 as an example)
        wget  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ncid/ncid_0.70-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
    - Use Synaptic to locate and install gdebi
    - Use Thunar (file viewer) to locate the NCID deb package
    - Install the NCID deb package by double clicking on it.

    If you want to use ncidsip instead of sip2ncid:

    - Download, compile, and install the IO-Interface module from CPAN
    - Download, compile, and install the Net-Pcap module from CPAN

CONFIGURE NCID:

    - The default modem port in ncidd is /dev/modem.  This is just a
      symbolic link to the real modem port. It is probably best to
      set your modem port in ncidd.conf.  This assumes serial port 1:
        set ttyport = /dev/ttyS0
    - If you are using sip2ncid or yac2ncid instead of a modem
      you need to set noserial to 1:
        set noserial = 1

FIRST STARTUP:

    - if you are running the server and client on the same computer
      and using a modem:
        invoke-rc.d ncidd start
        ncid &

    - If you are running the server and using a SIP gateway:
        invoke-rc.d ncidd start
        invoke-rc.d sip2ncid start
        ncid &

    - If you are running the server and using a YAC gateway:
        invoke-rc.d ncidd start
        invoke-rc.d yac2ncid start
        ncid &

    - Call yourself and see if it works, if not, stop the gateway used:
        invoke-rc.d sip2ncid stop
      stop the server:
        invoke-rc.d ncidd stop
      and continue reading the test sections.

    - If everything is OK, enable the NCID server, gateways, and
      client modules, your are using, to autostart at boot.  The
      GUI incid client must be started after login, not boot

If NCID does not work, see INSTALL for some simple tests.

    NOTE: ncid normally starts in the GUI mode and there is no
          ncid.init script to start or stop it.  There are rc.init
          scripts for starting ncid with output modules, for
          example: ncid-page, ncid-popup, etc.

START/STOP/STATUS:

    Use the invoke-rc.d command to start any of the daemons.  The invoke-rc.d
    commands are: start, stop, restart, reload, and status.  The client
    can also be started using the output module name instead of ncid.
    All output modules can be run at the same time.

    Here are some examples:
    - start the NCID server: invoke-rc.d ncidd start
    - stop the ncid2sip server: invoke-rc.d sip2ncid stop
    - reload the server alias file: invoke-rc.d ncidd reload
    - start ncid with ncid-page: invoke-rc.d ncid-page start
    - status of ncid with ncid-speak: invoke-rc.d ncid-speak status

    Review the man page (man invoke-rc.d).

AUTOSTART:

    Use the update-rc.d command to install/remove the service at boot.

    Here are some examples:
    - start ncidd at boot: sudo update-rc.d ncidd defaults
    - start ncid-page at boot: sudo update-rc.d ncid-page defaults
    - remove ncidsip form starting at boot: sudo update-rc.d -f ncidsip remove

    Review the man page (man update-rc.d).