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cdist
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cdist is a usable configuration management system.

For the web documentation have a look at docs/web/.

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------ Special Sample Return Instructions -------
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1) sudo apt-get install ssh
2) sudo apt-get source linux-headers
3) ssh-keygen; do not use a password (or use a password, but then ssh add it)
   a) sudo cat id_rsa.pub > /root/.ssh/authorized_keys (you may need to create the .ssh folder in /root first)
4) adduser robot; password "robot" (make sure not to use useradd)
5) sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
6) Obtain a copy of robot_rsa and robot_rsa.pub (from Russel) and place in cdist/conf/manifest/files
7) Download the source code for the linuxcan driver off of Kvaser's website:
   http://www.kvaser.com/index.php?option=com_php&Itemid=288&swprod=c47a61a99cef1b9dd39630f3c25befe6&ean=0000000000000
  a) put in cdist/conf/type/__kvaser_canlib/files/
  b) extract somewhere convenient and go into the canlib subfolder
  c) run "make" and then "sudo make install" (Russel suggests this might not be necessary)
8) cdist/bin/cdist -v config $(uname -n)
9) Read any failures carefully, you might need try again after:
  a) sudo apt-get update
  b) sudo apt-get upgrade

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--- How to recover from nvidia driver fail --
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1) Install linux headers
  a) sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
  b) sudo apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r)
2) Remove current nvidia drivers
  a) sudo apt-get remove nvidia*
3) Reinstall nvidia driver
  a) sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates
  b) MAKE SURE that the output indicates the kernel module is built
4) Reference this website for help
  a) askubuntu.com/questions/202574/desktop-does-not-show-when-i-installed-nvidia-drivers