Slackware

2.2 kernel based os?
"Joost Kremers" <joostkremers(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:slrnfu7dav.lv7.joostkremers(a)j.kremers4.news.arnhem.chello.nl... FanJet wrote: I need to setup an os with a 2.2 kernel in order to support the iBCS module. I'll need a minimal userland with SSHD and the ability to compile the kernel. Th... 31 Mar 2008 17:56

w3m segmentation fault
* Chris Sorenson <csoren(a)isd.net> wrote: MatthewK wrote: After a recent trist with freebsd and openbsd I discovered w3m. On my slackware 12 box whenever I try to use the program in the console I get a segmentation fault. I have the GC library and have used both source and package versions of w3m. It ... 5 Apr 2008 15:27

Multiple heap overflows in xine-lib
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:06:43 +0000, Robby Workman wrote: On 2008-03-20, Dave Uhring <daveuhring(a)yahoo.com> wrote: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489894 xine-lib-1.1.11 is available and not affected by this advisory. According to a mail on bugtraq, 1.1.11 does have issues: xine-lib... 31 Mar 2008 17:56

accelerometer reference
Dominic-Luc Webb wrote: For those interested, below is the reference about my earlier post about accelerometers. These are the devices that detect sudden changes in velocity of a notebook computer and move the read/write heads of the harddisk to a safe parking spot where the disks won't get damaged. R... 31 Mar 2008 17:56

IBM R51 +Slack12
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:59:36 +0000, loki harfagr wrote: On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:51:53 +0200, marksouth wrote: On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:33:17 +0000, mr.b wrote: On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:35:28 +0000, mister b wrote: looking good so far... HAH! the maggots! thought they could... 31 Mar 2008 20:00

MySQL server exits
On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:53:06 +1000, Res wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2008, Richard James wrote: Actually that is incorrect run mysql_install_db as the mysql user and you don't have to change any permissions. Richard James What, you allow daemon accounts to have a valid shell? *shakes head* ... 3 Apr 2008 14:36

VI File Manager -- Vifm -update
On 2008-02-01, Tom Newton <tom(a)server.invalid> wrote: For all the *vi* fans, here's a file manager that uses vi keybindings and is very quick. I built it from source. Only problem I had was that the first time I ran the configure script it failed because it was expecting to find one or more files in /... 2 Feb 2008 05:39

netconfig puzzle
I have a new Slackware 9.1 installation (too many problems installing 12.0 on my old Dell Dimension 4100, but let's not get into that!). When I configure the network with netconfig, the second step is to give a domaine name for the machine (of the form "example.org"). Do you have to supply a REGISTERED domain na... 2 Feb 2008 00:43

Msmtp (was: Re: able to retrieve but not send email with elm, nail, and mutt)
On 2008-02-01, Vwaju <lou(a)manhattanhandyman.com> wrote: I have studied Slackware Linux Essentials and Running Linux, and I'm stuck. I have my 9.1 Slackware installation configured to start the sendmail server at boot and ps -acux shows that send mail is running. I have a solid broadband internet co... 1 Feb 2008 15:20

how to sync time for LAN (ntp)?
I've regulary used funny "timed" BSD daemon to do that, but now for some reasons this is impossible. What I have to do: I have 2 computers with 2 local IP 192.168.0.30 and 192.168.0.70 (netmask 255.255.255.0). The first one (.30), I would like to act as a source of time (using its internal clock) for the second (... 1 Feb 2008 17:34