Slackware

Alt.OS.Linux.Slackware FAQ pointer
Posted-By: auto-faq 3.3.1 (Perl 5.008) Archive-name: aolsfaq Current-maintainer: aolsfaq-maintainer(a)therockgarden.ca FAQ last update: 2007/12/05 This is a periodic pointer to the FAQ for the alt.os.linux.slackware newsgroup. The FAQ which may be frequently referred to in messages posted to the newsgroup ma... 4 Apr 2008 14:04

Install issues, gateway p3, slack 12
I'm having problems getting slack 12 to insall on this machine which now has slack 9. It uses a toshiba cd-rom, xm-5206b. Pop the install cd in, reboot, the install ids all the equipment, but then freezes at "Reading all physical Volumes, this may take a while." Nothng happens after - 1, 2, 3, 4 minutes. Tried th... 2 Apr 2008 23:36

Ftp ing from windows to slack.
On Mar 28, 12:24 pm, Whiffle Diffle <Whiffle.Dif...(a)shmo.net> wrote: I know this is probably simple stuff but I actually know nothing about windows except how to install a game and play it. I got my dual boot working and would like to move a game iso file from my linux partition to windows. It's big, ove... 1 Apr 2008 07:54

EFI, sda1, and sda5
Thomas Overgaard wrote: Mark Carter wrote : iMacs use "GPT" partitions rather than primary and secondary partitions. A search at Google reveals that to use GPT partitions in Linux Slackware you'll have to compile your own kernel because the kernel from Slackware lacks support for this: <U... 31 Mar 2008 20:00

mozplugger does not work
Hi, mozplugger (1.10.2) does not work. When I start firefox > about:plugins, I have the following output in the terminal I launched firefox from: m4:stdin:63: ERROR: end of file in string And I don't see mozplugger among the others plugins. Do you have any idea? -- On dira ce qu'on voudra, j'�tais... 3 Apr 2008 16:20

accelerometer reference
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. Reference is: Erik Vance. Laptops... 2 Apr 2008 18:33

[OT] Postfix + SPF + domain literals (under Slackware, of course)... :^)
Hello group; I run a couple of mail servers, based on Slackware 12, in which I have to deal with the SPAM problem. Both boxes run Postfix with SASL auth, Dovecot and ClamAV/clamsmtpd. I have a strict policy in place to avoid the servers being abused, as well as stop as many SPAM during the SMTP transaction as... 31 Mar 2008 19:19

.bash_history file
On 2008-03-26 Wed 07:36:11, No_One wrote: On 2008-03-26, slakmagik <j(a)hostname.invalid> wrote: On 2008-03-25 Tue 22:15:59, Michael Black wrote: One key factor is that .bash_history only gets updated when you log out. I just looked, and there were some entries for commands that Veering slightl... 31 Mar 2008 18:38

problem building Linux software under slackware
Issuing: root(a)aku-ankka:/usr/lib# nm crt1.o I have 00000004 R _IO_stdin_used 00000000 D __data_start U __libc_csu_fini U __libc_csu_init U __libc_start_main 00000000 R _fp_hw 00000000 T _start 00000000 W data_start U main so there are unresolved symbol in my /... 31 Mar 2008 19:19

Black google
Damn! Today's google is cool. Anyway of keeping it? nb ... 1 Apr 2008 07:54