Slackware

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hp-systray cannot be run as root - help
Is there anyway around not being able to run hp-systray as root? Running Slackware-Current, HPLIP 2.8.4 ... 15 Apr 2008 21:06

Xorg keys
Grrr. I'm trying to set up my keyboard how I like it. I've switched to fluxbox, and although some of the audio volume keys were working before, they now suddenly don't work. X seems to have changed the keymap for no reason that I can discern. I've created my own keymap, which fixes things up so that they work ... 8 Apr 2008 18:06

Bluetooth Audio
Just wondering if anyone ever managed to get bluetooth audio working on Slack 12 I've been through the Bluetooth wiki and back again and i decided to backport the slackware-current bluetooth stack (just copied over the source dirs and launched the various slackbuild scripts) - that means i'm running fairly up to... 11 Apr 2008 10:17

installpkg -warn is broken
ciol <ciol13(a)gmail.com> wrote: - Why in doinst.sh from ktorrent, there is: ( cd usr/lib ; rm -rf libktorrent.so ) ( cd usr/lib ; ln -sf libktorrent-2.2.4.so libktorrent.so ) ln -sf is not enough? ln -sf will do the job if "libktorrent.so" is a NORMAL file or already a symbolic link (which it is mean... 9 Apr 2008 17:07

ati 9250 - slackware 12.1 rc1 problem
Yes, I did both xorgsetup and xorgconfig but the final result is always the same. I've not installed the official ati drivers, I've read that they are still very instable and, for my card also in slack12 the xf86-video- ati was working perfectly at 1600x1200 using the radeon driver. As told I'mnot interested in ... 11 Apr 2008 08:41

ati 9250 - slackware 12.1 rc1 problem
hi, I've just updated my slack12 to the new 12.1rc1 and I've had an horriblem problem: I've configured X using the same setups I used for my old slack12 but the graphical startx nomore works: the screen turn off in power saving and the just action permitted is to reboot the system. I've tested to use radeon driv... 8 Apr 2008 15:40

AOLS
On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:41:37 +0000, Realto Margarino wrote: The worst of your breed have been driven off, thankfully, by those of us who care about linux more than our own egos. </modquote> ... 8 Apr 2008 07:15

Makepkg Ratpoison-1.4.0.tgz
Tom N <tom(a)somewhere.com> wrote: ratpoison-1.4.0-i686-tmn.tgz Does this mean I have a 686? root(a)darkstar:/proc# less cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 <==== Look at that: family 6, aka 686 (PS: the Pentium-4 still counts as 686, even though ... 8 Apr 2008 07:15

Screwy bookmarks
notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> wrote in news:G1iKj.1191$Ul.904(a)fe097.usenetserver.com: I copy a firefox bookmarks.html file to a 4G vfat flash drive and take it to my slack 12 box for viewing/copying. I mount the flash drive no problem. I open the file with firefox. 200+ links have vanished and I have 2... 8 Apr 2008 16:28