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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... 23 Apr 2008 03:33

Incoming!
Mon Apr 21 16:47:32 CDT 2008 We have now reached the Slackware 12.1 RC2 milestone. :-) We're beyond updating packages or fixing minor cosmetic bugs at this point (actually, we had hoped to be past that with RC1, but there were still items in need of attention). What we have here now has proven to be stable for ou... 23 Apr 2008 21:20

slackware 12 with isdn
Some of you use for connecting to the internet an internal ISDN pci with slackware 12, with 11 working perfettamente.Thanks ... 22 Apr 2008 13:12

Any Success with USB VGA/Mouse/Kybd KVM Switches????
I was planning to purchase an IOGEAR GCS632u USB KVM, but wanted to know if anybody has had success with this device. Thanks in advance ... 23 Apr 2008 10:07

Does an SD/MMC Card Hotplug Freeze Linux
I am running a Slackware Linux 2.6.24 kernel and I compiled support for SD/MMC cards I have a Ricoh SD card reader and I mounted it. I was able to write a test file to it and see it from a Windows box. However, it seems my Linux system hung after I pulled it out. I made sure to umount before I took it out. ... 21 Apr 2008 15:45

Need bash script please.
Please help me with this frustrating/infuriating task, which I've failed to do using awk & cooledit-macros. I need to often delete repeated patterns of consecutive lines in text files, which patterns start with a line of partially known contents, and have 2 to 4 further lines, and end with a line of partially k... 22 Apr 2008 05:32

Bookmarks frustration!
All in all, a lovely install (12.0), what with a couple of glitches on my part. And then comes the time to reclaim the bookmarks... I was running Galeon and had imported the xbel file into Konqueror quite successfully. Now it's time to feed it to the new browsers, and I'm having no luck at all. I suppose this ... 20 Apr 2008 06:34

Realto Margarino's real identity is Roger Maynard
In alt.os.linux.slackware Realto Margarino <rm(a)justlinux.ca> says: You're pathetic and you're obsessed. There is no "dranyamr" user at justlinux.ca. There is no roger.maynard.justlinux.ca. In 2003, the WHOIS for justlinux.ca listed dranyamlr(a)hotmail.com as the owner. dranyamlr is R.L. Maynard (Roger... 24 Apr 2008 07:38

Realto Margarino's real identity is Roger Maynard
Looks like Roger has once again outed himself. When reading the following, please note that ''dranyamr'' is ''R. Maynard'' spelled backwards. The post at http://groups.google.com/group/news.admin.net-abuse.sightings/msg/031243598ccb8949?dmode=source confirms once again that ''Realto Margarino'' is really '... 19 Apr 2008 07:22

Wifi on HP 6720s laptop Broadcom 4312 card Slackware 12.1current
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:38:40 +0000, Pscylo wrote: I'm trying to configure wireless on the setup above. Lspci reports the following: 10:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02) 10:00.0 0280: 14e4:4312 (rev 02) I'm running Slackware current kernel vers... 18 Apr 2008 15:02