Slackware

Slack 12.1 - scripts to make usb boot stick and install lilo
Installed Slack 12.1 - however, skipped the bit to install/configure kernel, lilo and usb boot stick - booted off of kernel I was using for 12.0 (compiled by myself). however, too much broken. What scripts do I need make the usb boot stick and install initrd to give me a standard slack installation. Note, I b... 19 Jun 2008 01:12

Slackware Release Fun and Games Results
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Well the results are in. Slackware 12.1 was released 2008.05.01 according to the Changelog. Here are the bets. Two Ravens 2008.06.12 Dan C 2008.04.02 Loki Harfagr 2008.07.15 Keith Keller 2008.... 6 May 2008 23:24

Slackware versus OpenBSD
> The only thing I have against OBSD (if regular use is considered) is IO efficiency- it is really sloooow. Really? From what outhouse wall did you read that? From www.openbsd.org? Or maybe from the wallpainting which says: synchronous filesystems are ALWAYS slower though recommended by OBSD team? ... 6 May 2008 23:24

Slackware 12.1 Released
On Sat, 03 May 2008 20:39:02 -0400, Ruben wrote: On Sat, 03 May 2008 14:24:12 +0200, Visvanath Ratnaweera wrote: Amazing the amount of bandwidth people have these days! I'm always complaining about how little bandwidth there is especially compared to a few years ago and what could be. ... 6 May 2008 23:24

Kmail Error:could not start process pop3
I have installed slackware 12.1,but kmail doesn't work, throwing up the above message.Anyone any ideas ,what's causing this? ... 7 May 2008 08:31

ldconfig segfault
I have largely lurked here for a number of years, but I now have a truly vexing problem. I have a Dell D820 laptop that I have been running (with pretty good success) with Slack-current right up to the last change (12.1 RC-4). I rebuilt the kernel with the tuxonice-3.0 patches and things appeared to be working we... 7 May 2008 01:08

SlackE17 for Slackware 12.1
Hi, I am pleased to announce the availability of SlackE17 for the new Linux Slackware 12.1. SlackE17 is a project of packaging the Enlightenment DR17 (E17) window manager for Slackware. It contains more than 60 packages for x86. Changes of the 20080504 release include: - new modules - new themes (including ... 6 May 2008 22:20

Driver doesn't compile to .ko
Huub wrote: Hi, Running Slack 12, I've been trying to compile a kerneldriver for the ACX100 Wificard. According to the sf.net page for ACX, this should be possible despite ACX not being a kerneloption. I've installed and compiled 3 times now according to their directions (create drivers/net/wireles... 6 May 2008 23:24

SeaMonkey "default application"
King Beowulf wrote: I'll have to agree. XINE/gxine drives me nuts as it "kinda works, sometimes for some things" but mplayer has never let me down - either on Slackware or SLAMD64. Besides, the UI for xine sucks and gxine isn't any better. Since I upgraded to 12, I've had nothing but problems with it... 6 May 2008 23:24

In place upgrade 12>>12.1
On May 4, 5:47 am, Peter <pe...(a)localhost.com> wrote: I have never upgraded in place a Slackware installation. I always installed the upgrade on a new partition and rebuilt all the customizations. I did this for all the obvious reasons, but most important because I have upgraded and/or recompiled versions o... 6 May 2008 23:24