Slackware

web design software
I am using Slackware 12.2 and do not use KDE. I downloaded the latest version of Kompozer for Linux and after gzip/tar I couldnt find how to install or use it from the documentation or web site. If anyone has found out how to handle this - Please advise. I would also appreciate any recommendation of any more... 12 Apr 2010 17:00

Printing with CUPS and plain text
I sometimes find it convenient to take a text document and print it to my printer with something like $ lpr my_file.txt Where my printer is a CUPS based K5400 Officejet Pro. I'm running Slackware64 13.0. This works quite well, in general, but there is on annoying problem that persists. The margins on the ... 7 Apr 2010 02:24

What wifi card (PCI and USB) works out of the box with Slack 13?
Hello, that's the question. I'd like to buy such a card to be sure it is supported by slack w/o problem. What would you suggest? Thank you ... 4 Apr 2010 15:56

I am going to install Slack on Celeron600 w 190MB Ram. Need advice
Hello, what would you suggest regading this configuration? Is there anything I should know or avoid? And does slackware recongnise USB wifi cards (Mine is DLINK) or I should get a PCI one? Thanks a lot ... 4 Apr 2010 07:09

Alt.OS.Linux.Slackware FAQ pointer
Posted-By: auto-faq 3.3.1 (Perl 5.010) Archive-name: aolsfaq Current-maintainer: aolsfaq-maintainer(a)therockgarden.ca FAQ last updated: Fri Dec 4 01:11:57 EST 2009 This is a periodic pointer to the Frequently-Asked Questions list (FAQ) for the alt.os.linux.slackware newsgroup. The FAQ which may be frequent... 3 Apr 2010 03:56

Problem with kernel upgrade and VMware
Hi, after kernel upgrade to 2.6.33 version i can not run VMware Player. I see this errors modinfo: could not find module vmmon modinfo: could not find module vmnet modinfo: could not find module vmblock modinfo: could not find module vmci modinfo: could not find module vsock VMware Players shows window where ... 7 Apr 2010 08:56

Kernel.org
If you check <URL: http://kernel.org/> today 1. April you might notice something unusual. -- Thomas O. This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation. ... 2 Apr 2010 02:47

Why does Patrick ignore Java updates?
Hello, yesterday, I sent a mail to Patrick, asking for SeaMonkey, Firefox and Java updates. Today, I see that the browser updates are already here, but why does Patrick ignore Java updates over and over again? http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/javacpumar2010.html Fo... 8 Apr 2010 18:32

Slackware 12.2 audio
Hi, Slackware 12.2 I had no problem with sound and audio during an uptime of about 130 days. Then, a brief power outage, a reboot, and no sound. $ uname -a Linux dellstar 2.6.27.7-smp #2 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:32:43 CST 2008 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7300 @ 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux from lsp... 28 Apr 2010 02:50

Slack 13.0 and X.org
After a very long time during which Slack 12.0 ran flawlessly, even though there's a spaghetti of soft links that sometimes even confuses the boot routine (gotta love Slackware!!), I've finally had to upgrade one of the boxen. The new Gimp (I am told) sports a GEGL 16 bit capability, and Gimp is sooooo much superi... 8 Apr 2010 13:58