Slackware

Slackware 13, ntfs-3
On Sep 1, 5:58 am, "Wawa" <pas...(a)spam.ici> wrote: Hello there, I use ntfs-3g for mounting my ntfs windows partitions. Since 2009.1.1 release, ntfs-3g use unicode and Slackware is, as far as i know, mainly ISO based. I have always use ISO8859-15 (fr_FR(a)euro) as locale until release 12.2 without ... 1 Oct 2009 15:03

ext4, where?
So I got my v13 discs in the mail, pulled an old server and whacked it right on there, no problems. I am a simple man (ask my wife) and so I had 4 partitions: swap / /home /tmp So I'm going through designating the partitions - ext4 for / and /home, wonderful. But what about /tmp? I wound up slapping ext2 on... 4 Oct 2009 19:56

expresscard SSD issues
Hallo, I am trying to mount a Verbatim expresscard SSD on Slackware 13/64. The device is seen from the pciehp module, but I can't get a device file from pata_acpi. Please, how can I access the disk? Regards -- Enos, from Italy Computer: IBM/Lenovo T60 with i945 chipset O/S: Slackware 13 SMP x86_64... 24 Sep 2009 05:58

Slackware 13 x86_64
Hi. There are any repositories with Slackware 13 64bit version packages that work with slapt-get for example? ... 25 Sep 2009 13:03

In UK - trying to use ITV Player - needs 16 bit color depth !?
Hi, I'm in the UK trying to watch catchup TV via http://www.itv.com/ITVPlayer/?intcmp=NAV_ITVPLAYE2 on Slackware Linux 12.2. I have the latest Flash 10.0.32.18, and browsers Firefox 3.0.14 and SeaMonkey 1.1.18 I usually have the colour depth set to 24 bit, 16.7 million colours in xorg.conf, using the line... 1 Oct 2009 06:03

Misc. Slackware Artwork
Here is a simple graphic that I made which can be applied to wallpapers, etc. It can be shaded,scaled and rotated according to taste and applied to an existing image using the gimp: http://www.xmission.com/~ddmayne/slackware/slackware-sine.png -- Douglas Mayne ... 19 Sep 2009 22:38

hugesmp.s and initrd.img
i have extract hugesmp.s and initrd.img from usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img of slackware 13, is possible boot with loadlin this kernel image? thanks! ... 17 Sep 2009 18:07

mkinitrd
OK, I've managed to shoot myself in the foot. I /accidentally/ run mkinitrd with the wrong (read: none) parameters. Problem is that I'm running with encrypted file systems, including root. So I though I'd boot the system with some rescue system (tried an old Knoppix, then used a Slack 12.2 DVD lying around), and r... 23 Sep 2009 07:40

xterm vs. [m]rxvt (WAS: Re: Corporate creep in Linux?(mini-rantette))
Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: Responding to dae3: [...] For that matter, I wonder what's wrong with xterm... A good point, seeing as RXVT's key strength is that is it lighter than xterm, and these days thats not even going to cause a ripple on today's hardware. MRXVT does do multiple tabs t... 14 Sep 2009 14:09

Old school beep on 12.2 ?
I modprobe'd pcspkr and raised the "PC Speaker" volume with alsamixer, but I still can't get the classic "bell" from the console or from xterm. Anyone know what else is needed? TIA... -- ~> cat /etc/*-{version,release}|head -n1 && uname -moprs|fold -sw72 Slackware 12.2.0 Linux 2.6.27.7-crrm i686 AMD Turio... 14 Sep 2009 03:03