Logitech Quickcam on Slackware 12.2
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From: Mike Spencer on 11 Jan 2010 22:45 Glyn Millington <wistanswick(a)linuxmail.org> wrote: > Mike Spencer <mds(a)bogus.nodomain.nowhere> writes: > >> I haven't folowed all the details of this thread so this may be way >> off base, but... >> >> If you used the Logitech cam on Slack 11 or earlier and you have now >> ported the same driver to Slack 12, you may possibly be having >> problems with the libs used to compile the driver. Slack 12 switched >> to new versions of some libs (gnulibc? gnulic++?) and non-open source >> software compiled with the earlier libs may fail. >> >> This has really pissed me off because I have two commercial packages >> for which I'm compelled to stay with Slack 11 even when I've upgraded >> other boxen to Slack 12. Grrrrrrr.... > > Just wondering - would VirtualBox set you free here? > > http://www.virtualbox.org/ Yeah, I suppose maybe. > ie run Slackware 13 on your machine (with all that juicy KDE4 goodness > :-) but have Slack 11 installed as a virtual machine via VirtualBox and > fire it up when you need your commercial apps? > > It may be overkill of course ..... Smiley noted. I'm a big fan of KISS. No KDE or other "desktop", just X and a wm. I've never mucked about with any VM ware. But once I finish getting Slack 11 all tiddly on my main box, I'll put Slack 12.1 (or maybe 13 if I manage to get it) on another box and then maybe play with virtualbox. But it doesn't sound like KISS approach. Is a P4 powerful enough to run another Linux as a virtual machine without bogging down? With no KDE sucking up RAM and cycles but a kinda oldish CPU? -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
From: Ed Wilson on 12 Jan 2010 11:12 Mike Spencer wrote: > Is a P4 powerful enough to run another Linux as a virtual machine > without bogging down? With no KDE sucking up RAM and cycles but a > kinda oldish CPU? > I have run VirtulaBox on a machine with a 2.8Ghz P4 and 2GB of ram, and it seemed relatively quick. I had Windows 98 as a guest with a Slackware host on a pentium III that was slow, but I think that had more to do with the lack of RAM and not a lack of processor. -- Ed
From: Mike Spencer on 12 Jan 2010 16:20
Ed Wilson <ewilson(a)jackmaxton.com> wrote: > Mike Spencer wrote: > >> Is a P4 powerful enough to run another Linux as a virtual machine >> without bogging down? With no KDE sucking up RAM and cycles but a >> kinda oldish CPU? >> > > I have run VirtulaBox on a machine with a 2.8Ghz P4 and 2GB of ram, and it > seemed relatively quick. I had Windows 98 as a guest with a Slackware host > on a pentium III that was slow, but I think that had more to do with the > lack of RAM and not a lack of processor. Thanks. I have two P4s that are to replace my current PIII and PII boxes. I don't know the speed or RAM numbers off hand and neither is up at the moment. But your report is a helpful landmark. -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada |