Open/install a .txz package on Slackware 12.2?
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From: Tuxedo on 4 Jan 2010 12:09 Henrik Carlqvist wrote: [...] > If so, I have no better idea than to stick to Slackware 12.2 and hope that > the intel issues will be resolved in future versions of the kernel and X > included in upcoming versions of Slackware. I agree this is the best available option in this time of age. It appears that 12.2 is still well maintained in terms of number of pre-packaged programs in various third-party repositories. However, even in 12.2 after running in DRI mode and thereafter logging out of X the text in the console flickers strangely and I have no idea what the cause may be, but something is definitely not 100% right under the hood. At best it's just a wrongly configured xorg.conf, meaning that xorgsetup gets the values wrong on my particular hardware. According to the article linked at distrowatch there are "48 combinations of settings for different features in the 2.6.x and 2.7.x Intel video drivers". Will dive into xorg.conf the manual way next... Tuxedo
From: Mike Jones on 4 Jan 2010 12:49 Responding to Tuxedo: > Mike Jones wrote: > > [...] > >> Have you tried 'xorgsetup' at all? Its more like the old way of doing >> things. Don't forget to check through your new xorg.conf and add back >> bits you might need, like maybe prefered gamma settings, etc. > > Sure I did, however, it failed in making DRI work with any of the > drivers, and the hard part is knowing what is necessary to add manually > to xorg.conf, as well as finding the values relating to the hardware. > This information isn't exactly written anywhere on Intel's or Samsung's > websites. > > So far it is only DRI that isn't working and this is obviously because > the drivers are broken to begin with. I'm pretty sure it would work on a > much older Linux system. I've searched countless forums and found many > people having similar problems but could not find a clear solution > anywhere. > > Tuxedo Ah. I have indeed been installing on older hardware. Looks like the same routine as with S12.0 Wait for the bugs to be ironed out before deploying, which'll mean S13.1 = patched, and S13.2 = final. -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Tuxedo on 4 Jan 2010 15:46 Mike Jones wrote: [...] > Ah. I have indeed been installing on older hardware. > > Looks like the same routine as with S12.0 Wait for the bugs to be ironed > out before deploying, which'll mean S13.1 = patched, and S13.2 = final. Can't wait for the release :-) Tuxedo
From: Richard Herbert on 4 Jan 2010 18:11 On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:31:41 +0100, Tuxedo wrote: > Hi, > > Is it possible to open a .txz package on Slackware 12.2? I'd like to > test the various Intel Xorg drivers in a 12.2 environment of my > hardware, meaning the drivers from the extra directory on the 13.0 DVD: > > xf86-video-intel-2.5.1-i486-1.txz > xf86-video-intel-2.6.3-i486-1.txz > xf86-video-intel-2.7.1-i486-1.txz > xf86-video-intel-2.8.1-i486-1.txz > > Or are these also available somewhere in a .tgz package format? > > Is one of the above drivers the same version that comes pre-installed on > Slackware 12.2? If so, which one? > Thanks, > Tuxedo I keep seeing these questions about .txz packages. Simply download and installpkg xz-4.999.9beta-i486-1.tgz from slackware/current. You'll also need pkgtools-13.0-noarch-3.tgz, but you can get that from /current as well. I've been using this combo in 12.2 with no problems whatsoever. Richard Herbert
From: Martin on 5 Jan 2010 04:04
Richard Herbert wrote: > I keep seeing these questions about .txz packages. Simply download and > installpkg xz-4.999.9beta-i486-1.tgz from slackware/current. You'll also > need pkgtools-13.0-noarch-3.tgz, but you can get that from /current as > well. I've been using this combo in 12.2 with no problems whatsoever. I would add the packages "file" and "tar" to the list, the latter for the -J option. I believe at the time of introducing txz (April 2009) a few other packages where mentioned in the changelog, but you can probably ignore them for your purpose. Ark doesn't handle txz "in one go" to this day. ;-) Martin |