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From: GangGreene on 12 Jan 2010 08:54
Douglas Mayne wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:13:50 -0500, GangGreene wrote:
>
>> Aaron W. Hsu wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:59:28 -0500, GangGreene <GangGreen(a)invalid.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just need to finish up on changing the kernel from huge to generic,
>>>> smp setting up my wireless, and enabling kdm on boot and then I am
>>>> good. BTW does the generic kernel have pae enabled? If not I can
>>>> change it and recompile, I don't think it will be any trouble.
>>>
>>> Make sure that you check out the README in /boot about initrds. That
>>> pretty much explains how a generic kernel works. Most things are
>>> compiled as modules, and I've never had to recompile the generic kernel
>>> proper to get what I wanted. There is also a helper script that will
>>> show you how to build the initrd by automatically scanning your system
>>> and generating the command for you.
>>>
>>> Aaron W. Hsu
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Did not find the helper script to build the initrd. Do you know which
>> package it is in?
>>
> mkinitrd-xx
>>
>> I'll fetch it by force ;)
>>
> No need to force it. Try this:
>
> $ grep mkinitrd /var/log/packages/*
>
> That's an "old chesnut" in the Slackware world, and yields this line
> (among others):
> /var/log/packages/mkinitrd-1.3.4-i486-3:sbin/mkinitrd
>

Must be in thirteen the grep didn't find it
From: GangGreene on 12 Jan 2010 09:00
barnabyh wrote:

> * GangGreene <GangGreen(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>> Douglas Mayne wrote:
>>> Do you mean you are switching to Slackware 12.0? or 12.1? or 12.2?
>>
>> Yes switching to slack 12.2, I don't want kde4, I want kde3.5
>> I will use kde 3.5 until kde4 is mature at the same state as kde 3.5.
>> I was using kde4 on arch what a pain.
>> Even after kde4 is mature I think I rather use xfce4. ;)
>> KDE4 could be all right on slack but still I going with stable.
>>
>
> There are official KDE 3.5 packages out for Slackware 13.
>
> ftp://ftp.slackware.no/pub/linux/slackware/unsupported/
>
> For doing a new install like you do I would really recommend going with
> 13 as well.
>
>
> Barnabyh

OK I'll fetch from the torrents Thanks
From: GangGreene on 12 Jan 2010 09:01
jim dorey wrote:

> GangGreene wrote:
>
>> Yes switching to slack 12.2, I don't want kde4, I want kde3.5
>> I will use kde 3.5 until kde4 is mature at the same state as kde 3.5.
>> I was using kde4 on arch what a pain.
>> Even after kde4 is mature I think I rather use xfce4. ;)
>> KDE4 could be all right on slack but still I going with stable.
>
> the packages to install 3.5 are in the unsupported directory for 13, you
> skip the kde installers, and install 3.5 later, takes maybe 10 seconds
> to find and start the install.

Ok, I was under the inpression that slack changed to kde4

Headed for torrents
From: Douglas Mayne on 12 Jan 2010 10:19
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:54:42 -0500, GangGreene wrote:

> Douglas Mayne wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:13:50 -0500, GangGreene wrote:
>>
>>> Aaron W. Hsu wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:59:28 -0500, GangGreene
>>>> <GangGreen(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just need to finish up on changing the kernel from huge to
>>>>> generic, smp setting up my wireless, and enabling kdm on boot and
>>>>> then I am good. BTW does the generic kernel have pae enabled? If
>>>>> not I can change it and recompile, I don't think it will be any
>>>>> trouble.
>>>>
>>>> Make sure that you check out the README in /boot about initrds. That
>>>> pretty much explains how a generic kernel works. Most things are
>>>> compiled as modules, and I've never had to recompile the generic
>>>> kernel proper to get what I wanted. There is also a helper script
>>>> that will show you how to build the initrd by automatically scanning
>>>> your system and generating the command for you.
>>>>
>>>> Aaron W. Hsu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Did not find the helper script to build the initrd. Do you know which
>>> package it is in?
>>>
>> mkinitrd-xx
>>>
>>> I'll fetch it by force ;)
>>>
>> No need to force it. Try this:
>>
>> $ grep mkinitrd /var/log/packages/*
>>
>> That's an "old chesnut" in the Slackware world, and yields this line
>> (among others):
>> /var/log/packages/mkinitrd-1.3.4-i486-3:sbin/mkinitrd
>>
>>
> Must be in thirteen the grep didn't find it
>
That is probably telling you the package is not installed. Other checks:
$ ls /var/log/packages/mkinitrd*

Also,
$ man mkinitrd

Or as root:
# which mkinitrd

It is strange that it is missing because mkinitrd is in the "a" package
group, and you should have opted to install almost everything in that group.
AFAIK, mkinitrd is the Slackware tool for making an initrd, going back a
long way in the version history. For Slackware 12.2, the package was
initially released in the "slackware/a" package group, as version:
mkinitrd-1.3.2-i486-4.tgz

It has been updated in the "patches/packages/" as of Dec 2008 to version:
mkinitrd-1.3.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz


This was noted in the Changelog:
<begin changelog snippet>
+--------------------------+
Thu Dec 18 12:40:56 CST 2008
patches/packages/mkinitrd-1.3.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz:
Fixed a few bugs in the previous mkinitrd package:
If a kernel version is requested with the -k option and modules are needed to
build the initrd, exit with an error if no matching /lib/modules/ tree is
present. Usually an incorrect kernel version was supplied.
Thanks to Eric Hameleers.
<snip>
<end changelog>

--
Douglas Mayne
From: Eef Hartman on 12 Jan 2010 10:27
GangGreene <GangGreen(a)invalid.com> wrote:
>> the packages to install 3.5 are in the unsupported directory for 13, you
>> skip the kde installers, and install 3.5 later, takes maybe 10 seconds
>> to find and start the install.
>
> Ok, I was under the inpression that slack changed to kde4

It did, KDE 3 is "unsupported" (and it WILL be the last time Pat
will build them). There's no author(s) support for KDE 3 anymore
anyway, so they won't ever change.
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** Eef Hartman, Delft University of Technology, dept. SSC/ICT **
** e-mail: E.J.M.Hartman(a)tudelft.nl - phone: +31-15-278 82525 **
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