Slackware

Kmail and LDAP support
Hi , I am using Kmail as my E-Mail client. I find that on slackware LDAP supoprt for address book is missing. Can some one tell me how to configure it. when ever i try to configure the LDAP in the address book , i get a error regarding kio-slave failure. Please tell me if i have done something wrong. reg... 16 Aug 2006 09:59

PAM
I've been using Slackware for years and I like it a lot. One thing I've wondered and have never heard is the reasons behind choosing not to use PAM for authentication. It doesn't bother me really, although I suppose it could make certain things a little easier. I am mostly just curious what the reasons are? Is ... 14 Mar 2006 13:55

Error in script execution
Hi, Recently this message display during execution of my script. What does it mean? & how can I solve it? Thank you in advance. /root/bin/backup.sh: line 16: 20213 File size limit exceededcp ~backup/`date +%Y%m%d`/* /mnt/myserver/`date +%Y%m%d` >/dev/null -- CL ... 8 Mar 2006 17:07

Samsung ML-1610
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Just for the archives as I hadn't seen anything about this printer here yet. Got a ML-1610 this weekend, cheep laser printer. Went with Samsung because they seem to be Linux friendly. Installed on a plain Slack 10.2 system without any real problems, just followed t... 2 Mar 2006 03:57

Apple iPod
Hello, I got an Apple iPod for Christmas, and I wonder if it is possible to transfer MP3 files to the iPod. I'm running Slackware 10.0 presently. I plugged the iPod into the USB port, boot up the computer, and when I do a mount command it says usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) so it looks like slackwar... 22 Jan 2006 06:22

NTP issue - time drifting, ntpd crashing?
Hi Been fiddling with ntpd on my slackware 10.0 box for a while now but it constantly seems to be freezing and allowing the time to drift significantly. root[at]mythtv:/home/mythtv# uname -a Linux mythtv 2.6.12.3-mythtv #3 Tue Jul 26 23:03:30 EST 2005 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux --- root[at]mythtv:/h... 19 Jan 2006 08:12

Driver for Buffalo LPC PCM CLX
Hi, Anbody has a driver for a Buffalo LPC-PCM-CLX PCMICA card ? Old Mudlark ... 12 Nov 2005 17:37

ndiswrapper
Hi, Has anyone been able to build ndiswrapper on slack? Version 1.4 is the currently stable source. The makefile accesses the kernel source code through /lib/modules/<version>/build. Build instructions say to make the following soft link: ln -s /usr/src/linux-<kernel-version> /lib/modules/VERSION/build I did that ... 31 Oct 2005 14:29

(slackware 10.2) w32codec
Trying to install the w32codecs. Downloaded w32codec-0.52-1.i386.rpm, but when I try to install I get: error: Failed dependencies: /bin/sh is needed by w32codec-0.52-1 Doing a bit of research: http://rhlufaq.nllgg.nl/DOCS/rpms5.html it is suggested that the rpm program is out of date and to downlo... 15 Oct 2005 01:03

SOX and MP3
Hello, I have Slackware 10.0, and want to convert a .wav to .mp3 file. I run sox z.wav z.mp3 and I get the reply sox: Sorry, no MP3 encoding support I can play mp3 files with the play command. I have the libmad library installed. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance klee12 ... 26 Apr 2005 01:13