Slackware

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Posted-By: auto-faq 3.3.1 (Perl 5.010) Archive-name: aolsfaq Current-maintainer: aolsfaq-maintainer(a)therockgarden.ca FAQ last updated: Fri Dec 4 01:11:57 EST 2009 This is a periodic pointer to the Frequently-Asked Questions list (FAQ) for the alt.os.linux.slackware newsgroup. The FAQ which may be frequent... 3 Feb 2010 03:57

Samba and slackware
Hallo alle miteinander, I've got a problem ... In the Samba mailinglist Jeremy Allison reported: ---------------- cite on ------------------ Ok, here's the deal. If you have 64-bit Windows clients at the moment you need to be using 3.3.10, not anything later. If you're using 32-bit Windows clients, you ca... 3 Feb 2010 05:02

slack 13 64 & Hercules Silver Classic Webcam
Linux 2.6.29.6 loads these modules: gspca_sonixj 18624 0 gspca_main 25344 1 gspca_sonixj videodev 43168 1 gspca_main v4l1_compat 15364 1 videodev v4l2_compat_ioctl32 10912 1 videodev I compiled & installed libv4l-0.5.97 & w3cam-0.7.2. w3cam's vidcat gr... 2 Feb 2010 14:27

slackware default directory locations
I want to create some build scripts for slackware. Somewhere I found information showing the default directory locations for slackware. For example man dirs, lib dirs etc. I want to keep things in the "proper directory locations" according to slackware I can not remember where it was :( If someone has th... 2 Feb 2010 21:54

Why is it that ... ?
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:50:38 -0500, Sheldon Doofus <sheldon(a)doofus.ca> wrote: Why is it that you almost always have to compile from source unless you get a package put together by a third party? Often, but not always, I think Opera still builds Slackware packages. :-) Aaron W. Hsu -- A profess... 2 Feb 2010 14:27

slack 13.0 sendmail
Hello All, Have just upgraded to slackware 13.0 and hit with a problem. Sendmail is asking for password when users try to send mail. We don't want that. we are using pop-before-smtp and have no desire to change a couple of K users to auth. Anyone know how to turn off Auth in the standard slack 13 setup? Th... 2 Feb 2010 14:26

Change icon associated with executable
When I create an executable it has an icon of a gear wheel. Other executables (e.g., gvim) have custom icons associated with them that show up in konqueror etc. Assuming I have created a custom png of the right dimensions how do I associate a particular executable with that icon? John Culleton ... 2 Feb 2010 14:26

Looking for recommendations on how to perform a massiveupgrade.
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:05:15 -0500 Lew Pitcher <lpitcher(a)teksavvy.com> wrote: I'm moving from partitions on a multi-hundred Gigabyte drive to partitions on a Terabyte drive. Ghosting my existing installation would waste a lot of that new drive, both with the potential cylinder-size mismatches, and wi... 2 Feb 2010 14:26

Problems in dual boot
hi everyone i recently bought a new laptop ASUS with a Pentium Dual-core T4400, a 320 GB hard disk and 4 GB RAM, already packed with Windows 7 Home Edition.So i partitioned the disk in some partitions (NTFS, and also EXT4 and swap) and installed Slackware 13.0 The install went ok, and when asked where to put L... 2 Feb 2010 14:27

Cannot enable desktop effects in KDE 4.3.4 on Slackware 64 13.0
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:32:42 -0500, Paul <pminottawa(a)yahoo.ca> wrote: I cannot enable desktop effects in Slackware. Do you have hardware 3D Acceleration? Aaron W. Hsu -- A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep. ... 2 Feb 2010 14:27