Slackware

64 bit acroread anyone?
Is there an acroread package available for 64 bit slack 13.0? Okular and xpdf don't quite do it for me. Thanks. -- -Rinaldi- "... And remember: if you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own." -- "Scoop" Nisker, KFOG radio reporter Preposterous Words ... 4 May 2010 11:10

SlackBuild or package or tips for popbsmtp aka pop-before-smtp
Anybody have a SlackBuild for this one? @ http://sourceforege.net/projects/popbsmtp/ Anybody have any other experience using this daemon with sendmail and (of course) slackware ? Tips and opinions would be helpful. Thanks! -- William Hunt, Portland Oregon USA ... 30 Apr 2010 12:48

Define character set in IceWM (Slack 12.2)
Piggy-backing on Paweł Wlaź: I have tried to alter the /etc/profile.d/lang.sh in the hope that one of them took their config from there, but that did not seem to help. I previously used iso, now I have switched to utf8. The only thing I had to change was settings in /etc/profile.d/lang.sh I j... 2 May 2010 13:07

stealth domain
I know this might not be the right group for this question, but it's one I trust. So, is there a service or whatever that will allow me to register a domain name under my nick, notbob? IOW, if someone does a who/dig they will only get notbob instead of my real name. I'm about to take the plunge and create a cou... 30 Apr 2010 09:27

Define character set in KDE or XFCE (Slack 13)
I live in norway, and we have som special characters. Therefore I need to use the iso8859-1 or utf8 character set. Om my computer both KDE and XFCE are in use. I mount a large fileshare, and have to define iocharset in fstab. If I set iocharset to utf8 then XFCE displays everything fine, but KDE and the t... 4 May 2010 03:31

mysqld problem
I am using Slackware 12.2 with mysql-5.0.67 and am trying to develop a LAMP application for my local network. When I start mysqld with /usr/bin/mysqld_safe & or rc.mysqld start, I get the initial message and a flashing cursor. The only way I can get a command prompt is by hitting control c. From that point I... 1 May 2010 06:32

Slack faq-o-matic
Hey! Whuh happened to Keith Keller's slack faq-o-matic. I was gonna direct that poster with the MARK question to it, but his SF server is dead. That was a great resource. nb ... 1 May 2010 09:47

Change interval for -- MARK -- entries
Hello, There is a way to change the intervsl for te - MARK -- entries in the /var/adm/messages file. But I've fovrgotten how to do it :( Could somebody please tell me the secret? Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Hans. ... 2 May 2010 08:44

p1006
Based on advice that it would work `mostly', I bought a HP P1006 printer Has anyone ever got them to work on Slack, and how? -- greymaus .. . .... ... 29 Apr 2010 18:03

Slack13, src2pkg, FATAL! Home directory...
Hi, I am just starting with src2pkg (src2pkg-2.1-noarch-7.tgz, Slackware 13) I followed installation instructions from http://www.src2pkg.net/quickstart (I hope ;-) ) Being an user I do $ pwd /home/jakub1/src $ ls ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz $ src2pkg ta-lib-0.4.0-src.tar.gz FATAL! Home directory was given as... 1 May 2010 04:23