Slackware

13.1 and VMware Workstation
Anybody in this forum tried to install VMware Workstation 7 under Slackware 13.1? If so, could you please share your experiences? ... 16 Jul 2010 09:52

Lenovo notebook X201, 13.1 "black screen" bug
Hi alll On 15.06.2010 01:37, Martin wrote: Arun Vidarjee wrote: ... The 13.1 64 DVD booted properly and I could install Slack on the HD. But had the black screen booting from HD. I could avoid that appending "nomodeset" to kernel boot parameters. The kernel version is 2.6.33.4 #3 SMP ... x8... 15 Jun 2010 13:08

IPtables - forwarding question
How do I set up a stateful filter for a client machine? ATM I can restrict things to the local network, but as traffic is all local network to the client until the router box masqerades it, the client can still reach through the router box and out to the web, and the reverse is true also. I'm looking for ... 14 Jun 2010 12:51

Slackware 13.1: Can't dual boot?
I have installed Slack-13.1 on a SATA drive ( /dev/sda ) and Windows on IDE drive ( Slack-13.1 detects this ide drive as /dev/sdb instead of /dev/hdb). I have installed lilo on /dev/sda and added these lines in lilo.conf: other = /dev/sdb1 label = Windows table = /dev/sdb It boots Linux fine, but when I... 15 Jun 2010 03:14

NIS - Creating /etc/publickey
I would greatly appreciate any help: I have everything set up but when I run /usr/lib/yp/ypinit -m it stops with the error gmake[1]: *** No rule to make target '/etc/publickey', needed by 'publickey.byname'. Stop. I don't have the newkey program installed as I don't know which package it is in. Thanks in... 14 Jun 2010 11:44

Alt.OS.Linux.Slackware FAQ pointer
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... 13 Jun 2010 03:59

PS2 Mouse not working under Slackware 12.1 Xorg
Hi, Guys I've finally committed to moving my desktop machine up to the Slackware 13.1 (from Slackware 12.0), and have run into a minor problem. I've completed the upgrade from 12.0 to 12.1 with no major issues and only one minor issue: my PS2 Mouse stopped working with Slackware 12.1's xorg and the 'closed sou... 1 Jul 2010 23:20

Printer problem
Since I upgraded from Slack-13.0 to 13.1 I can't get my printer working correctly. My printer an Epson Stylus COLOR 880 used to work in all earlier versions of Slack. I suppose it has something to do with CUPS , but I don't know what to do about it.The printer is recognized in CUPS, so far so good,but when I am... 27 Jun 2010 04:09

Interview with Eric Hameleers
Dear fellow Slackers! We are happy to publish an interview with Eric Hameleers, a member of the Slackware core team: http://slackworld.berlios.de/2010/eric-hameleers-on-slackware-13.1.html As well as the earlier interview with Robby Workman, it is devoted to the recent release of Slackware-13.1. Enjoy! --... 14 Jun 2010 21:48

hp smh and agents
Has anyone lately tried to install the hp management tools like the system management homepage on slackware64? -- HAns ... 10 Jun 2010 19:00