Slackware

Slrnpull_root
Hi group, I;ve recently discovered slrn and slrnpull for news reading as some of you may recall from the "news server" thread about local news serving needs. Currently I'm alternating between Claws-Mail and slrn. I have a question in regards to security though. As slrnpull needs to run as root or under sudo in ... 25 Jun 2010 15:21

timout binary question
Does the "timeout" binary come with Slackware 12.2? I seem to have lost it in my fresh install, and can't remember if it was something I added to my old installation or not. If its an extra, where is a reliable source for a 12.2 .tgz? Ta. -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK ne... 23 Jun 2010 06:12

Slackware 13 Pkgtools on backlevel systems
Working under Slackware 12.2, I need to be able to "upgradepkg --dry-run" against the Slackware 13.0 distribution packages. But, since Slackware 13.0 uses the new TXZ format, the Slackware 12.2 pkgtools (pkgtools-12.1.0-noarch-7) doesn't recognize the upgraded packages, and reports all TXZ packages as "will not upg... 5 Jul 2010 19:57

nfs on new 13.1 inistall won't connect
I can't mount the two exported nfs directories on my file storage box like I would usually do with prior slackware versions. The nfs-utils on the serverside are vers. 1.0.7. and nfs-utils-1.2.2 on the Slackware 13.1 install. It still mounts the directories on a 13.0 install with no problems. I,m using a sim... 2 Aug 2010 05:58

X graphics
Recently got Slackware 13.0. Was using 12.0. Found that the graphics in 13.0 are flaky. intel driver gives graphics artifacts, especially in Kde. vesa driver avoids this problem, but the supplied xorg.conf-vesa needed files and modules sections tweaked. Don't know if I did that right. Works OK now except that... 27 Jun 2010 10:37

state of the video driver nation (was: KDE Desktop Effects + Fglrx)
Aaron W. Hsu wrote: Has anyone tried the 10.6 Catalyst ATI Proprietary driver with Slackware64 13.1 and KDE? While the driver seems to be working fine, to the effect that I can run 3- d games just fine with it and get some good 3-d tests going, KDE doesn't seem able to use Desktop Effects. When I t... 19 Jun 2010 21:04

KDE Desktop Effects + Fglrx
Has anyone tried the 10.6 Catalyst ATI Proprietary driver with Slackware64 13.1 and KDE? While the driver seems to be working fine, to the effect that I can run 3- d games just fine with it and get some good 3-d tests going, KDE doesn't seem able to use Desktop Effects. When I try to enable compositing, it ju... 19 Jun 2010 18:53

Quanta plus
none <""micke\"@(none)"> wrote: btw.. Where did you find the unsupported 13.0 package from? Is it on 13.0 disks? (Haven't tried 13.0 :-D ) On the Slackware site and mirrors: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/unsupported/kde-3.5.10-for-slack13.0 (and equivalent trees on the mirrors). I don't know if it ... 19 Jun 2010 11:16

IPtables - forwarding question (take 2)
Ok. Lessavanutha go. ;) Assuming dnsmasq is configured properly (it works fine), and assuming aliens are not disrupting anything else... I've got (stripped back to related bits) these firewall details... # === SERVER === # IPT="/usr/sbin/iptables" NIC_LAN="eth1" PORTS_DHCP="53,67,68,4567" $IPT ... 17 Jun 2010 21:10

Best site to get 13.1 DVD?
I want to download the 13.1 DVD. Half a dozen sites in the US have stopped sending when I get 2Gb or so. The rest of the sites don't show the iso images. I tried a UK site but it also stopped at 2.1Gb. At the risk of Slashdotting the site, what should I use? TIA ... 17 Jun 2010 04:36