Slackware

VT6656 WLAN Card
Hi all. I just wonder if anyone have managed to compile the driver from VIA for this card? It's a built in card that is connected to the USB bus. I downloaded the latest version and the one earlier, but I can't get them to compile. 2 errors comes up, perhaps someone here managed? I'm using slackware 12.1 with... 12 Sep 2009 15:07

Installing Flash 10 on Slack 13
I was able to install Flash on 12.2. But using Flash 10 and slack 13 the install sequence stalls on the question about the location of Mozilla. I give it legitimate addresses but it keeps asking again. I even tried the RPM version of Flash 10 but no joy there either. Am I the only one who has had this problem? I... 17 Sep 2009 03:28

Slackware compatible?
You can certainly buy a firebreathing machine for less money that what one would spend in upgrading CPU, mobo, etc, etc, etc. But would it be Slackware compatible? Here's what I'm looking at: HP Pavilion p6112p-b PC Bundle from Staples for $830US and change. Which has... Intel Pentium E6300 Dual Core proce... 14 Sep 2009 18:39

kcore and meminfo report different memory sizes
Hello I was running Linux Slackware 11.0, ran fine for several weeks until full memory was being used; I just rebooted and the system ran fine again.... Now I have upgraded to Linux Slackware 12.2 and the system is painfully slow. The problem is not the hard drive; I get good numbers using hdparm -tT. Not... 11 Sep 2009 02:55

Corporate creep in Linux? (mini-rantette)
Been reading a bit on people complaining about KDE's "features" and other similar "What the hell is it doing NOW?" stuff, and I'm thinking that there is a significant drift toward corporate convenience in Linux distro development, including Slackware (audience gasps!). While "improved market share" is obviou... 6 Oct 2009 15:58

32bit support for Slackware64
I was planning on staying "pure 64", but there are too many 32bit programs that I want to compile and run, so I caved in and added 32bit support. Everyone else finding themselves doing the same? http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=slackware:multilib ... 17 Sep 2009 18:07

Virtualbox compile errors on Slack 13.0 64?
Does anyone get this error when building Virtualbox from slackbuilds? /tmp/SBo/VirtualBox-3.0.4_OSE/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/VBoxLineTextEdit.cpp: In member function 'bool QBasicAtomicInt::ref()': /... 15 Sep 2009 20:16

Slack-13 - AMD-800
So, got the new S13. Installed it, ran my custom SlackMods (written for 12.2) script on it, noted the required tweaks to update, tweaked manually. Just 20 minutes to install stuff (as "full") a,ap,d,l,n.x.xp A few minutes sorting out the required mods to install the NVIDIA drivers, and... Total lockup ... 8 Sep 2009 01:35

RESOLVED- Re: Problem running printer config programme
Peter Chant wrote: Any ideas on how to find out what the problem is? I'm running Slack 64 and the available driver is 32 bit. I'm looking at the merits of: http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=slackware:multilib&s[]=64 OK, slightly rude of me following up my own posts, configuring... 5 Sep 2009 15:21

buy slackware without credit card
is there a way to buy slackware without credit card i've never trusted credit card's, in my opinion their security model is flawed could i purchase slackware with an IBAN money transfer ? ... 8 Sep 2009 23:44