Slackware :: Good Usb Wireless Adapter That Works Out Of Box With Slack 13.1?
Sep 7, 2010Anyone know of a good usb wireless adapter that works out of the box with slack 13.1?
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Slackware :: Good Wireless Card That Works With System Out Of Box?
Mar 7, 2011I have an older laptop (Dell Inspiron 4100) on which I have installed a minimal Slackware system, and have just managed to get wireless working by using a Linksys Wireless-G card (WPC54GS) and installing the b43 packages from the SlackBuilds site.
Unfortunately, I am experiencing system freezes ... and if my Google searches are correct, these are related to the firmware driver (b43 stuff).
I wonder if anyone can recommend a good wireless card that works with Slackware out of the box ?
Slackware :: Old P4 Laptop - Is Slack Still A Good Choice For Old Equipment
Apr 12, 2010I apologize because I know this is really a worn out question, but I have a reason for asking. My wife gave me this laptop in December 2003 as a Christmas gift. At the time it was state of the art and she spent over ?1100 on it. It is a Samsung V25, P4 2.8Ghz 1GB memory 40GB HD. It still has the original XP home OS on it, and when I got a new laptop a couple of years ago, I let her have it to use because she refuses to use Linux and she did not have a laptop. Well, she stopped using it when she got netbook and it has been jut lying around. After so many years of use, as you might expect Windows now just crawls with so much crap on it and is very unpredictable (might work might not.)
My thought is that she might start using it again (and I certainly would), if I could show her that there is still plenty of life left in it. I KNOW that Slack will be faster, but before I wipe the drive (she is still kind of sentimental about me doing that), and I want to see if I can get a couple of comments about the hardware and what trouble I might expect. I ask because I have tried dozens of live CDS, and some work and some don't. For example, the newest Knoppix would not run (freezes when it tries to start X.) Anyway, the specs are
Display: Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PL
Sound: Crystal WDM AC'97 ICH4
This thing has most of the goodies that loaded laptops offered in those days (i.e. 1394 port). I am most concerned about the display because I have read about others who have had difficulty with Intel graphics. It is my intention to -Current on it, since it runs great on my main laptop. So if someone could just offer a little bit of their experience with similar old equipment
Slackware :: Slack 13.0 Proftpd Works Only For Anonymous
Dec 16, 2010Fresh Slack 13.0 64bit with default proftpd installation allows to log-in the anononymous user only. All the shell users (having valid shell in /etc/passwd) are rejected.
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Jan 29, 2010The linksys wusb54gcv3 usb wireless device appears to have either the ralink 2070 or the ralink 3070 chip. Has anybody got this to work in Slackware 13? I searched this forum and haven't found any current solutions. Nor can I find a current slackbuild for this device's chip.
Here is the output of dmesg | tail for the device:
usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 2
usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1737, idProduct=0077
usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 2-2: Product: 802.11 g WLAN
usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Ralink
usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 1.0
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
No modules loaded for the device, however.
Ubuntu Networking :: Wireless Adapter That Works Out Of The Box?
Mar 22, 2011I bought the Asus n13 and am ready to pull my hair out. I've followed the posts and cannot get it going so I'm taking it back. I need something that will just work. HP s5747 computer.
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Oct 1, 2009This is my startup routine:
I log on and Network Manager shows no wireless adapter.
I go to System > Administration > Network:
There are two entries in the Devices tab: Wireless and Ethernet
As soon as I double click the Wireless device and the configuration pops up, the device starts working (no changes to the settings are made)
I have the following set to ON:
- Controlled by Network Manager
- Activate device when computer starts
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Slackware :: Is There Something Seriously Changed From Slack 10 To Slack 13.1 ?
Apr 18, 2011I have just reinstalled slackware on my old p4 3.2 box clean install formatted hard drive no other packages installed.is there something seriously changed from slack 10 to slack 13.1 ?? or do i suffer from C.R.S ( cant remember s***)
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Oct 11, 2010So I recently installed Slackware 13.1 and now want to get my D-Link DWA-140 to work with it. However I'm quite an amateur at Linux and can't seem to figure out how to. After following many different how-tos and tutorials this is where I am: I got 2010_0709_RT2870_Linux_STA_v2.4.0.1 (supposedly USB driver)package and rt2870.bin (supposedly firmware) in my root catalog. What I have already done with them:
make & make install in 2010_0709~
blacklisting modules 2x00usb, 2x00lib, 2800usb
modprobe rt2870sta
copying rt2870.bin to /lib/firmware
Regardless of everything, my adapter still is not active.. and how can I make the OS load the module at startup?
Slackware :: Connect To Internet With Wireless Adapter?
Jun 10, 2011I recently moved out of state and don't have access to the net, however the neighbor of where I am staying is nice enough to let me leech off of her network till I get going. I know next to nothing about slackware and wireless networks since I have never had to mess with it. I have done my reading and have gotten this far.
1) wirelss card is installed and recognized, its a PCI b/g card that uses the ath5 module. The module is loaded and seems to be working.
2) I have heard wicd is easy so I installed it from /extra and it found my essid and accepted the wep password and it says connected at 45% and shows an IP.
however when I launch firefox or try to ping out nothing happens.
Slackware :: Realtek 8192CE Wireless Adapter Firmware
Jun 17, 2011So I bought a new wireless pci-e adapter today that has a realtek 8192CE chipset. I checked before I bought it and it is supported in the kernel since 2.6.38. Just to be safe I used the kernel-huge-2.6.39-rc4 config file from testing just to get it to work. All the kernel modules are loaded correctly and it is recognized by iwconfig, however wicd acts as if there is no wireless card in the system. I checked dmesg and saw this error.
rtl8192cu:loading firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin
rtl8192cu:firmware loading failed
So I googled around and didn't find much except for somethings about needing firmware. I did make firmware_install but for some reason there is no rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin file. As a test I found an RPM that had the bin file I needed. I converted it to a tgz and ran explodepkg on it to extract the one file I needed. I made a directory /lib/firmware/rtlwifi and dropped the .bin file in and wicd immediately found my networks. So I guess it is a missing firmware issue, however I am currently not able to obtain and ip address. Why did the kernel not build the firmware I need, or is that something I have to download and build separately?
Hardware :: Good USB Headset That Works With Fedora?
May 15, 2010I'm trying to find a good USB headset that works with Fedora, does anyone have a good suggestion for this. I tried to do some research but some seem like they're a pain in the ass to setup.
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Jul 22, 2010What's a good cad program that works with Linux?
Is it possible to do any cad drawings on Linux?
I ve given up trying to run auto cad on Linux no matter how i try it just wont work properly and crashes and I lose what I have done.
Are there any other options apart from QCAD?
Slackware :: Cannot Shutdown Slack 13.1
Apr 18, 2011I've install Slackware 13.1 and i cannot shutdown my PC. The shut down process stop while trying to run PCMCIA module.
This is the first time that happens.
From Hardware point of view , i didn't do anything at all (if that helps).
Slackware :: Upgraded Php To 5.3.x In Slack 13.1?
Dec 23, 2010Anyone upgraded php to 5.3.x in slack 13.1?
Could you please share the slackbuild?
Slackware :: Slack 13.7 KDE Seems Hanged?
Jul 2, 2011I installed a slack 13.7 on an old laptop. KDE was set as default desktop. then I login and run startx and I saw KDE first screen display. after that I saw blank screen with a mouse on it. Then it stayed there and it seems try read some in my harddisk since the persistent harddisk light.
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May 2, 2011When I try to put slackware to sleep or have it hibernate the system simply sits with a black screen. Normally it would do this for a short period of time immediately before the actual sleep state (screen powered off, croissant light on) is entered, but currently it does it indefinitely. My sleep USED to work just fine, it broke after some unclean shutdown or another, basically I just want to know what I can try resetting to try to get it back to normal.
Slackware64 13.1, running on thinkpad X61.
EDIT: Of course the second I make the post I think of trying to sleep/hibernate from the command line instead of through X/GDM (Gnome SlackBuild). That works.
Slackware :: Upgrading Slack From 13.1 To 13.37?
May 2, 2011I have some doubts about the official Pat's upgrading procedure. In the UPGRADE.TXT file, one of the stepts says:
Code:
upgradepkg --install-new *.t?z What does --install-new mean? Pkgs I have no installed on my 13.1 will be installed on the 13.37 upgrade? For example, I did not installed KDE on 13.1. Will be installed when upgrade? - What about third party pkgs? Slacky, SlackBuilds.org, compiled by myself. Should I remove them before upgrading slack?
Slackware :: Why There Are No Smp Kernels On 64 Bit Slack
Sep 1, 2010Does it mean that a 64 bit version is not multi-core?
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Dec 23, 2009I have a XPS 1530 and when I type
lsusb
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Slackware :: Armed Slack On Tonidoplug?
Mar 21, 2011Has anyone here succeeded in getting armed slack running on a consumer kirkwood device .ie. one without serial console? I have a tonido plug that I want to liberate. By default the plug boots first from the external usb, so I would only need to set up / on the first partition. I would be very interested to know if someone had managed to install slack to the internal nand without bricking it.
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Dec 18, 2010I downloaded Qt SDK file (530 MB and file is ok ) qt-sdk-linux-x86-opensource-2010.05.1.bin, I type in console ( slackware ) like in manual for installation at site
Quote:
chmod u+x qt-sdk-linux-x86-opensource-2010.05.1.bin
but when I type second command for installation
Quote:
./qt-sdk-linux-x86-opensource-2010.05.1.bin
I get error message
Quote: bash: ./qt-sdk-linux-x86_64-opensource-2010.05.1.bin: cannot execute binary file How to install ?
Slackware :: Can't Install Imlib2 On Slack-13
Jan 30, 2010I compiled it from source, i installed it via slackbuild but it didn't work. When i go imlib-config --version it shows me the old one, and when i try to install giblib it tells me that imlib2 is not installed. I watched the output from the installing of imlib2 and i realized something's wrong: there are several suspicious warnings :
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Slackware :: Change BootSpash In Slack 13.1
Feb 8, 2011I don't know if i'm doing anything wrong but, to change the bootsplash picture its just change the slack.bmp in lilo.conf and reboot?
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Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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any way i can transfer files back and forth to this would be great since it does not work in vista either. and I am pretty sure 99.9% that I have all the libmtp, libnjb, and whatever other libs are needed installed but in gnomad it says no devices found on USB hub. I hope this is enough info and someone out there has the trick or maybe I am missing something obvious.
Slackware :: DBUS / Compiz In Slack 13.1?
Jul 9, 2010i installed compiz fusion on my slack 13.1 i installed in the good order all the packages nevetheless when i try to use DBUS in command line i don't have any response from compiz
here is one example
Code:
dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.compiz /org/freedesktop/compiz/switcher/allscreens/next org.freedesktop.compiz.activate string:'root' int32:`xwininfo -root | grep id: | awk '{ print $4 }'`but no reaction .what can i check to have a functionnal DBUS ?
Slackware :: GNS3 V0.6.1 Install On Slack 12.2?
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