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Re: Glenn Beck's home address?

lpitc...@techsavvy.ca (Lew Pitcher) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:41:08 UT

Dan C <youmustbejok...@lan.invalid> trolled:
We're not trying to fool anybody. But keep followingup. It makes
it easier to get the truth out.
Lew Pitcher
I am gay and I am so fucking proud of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Open/install a .txz package on Slackware 12.2?

tux...@mailinator.com (Tuxedo) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:53:42 UT

[...]
Sure I did, however, it failed in making DRI work with any of the drivers,
and the hard part is knowing what is necessary to add manually to
xorg.conf, as well as finding the values relating to the hardware. This
information isn't exactly written anywhere on Intel's or Samsung's websites.
So far it is only DRI that isn't working and this is obviously because the

Re: Open/install a .txz package on Slackware 12.2?

tux...@mailinator.com (Tuxedo) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:41:29 UT

I wrote:
[...]
After testing all four Intel drivers shipped in the extra directory and
doing 'upgradepkg --install-new' for each and auto-reconfiguring X by
'xorgsetup' with full reboots between, none of the drivers work at all on
this hardware, except for 'xf86-video-intel-2.8.1-i486-1 .txz', which runs X

Re: Open/install a .txz package on Slackware 12.2?

n...@arizona.bay (Mike Jones) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:42:43 UT

Responding to Tuxedo:
Have you tried 'xorgsetup' at all? Its more like the old way of doing
things. Don't forget to check through your new xorg.conf and add back
bits you might need, like maybe prefered gamma settings, etc.
I managed to get a fully working X setup doing things this way, that
still worked after installing NVIAIA drivers, and with a working UK

Re: Open/install a .txz package on Slackware 12.2?

tux...@mailinator.com (Tuxedo) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:46:58 UT

I wrote:
[...]
Actually, something must have gone wrong with my first base installation. I
redid the intallation but this time after doing 'X -configure' the 'X
-config /root/xorg.conf.new' command produces just a black screen.
startx works however but after logging out of X there's an error that the

Re: Open/install a .txz package on Slackware 12.2?

tux...@mailinator.com (Tuxedo) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:54:59 UT

I just did a fresh installation of Slackware 13.0. For me X -configure and
thereafter X -config /root/xorg.conf.new returns a screenful of errors in
the console.
Before that the system could initially start in X but without DRI, which is
of course unusable in KDE. Also, after running 'xorgsetup', startx does not

Re: Glenn Beck's home address?

youmustbejok...@lan.invalid (Dan C) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:40:11 UT

On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:30:04 +0000, the poser 'rm' trolled:

Um, nope. Wrong. Liar. Fail.
Bugger off, troll. You're not fooling anybody.

Re: Open/install a .txz package on Slackware 12.2?

d...@localhost.localnet (Douglas Mayne) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:37:11 UT

<snip>
I should have added that I got Slackware 13.0 video to work using the
technique as detailed here:
[link]
I would think that Slackware 13.0's X would work best under Slackware
13.0, not 12.2. YMMV.

Re: file transfer problem

d...@localhost.localnet (Douglas Mayne) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:32:34 UT

Slackware 10.2 is a bit dated at this point. In addition, the smbfs
kernel module is unmaintained (last time I checked- I am surprised it is
not yanked out of the kernel tree.) cifs replaced smbfs, and will most
likely not be subject to a signed 32-bit integer limit. Try mount.cifs,
but you may need something newer than 10.2.

Re: Open/install a .txz package on Slackware 12.2?

tux...@mailinator.com (Tuxedo) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:00:36 UT

Right now I'm trying to make graphics and DRI in X windows working
perfectly on a first Linux installation, with an Intel 82852/82855GM
graphics device and a 1024x768 LCD display. It's a Samsung Q25 notebook and
a totally new installation, so there's no risk of important data loss. It's
also a first time I'm using Slackware. I have a multi-Linux-partition set

file transfer problem

t...@heise.nu (Theodore Heise) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:52:44 UT

Hi all,
This may be a samba question, but I thought I would start here.
I'm trying to transfer a 10 GB file from my linux server (running
Slackware 10.2) to an NTFS partition on a WinXP box on the LAN.
After mounting the partition as such:
mount -t smbfs -o username=*****,password=****** * //hobbes/D /mnt/hobbes

FYI: mplayer/mencoder added to Slackware 13.0

d...@localhost.localnet (Douglas Mayne) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:23:59 UT

I am wondering if anyone has advice or howtos about video capture and
realtime video monitoring via a webcam. A quick google search advised
using the mencoder program, part of the mplayer suite. I see that is now
part of the default Slackware 13.0 install. So far, I have come up with
this simplistic script to start a webcam and monitor:

Re: Open/install a .txz package on Slackware 12.2?

d...@localhost.localnet (Douglas Mayne) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:33:53 UT

AFAIK, there are a couple of options for using txz files. However, I'd
advise caution about "jumping forward" with only selected pre-compiled X
packages. I haven't looked into this closely, but X appears to be
substatially different under 13.0. A lot of users report borked conditions
with the default X install. At the very least, caution is in order.

Re: Glenn Beck's home address?

lpitc...@techsavvy.ca (Lew Pitcher) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:31:29 UT

Res <r...@ausics.net> trolled:
If you had any "troll" software installed, you wouldn't be able to
read your own messages,
Lew Pitcher
I am gay and I am so fucking proud of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lpitc...@techsavvy.ca
LewPitc...@LewPitcher.ca

Re: Glenn Beck's home address?

lpitc...@techsavvy.ca (Lew Pitcher) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:30:04 UT

Dan C <youmustbejok...@lan.invalid> trolled:
He knows, moron. If he can read your posts he doesn't have any
troll avoidance measures functioning.
Um, LewPitcher.ca _is_ the real Pitcher, you dumb fuck.
Lew Pitcher
I am gay and I am so fucking proud of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lpitc...@techsavvy.ca
LewPitc...@LewPitcher.ca