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Questions, answers & general talk of Slackware Linux.
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Slowness, I/O and kswapd issues
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Hi all,
I've been experiencing slowdowns on my machine that last several seconds. Using iotop it is apparent that kswapd and various btrfs threads are periodically maxing out the disk I/O capability. These invariably freeze machine (mouse still works but not much else) until they settle down.... more »
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libpopt
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Hallo alle miteinander,
"aaa-elflibs" has an older "libpopt" library than the "popt" packet - that can make problems with "samba-4.0.5".
Viele Gruesse
Helmut
"Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
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Cobol comes to Slackware
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So the changelog today has another big bunch of updates, including "open-cobol", which I probably wouldn't have noticed, except for the statement "We're finally a mature operating system. Enjoy. :)".
The slew of updates is prefaced with "Thanks to Robby Workman for help with many of these updates!" but I don't know if he's responsible for the... more »
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XFCE : Mixer applet crashes when scrolling
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Hello
In two slack14 install (32bit and 64) bits, I installed the XFCE desktop.
I installed the Mixer applet.
When I mouse scroll on it, it crashes. In 13.37, it used to raise volume
down and up.
How to make the mixer applet works again?
Thanks
-- Kevin
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import stereo sound from blue socket
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The blue socket on e.g. a sound card or motherboard is alleged to be
line input.
I can set up a stereo device to send sound to this socket.
How do I coax Slack 14 to input this sound? Later on I can use some
ripper program to build up a file for burning a cdrom. But how does
Slackware recognize that I have an audio file to send and store?... more »
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X multilingual?
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Hi, want ot choose Slackware as my regular os because like very much
the idea of elegance through simplicity and minimalism.
However when reading the comparative description:
[link]
there's something which worries a little... i.e. the feature
"Multilingual" is specified as unsupported... what does it mean... more »
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Reliability of wireless connection?
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I have a requirement for a 24/7 wireless connection to a network.
I have tried various combinations of pci/pci-e wireless cards and 80211g
or 802.11n. All my attempts have used wicd to open the connection.
In one case the computer is in the same room as an AT&T U-verse
gateway. In another case the computer is two walls away from... more »
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Anyone using Blender?
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I tried the Slackbuild and also a later version downloaded from the
Blender site. Both versions take me back to the kdm signon screen.
Never had a program do that to me before.
Slack 14 64 BIT.
John Culleton
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