Guest mahiles Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Just installed Slackware 9.1 and already got a few problems 1. How do I set Slackware up so I can use my mouse wheel? 2. How do I add a new user (I don't want to be using root all the time) 3. How do I configure a printer? 4. How do I configure my sound card? 5. Hmmm can't think of anymore things but am sure some will crop up :? I'm using KDE if I can do it through that or console.. Thanks EDIT: Scratch the new user one I figured that out but still need help on the others! 2nd EDIT: New probs already How can I view my NTFS partition and load it to mount on startup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phat Penguin Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Ok I'll try and help .... 1. You will need to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file ... in the input device section ... look for the mouse section and you will have to add ... something similar to this .... Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" # wheel bit !!!! EndSection 2. Adding a new user ... simple ... your in KDE as root ... go to Menu > System > KUser .... and go for it add as many as you like, easy to do on the commandline but what the heck use the GUI. 3. Sorry, no idea on the printer haven't got around to that myself yet. 4. Sound Cards ... can be a pain ... you can try a sndconfig on the commandline and see how you go ... or in Control Center in the GUI there is a section there to play with sound config's. 5. ............. ask away I am new to Slackware ... installed 9.1 here tonight n what used to be my Win2K box ... no M$ here anymore - running a slack box server for my wireless ADSL connection and have dual monitors, wheel optical mouse, sound all sorted on the workstation :)... now to get the TV Card sussed :) Gotta love Slackware .... Leadtek Winfast TV 2000 tuner card up and running in under 10 mins .... downloaded xawtv and lirc source, compiled - installed ... added a line to /etc/modules.conf .. quick depmod -a .... and I got television .... oh yeah I love it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xaff Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 For the NTFS partition you have to load the NTFS module.. And that's about all I can remember now. Just remember to mount it in readonly mode. (umask 022 I think) (Btw, useradd, usermod, userdel, all the usermanagement you'll ever need) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Just installed Slackware 9.1 and already got a few problems 1. How do I set Slackware up so I can use my mouse wheel? phat penguin handled that.2. How do I add a new user (I don't want to be using root all the time) Slackware has a script for "adduser" that makes it real SIMPLE! just run "adduser as root and just follow the questions, when it ask for a secondary group, put in "sys" that is the group your user will need to be in for sound.3. How do I configure a printer? Don't know, not hooked up to one, but someone can point you the right direction.4. How do I configure my sound card? What kind is it and are you sure it doesnt work?5. Hmmm can't think of anymore things but am sure some will crop up :? I'm using KDE if I can do it through that or console.. Thanks EDIT: Scratch the new user one I figured that out but still need help on the others! 2nd EDIT: New probs already How can I view my NTFS partition and load it to mount on startup? If it is on hda1, add the following to /etc/lilo.conf other=/dev/hda1 label=dos Aw, Slackware, simple and sweet. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Gotta love Slackware .... Leadtek Winfast TV 2000 tuner card up and running in under 10 mins .... downloaded xawtv and lirc source, compiled - installed ... added a line to /etc/modules.conf .. quick depmod -a .... and I got television .... oh yeah I love it !! Give tvtime a try too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mahiles Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 1. Didn't work :( 2. Done that thanks guys :) 3. Been trying to figure it out but can't :( 4. Figured it out on mi own!! 5. NTFS - I didn't mean how to load Windows in lilo I already did that, I meant can I mount the NTFS partition automatically when slackware starts up? 6. Can slackware do supermount for my cdrom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 1. Try; Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" how many buttons are there on the mouse will determine Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" This is for 3 buttons, a wheel....the wheel is 2 axis="4 5" and the wheel button is 6. 3. Isn't there a cupsconfig or configcups command or something? 5. sndconfig (OSS) or alsaconf (ALSA or is that just debian?) 6. Sure, if you want to patch and compile the kernel :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mahiles Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Thanks agen here's an update.. Now got my scroll mouse working :) I've also got another question.. In Mandrake I used urpmi ever so much. Is there something like that in Slackware? EDIT: Can anyone send me the file libnss3.so and tell me where it goes? Gaim 0.70 won't launch because it's missing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 5. NTFS - I didn't mean how to load Windows in lilo I already did that, I meant can I mount the NTFS partition automatically when slackware starts up? 6. Can slackware do supermount for my cdrom? Try the following: 1: #cat /proc/filesystems See if you have ntfs listed. If not, try 2: #modprobe ntfs If it's not built as a module either, you will have to compile it into the kernel or as a Module. I can't remember what slack standard is and I'm not in front of a slack kernel so you will have to be the eyes' :wink: If it is there, you can do the following: 3: #fdisk -l /dev/hda That will show you were the ntfs partion resides if you don't know. For ex. we will use /dev/hda1 (yours might vary) 4: Put the following into /etc/fstab /dev/hda1 /winblows ntfs defaults 0 0 Instead of default you can add more options like ro,user,umask=0222 or even "rw" ! Keep in mind that writing to ntfs is "EXPERIMENTAL" you loose it, your fault. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 I've also got another question.. In Mandrake I used urpmi ever so much. Is there something like that in Slackware? http://software.jaos.org/ slapt-get = Never tried it. & Swaret works nice http://www.swaret.org/index.php It's also on the second disk of 9.1 in the /extra folder, just a installpkg away from that one. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mahiles Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Ok I've got swaret but it says it can't find the internet connection.. It was set to use "eth0" but I connect through a modem. I tried replacing eth0 with /dev/modem, /dev/ttyS0, ttyS0. Am I doing this wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Ok I've got swaret but it says it can't find the internet connection.. It was set to use "eth0" but I connect through a modem. I tried replacing eth0 with /dev/modem, /dev/ttyS0, ttyS0. Am I doing this wrong? Um modem, I'm not good in that area, what shows up when you do #ifconfig ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mahiles Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Thanks cybrjackle, I ran the command and found what I needed :) Adding to another problem, (yer yer I know you're all thinking oh no lol) how do I enable Send EOF in the printer options? I've got the right driver but need to enable it.. Had a look around in KDE's printer manager but can't find it. Had the same problem in Mandrake 9.1 and never got to the bottom of it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 Your welcome, and sorry but printers are one of my weak points. I don't use one so I never bother learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phat Penguin Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Give tvtime a try too. I did and thank you - what a ripper - very pleased with this one !!! Although I may have gone over to Slackware from Mandrake I still find this place the friendliest and most helpful. Thanks again cybrjackle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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