Re: Slackware 8.1 experiences

2002-06-25 Thread Kurt Wall
Also sprach Ken Moffat: Is there a printer config tool? (my HP840c won't work for some reason. I tried kde print tool but no luck) Command line 'lpr' works, but can't print from X. /usr/share/apsfilter/SETUP Kurt -- Baker's First Law of Federal Geometry: A block grant is a solid

Re: Slackware 8.1 experiences

2002-06-24 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins wrote: Over the weekend I put up Slackware 8.1 and ran for a couple of days. Pretty uneventful experience. The only real drawback is that they don't package Sylpheed, but at least they do offer Xfce. A few notes: 1) Slackware is still stuck in the Lilo world (some would say right

Re: Slackware 8.1 experiences

2002-06-24 Thread Collins
[ snips ] On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 17:21:06 -0700 Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Collins wrote: Over the weekend I put up Slackware 8.1 and ran for a couple of days. 2) I couldn't get the precompiled kernel to recognize my ethernet card even after loading tulip, so I had to move over my

Re: Slackware 8.1 experiences

2002-06-24 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins wrote: Good luck with Slack. Thanks. I have 2 cdroms , one a dvd, and one a cd-rw. The dvd is hooked up for music cds, but I can't seem to make it work in Slack yet. I may give gentoo a try after hearing you raving lately about it.

Re: Slackware 8.1 experiences

2002-06-24 Thread Collins
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:09:37 -0700 Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Collins wrote: Good luck with Slack. Thanks. I have 2 cdroms , one a dvd, and one a cd-rw. The dvd is hooked up for music cds, but I can't seem to make it work in Slack yet. I may give gentoo a try after

Slackware 8.1 experiences

2002-06-23 Thread Collins
Over the weekend I put up Slackware 8.1 and ran for a couple of days. Pretty uneventful experience. The only real drawback is that they don't package Sylpheed, but at least they do offer Xfce. A few notes: 1) Slackware is still stuck in the Lilo world (some would say right on). I let it