Slackware Questions

[Robert Todd]

Actually, Slack does.  If you type 'startx' after you log in, XWindows will start.

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: owner-nflug at nflug.org on behalf of John Seth 
	Sent: Thu 11/20/2003 10:54 PM 
	To: nflug at nflug.org 
	Cc: 
	Subject: RE: Slackware Questions
	
	

	I've been pondering redoing my home system from RH 9 to Slack 9.1 as
	well.  Slackware doesn't have the pretty gui interface to configure X,
	and last time I configured X in slackware was w/ Slack 7.0. I may try it
	this weekend since it's been mentioned.  Honestly, I have no idea if
	copying the ~/.XF86config files will work in slackware, it may... can't
	hurt to try?
	
	Most driver modules will have to be manually added, or at least, that's
	the way I've always done it.  Load the modules into the kernel, then
	setup x and if you've got the right settings, it should work.  Less of a
	hassle with PCI and/or Plug 'n Play stuff, but as far as ISA, you
	generally need to supply all your IRQ #'s and such to the module,
	depending on the ISA card.  I've never had problems with older 3Com ISA
	Ethernet cards just by loading the module w/o any IRQ info.
	
	So far I've only ran Slack 9.1 as a server, and haven't installed X,
	sound utities or anything other than the basics for web serving, MySQL
	and Samba.
	
	Wish I could be of more help. Keep us up to date as I'm interested in
	hearing how things workout.
	
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	> I would ask like to know that i have a isa card and Mandrake and redhat
	> have
	> ran sndconfig and found it. Does slack as well?
	>
	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: Frank Kumro [mailto:frank at digital-ignorance.com]
	> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:04 PM
	> To: nflug at nflug.org
	> Subject: Slackware Questions
	>
	>
	> I just downloaded slackware 9.1 install cds and im getting ready to
	> install slackware and ditch redhat 9. I just have some questions...
	>
	> 1)Will slackware autodetect my soundcard like redhat has?
	> 2)Can I copy my .XF86Config file and just dump that in the config dir
	> and not have to run X config?
	>
	> -Frank
	>
	>
	>
	
	

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