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Linux on my B&W!
I'm just reinstalling Slackintosh. I am nothing without a GUI.
The file is still messed up! Now what?
At this point, you might just want to give up the ghost until you've familiarized yourself with Slack. You can still continue to tinker on a working GNU/Linux system while running QEMU and running Slackintosh (or any Slack derivative depending on the CPU you choose) within that. This way, you can familiarize yourself with the CLI first before delving completely into Slackintosh.
I had the same overwhelming feeling when I installed Slackware at version 8.0. I had used Red Hat and Mandrake at the time before moving to Slackware. I loved the philosophy of it, but I just wasn't ready for the type of environment offered in Slackware. Eventually I kept at it and learned a lot by using it. However, I still had a working production GNU/Linus distro installed for my everyday use. I would suggest doing that and learning Slackintosh in QEMU so you can learn while still do regular everyday tasks because at this point you're not really getting much use out of your Linux/ppc system with Slackintosh.
As a matter of fact, this is exactly what I'm going to do with FreeBSD. I'm going to run it on VMware under x86 Gutsy and tinker with it like that until I'm familiarized enough to run it exclusively on a system. That way I can still do what I need to do regularly all the while learning another OS...best of both worlds.
Just my thoughts on the subject. :b&w:
I had the same overwhelming feeling when I installed Slackware at version 8.0. I had used Red Hat and Mandrake at the time before moving to Slackware. I loved the philosophy of it, but I just wasn't ready for the type of environment offered in Slackware. Eventually I kept at it and learned a lot by using it. However, I still had a working production GNU/Linus distro installed for my everyday use. I would suggest doing that and learning Slackintosh in QEMU so you can learn while still do regular everyday tasks because at this point you're not really getting much use out of your Linux/ppc system with Slackintosh.
As a matter of fact, this is exactly what I'm going to do with FreeBSD. I'm going to run it on VMware under x86 Gutsy and tinker with it like that until I'm familiarized enough to run it exclusively on a system. That way I can still do what I need to do regularly all the while learning another OS...best of both worlds.
Just my thoughts on the subject. :b&w:
It was ok at 800x600. But now I don't even have that. >_< But now that I've gotten my first taste, I want to keep on going.
I just need to know:
1. How do you enter a command within Links?
2. What command would I need to dump this page into xorg.conf?
I just need to know:
1. How do you enter a command within Links?
2. What command would I need to dump this page into xorg.conf?
Well, what made it confusing is that ChristTrekker made it seem as though those were the commands. However, he meant to say "[command] -dump [url-of-page] > foobarfile", so it would actually be something like this:
Then, you would open up the file "68kmlapage" that was created in the path you're in and copy the necessary text.
The only problem with doing it this way is that it's going to include the text of the ENTIRE page, not just the post or the text from the xorg.conf file that's embedded in the post.
Code:
links -dump http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=43000#43000 > 68kmlapageThe only problem with doing it this way is that it's going to include the text of the ENTIRE page, not just the post or the text from the xorg.conf file that's embedded in the post.
Ok, I got the following in perfectly.
The result is:
Fatal server error:
no screens found
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Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 30 - 95
VertRefresh 50-200
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # []
#Option "SWcursor" # []
#Option "Dac6Bit" # []
#Option "Dac8Bit" # []
#Option "DMAForXv" # []
#Option "ForcePCIMode" # []
#Option "CCEPIOMode" # []
#Option "CCENoSecurity" # []
#Option "CCEusecTimeout" #
#Option "AGPMode" #
#Option "AGPSize" #
#Option "RingSize" #
#Option "BufferSize" #
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # []
#Option "Display" #
#Option "PanelWidth" #
#Option "PanelHeight" #
#Option "ProgramFPRegs" # []
#Option "UseFBDev" # []
#Option "VideoKey" #
#Option "ShowCache" # []
#Option "VGAAccess" # []
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Rage 128 RE/SG"
BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
#Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSectionFatal server error:
no screens found
[
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Here's what happens with your provided code.
Looks like another parse error. Are you able to fix it?
Looks like another parse error. Are you able to fix it?
On this section....
...take out the two zeros after "Screen0" and save. Test again with startx.
Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Oh thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!!
Weird that it gave you all this trouble when it doesn't affect my xorg.conf file with them in there. :?:
Either way, I'm glad that it's finally working.
BTW, if you have any questions regarding Slackware, Slamd64, Slackintosh, or any other Slackware-based distribution, the following sub-forum on Linuxquestions.org is the official place for Slackware help:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/
Any question I've had regarding Slackware has already been answered for me there.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/
Any question I've had regarding Slackware has already been answered for me there.
What's your username there? If you tell me, I'll put you as my referrer. 
I'm there as cmiranda, but I don't frequent there as much as I do here.What's your username there? If you tell me, I'll put you as my referrer.
One quick question; how do I access my internal Zip 250 drive?
Make sure that you're in the following groups (You can use the KUser tool to add your user into the listed groups):
floppy
audio
video
cdrom
plugdev
Once you've done that, log out and log back in again. If that doesn't do it, restart (you shouldn't need to do this, but just in case do it if logging out and in doesn't work).
floppy
audio
video
cdrom
plugdev
Once you've done that, log out and log back in again. If that doesn't do it, restart (you shouldn't need to do this, but just in case do it if logging out and in doesn't work).
Ok, I did that. But where should the Zip icon be?
It should show up under Computer-->Storage Media once you've inserted a ZIP disk.
No, all there are are hard drives in there (which I'm not even allowed to open on root)
Is it because the zips are formatted with HFS?
Also, where do I get the Lisa daemon necessary for it to be part of my LAN?
Is it because the zips are formatted with HFS?
Also, where do I get the Lisa daemon necessary for it to be part of my LAN?
Ah, that might be why.....you would need to load the hfs module and the hfsplus module (in order to read HFS and HFS+ volumes, respectively).
At the command prompt just type (do this as root):
At the command prompt just type (do this as root):
Code:
modprobe -a hfs hfsplus
I logged out of my normal user, and logged into root. I typed that command, then switched back to my normal user. No Zip Disk showed up. Is it maybe because the zip disk was in the whole time? I don't know how I can eject it.
By the way, my HFS+ HD loads. Any ideas?
More discoveries:
HFS HD loads
HFS CD doesn't load
HFS Zip doesn't load
(I don't have any non-HFS disks to try)
Any ideas?
HFS HD loads
HFS CD doesn't load
HFS Zip doesn't load
(I don't have any non-HFS disks to try)
Any ideas?
BTW, you can also use the "su" command to become root. Just type "su" and then provide the password for root. To leave root, type "exit" at the command prompt and you'll be back to your normal user.
If you want to make sure your HFS and HFS+ modules were loaded, use the "lsmod" command. Just typing "lsmod" will show you all the loaded modules. However, if you just want to see the HFS/HFS+ modules, pipe "lsmod" to "grep" for "hfs*":
BTW, you might find the following site useful. It's called the Rosetta Stone for Unix and it compares similar commands across various Unix operating systems. Just Command-click the ones you want and click "Draw Table".
http://bhami.com/rosetta.html
As for the ZIP drive, make sure the modules are loaded. Do an "lsmod" and look for either "ppa" or "imm". The former is the module for the standard ZIP drive while the latter is for the Zip Plus. If they're not loaded, do the following as root (remember to "su" to root):
Then try and see if it will load.
If you want to make sure your HFS and HFS+ modules were loaded, use the "lsmod" command. Just typing "lsmod" will show you all the loaded modules. However, if you just want to see the HFS/HFS+ modules, pipe "lsmod" to "grep" for "hfs*":
Code:
lsmod | grep hfs*http://bhami.com/rosetta.html
As for the ZIP drive, make sure the modules are loaded. Do an "lsmod" and look for either "ppa" or "imm". The former is the module for the standard ZIP drive while the latter is for the Zip Plus. If they're not loaded, do the following as root (remember to "su" to root):
Code:
modprobe -a ppa immNeither the ppa or imm modules were found.
Weird. OK, open up the rc.modules file in /etc/rc.d using nano (must be root). Hit Ctrl-W to find "Where Is" the name "ppa". If it finds it, uncomment the line for it so it loads the module on bootup. Do the same for "imm". Once you've uncommented the lines to load the ppa and imm modules, add the following two lines somewhere in that file:
Once you've done that, save the file and restart the Mac. Once you back at the desktop, insert the ZIP disk and see if it's detected.
Code:
/sbin/modprobe hfs
/sbin/modprobe hfsplus
No. 
I forgot one thing. Add the following to rc.modules as well (check to make sure it's not already commented out in that file)...
/sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
This is for SCSI emulation which might be needed by the ZIP drive.
/sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
This is for SCSI emulation which might be needed by the ZIP drive.
erhm... I didn't know slackware did mount-on-insertion?
you may have to manually mount it, give that a go.
you may have to manually mount it, give that a go.
Slackware 12 now uses udev and hal, so yeah. It will do it with optical discs and USB drives. I haven't tried with ZIP discs though.
Didn't do anything.
And I don't know how to mount a disk manually.
Hopefully the book that is coming Monday shall help with this.