From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.48]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 191qYZ-0001mP-00 for ; Sat, 05 Apr 2003 11:30:15 -0500 Received: from 0-1pool133-10.nas4.cleveland1.oh.us.da.qwest.net ([65.150.133.10] helo=tward1978) by mallard.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 191qYV-0004vh-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 05 Apr 2003 08:30:11 -0800 Message-ID: <002e01c2fb90$ab6e7340$0a859641@tward1978> From: "Thomas D. Ward" To: References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030405102215.00aeae40@mail.shawcable.com> Subject: Re: Slack 9 problems!!! Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 11:30:27 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks, this was vary helpful. ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug To: Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 3:40 AM Subject: Re: Slack 9 problems!!! > Slacking ... > > For setting ethernet, there is a utility called netconfig. > It will probe and find the ethernet card, and it asks you > for IP address and DNS info. It will write the info to the > /etc/hosts and other network config files. > > > do I have to insmod every single module I need, and have to > > manually configure everything? > > Look in /etc/rc.d ... you will see rc files for network and > cdrom and other devices. The netconfig utility mentioned > above will write the proper info into rc.netdevice and the > rc.inet files. You typically need to edit rc.modules file. > In there are all of the insmod (modprobe) commands. You > will see that there are tons of them in there but most are > commented out. For most setups there is not much you need > to do in here except audio configuration. Look for the > lines that correspond to your audio hardware. > > > I assume any modules that need to be loaded on startup need > > to be loaded in /etc/modules. > > Slack uses a BSD kind of init method, rather than system V. > Like I said, look in /etc/rc.d. > > > alias eth0 ne2pci > > You can set up aliases like this in /etc/modules.conf, but > this is for the kernel module loader to autoload stuff. It > is often not even necessary to put stuff in there. I usually > have most of my module info in /etc/rc.d. Sometimes you do > need stuff in /etc/modules.conf to pass parameters to > modules on load, but it depends ... > > > Does something special have to be done with setting up modems > > under Slackware? > > Just like with networking, there is script for configuring > ppp for modem access. Running the script asks you questions > about your ISP and such and generates files for pppd. Then > typically all you need to do is type a single ppp command > to dial in. Use the pppsetup to configure your modem. After > running that, ppp-go does the dialup ... > > > I tried sending a simple dial string to my modem on every > > serial port, and I did not get a blip, beep, pop, etc. > > Which means Slackware can not find my modem. since Slackware > > is so alien to me I am not surprised, but I also can not get > > it going. > > See above. There is a symbolic link /dev/modem which will > point to a serial port. Check the /dev directory and see if > you have /dev/modem. > > > How on earth do you activate and turn off services under Slackware!!!!! > > What services do you want to activate or turn off? > The modules are configured in /etc/rc.d. As I said this is > a BSD-ish setup not SVR4 like Redhat. Sorry but this is not > very automated. This is good and bad at times. > > > Where is the slackware kernel source > > If you installed it, the source should be in /usr/src/linux. > If you didn't, run pkgtool and install it ... > > You might want to check out the slackware support forums. > > -- Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup