Anyone who has read the the slackware book understands enough to use slackware and understand the rest of this guide. Linux configuration and installation linux journal. Slackware is seen as more conservative in its release cycle, preferring proven stable packages. Then restarted x and x did not allow this new resolution. It simply tells the x server to take a look at the card, and then set up the best initial configuration file it can make based on the information it gathers. X configuration the revised slackware book project. For supported platforms, this is the recommended route. This file contains lots of details about your video hardware, mouse, and monitor. If autodetect does not work x crashes on startup, you will need to create a file etcx11nf and set the correct options for your graphics card and display resolution. This book aims to provide an introduction to slackware linux. Buy a cheap copy of slackware linux unleashed book by tim parker. The new higher resolution worked and the wheel mouse worked.
Slackware aims for design stability and simplicity, and to be the most unixlike linux distribution, using plain text files for configuration and making as few modifications to software packages as. Additionally, slackware is a very plain distribution. This procedure is pretty much exactly the same for slackware 10, except that the distribution has switched to the x. Helpful descriptions of each service appear both to the right of the service name as well as at the bottom of the screen. The x window system is implemented through many programs that run in userland. Slackware users typically prefer their method of manual dependency resolution, citing the level of system control it grants them, as well as slackware s excellent supply of preinstalled libraries and dependencies. How to install slackware 11 in vmware on windows xp. Configure your new slackware system slackware documentation. Configuration and installation is a book cd package which includes the linux 1.
After reading this book, you should be prepared to use slackware linux for your daily work, and more than that. This is a simple menu driven frontend thats similar in feel to the slackware installer. Mar 24, 2006 the slackware linux operating system is a powerful platform for intelbased computers. The official guide to slackware linux, the slackware linux essentials, has been recently revised. Im assuming a certain level of slackware knowledge. Jan 30, 2018 in slackware, the text file is still king, and any software that obfuscates system configuration and maintenance is likely to have a very tough time getting the nod from volkerding and his close. Jun 03, 2008 slackware is the oldest surviving linux distribution. The book covers the basics of configuring the desktop environment, resolving screen resolution issues, etc. The official release of slackware linux by patrick volkerding is an advanced linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. The cdroms also contain shareware programs from the linux archives.
As the book focuses on the slackware distribution included, it may or may not pertain to newer slackware distributions or other distributions. I purchased this book as it was recommeneded as one of the few ways to get linux on an old 486 laptop. How to properly set up slackware linux dugan chens homepage. Describes the license terms under which slackware linux and this book can be copied and distributed.
Configuring your network in slackware this article is intended as a reference guide to network card configuration in slackware. If you want to be able to read it online, you may want to visit the slackbook website. He talks about the configuration of x, user management, compiling kernels, using lilo, and some basic system security. The book focuses on key areas of installation and configuration, also covering networking, security, programming, xfree and the internet. Slackware is a linux distribution created by patrick volkerding in 1993. After the installation in part i, the author now describes a couple of basic configuration tasks in his favorite distribution. It is a very handson distribution nearly all the system configuration chores require editing text files. It is independent from the operating system, unlike windows or the macos. Fire up vmware, create a new virtual machine typical linux other linux 2. Anyone who has read the the slackware book understands enough to use slackware and. If for whatever reason, you need to make configuration changes. After reading this book, you should be prepared to use slackware linux for your daily. Describes the license terms under which slackware linux and this book can be copied. However, the package md5 sums and gpg signatures are intended to be served directly from this site, so you should have an added layer of trust that the content of those files was not modified in transit if you use s instead.
The authors detail how to install xfree86 x windows for linux and give more customization advice than most other authors of linux books do. Those lacking a high speed connection can order either the cds or the dvd, with or without a printed book called slackware essentials, from the slackware store. Then, i deleted the xorg config file, changed a setting on the kde control center for the monitor, and restarted x. The network scripts themselves are welldocumented inside the scripts but there is not much other written enduser documentation about what you put into the configuration files. To configure x, youll need to make an etcx11nf file. You can use the configuration utilities or edit the files by hand.
This book is designed to get you started with the slackware linux operating system. Centos essentials is a book designed to provide detailed information on the use and administration of the centos 5. Originally based on softlanding linux system, slackware has been the basis for many other linux distributions, most notably the first versions of suse linux distributions, and is the oldest distribution that is still maintained. The authors also survey slackware linux functions related to mobile computing devicesspecifically laptops, pcmcia cards, and 3coms palmpilot. You may also want to buy a printed copy, in that case please visit the slackware store. Once upon a time, the x configuration file was located at etcx11nf, and if you create a file there, x. Follow the same steps also, instead of etcx11xf86config, the configuration file is etcx11nf. Slackware linux essentials the revised slackware book.
It addresses people who have little or no gnu linux experience, and covers the slackware linux installation, basic gnulinux commands and the configuration of slackware linux. Slackware was created by patrick volkerding of slackware linux, inc. As you gain experience with slackware linux, we hope you find this book to be a handy reference. Linux configuration and installation is an extraordinary book.
It is designed to be stable, secure, and functional as both a highend server and powerful workstation. Jul 28, 2018 once your network configuration is completed slackware will prompt you to configure the startup services that you wish to run automatically upon boot. As i maintain the nvidia drivers at, i want to place a default configuration so that basic users can have it all work automagically but at the same time to not have any custom configuration files overridden that were created by advanced users. However the last few years have seen great improvements and a large amount of simplification of the configuration files. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, slackware brings the.
As is standard for linux, these files are named with capital letters. My eleventh book, linux power tools, is a guide to linux for intermediate to advanced users. So far its been a long and grueling project with lots. Once upon a time, the x configuration file was located at etcx11nf, and if you create a file there, x will honor whatever settings you place. Once upon a time, the x configuration file was located at etcx11nf, and if you create a file there, x will honor whatever settings you place within it. Addingremoving daemons especially, is really easy, much easier than in slackware, the slack book has forgotten to mention those. Until a few years ago, setting up x was my biggest problem with getting a new linux installation working. The slackware essentials book has a chapter about keeping up to date. Volkerding, reichard, and fosterjohnson have produced the most complete stepbystep guide to linux installation i have read. Either way, if etcx11nf exists, than this file is supposed to override all others. The book is authored by patrick volkerding, the maintainer of the slackware linux distribution, along with kevin reichard and eric johnson, both veteran.
A guide to linux configuration and installation, with slackware 3. In the root directory of slackwares installation dvd are various documentation files. Its not meant to cover every single aspect of the distribution, but rather to show what its capable of and give you a basic working knowledge of the system. In slackware the default setup has an unconfigured nf file screen setup, this usually irritates newer users and causes many to use. Instead of spending time on basic topics such as system installation and using basic x features, the book emphasizes issues that involve advanced or tricky configuration, such as networkbased scanning with sane, using xft fonts, resizing filesystems, and using ntp to.
Install, configure, and customize slackware linux with cdrom. This brobdignagian tome has all the usual information on what slackware linux is and how to install it, but it also has good tutorials on bash, pdksh, tcsh, vi. Install, configure, and customize slackware linux with cdrom artymiak, jacek, harris, andy. The slackware team makes few changes to sources, preferring to compile them and pass them on. Xorg config, x not allowing new resolution, works without. Linux configuration and installation by patrick volkerding.
X is responsible for providing a graphical user interface. Note that there is not any guarantee that you will be redirected to an s mirror. This website is the home of the revised slackware book project the project. May 11, 2011 10 reasons why you should give slackware linux a chance.
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