On recommendations of a friend I have decided to switch over from
Fedora Core 3 to Slackware. Till now I have downloaded the first 2 iso
files ie. slackware-10.1-install-d1.iso and
slackware-10.1-install-d2.iso .

Problem is since I am on a dial-up connection it takes quite some time
to download the files and so do I need to have disc 3 and 4 to get
Slackware up and running in a graphical environment with KDE ? Started
using Linux only about a month ago so any suggestions and tips too are
welcome.

Also does Slackware support ACPI ?

Hello,
If you have CD 1 and 2, it's enough to install slackware 10.1. Others
CD are source for compiling. Gnome and KDe are on second CD.
Slackware have support for ACPI, i use it ^_^

Bye

P.S sorry for my english, just small frenchy

aVheretic wrote:
> On recommendations of a friend I have decided to switch over from
> Fedora Core 3 to Slackware. Till now I have downloaded the first 2 iso
> files ie. slackware-10.1-install-d1.iso and
> slackware-10.1-install-d2.iso .
>
> Problem is since I am on a dial-up connection it takes quite some time
> to download the files and so do I need to have disc 3 and 4 to get
> Slackware up and running in a graphical environment with KDE ? Started
> using Linux only about a month ago so any suggestions and tips too are
> welcome.
>
> Also does Slackware support ACPI ?

aVheretic wrote :

> Started using Linux only about a month ago so any suggestions and tips
> too are welcome.

Check out the "Good Book":
<URL: http://www.slackbook.org/html/index.html>
If you prefer a paperback version it can be bought from the Slackware
store: <URL: http://store.slackware.com/cgi-bin/store>

You might find some help in this group's FAQ here:
<URL: http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/faqomatic/cache/1.html>
--
Thomas O.

This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.

Well did manage to install Slackware and get it dual-booting with my
WinXP system. But there seems to be a slight problem now. During the
first boot I was asked to select the video mode and I inadvertently
choose 80x60 which is making all text seem squished in both text mode
and in terminal window while running KDE.

How do I reset this text mode ? Does KDE support widescreen format ? As
my laptop has a 15.4" LCD screen most screens seem rather stretched in
1024 x 768 mode. Even working with text mode is a pain because all the
text seems stretched under the widescreen.

Any help?

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 04:35:30 -0700, aVheretic wrote:

> Well did manage to install Slackware and get it dual-booting with my
> WinXP system. But there seems to be a slight problem now. During the
> first boot I was asked to select the video mode and I inadvertently
> choose 80x60 which is making all text seem squished in both text mode
> and in terminal window while running KDE.
>
> How do I reset this text mode ? Does KDE support widescreen format ? As
> my laptop has a 15.4" LCD screen most screens seem rather stretched in
> 1024 x 768 mode. Even working with text mode is a pain because all the
> text seems stretched under the widescreen.

Edit /etc/lilo.conf, look for and change the vga=xxx to vga=normal

Remember to run lilo after edit.

--

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

On 2005-08-21, aVheretic <amitsaraff@gmail.com> wrote:

> choose 80x60 which is making all text seem squished in both text mode
> and in terminal window while running KDE.
>
> How do I reset this text mode ? Does KDE support widescreen format ? As

You need to edit /etc/lilo.conf. See man lilo.conf, KERNEL OPTIONS,
vga=<mode>, for more info. To [re]configure X windows, run
xorgconfig. See corresponding man page.

nb

aVheretic wrote :

> How do I reset this text mode ?

As stated by Jim, su root and edit the vga setting in /etc/lilo.conf,
change it to "vga = 773" or "vga = normal" and run '/sbin/lilo -v'. Note
you must reboot before this change takes affect.

> Does KDE support widescreen format ?

Wrong question, the correct question is "Does the X server support
widescreen" and the answer is yes. But I think you should go to this
site to see if somebody has installed Linux on a laptop like yours, if
so you might find a lot of help here:
<URL: http://www.linux-laptop.net/>
--
Thomas O.

This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 01:55:17 -0700, aVheretic wrote:


> Also does Slackware support ACPI ?

Yes. During the install you need to choose the option to select a kernel
from the Install CD. The kernel you want is bareacpi.i.

Thanks for the suggestions. Didnt find anything confirnmative about
X-server supporting widescreen displays so will just keep looking. And
I need to install Slackware again this time with bareacpi.i

aVheretic wrote:

> How do I reset this text mode ? Does KDE support widescreen format ? As
> my laptop has a 15.4" LCD screen most screens seem rather stretched in
> 1024 x 768 mode. Even working with text mode is a pain because all the
> text seems stretched under the widescreen.
>
> Any help?

In the config file for the Xserver you need to change the 1024 x 768 to the
ratio of your screen . Try 1280 x 768, see how that looks on the wide
screen, and go up or down from there.
--
Stephen S.
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