First, the hardware:
1.3Ghz Celeron
256MB PC133 SDRAM SO-DIMM
20 GB IBM HDD
i830m Intel Integrated Graphics
Intel Integrated Modem and Sound (AC '97)
Intel Pro/100 Integrated Ethernet
Alps Touchpad
15" LCD 1024x768 max. res.
D-Link DWL-650P1
If you look at that list, some of the hardware can make your heart skip a beat, going "How the heck...". Well, to put it simply, I didn't know you couldn't, so I did it.
The 10.2 Slackware install went fine. Just a 19.5 GB linux partition, and a 500MB swap. Formatted in Reiserfs, loaded the "bareacpi.i" kernel, and installed everything (Glad I did later. Helped alot on compiles!)
OK. Now I'm at the console, get X configured, get into KDE, and copied the 2.6.13 kernel over. Ended up needing it for video and the PCMCIA wireless card.
Compiled the kernel with i810, i910, and agpgart as modules, got rid of everything I didn't have, added the deprec. ACPI option, enabled all the ACPI and Reiserfs, and of course ,everthing Intel that was applicable. Aldo enabled udev.
make, then make modules_install, copied vmlinuz, config, System.map to /boot, edited lilo.conf, ran lilo, reboot.
Poof! 2.6.13, smooth as silk. Now compiled/installed wlan-ng, edited the files it described in README, and on next reboot, was connected wireless.
Downloaded the synaptics touchpad driver, installed it and copied the files needed to their correct directories, then tore apart xorg.conf to enable DRI and the touchpad, plus to tweak my video a bit.
Next boot, 'startx', 'glxinfo', and 'Direct Rendering: yes' was showing...Cool
Touchpad worked completely, even the scroll buttons.
ran alsaconf, chose 'Maestro3', alsamixer and unmuted, alsactl store, And sound was working.
Now have qmail installed for a local church, and Apache doing the same church's website.
More details about all the above can br found on my website:
www.cwwilson721.dyndns.org/slack
Look it over, and tell me what you think.
Next on my to-do list: 2.6.15
