i have some questions about slack 9 that i hope some of u can awnser.

1: how do you set up 2 network cards?
2: I can't make my frame-buffer and vesa to work right. i have compiled in frambuffer support and vesa suport i the kernel but when i chose resolution in lilo, i get some error messsage at boot up that i never manage to read, and i always get a low resolution no mather what i choose. (the penguin is there tho
3: how do i make a normal user the ability to mount cdrom and floppy?
4: how do i make the mouse scroll work in kde?

maybe it's stupid questions but i can't solve them. so if ther is anyone that can help me

one more question...

how do you run several X?

1> Edit the /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 file manually to configure a 2nd NIC. Edit or create the /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevices file (requires execute bit to be set) to load a 1st/2nd modules if required.

2> Try setting the vga= to "vga = ask" in /etc/lilo.conf and then run the lilo command to write the new config. Try a value of 791 for 1024x768x65k. Keep in mind though some video modes may not be very compatible with each other. For instance, frambuffer mode in console and the VESA mode in X. You may need to run X in framebuffer mode as well. I haven't attempted to do it but just thought there could be potential problems. Default framebuffer config is provided as /etc/X11/XF86Config-fbdev.

3> Add the device and mount point in the /etc/fstab if they are not present and use the additional option "users".

4> Edit the /etc/X11/X11Config to add/modify the following to the mouse input section.
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Resolution" "300" # not really about the wheel but better control.

Last Post> To my knowledge only one X server can execute on a box at a time.

Try to use the search feature here at LQ and limit to the Slack forum. Most of the questions above have been answered many, many times. You could resolve your issues far more quickly.

If you're asking about running different X sessions on virtual terminals -

type X :0 (replace the display number 0 with whichever display u want it on and switch between terminals using control+alt+F1-12)

Add the option "users" to the entries in the fstab.

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,users,umask=0222 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto users,rw,umask=0222 0 0

Note that I also changed the "rw" to "ro" on the CDROM since a mounted CD is read-only anyway.

In order to make your CD-R/RW drive work, you first need to put the drive into SCSI emulation.

This is easily done, assuming you have SCSI support in the kernel, or as a module, and IDE SCSI emulation enabled, as well as SCSI CD-ROM support.

Open your /etc/lilo.conf file in your favourite editor, and under the section that defines your kernel, add the following line

append="hdx=ide-scsi"

where hdx is the IDE device of your CD-R drive.

As for CD-recording software, you need to install cdrtools and cdrdao from the ap directory of the slackware packages.

One more thing. In order to use your CD-R drive, assuming you are using it as a CD-ROM as well, you need to change the /dev/cdrom symbolic link.

rm /dev/cdrom
ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom

should fix things up

If you want a graphical front-end for those cdrtools, go to http://www.k3b.org which is a QT front-end CD recording package.

hth

TheMuso