At present, Slack is just too much for me, nothing is working, I can't connect to the internet, the X server won't start. Thanks to everyone who helped me with the install. When I get better at Linux, I'll "come back to slack."

See you guys again in six months

Squall: what is your nic and your video card? You are extremely close to having it all working, don't give up now.

(the above assumes you are using a network card to connect)

I'm just about to try slack. (65% Completed downloading the second CD) This doesn't look good

Slack is fine - I've only had issues with my sound card so far, and d/ling the alsa drivers and following the instructions provided fixed that.

Just take your time and read over what you are doing and all should work well.

Squall - it sounds like everything installed just fine, but you need to perform 2 minor tweaks to make everything work. As XavierP said, it sounds like you are really very close, and if you provided some details about your HW as well as the exact problems you're seeing, it's likely that people can help you out. Just taking a couple of guesses, regarding sound - are you getting an error message like "/dev/dsp not found" or something similar? If so, it may be you only need to grant permission on that device (as well as to /dev/mixer) to all users. Regarding X not starting - it could just be that your framebuffer setting is set too high. If you're using lilo, edit /etc/lilo.conf, comment out the framebuffer setting that is now active, and choose a lower one (such as 800x600 256 colors). I likewise had some initial trouble with X, wherein each time I'd startx, the screen would go dark. It was due to that setting in lilo.conf. Good luck with it - give it one or two more shots.

Nukem - although some folks do run into trouble with Slack, that is true with ANY distro. (Just take a look around these forums!) Personally I consider Slack to be no harder or easier to install than any other distro, and it's not like I'm any kind of expert. Seriously, the main difference between installing Slack and anything else is simply that the Slack installation uses a set of fairly primitive looking menus rather than a fancy GUI. That's it. Seriously. For an advance look at what those menus look like, scroll about half way down this page: http://www.slackware.com/book/index....urce=x209.html

For a first time Slacker I'd recommend just installing everything using the "full" option rather than "expert" or "newbie" or the others. That's the simplest, and once you get your feet wet you can try more adventurous things later. Good luck with it. Slack rocks -- J.W.

i remember my first slack install - it was a nightmare - and then to top it all off i didn't know i needed nvidia drivers for my slack - i used suse and mandrake before that and didn't have the nvidia - and to have toped it all of the drivers needed to compile from the kernel !!?!?!?!? - and not knowing any commands and only finding out bout mcommander after almost a month strugling with terminal insterface i got right - now talk bout an initial install - but these days i run slack better than windows and fyi i don't have windows anywhere on my pc anymore - i can do everything in slackware - and i love it - and i am getting to the point where i can even help other people with linux problems -

so some words of wisdom - HANG IN THERE - it get's better - and i am happy i strugeled cause i know more than i would have if everything installed perfectly - !! there is a whole forum full of people that will help if there is a problem - so don't be shy to ask -

have fun

Don't give up - once you actually understand the theory behind what you are trying to do, Slack actually makes it easier to do what you have to do because there is none of the fluff. It just sounds like you need to do some more reading and learning - hang in there, the result is more then worth it and immensely satisfying.

Whoa, you guys kind of misread my post. I am by no means giving it up, I am simply waiting for a bit until I compile more knowledge about Linux and Slackware (by reading this section) The last thing I want to be is a quitter.

Squall, don't give up on getting it to work this time. It is only for the better, because once you figure this problem out, you wont have to again!

You guys have convinced me, I'll try reinstalling it tonight.

Well, you know what to do now

When you get to the point that you are logged in at a command line, if you are still stuck, post back.

Slack is not that hard. The only thing I had to do was adsl-setup and enter information so I could connect to the internet. Everything worked and I did some tweaks obviously