Cant get slackware to work...

Du_chef · 11-15-2005, 11:07 AM

i suck on writing i english... (sorry)
i have problem to install slackware im currently using ubuntus latest... and its to hard for me..

every time i trie to install slackware its seis that iam finnished with the install (spell whatever..) after 2 of 4 discs and i should reboot.. ok. i do so and i get a message that says "error grub 14 or 15" i dont remember...

i thinking of going back to xp....
would be glad for help..

ethics · 11-15-2005, 11:15 AM

Ok seems the error lies with GRUB, what slackware are you trying? how are your hardrives setup (partitions, scsi?) where did you install GRUB ?

the EXACT error will help quite a lot, maybe it says error in LINE 14/15?

Why are you installing slackware? need something particular? ubuntu cant do something?? maybe we can help resolve these problems

Du_chef · 11-15-2005, 12:03 PM

The reason why i want to change is that i cant get torrent to work i want to be able to download...
and i cant see any movie clips like .mpeg .avi ...etc not a singel one.. buggs the shit out me...

i want xine, mplayer, realplayer to work... but every time i download what it says i should download it still doesnt work...
help please...

bosewicht · 11-15-2005, 12:11 PM

If i were you I would stick with ubuntu. Slackware can be difficult for beginners. Do you still have ubuntu installed? maybe I/we/someone can help you with ur prob. Another place to try is open up irc (xchat) and go to #ubuntu

Du_chef · 11-15-2005, 12:21 PM

thank you for your time.. i still have ubuntu... i will check out irc and see..

ethics · 11-15-2005, 12:45 PM

ahhh torrents, save me a fortune they do :P

bitorrent and media codecs aren't neccesarily going to work out of the box for slackware infact with my experience of slackware 10.1 it was less so than other distros.

a quick google gave me this http://ubuntuguide.org/

note there are sections devoted to azureus (my favourite bittorrent client) and media codecs...

give that guide a shot, you might pick up some other nice bits too, once you have tried you can always post your specific errors here for people to help you fix them.

Du_chef · 11-15-2005, 04:30 PM

Its up and running... have installd azureus now.... great.. thank you