Hi All.

I'm new to Slackware 9.1 (also to the whole linux thing, only installed Mandrake 10 a couple of times.

I installed Slackware, fine, the only problem I encountered during installation was that LILO couldn't get installed, I later installed it by 'liloconfig' command (I found that in some documentation, I don't know these commands, newbie <smile>). Anyway, got that done.

Now I also had some problems while setting the graphics, I've a SavageProDDR, I also managed to do that (xf86cfg + xf86config).

Could you guys please tell me how to set all the important thing (such as, Firewall, sound, graphics and all the other things, or is there any special guide) ?

And please also tell ANYTHING that'll help me get started.

I'm sure those advanced users out there were a newbie before, so they will know what kind of info newbies want.


Thanks a lot.

MSA.

If you could start by giving us your system specs, that would help. Type of sound card, type of motherboard, so on and so forth...

I can get you started with sound, which should be very easy. If you had slack install ALSA, then start by su'ing to root, and then running alsaconfig, like this.

$: su
(enter your password)
#: alsalconfig

You will be walked through some questions regarding your sound setup, and that is usually enough to get it running.

slight

Welcome to the world of Slackware and all that. For general guides to system configuration you can check out the Slackware guides at Simply Linux, and you can get a lot of information through the Linux documentation project. Detailed information concerning the built-in firewall may be found at Netfilter (if you feel a bit lazy you can check out frontends such as Guarddog or Firestarter to configure your firewall). If you don't want to compile stuff from source, you can in many cases find Slackware packages for lot's of stuff at LinuxPackages. You'll probably run into a lot of questions, but you're not the only one. Proper usage of the forum's search function will in most cases help you solve any problem.

I don't know if you might find Slack a bit "rough" in the beginning - some say it has a steep learning curve. I believe this is due to the fact that when you're learning Slack, you're actually learning Linux. It's worth it. Good luck.

Thanks slightcrazed and nvn!

Sorry, here are my specs:

MOBO Chipset: P4M266/P4M266A

Processor: Intel Celeron 1.8GHz
RAM: 128MB
HDD: 20GB Nikimi
GFX (Onboard): ProSavageDDR
Sound (Onboard): VIA AC'97


Hope that helps.

Thanks again guys!

That via card should work with alsaconfig, but don't forget to set your mixer settings, I think there is a command like 'alsamixer' or something, just type alsa and type TAB 2 times, then you will see all the commands that start with alsa. Oh and once you set that mixer, run 'alsactl store' this stores the mixer settings so they can be loaded when you reboot.

Maybe at first use the packages, swaret is a great tool, but don't be afraid if you have to compile something. Although Slackware is a distro that compiles most things without many problems, you still need some luck to get it done so being persistent will get you there.
Another thing I started doing eversince I started out with Linux is googling my way out. If you have an problem, you can often find the answer by running the program from a terminal and copying the error into google.

All that I can say is that we can't help you if you don't have problems yet... It is hard to give someone hints, because you'll have problems we hadn't and we had problems you probably won't have. All I mean is, just ask when you have a problem or try the search function.
Oh, and when you ask something, always post all the relevant info (sometimes including config files).

Don't give up on Linux to fast, you will feel great once you have a perfectly running box.

good luck,
elluva

heres a link to a document that helped me get started with slackware. it comes in handy.

http://www.linuxbeginner.org/modules...rticle&sid=422

Plus the classic: http://www.slackware.com/book/ -- J.W.

Some basic useful commands:
-xwmconfig (to change window manager)
-netconfig (try to find by yourself )
-installpkg name-of-the-package-you-want-to-install
-pkgtool (to see/remove packages)
-startx (after the X setup, to lauch the window manager)
-swaret --update, followed by
-swaret --upgrade -a (you have to install swaret first (slack cd2:/extra), and edit /etc/swaret.conf. This is a good tool to update slack to slackware-current)

And THE slackware packages site:
http://linuxpackages.net

Enjoy the best linux distro (in my opinion, of course )