Onebuck,

Sorry, I don't follow. What do you mean by 'cli'?

Jim

Follow up,
I'm up and running and security is configured. But there was an issue. I worked for many hours trying to configure WPA security but I just could not connect. Through a System Monitor I happened to notice my swap file was not working. I ran fdsisk -l and it showed my swap partition but when I checked my fstab file it did not show my swap partition. So I added my swap file to the fstab file but still my swap file was not working. Anyway, I finally realized my swap partition was not formatted. So I did a "mkswap" on my swap partition, enabled it with "swapon" and guess what-that's right, suddenly I could connect and browse with no problems. Also, I added a network printer and it also works. Maybe this ol' Toshiba will have some good service left.

This has been a great learning experience.

Jim

Jim,

CLI means command line interface, in opposition to GUI - graphical user interface.
It's the preferred way for most guys who've used *nix for a while, and a major
difference between Windows and Mac. A Linux OS can be configured to suit the user,
rather than the company who produced the software. I've heard there are GUI tools
to configure things, but agree with onebuck that CLI is the preferred method for
my tastes, also.

Sorry you had so much trouble, but isn't it nice when you get things working. You
have indeed learned a lot from this experience.

Hi,
I know 'Bruce' defined 'cli' for you but as a new Slackware user or even a GNU/Linux user you should get comfortable with system maintenance from the command line. By utilizing the 'cli' you will insure that your system is maintained properly if you understand the semantics along with the syntax. I suggest that you look at the following links;

Slackware® Essentials <- dated but great
Slackware® Basics <- great
Linux Documentation Project <- resource you should use
Rute Tutorial & Exposition <- Love this one
Linux Command Guide <- great 'cli' guide
Linux Newbie Admin Guide <- Helps you around the maintence of your system
LinuxSelfHelp <- as it says
Getting Started with Linux <- you gotta look at this one

These links and others can be found at 'Slackware-Links' .
More than just Slackware® links!

Hope these links are helpful in your GNU/Slackware endeavors.