This is odd, i compiled *just* like i do every time i update, and now i cannot use pkgtool, or swaret, the replies from swaret now tell me:
"swaret 1.6.2-1

You're NOT using Slackware Linux 8.1 or Higher or Current!"

and when i try to uninstall a package with pkgtool the second i hit 'remove' to select some, it simply flat out tells me the package removal complete readout... as well as i had to make sshd start from a custom line in rc.local cause after rebooting into 2.6.15.1 it didn't generate keys, nor did it start sshd, it simply told me "sshd re-exec requires execution with an absolute path" so in short, can anyone tell me options i should uncompile, or options i should compile to make it work like slackware, and less like a brick? Or just plain tell me where i went wrong?

new edit: also, iptraf tells me it can't tag the process, but continues to work, then tells me it can't attach to eth0, yet still allows me to continue, what the heck did I do to cause this much trouble, and would I be better off using the 2.6 packages that came with slack 10.2 overall?

There seems to be some problems with Slackware's udev package and the new 2.6.15 kernels. Also they require a newer module-init-tools and sysvinit packages due to hotplug being obsoleted. You might want to look at THIS site for help.

Personally, I'm waiting a while before I upgrade till most of this stuff gets worked out and a REALLY good "howto on Slackware" gets posted somewhere.

Later,
MMYoung

meh, very helpful, thank you.. on the other hand, i'm stickin to the 2.6 that came with teh OS... thx again!

Yeah, sometimes the "latest-N-greatest" ain't the best thing to have. Like I always say, "Some days it's diamonds, other days it's coal."

One thing about the 2.6 kernel that comes with Slackware, you're pretty much assured that it will work.

Later,
MMYoung