Thanks Yalla-one, added that rsync server to the script's header.

By the way, during the non-public stage of slackware-current testing I expanded the script quite a lot.

Show the available commandline switches:
Create a Slackware-current DVD ISO if you have a local copy of the Slackware tree without going out over the Internet to check rsync server updates (i.e. you don't need to have an active Internet connection for this command):
The same, but for Slackware 11.0:
Show the changes in the ChangeLog.txt on the server compared to your local copy without actually sync-ing anything and without creating new ISOs:
Put this in your (or root's) crontab so that it silently checks for updates every night at 04:25 and syncs only if neccessary - creating CD and DVD ISO images after the sync (you will get an email if any changes were found in the ChangeLog.txt):
... and more.

Eric

Coolness.. Will make sure to update your script!

I've ran into some other minor issues with the new -current as well, all of them X related.

Having updated the xorg.conf, the system boots fine into X, but fails to come back after a Ctrl-Alt-Backspace restart.
Furthermore, after logging out of KDE after the first login, the cursor gets all messed up, and finally - my former fool-proof way of getting 100DPI seems to have gone out the window as well.

Here's what I used to do:

Calculate height and width:
Width = (screen width * 25.4) / DPI
Height = (screen height * 25.4) / DPI

For a 1024x768 that should give the following line under Then change /usr/lib/X11/fs/config:

default-resolutions=100,100,75,75

(instead of the other way around).

And then - finally edit /etc/fonts/local.conf:

Despite all of that, xdpyinfo tells me the resolution is 83x113 dots per inch... go figure

-Y1

I'm absolutely thrilled to see all of the development that has happened over the last few months:-)
Congratulations, Eric on your involvement in the development cycle! Very cool stuff indeed:-)

I started this Wiki page: slackware:current to address issues when installing (and later, using) Slackware current.

For now, it only contains the extra steps needed when you install from scratch and choose a "generic" kernel.

Eric

Good initiative - that's definitely a better place to put it.
Speaking of the wiki - that reminds me to finally upload (and update!) the work I've done so far on the Slackware Powertools section :)

I've had a few issues. I'm running it now, but when I initially tried to install the huge26 kernel it wouldn't boot. Lilo reported that the kernel was BIG and it overlapped lilo's second sector. So instead of upgrading I installed from scratch. So far I can't get X to work with the nvidia drivers installed, but that's the only major issue I've got at the moment. It's a lot quicker booting this kernel compared to the 2.4.

Also works like a charm :)
Nice to see some pre-release apps in slackware for a change :)

Argh... I'm very eager to try it out, but I can't risk b0rking my system in the coming few moths...

Btw, what is this new sysvinit-scripts package? The init system didn't change, did it?

The other thing that grabbed my attention was:
My tears for such a useful and unbloated app :(...

Then use audacious (I think that's the name...).
And, no, the init is still the same, I's been such for I while, I think... You must just know that init scripts are _not_ sysv-like (although there is a compatibility script in there). That's all, and it's good... :)

Ok so that was only for separating the compatibility part. Thankfully the BSD style init is still there.

I installed audacious 3 months ago but it was a bit buggy (the GUI part). It's the light weight of Gtk+1 that I like so much about XMMS. I know, my computer with 1G RAM and AMD 64 wouldn't care about the extra weight of Gtk+2, but I do (yes, I'm a bit on the crazy side :D ).

Yes, he just put the scripts in a separate package, that's all.
And if you mean lightweight, why not use mp3blaster or mocp.

Yeah I'm just testing audacious on 11.0 and its definitely less responsive than xmms and takes more CPU to run. It looks nice tho. I could'nt find any difference to xmms yet besides that it uses GTK2.

i am a bit surprised about this huge upgrade to current :)
I am very glad with the development and couldn`t be happier with my distro.

has anyone else had trouble getting nvidia driver running, for me they install but when I startx x I get

can't load glx (no such module)
can't load nvidia (no such module)

even though nvidia is listed in lsmod.



NEVERMIND :)
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=538799

> NEVERMIND
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=538799

Or,just type like below will be easier.
# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9755-pkg1.run --prefix=/usr --x-module-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules