which version of slackware are you using? I'm assuming that you are either running Slackware 10 or have upgraded your X server to xorg via Dropline or something. You'll need to use the command instead of Slackware no longer uses the XFree86 x server. It now uses the xorg x server. I'm guessing that this is one of the commands that you are having trouble with, as you said ANY of the commands. Haven't had too many issues with xwmconfig, vi, vim, vimtutor, etc.

I am running slack 10

and xorgconfig

give same results?!?!??!!

Try

If that works, you have a problem with your PATH. Some other possible commands to try are:

and

You might even try:

This will show you a bunch of helpful commands that are available to you.

wasabi, i was having the same problem. i rebooted and logged in as root and it worked then. not sure why it didnt work when i did a su to get root permissions

hope that helped

ok thanks for all your help guys (and gals if there are any)

My next question is about customizing my installation. I am going to use K so I dont plan on installing gnome. Do I need to install X and X window applications, or can I just ride with KDE.

THanks again guys

You will need X, xap can be handy, but is not necessary . But then you will miss things like The GIMP, Mozilla etc.

ok cool thanks working on it now

for future reference, if you log in as a normal user and type to get to root, you don't actually load root's environment variables, and as such, you are acting as root, but you have your other user's PATH. to initialize root's profile, use instead. this will give you access to all those commands without having to give the full path name.

hope this helps.

another suggestion (that also appears in shilo's nice howto) is to use slocate for some quick and easy searching. to set up the slocate database, enter the command (as root): when this is finished you can find that_cool_command_or_file by just typing:you can do this as a normal user and it is very fast compared to using the find command (which you need root access to if you start it at /). one thing to note though, as it uses this database for your search, whenever you have added files to your system they won't be found by using the locate command until you again.

hope this helps.

The slackware community has by far been the most helpful out of any distibution I have tried. Everything is working great for the most part and I am enjoying slackware.

I do have a problem that has persisted however

For some reason when I startx and KDE launches, I can only choose 640x480 and smaller. I am trying to reconfigure xorg.conf, unless anyone else has any great ideas.

thanks

in /etc/X11/xorg.conf you will find (if you scroll down quite a bit) a subsection called Modes. after this will be entries for each depth level and then something like

etc. etc. etc.

the first one in that list from left to right is the one that X tries first. if you would like for instance to have 1400x1050 AND IF AND ONLY IF YOUR MONITOR SUPPORTS THIS SETTING then you would just add it to that list and make it first, like:

then you would have to restart X to have your changes take effect.

NOTE: always back up xorg.conf before you change it, as this can make your system completely unusable. also, i always boot into run level 3, then startx to get into X. this way, if i screw things up, i can still get in and make changes.

hope this helps.

it did

Ok guys I have a few more questions.

1. I have no internet on that pc. Every other linux distro I have ever tried just worked off the bat. Any tips on configuring the internet?

2. I am still having trouble getting my res to 1600 x 1200. So far I am up to 1280 x 1024, but thats just not enough. =) Would it change things if I installed the latest Nvidia drivers, I mean, I have a pretty nice card (fx5200)

3. When I create a new user for myself, what permissions should I give? Should I just join a group? by the way I am doing this through kuser unless someone has a better plan.

Thanks again

oh and slackware installed SO many things that I don't want, is there an add or remove programs app?

1. What are you using to connect with?

2. It might, but shouldn't be necessary. Does it have that resolution listed in your xorg config file..?

3. The defaults always work for me. I forget if it's adduser or useradd that calls up a nice script that does it all for you..

4. Yes, pkgtool. Or removepkg, if you know the name.