Slackware on a netbook?
Hey all, I am a long time Slackware user, who for the last year or so has been using Ubuntu because I have pretty much been forced to. I have been itching to get myself back into the Slack OS, as I much prefer it over Ubuntu. However, the only computer I have right now is a Lenovo S10 netbook. I was curious if anyone else is running Slackware on these types of computers? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Looks like that Lenovo S10 has almost identical specs to the Asus EEEpc 1000H which I am using right now to type this reply. And it is running slackware-current with no issues at all (all hardware supported out of the box).
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Sweet. Thanks for the quick reply. I will definitely be installing Slackware as soon as my external DVD arrives!! Thanks again. :D
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Yea, I got Slack-12.2 w/XFCE4 on my Toshiba 7000CT w/ 160MB RAM/4GB HD and it runs great
Slack is the most stable distro I've ever seen! |
I run Slackware 12.2 on a Dell Mini 9. Runs very nicely.
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I don't know how the Lenovo compares to HP's Mini, but my mini 1116 is running Wolvix 2.0beta2 (based on Slackware 12.2) perfectly.
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I just got a new eeepc 1000he that I am going to put slackware -current on. My only concern is that, unlike other 1000he's, this one has a Ralink RT2860 card. I *think* these drivers were mainlined with the 2.6.29 kernel, which -current uses, but I am not entirely positive. Otherwise, I'll have to navigate the horrendous Ralink website and download/compile the drivers manually.
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Chess,
The Slackware 2.6.29.x kernel of slackware-current has support for the rt2860. It was actually the reason why there were two builds of the 2.6.29.1 kernel, because I found out that the rt2860 did not get built the first time :-) I use this module on my Eeepc 1000H. Eric |
Excellent news, thanks Eric! Part of the reason for my purchase of my 1000he was your experience with your eeepc. :-) I look forward to doing an install tonight.
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+1 to Hangdog's comment, Slackware runs great on the Dell mini 9.
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eeepc 701
Does anyone have any experience with Slack on "the original netbook"**, an eeepc 701? I've been playing around with various distros on it - the stock Xandros, Puppy, and currently eeeubuntu nbr - but I'd really like to stop with the distro roulette.
[** yes, I know, the original netbook was the Libretto. I'm referring to the modern incarnation.] |
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12.2 worked fine on an Acer Aspire one, I got some issues with -current though...
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Btw, I'm assuming you went with no swap partition and the 'noatime' setting to minimize writes to the SSD. Oh, and would you be willing to share your kernel .config file. I feel like such a newb for asking, but free time is way limited right now. |
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What I would ultimately like to do is do what I did with my old Gateway computer, which is triple boot my computer between windows, slackware, and ubuntu. My only question is how do I setup the slackware dvd iso on a flash drive as bootable?
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Hi Unr3a164,
is the internal microphone works on your s10 with slackware?, since it's the only problem i have under ubuntu |
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The home page of unetbootin does NOT claim to be able to install Slackware. Further reading of other pages on the site also make no such claims. If you managed to get it working, could you expand your suggestion into a How-To please. |
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"or supply your own Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn't on the list." Additionally, under the section titled 'Installing Other Distributions Using UNetbootin' on the main page you'll see a nice screen shot illustrating how to use an ISO file you've already downloaded. In fact, I see nothing on the entire UNetbootin page that suggests it can't handle a Slackware iso file. To answer your question, no I haven't used UNetbootin with a Slackware iso yet. Haven't needed to...but that may change soon. If I do, I'll be sure to come back and let everyone know how it went. My question to you is: have you tried Unetbootin with Slackware and had it fail? Perhaps a recounting of your experience (if you've had one) would be more beneficial to the community. If you have nothing else to offer, please take your negativity elsewhere. |
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Yes - I tried Unetbootin about a year ago. It failed. I can't remember the details. I was disappointed because it seems to work for Slax, Vector and Zenwalk - all Slack derivatives. So I was quite surprised that it didn't work - but then if it did, it would surely claim that ? As far as negativity - giving advice that you have not personally tested and proved to work is rather low. This entire website is based on the giving of useful advice. If you didn't know something for certain (and you just claimed that), then at least qualify the suggestion with a "I haven't tried this but ...." |
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UNetbootin may very well work with Slack now and it may very well be the solution to the guy's problem. Your previous response though, would have turned him off of it completely. I gave him a suggestion of where to start. And for the record, I've used UNetbootin with iso files from several distros 'not included' and have had no trouble, nor have I found anything which would lead me to believe Slack won't work now. But you're right, I haven't done it. Maybe someone who has could enlighten both of us. Quote:
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I will definitely let you know once I get it installed. I have gotten my internal mic working under Ubuntu. What version of Ubuntu are you on? |
I am using Jaunty Jack now (2.6.28-11-generic).
Finally I'am able to make the internal mic works. What I did was upgrade alsa using the script here. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...10#post6589810 seems to work on kernel 2.6.27 as well (tried on Linux-Mint felicia). I think it should work on slackware too. |
I installed slackware 12.2 on an ASUS eeePC 900HA. Wireless works, video was detected fine but fonts were all set to 16 point so I was able to shring all but one down, the one I can't seem to control is the main system font used for dialog boxes and non kde apps like firefox so the menus and text are really big in those.
Sound works but the mixer doesn't seem to allow muting nor will it save the volume between sessions, always defaults to max. My printer won't install either but thats not related to it being a netbook, seems to be a slackware specific issue. |
hmm, startx -- -100dpi fixes it for one session, wonder where I set that to make it the default
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I should have been more specific, I have it start at init 4 so I'm never typing startx, where can I set that dpi so x always uses it,I found a couple web sites listing config files and tried them but it didn't work?
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Slackware 12.2 runs beautifully on my Acer Aspire One AOA150.
Installation was a breeze, as always, and configuration is easy easy easy. |
I just bought an Acer Aspire One that came with XP pre-installed. I shrank the XP partition and installed Slack 12.2 as a dual boot system. I see that two or three people posting to this thread are running Slack on the aao. How did you get wifi working? This is my first attempt at using wifi so I am somewhat in the dark. I have searched the threads here and read a number of things on the Web about Slackware, wifi, and the aao, but I don't have a clear idea where to start. Also, lspci does not list any wireless device. Mike.
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Which model AAO do you have? For my AOA150, lspci (when run as root) shows the following entry: 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01) |
My mistake, lspci shows that same controller in mine (Ahteros AR242x). The "ethernet controller" description threw me off. I don't see a model number on the computer's case.
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No problem, here are the next steps:
Verify that ath5k appears when you run 'lsmod'. (if not do 'modprobe ath5k' to load it) Verify that wlan0 appears when you run 'iwconfig' (as root). WPA2 wireless connection: 1 - Download, compile and install wpa_supplicant 2 - Edit your 'wpa_supplicant.conf' file to match your network environment 3 - Do a 'chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless' to enable the script to execute during boot 4 - Edit '/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf' starting at line 50, Uncomment at least "IFNAME" and "WLAN_WPA". (Uncomment the "DHCP" line if you need it) 5 - (optional) Edit '/etc/rc.d/rc.wireless' and comment out lines 190-196 to disable the Set Nickname operation error. 6 - Reboot and enjoy. If you use KDE, you might consider KWiFiManager to keep an eye on the connection. Run it as root to use all it's features or to view all networks the card can pick up. |
atters, I tried the steps you described, and I think I am close, but when I boot I get the following error message from the kernel:
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant -- wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory I could not find a reference to this file in wpa_supplicant.conf or rc.wireless or rc.inet1.conf, so I don't know where the problem is. Mike. |
I forgot to mention, I used the version of wpa_supplicant that came with the slackware 12.2 installation (0.5.10-i486-1). Do I need to download a newer version?
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TOSHIBA Satellite L510-S401 TOSHIBA Satellite L510-S401 - slackware - current , working
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I am considering buying one netbook cause my laptop is dying (overheating easily). So I read around. I was considering an Acer Aspire and I read this review on newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115584 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115584 The review says that it won't be able to display flash video like youtube or hulu.com properly. Since the laptop is my only source of entertainment so it does concern me a lot. Does any of you have the same problem? Thanks in advance, And by the way, I saw that almost all review about Slackware on a Netbook are positive, but any head-up about the problems will be very appreciated. |
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Running -current on my eeepc 900, very happy with it :)
What works out of the box: Wireless Wired Ethernet Webcam Graphics Sound Touchpad gestures (Two fingers to scroll down/up) Things I haven't tried: Card reader Microphone |
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I did have to leave out the whole of the K and KDEI series otherwise I was going to run out of space on the 4G SSD I installed it to. However, Xfce is very nippy in -current (I've got KDE4 on my main box), which is perfect for this machine. Incidentally, I remember having to add certain mount options to fstab to reduce wear due to excessive writes - does anyone know if this is still the case with ext4? |
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