Slackware on a ACER Aspire 1600 laptop

The end of the road...

Attention: This site is no longer mantained, since I no longer have an ACER Aspire 1600 with Slackware Linux. It has been really fun to learn and understand how Slackware works and to be able to run it on a laptop.

The FAQ

This page hosts a FAQ created from my experience working and configuring Slackware on an ACER Aspire 1600 laptop. Also included are some of the files used to configure Slackware.

Currently I use Slackware 10.2 but the FAQ covers Slackware versions from 9 onward and will be updated for new versions of Slackware, as long as I keep using it as my Linux distro -- which will be for a long time, I hope :)

The FAQ and config files on this site were written from actual experience and from many contributions I found surfing the web. Therefore you are free to use, modify and improve on the content posted on this web page. Enjoy and share with others :)

Have fun :)
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Last updated on...

17th of May of 2007

1. App: Configuring sudo.
2. CDRW: Using the CDRW.
3. CDRW: Allowing other users to mount cdrom, besides root.
4. HDD: Allowing other users to mount NTFS partition, besides root.
5. X11: Boot Linux directly to XWindows.
6. X11: Run KDM even if GDM is installed. [UNUSED: Slack 10.2 is KDE only]
7. Sound: Listen to CDs.
8. Sound: Configure ALSA.
9. Env: Configure your environment.
10. X11: Configuring synaptics driver. [UNUSED: Conflicts with kernel 2.6]
11. WLAN: Configuring the wireless Lan.
12. App: Mplayer.[UNUSED]
13. App: Accented characters in OOffice 1.1.
14. App: Choose X11 window manager.
15. App: Configuring samba.
16. App: xfc4 default session.
17. App: xmms default presets.
18. App: xmms skins.
19. App: Gnome2 menus.
20. X11: Using 5 button Optical Mouse from Microsoft.
21. App: Compiling the kernel with ALSA.
22. Sound: Conflicts with ARTS. [UNUSED] 
23. Firewire: Configuring IEEE1394 Firewire as a network adapter.
24. Floppy: Creating a FAT floppy disk.
25. App: Run xscreensaver automatically.
26. App: Use wget to get files from a site.
27. App: Securing Slackware
28. App: Compiling the kernel
29. Palm: Sync with PalmZire 71
30. App: Make Linux boot faster
31. App: Configure and use Skype
32. App: Firefox and Java
33. App: Firefox menu and toolbar fonts
34. App: Firefox and Flash with no sound
35. App: MAME with gamepad support
36. App: MAME with cheat support
37. Digikam to support Canon A40
37. App: Digikam to support Canon A40
38. App: Install KDM theme
39. Blackbox: Configure
40. Blackbox: Use bbkeys
41. X11: Start apps automatically
42. App: VNC with SSH tunnel 

• CPU: P4@2.8GHz, 512KB cache
  
• RAM: 512MB
• Harddisk: 30GB (partitioned with NTFS and ReiserFS) with SiS(*) controller
  
• Video: ATi RADEON 9000 Mobile
• Sound: Intel8x0 with SiS(*) sound controller
  
• CDRW-DVD ROM
• 10/100Mb Realtek Semiconductor Ethernet Card
  
• 56Kb Agere Systems Modem
  
• 2 PCMCIA slots with Texas Instruments PCI1520 PC card bus controller
  
• 4 USB 1.1 with SiS(*) controller
  
• 1 Firewire IEEE1394 with SiS controller
  
• SVideo output
• 1.44MB Floppy disk drive
• RS232 DB9
  

• ~/.bashrc (config file for bash shell)
• ~/.profile (config file for korn shell)
  
• /etc/fstab (access to NTFS partition; USBPen; CDROM; floppy; external USB hard drive)
• /etc/inittab (Linux initialization script, booting direcly to X windows)
• /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf (for Linksys WPC11 pcmcia wireless card)
• /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall (configure iptables)
• /usr/bin/wlanconnect.sh (used to start wireless LAN)
• /usr/bin/wlandisconnect.sh (used to stop wireless LAN)

You are free to use any part information on this site at your own risk. I will not be held responsible for any errors and/or loss of data, which result from implementing any of the answers to the questions presented here. I can only recommend one thing: BACKUP often and before changing the configuration of your machine.