This thread has reinspired me to get back some Slack. I will do that tonight on my laptop.

I am thinking Slackware 13, Kernel 2.6.31-rc6, LVMs with Btrfs v0.19... Mmm, mmm, mmm.

I should add; FGLRX and 2.6.30 do not work together... at least the last time I tried. However, I think ATI supports the 2.6.29 kernel series.

Here is another great howto for builing an rpm kernel. It is the way that I do it.

http://linuxdork.org/var/archives/15-kernelstduserrpm

umairbari wrote:

Mixing repos is never a good practice.

EPEL is from upstream RedHat however. Its better than mixing in DAG repos, etc.

Although, DAG is great for finding RPMs outside of what RedHat packages.

Only thing I wish...

To the developers; keep up the good work. :)

Ok, perhaps I have another... Seeing Linux break into the Enterprise workstation area would be great. The problem is that many enterprise level businesses are so deeply in bed with some of those evel software companies that they get scared to take a leap in good direction (even in the server area).

Here is hoping... they keep on keeping on and waking up....

In my opinion it all comes down to vendor support and TCO requirements.

Your Ubuntu disc is bad or your CD drive is... Lets assume that its the disc as that is more likely the case.

Firstly, I want to inform you that you may rest assured; Ubuntu will install over your "messed up Windows". Secondly, you need to get a new install disc; one way would be to download and burn it at a friends house (good to burn at a slow speed (I always use half of the burners maximum)). Also, you can request a free install CD from the Ubuntu website.

Hope this helps. :)

i play wow under wine

amnesia wrote:

Apart from the man hell-bent on distributing the essence of a linux operating system, concerned with the security of any and every package that ships with the OS, the proverbial roots of all things slackware... There's a method to the slackware madness~

To me slackware is simplicty at its finest. No 'goo' of an OS oozing from every orifice screaming exploite-me -- The quintessential of being the finest grade like a top shelf premium purple labled liqueur, Slackware wins 10-fold over every other linux distribution.
Not because it's pretty, because it simply works. I can remember many times I have experimented with random distributions, only to return to the only one I find explicitly worthy of being whatever I want it to be, and do whatever I want it to do.
In the end, it's all about what you want.. I want control over my OS in every aspect, I have that in every way shape and form. There's other decent linux distros gentoo, debian, heh I can't think of any more.
To me simplicity is integrity, integrity is key in the digital world and a team of people more concentrated on that in-lieu of, "How big can we get" means a world of difference.

Just my thoughts :>

QFT

Did you read the syslog and dmesg output? Either way; as per that error message you need to do that as well as check the modules.conf and modinfo to see what parameters can be are and can be used.