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Gr4nf: /* Extra configurations */

Gr4nf — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:38:50 GMT

Extra configurations

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	==Extra configurations==		==Extra configurations==
	Your slackware install is actually quite usable exactly as it is at this point. However, there are a number of extra configurations that are at least advisable.		Your slackware install is actually quite usable exactly as it is at this point. However, there are a number of extra configurations that are at least advisable.
			===Wireless===
			Broadcom's linux driver should work right out of the box. The readme file explains how to blacklist the conflicting drivers you may have in your install.
	===Runlevel===		===Runlevel===
	The default runlevel is, for some unknowable reason, 3. You won't get a desktop session manager unless you edit your /etc/inittab file and change the line:		The default runlevel is, for some unknowable reason, 3. You won't get a desktop session manager unless you edit your /etc/inittab file and change the line:

Gr4nf: /* Brightness */

Gr4nf — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:37:04 GMT

Brightness

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	There is a utility called s2ram that will put the machine to sleep. Map it to a keystroke or hardware event to enable sleeping. The machine will not go to sleep by default when you shut the laptop!		There is a utility called s2ram that will put the machine to sleep. Map it to a keystroke or hardware event to enable sleeping. The machine will not go to sleep by default when you shut the laptop!
	===Brightness===		===Brightness===
	~~''This section needs to be expanded~~. If you ~~have had success in this area, please edit this article~~''		The command line utility xbrightness works fine. If you map it with the '-inc' and '-dec' options to the brightness keys (keycodes 232 and 233) it should work fine.

	===Fan control===		===Fan control===

Gr4nf: /* Desktop Environment */

Gr4nf — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:51:08 GMT

Desktop Environment

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	to be 4 instead of 3. Restart, and you should get kdm (the KDE session manager) on boot.		to be 4 instead of 3. Restart, and you should get kdm (the KDE session manager) on boot.
	===Desktop Environment===		===Desktop Environment===
	The default desktop environment is KDE. This works quite well out of the box. Volume control works fine, the brightness keys are recognized, but they don't do anything. For somebody used to OS X or Windows, it's probably the most friendly. Almost every other popular desktop manager (besides Gnome, but there are reasons) is also available. You can change which one is run by default with the command:		The default desktop environment is KDE. This works quite well out of the box. Volume control works fine, the brightness keys are ''recognized'', but they don't do anything. For somebody used to OS X or Windows, it's probably the most friendly. Almost every other popular desktop manager (besides Gnome, but there are reasons) is also available. You can change which one is run by default with the command:
	xwmconfig		xwmconfig

	===Sleep===		===Sleep===
	There is a utility called s2ram that will put the machine to sleep. Map it to a keystroke or hardware event to enable sleeping. The machine will not go to sleep by default when you shut the laptop!		There is a utility called s2ram that will put the machine to sleep. Map it to a keystroke or hardware event to enable sleeping. The machine will not go to sleep by default when you shut the laptop!

Gr4nf: /* Brightness */

Gr4nf — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:50:51 GMT

Brightness

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	There is a utility called s2ram that will put the machine to sleep. Map it to a keystroke or hardware event to enable sleeping. The machine will not go to sleep by default when you shut the laptop!		There is a utility called s2ram that will put the machine to sleep. Map it to a keystroke or hardware event to enable sleeping. The machine will not go to sleep by default when you shut the laptop!
	===Brightness===		===Brightness===
	This section needs to be expanded. If you have had success in this area, please edit this article		''This section needs to be expanded. If you have had success in this area, please edit this article''

	===Fan control===		===Fan control===
	Install the mac fan control daemon macfanctld and set it to run on startup. It works just fine.		Install the mac fan control daemon macfanctld and set it to run on startup. It works just fine.

Gr4nf at 08:50, 13 April 2012

Gr4nf — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:50:32 GMT

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 ==Overview==
-The plan of action is this:
+The installation itself is not at all different from a slackware install on any other intel machine. The difficult parts are configuring afterwards and getting the machine to boot to an MBR scheme. Luckily, rEFIt does some arcane magic with it's partition manager that can set your scheme up as Hybrid GPT/MBR. Which brings us to step 1.
 [[Category:Hardware]]

Gr4nf at 07:11, 13 April 2012

Gr4nf — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:11:36 GMT

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	The plan of action is this:		The plan of action is this:


			[[Category:Hardware]]

Gr4nf: Created page with "The following are (incomplete) instructions to install and configure Slackware 13.37 on the Macbook Air 1,1 (from early 2008). ===What You'll Need=== *External DVD-R drive (No..."

Gr4nf — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:08:16 GMT

Created page with "The following are (incomplete) instructions to install and configure Slackware 13.37 on the Macbook Air 1,1 (from early 2008). ===What You'll Need=== *External DVD-R drive (No..."

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The following are (incomplete) instructions to install and configure Slackware 13.37 on the Macbook Air 1,1 (from early 2008).
===What You'll Need===
*External DVD-R drive (No success so far with bootable USB drives)
*Bootable disc with some sort of disk utility (Optimally, the Snow Leopard DVD)
*Slackware 13.37 DVD (32 bit is best, but it's up to you)
*Bootable rEFIt CD

==Overview==
The plan of action is this: