Comments for SysAdmin Adventures http://blog.tpa.me.uk Tech notes from a Systems Administrator Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:06:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on Compiling your own kernel in Slackware Linux in 10 easy steps… by Menuconfig - just too many selections http://blog.tpa.me.uk/slackware-kernel-compile-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-18340 Menuconfig - just too many selections Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:06:04 +0000 http://blog.tpa.me.uk/?page_id=69#comment-18340 [...] for your kernel version. Kernelnewbies is a great source of information! Two good compile guides; Slackware Kernel Compile Guide & Building a Linux Kernel from source which is Eric Hameleers guide (Alien_Bob's Wiki pages) [...] [...] for your kernel version. Kernelnewbies is a great source of information! Two good compile guides; Slackware Kernel Compile Guide & Building a Linux Kernel from source which is Eric Hameleers guide (Alien_Bob's Wiki pages) [...]

]]> Comment on Compiling your own kernel in Slackware Linux in 10 easy steps… by Zordrak http://blog.tpa.me.uk/slackware-kernel-compile-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-18079 Zordrak Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:43:23 +0000 http://blog.tpa.me.uk/?page_id=69#comment-18079 <a href="#comment-18053" rel="nofollow">@Dominic </a> If you didn't take note of how much disk space you were using before.. how do you know you are using a lot more now? Pull "ncdu" from slackbuilds.org and use it to find out where your space is being used. I wouldn't expect there to be lot of use by kernel sources and build directories - but it entirely depends on what "a lot" means to you and what available resource your machine has. @Dominic

If you didn’t take note of how much disk space you were using before.. how do you know you are using a lot more now?

Pull “ncdu” from slackbuilds.org and use it to find out where your space is being used. I wouldn’t expect there to be lot of use by kernel sources and build directories – but it entirely depends on what “a lot” means to you and what available resource your machine has.

]]> Comment on Compiling your own kernel in Slackware Linux in 10 easy steps… by Zordrak http://blog.tpa.me.uk/slackware-kernel-compile-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-18078 Zordrak Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:41:33 +0000 http://blog.tpa.me.uk/?page_id=69#comment-18078 <a href="#comment-4844" rel="nofollow">@kapz </a> Following the guide, /usr/src/linux should be the configured source for your running kernel. If for whatever reason the location of your configured kernel source is different to /usr/src/linux, then you need to tell that to the build system for any modules you want to compile. e.g. $ KSRCDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.24.5-newkernel ./module-builder @kapz
Following the guide, /usr/src/linux should be the configured source for your running kernel. If for whatever reason the location of your configured kernel source is different to /usr/src/linux, then you need to tell that to the build system for any modules you want to compile.

e.g. $ KSRCDIR=/usr/src/linux-2.6.24.5-newkernel ./module-builder

]]> Comment on Compiling your own kernel in Slackware Linux in 10 easy steps… by Dominic http://blog.tpa.me.uk/slackware-kernel-compile-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-18053 Dominic Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:34:05 +0000 http://blog.tpa.me.uk/?page_id=69#comment-18053 Hey, thanks for the great guide! Before I did this, I didn't take note of how much disk space I was using. Now that I have two options when I boot, normal, and high mem support, and I using significantly more disk space? If so, what could I delete to free up some space. Thanks! Hey, thanks for the great guide! Before I did this, I didn’t take note of how much disk space I was using. Now that I have two options when I boot, normal, and high mem support, and I using significantly more disk space? If so, what could I delete to free up some space. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Slackware 13.37 – Xorg + Hal by 4400 Host http://blog.tpa.me.uk/2011/03/29/slackware-13-37-xorg-hal/comment-page-1/#comment-16867 4400 Host Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:26:37 +0000 http://blog.tpa.me.uk/?p=418#comment-16867 tried just creating snippet of Mouse1 Options Section. Named it mouse1.conf and dropped it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d per Slackware Hints and Changes, but the xstart failed. Noticed also have /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d - Don't understand how u are using udev rule groups? Appreciate any clarification u can provide. Mouse is very unsteady in xfce 4.6.4; -6 Button+ Wheel, usb wireless logitech S530 Mouse which other than having the jitters has been working on slackware for years. Unfortunately documentation is way to thick for me. Regards tried just creating snippet of Mouse1 Options Section. Named it mouse1.conf and dropped it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d per Slackware Hints and Changes, but the xstart failed. Noticed also have /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d – Don’t understand how u are using udev rule groups? Appreciate any clarification u can provide.
Mouse is very unsteady in xfce 4.6.4; -6 Button+ Wheel, usb wireless logitech S530 Mouse which other than having the jitters has been working on slackware for years. Unfortunately documentation is way to thick for me. Regards

]]> Comment on Tarring up JUST the dotfiles by Júda Ronén http://blog.tpa.me.uk/2009/09/29/tarring-up-just-the-dotfiles/comment-page-1/#comment-16852 Júda Ronén Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:40:18 +0000 http://blog.tpa.me.uk/?p=210#comment-16852 Thanks! :-) Thanks! :-)

]]> Comment on Slackware 13.1 and VirtualBox USB by cyberJack smartcard reader and VirtualBox http://blog.tpa.me.uk/2010/06/14/slackware-13-1-and-virtualbox-usb/comment-page-1/#comment-13149 cyberJack smartcard reader and VirtualBox Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:50:34 +0000 http://blog.tpa.me.uk/?p=380#comment-13149 [...] the patch for rc.S in this thread Slackware 13.1 and VirtualBox USB didn't help, either. I guess, I'll decommission my VBox VM including the guest and start this all [...] [...] the patch for rc.S in this thread Slackware 13.1 and VirtualBox USB didn't help, either. I guess, I'll decommission my VBox VM including the guest and start this all [...]

]]> Comment on Tarring up JUST the dotfiles by dude http://blog.tpa.me.uk/2009/09/29/tarring-up-just-the-dotfiles/comment-page-1/#comment-12947 dude Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:30:28 +0000 http://blog.tpa.me.uk/?p=210#comment-12947 find ./ -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -name ".*" | tar cf file.tar -T - find ./ -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -name “.*” | tar cf file.tar -T -

]]> Comment on OpenLDAP in Slackware-13.0 by cbellone http://blog.tpa.me.uk/2009/10/17/openldap-in-slackware-13-0/comment-page-1/#comment-12908 cbellone Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:40:49 +0000 http://blog.tpa.me.uk/?p=224#comment-12908 Very useful post! I just installed and ran openldap server on my brand new slack 13.37 server. As update, last slackbuild compiles without errors. many thanks Celestino Very useful post!

I just installed and ran openldap server on my brand new slack 13.37 server.

As update, last slackbuild compiles without errors.

many thanks
Celestino

]]> Comment on Compiling your own kernel in Slackware Linux in 10 easy steps… by Compiler Error… | Coders & Admins http://blog.tpa.me.uk/slackware-kernel-compile-guide/comment-page-1/#comment-12342 Compiler Error… | Coders & Admins Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:34:38 +0000 http://blog.tpa.me.uk/?page_id=69#comment-12342 [...] I am trying to learn more about Linux and Slackware, so I decided to compile my own kernel using the instructions located at: http://blog.tpa.me.uk/slackware-kernel-compile-guide/ [...] [...] I am trying to learn more about Linux and Slackware, so I decided to compile my own kernel using the instructions located at: http://blog.tpa.me.uk/slackware-kernel-compile-guide/ [...]

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