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How iconify xterm when it loses focus?

I am attempting iconify a xterm terminal when it loses focus in fluxbox. I am following this wiki: http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Make_xterm_act_like_a_PC_game_console And so far, I've got ...
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Making Puppy Linux more “Unixy”?

I am playing around with Puppy Linux Wary 5.3 on an old machine (Pentium PII, 160 megs RAM, 6 gig HD). I did an install on the HD. I appreciate it's light footprint, the fact that it plays nice with ...
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Can I set up linux to accept a dial up connection from my old windows95 laptop?

I've got a really old laptop running Windows 95, and I'd like to be able to connect it to my home network. It doesn't have an ethernet jack, nor a usb port. It does have an internal dial up modem ...
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No network in slackware

I have just installed Slackware. I am not new to Linux but new to Slackware. I wonder how to install network in it. After the Slackware installation, audio and network were not working. This is ...
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X server problem on slackware 14 and poulsbo module (gma500)

I have installed slackware 14 on my acer aspire one za3. I cannot start the X server. Here the output of command startx xauth: file /home/emanuele/.serverauth.1984 does not exist X.Org X Server ...
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Volume on Linux much lower than on Windows

I dualboot Slackware64 and Windows 7. The volume under Linux when maxed seems a lot lower than when it is maxed on Windows. My soundcard chip is Realtek ALC662. Volume is set to 100% for PCM and ...
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How to disable DHCP (static IP)?

If I want to set my Slackware machine to have a static IP assigned from the router, how can I do so? I assume I have to disable DHCP then edit something to set the requested IP, but I'm not sure ...
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How to identify the wireless network card on my laptop?

bash-4.1# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated ...
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Clang/LLVM Install Within Slackware?

I would like to install the Clang/LLVM compiler suite within Slackware since I use it as my default C conpiler for my C programming assignments. I am currently building it within a build directory ...
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X -config Leaves a Blank Screen

In Slackware, when I use the command "Xorg -configure" to setup the X server, I get the following: (EE) Failed to load module "vmwgfx" (module does not exist, 0). (EE) vmware: Please ignore the above ...
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Install Slackware on a USB Pendrive

I have a nice, smooth flash drive which requires a mounting of a DVD ISO image for Slackware to install. For whatever reason, Ubuntu's Startup Disk Creator refuses to notice the iso, so I can't use ...
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Fail to install perf on slackware 13.1

I was trying to install perf on slackware 13.1 When I first ran make at /usr/src/linux/tools/perf I got some errors. And I found this patch http://www.valimar.it/repo/linux/perf_fix-2.6.33.patch And ...
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How to decide on a partitioning scheme?

I am changing my current partition scheme (personal development laptop, dual boot) to remove the Windows partition and leave only my Slackware64 instance. What thought should go into my partitioning? ...
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Could not connect to host 127.0.0.1: Connection refused

Could not connect to host 127.0.0.1: Connection refused. - I am getting this error message on ktorrent on slackware 13.1 and the torrents cannot start. I tried to reconfigure the ktorrent prefernces, ...
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Can't get the '-o remount' option on an NFS share to work in Slackware 13.1

I've had rsnapshot working under Slackware 13.0 for a few months. In my /etc/rsnapshot_<interval> scripts I first have it run is mount -o remount,rw then the very last thing it does is a mount ...