I installed Slackware 9.1 tonight. The only other linux distro I have ever
used has been Mandrake, which I used from version 8.0 until 9.2(recent)
I had no problem getting my Lucent winmodem to work(thanksto Brad Reed).
I just have a few questions now.
1. How do I get X to start at system start up?
2. How do I get my generic wheel mouse to work?
3. When I startx, I am only able to get kde, and I would like to have a
choice.

~marc

Marc Zuverink wrote:

> I installed Slackware 9.1 tonight. The only other linux distro I have ever
> used has been Mandrake, which I used from version 8.0 until 9.2(recent)
> I had no problem getting my Lucent winmodem to work(thanksto Brad Reed).

That's good to know; Welcome to slackware:

> I just have a few questions now.

Most of your question probably is already answered here, go ahead and have a
look;

http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/fa...c/cache/1.html

> 1. How do I get X to start at system start up?

http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/fa.../cache/39.html

> 2. How do I get my generic wheel mouse to work?

http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/fa.../cache/38.html

> 3. When I startx, I am only able to get kde, and I would like to have a
> choice.

Follow the above guides. When you login you'd be able to choose your choice
from the pull down option menu, provided you have installed what you need.

Also spend sometime here: http://www.slackware.com/book/

> ~marc

Marc Zuverink <mzuverink@nospam.iserv.net> wrote:

> 1. How do I get X to start at system start up?

Change default runlevel to 4 in /etc/inittab

> 2. How do I get my generic wheel mouse to work?

Add the following line in "Core Pointer's InputDevice" section of
/etc/X11/XF86Config:

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

Also comment out Emulate3Buttons

> 3. When I startx, I am only able to get kde, and I would like to have a
> choice.

xwmconfig

> 1. How do I get X to start at system start up?

Edit /etc/inittab. You should change the line about the default runlevel
from 3 to 4, so it looks like this
id:4:initdefault:

> 3. When I startx, I am only able to get kde, and I would like to have a
> choice.
You'll get that choice after doing 1. On startup you will load the gdm login
manager if you have installed gnome, or the kdm login manager if you
haven't. In gdm there is a sessions button you can click to choose your
window manager, in kdm there's a dropdown menu. If like me you prefer kdm,
you may need to comment out the bit about gdm in /etc/rc.d/rc.4

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 01:32:24 -0500, Marc Zuverink wrote:


> 1. How do I get X to start at system start up?

I think you change the line in /etc/inittab from:
id:3:initdefault:
to:
id:4:initdefault:

> 2. How do I get my generic wheel mouse to work?

I forgot exactly how I did it in slackware (it was a while ago, but it
*does* work) but it involved editing /etc/X11/XF86Config.

I think it's in this group's FAQ.

> 3. When I startx, I am only able to get kde, and I would like to have a
> choice.

xwmconfig allows you to choose the desktop