Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<slrnc6md5k.84.joostkremers@j.kremers4.news.a rnhem.chello.nl>...

>
> > 4) Is slackware keeping up with other distros?
>
> i haven't got the foggiest idea what you mean by this...


Slack seems to be about the only version of Linux that has trouble
creating lilo. It seems that even with 9.1, a lot of people are
getting there screens filled with 99s. I'm working with 8.1, but from
what I've been reading, 9.1 isn't any better.

I have installed several versions of linux lately, knoppix 3.3,
mandrak 9.0, morphix lightgui, phlax. Only slackware has this problem.

I also had to try and run xf86config, again slack is the only version
that won't set up the gui. I couldn't get xf86config to work because
slack can find my usb mouse.

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walterbyrd wrote:

| Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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|>>4) Is slackware keeping up with other distros?
|>
|>i haven't got the foggiest idea what you mean by this...
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| Slack seems to be about the only version of Linux that has trouble
| creating lilo.

I'm running Slackware 9.0 on four machines, and have /never/ had a
problem with lilo or LILO. I don't think you can make the blanket
statement that Slackware is the only version of Linux having trouble
with lilo, because Slackware (in my experience) /doesn't/ have a problem
with lilo.

[snip]

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Lew Pitcher, IT Consultant, Enterprise Application Architecture
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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walterbyrd wrote:
> Slack seems to be about the only version of Linux that has trouble
> creating lilo. It seems that even with 9.1, a lot of people are
> getting there screens filled with 99s. I'm working with 8.1, but from
> what I've been reading, 9.1 isn't any better.

well, if i search google groups for posts containing the words 'slackware
lilo 99', posted after 25-09-2003 (the day slackware 9.1 was released), i
get about 60 hits. (many of which do not appear to be about this error,
btw.) when i search for 'linux lilo 99' i get about 380 hits.

sure, it's hardly scientific evidence, but it seems to indicate that the
problem is not limited to slackware.

> I have installed several versions of linux lately, knoppix 3.3,
> mandrak 9.0, morphix lightgui, phlax. Only slackware has this problem.

but have you tried 9.1?

> I also had to try and run xf86config, again slack is the only version
> that won't set up the gui.

yeah, that's the whole point of slackware: it doesn't do everything for
you. that's why we like it. but different people have different
preferences, so you may not like it. that's fine, of course, plenty of
other distros to choose from. you should use whatever you prefer.

--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
EN:SiS(9)

walterbyrd <walterbyrd@iname.com> wrote:
> Slack seems to be about the only version of Linux that has trouble
> creating lilo. It seems that even with 9.1, a lot of people are
> getting there screens filled with 99s. I'm working with 8.1, but from
> what I've been reading, 9.1 isn't any better.

I have used Slackware since 3.3. I never had problem with LILO.

>
> I have installed several versions of linux lately, knoppix 3.3,
> mandrak 9.0, morphix lightgui, phlax. Only slackware has this problem.
>
> I also had to try and run xf86config, again slack is the only version
> that won't set up the gui. I couldn't get xf86config to work because
> slack can find my usb mouse.

Change '/dev/mouse' to '/dev/input/mouse0' or something. USB
keyboard/mouse are expensive and rare.

--
William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry@yahoo.ca>
Linux solution for data processing and document management.

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On 2004-04-02, walterbyrd <walterbyrd@iname.com> wrote:
>
> Slack seems to be about the only version of Linux that has trouble
> creating lilo. It seems that even with 9.1, a lot of people are
> getting there screens filled with 99s. I'm working with 8.1, but from
> what I've been reading, 9.1 isn't any better.

<aol>

I've been running Slackware since 3.5 (not 9 or 9.1 yet), and have never
had a problem with lilo.

</aol>

> I also had to try and run xf86config, again slack is the only version
> that won't set up the gui. I couldn't get xf86config to work because
> slack can find my usb mouse.

Can you find it? That's all that really matters.

- --keith

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"walterbyrd" <walterbyrd@iname.com> wrote in message
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> Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:<slrnc6md5k.84.joostkremers@j.kremers4.news.a rnhem.chello.nl>...
>
> >
> > > 4) Is slackware keeping up with other distros?
> >
> > i haven't got the foggiest idea what you mean by this...
>
>
> Slack seems to be about the only version of Linux that has trouble
> creating lilo. It seems that even with 9.1, a lot of people are
> getting there screens filled with 99s. I'm working with 8.1, but from
> what I've been reading, 9.1 isn't any better.
>
> I have installed several versions of linux lately, knoppix 3.3,
> mandrak 9.0, morphix lightgui, phlax. Only slackware has this problem.
>
> I also had to try and run xf86config, again slack is the only version
> that won't set up the gui. I couldn't get xf86config to work because
> slack can find my usb mouse.

B-O-O H-O-O
Breakfast club

I disagree with the above statement!

On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 09:11:07 -0800, walterbyrd wrote:

> Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<slrnc6md5k.84.joostkremers@j.kremers4.news.a rnhem.chello.nl>...
>
>>
>> > 4) Is slackware keeping up with other distros?
>>
>> i haven't got the foggiest idea what you mean by this...
>
>
> Slack seems to be about the only version of Linux that has trouble
> creating lilo. It seems that even with 9.1, a lot of people are
> getting there screens filled with 99s. I'm working with 8.1, but from
> what I've been reading, 9.1 isn't any better.
>
> I have installed several versions of linux lately, knoppix 3.3,
> mandrak 9.0, morphix lightgui, phlax. Only slackware has this problem.
>
> I also had to try and run xf86config, again slack is the only version
> that won't set up the gui. I couldn't get xf86config to work because
> slack can find my usb mouse.

I don't think you can generalise like this.

I had a LOT of problems with several OTHER distro's, but that does not
mean everyone has...

I found Slackware a refreshing change from the other distro's in fact in
it's simplicity and knowledgeable user base.

If you have a specific problem with a Slackware install or configuration,
I have no doubt you will you will obtain an answer in a timely fashion if
you make an effort to ask an answerable question <ahem>.

--
Regards
garbage
garbagedisposal@despammed.com

I run Slack 9.1 on two machines, too. It's just easy to install and use
right away, unless you want to screw with X, which isn't a bother at all.

A screen full of 9s because of lilo? Then use Grub.

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