I had installed slackware on my laptop, but had trouble getting the Gui
up and running, I am also wondering myself if I can get to my dvd+rw to
play dvd s and built in wifi.

Jason Carroll <geovolt77@earthlink.net> writes:

> I had installed slackware on my laptop,

_Good_ move!


> but had trouble getting the Gui up and running,

Does that mean you have done so but it was hard work? Or does it mean you
haven't yet done it and want help? If the latter, could you be a bit
more specific about the trouble? Any error messages?, what were the
symptoms? etc


> I am also wondering myself if I can get to my dvd+rw to play dvd s and
> built in wifi.

Noble aspirations both!

dvd+rw - does the computer show any sign of detecting the thing?

You have the dvd+rw-tools package installed

If so then go get

libdvdnav
libdvdcss
libdvdread

from here and install 'em

http://www.linuxpackages.net

Fire up Xine or Mplayer and see what you can do :-)


wifi ?

depends on various things including havng the right kernel module loaded.
What kind of built in wifi have you got?
Care to share with us the out put of

ifconfig -a

?

atb



Glyn
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Jason Carroll wrote:

> I had installed slackware on my laptop, but had trouble getting the
> Gui up and running, I am also wondering myself if I can get to my
> dvd+rw to play dvd s and built in wifi.

Make, model number? (of the laptop AND the peripherals you're having
trouble with ...)

You never know, if you provide detailed information about the problems
you're encountering, someone might be inclined to try and help you ...

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On Sun, 14 May 2006 05:02:43 +0000, Jason Carroll wrote:

> I had installed slackware on my laptop, but had trouble getting the Gui
> up and running,

If you were to give some useful details, you might get some help with that.

> I am also wondering myself if I can get to my dvd+rw to play dvd s and
> built in wifi.

Certainly.

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Jason Carroll wrote :

> I had installed slackware on my laptop,

Then its time to go to "Linux on Laptops" to see if there's anybody who
has installed Linux on a laptop like yours:

<URL: http://www.linux-laptop.net/>
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