Touchpad tap
Posted: 2022-02-27 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: laptop, synaptics, tap, touchpad Leave a commentMy ThinkPad x230 is running CRUX, with packages installed from my own custom repository. Things seem to work just fine, however, the touchpad did not behave nicely out-of-the-box, as was the case with Slackware. Tapping did not work, I had to press instead.
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GTK2-only Xfce 4.12 desktop
Posted: 2021-06-30 Filed under: desktop, slackbuilds, system | Tags: GTK2, xfce 1 CommentI want to keep using a GTK2-based desktop environment on the upcoming Slackware 15.0 release. Long story short, I decided to stay with Xfce 4.12 and created my own repository of SlackBuild scripts that aim to build a GTK2-only desktop on -current. I have been running it for over a month on Slackware -current from 17 May 2021. Here’s my announcement in LQ. Of course, this comes with no warranty, so use at your own risk.
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TeamViewer won’t start
Posted: 2021-03-19 Filed under: desktop, network, system | Tags: inittab, lxdm, rc.4, teamviewer Leave a commentI had to use TeamViewer. It is available from SBo, so I installed it (version 15.14.5). I am using -current, but the SlackBuild just repackages the binary provided from upstream, anyway. I followed the post-install instructions but the program won’t start.
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