Touchpad scroll
Posted: 2012-09-02 Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: laptop, touchpad Leave a commentMy old laptop’s touchpad works but the scroll does not. I’ve been lazy to fix it, but finally peeked at Arch linux’ wiki. So, I just copied the example .conf file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and modified it according to the wiki example: Read the rest of this entry »
Upgrading to Slackware -current
Posted: 2012-08-03 Filed under: system | Tags: slackbuilds, slackware, slackware current Leave a commentI do not use -current, but since Slackware 14.0 is just around the corner I need to test my SlackBuilds on it. So, I booted my Slackware64 13.37 DVD and did a direct netinstall of -current on my desktop PC. All went flawlessly and the system is very stable. Read the rest of this entry »
EMBOSS and primer3
Posted: 2012-07-30 Filed under: academic, slackbuilds | Tags: emboss, primer3, slackware Leave a commentI finally figured it out. Since primer3 version 2.2.3, its EMBOSS wrapper eprimer32 somehow did not work. I was wondering what the problem was and did not submit any updates of my primer3.SlackBuild for the sake of compatibility with EMBOSS. Read the rest of this entry »
Convert the kernel source to no-smp
Posted: 2012-07-29 Filed under: system | Tags: kernel, no-smp, slackware Leave a commentBack in the days of Slackware 12.2 I used the generic nosmp kernel with my old laptop. I used the patch from /extra/linux-2.6.27.7-nosmp-sdk/ to switch the kernel source from SMP to non-SMP. All went well until the kernel was upgraded with the rest to 2.6.27.31 and the patch stopped working. Read the rest of this entry »
More firewall scripts
Posted: 2012-07-02 Filed under: system | Tags: firewall, iptables, slackware Leave a commentFollowing this discussion at LQ, I would like to take a note of a few more options for a rc.firewall: Read the rest of this entry »
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