Slackware study

1. i found my laptop (toshiba is not happy with network-manager). when it is scheduled on boot by


# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager
the computer freezes without starting X desktop.
so i just switch it off by
# chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager
and use wpa_supplicant to connect to internet

later I found enable wicd on boot is also problematic (system freezes when input username in). so I have to disable that on boot as well.
# chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd

#ifconfig wlan0 up
#slackpkg update
note that before update, one has to enable the mirrors as by default they are commented out. so just go to mirror location:
## mirror location
/etc/slackpkg/mirrors

and uncomment the mirror you want to use

#slackpkg install-new
#slackpkg upgrade-all
#slackpkg clean-system

# upgradepkg --install-new /home/chenming/Downloads/slapt-get-0.10.2p-x86_64-1.tgz

# slapt-get --update
# slapt-get -i htop

remember, real slackers install software from compilling.
I have found that to install chromium, one has to install libevent first. it can be found from
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.0/libraries/libevent/

that is also required by i3 (However, i3 requires libev, which is in confilict with libevent. but most software requires libevent.).

apparantly sbopkg does not solve dependency problem properly. but still it gives a better way to easy install packages.

for the virtualbox, it seems as if one can direct install the binary files provided by official website

i3 can be installed easily from sbopkg.