tamax™Learning

There are several tips for slackware newbie users after you finish an instalation:

1. Configure network card
the easiest way is using netconfig command, just follow steps there.

2. Configuring your scroll usb mouse
The key part is xorg.conf, cofigure it with your favourite text editor.
# mcedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
find Core Pointer's InputDevice section;

Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Button" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" 

red font is additional line for your configuration. Then save and quit.
(Need restart to see the result)

3. Running your network card
Slackware has provide Alsa as sound card database builder & configuration.
#alsaconf
Automaticly, Alsa will detect your soundcard and get freely to configure it. When you get in KDE environment, you can use KMIX to setting your sound thing on the other way.

4.Change Default Run Level
This steps will help you to avoiding typing startx as you want to GUI every you login to your machine.
# mcedit /etc/inittab
find:

# Default RunLevel

# id:3:initdefault:

change 3 to 4, as your default run level. So you will not see konsole view for next login and bring automaticly to your default window manager.