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Slackware Linux is a complete 32-bit multitasking "UNIX-like" system. It's currently based around the 2.6 Linux kernel series and the GNU C Library version 2.7 (libc6). http://slackware.com

From the Slackware website

What is Slackware Linux?

The Official Release of Slackware Linux by Patrick Volkerding is an advanced Linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, Slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table.

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How create RAID 1 on working Slackware 14.2?

I use Slackware 14.2 (with kernel 4.4.14-smp) on sda and I'm trying to create the RAID 1 with additional sdb. I'm using the VM VirtualBox. First, I have cleaned the sdb: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=8M count=1000 and copied the sda's partitions…
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Supress 3Ware warnings in syslog

I'm trying to suppress the following warnings in my syslog: Oct 13 04:43:33 Winston kernel: 3w-sas: scsi1: ERROR: (0x03:0x0101): Invalid command opcode:opcode=0x85. Oct 13 04:43:33 Winston kernel: md: do_drive_cmd: disk0: ATA_OP e0 ioctl error:…
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Squid Proxy Server Error : Upon Starting

I got this error upon starting Squid Proxy Server using the command sudo squid -z fatal: ipc::mem::segment::create failed to shm_open(/squid-cf__metadata.shm): 13 permission denied How shall I fix it? Im using version 3.5.26 of Squid. I tried any…
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Shorewall - Allow Remote Client to Ping the Internet

My network address is 192.168.5.0. My host machine is 192.168.5.1 and my client machine is 192.168.5.2. Currently, my client is unable to use the internet browser and even ping the internet. The client can ping the host machine in the local…
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How can VM and Docker bridge traffic be routed through a pfSense VM?

I think this question is a result of me not being able to wrap my head around Docker networking and not being super great at Slackware. It seems like there should be a simple solution; I'm just totally missing it. I have an UnRAID server (which is…
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'ps' on Slackware works weird, why does it show the process multiple times?

We have an application deployed on some different platforms, Windows and Linux. It is composed of three java processes. On Linux, when we want the process id to kill and restart one of them, we do: ps -ef | grep java And the outcome is three lines…
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MariaDB 5.5 on Slackware 14 need to change to new password format

Strangely, this worked fine for a while, but my computer rebooted recently and now my php apps won't work: mysqlnd cannot connect to MySQL 4.1+ using the old insecure authentication. Please use an administration tool to reset your password with the…
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Slackware and SELinux

I would like to learn and play with SELinux on Slackware, my distro of choice. The kernel already includes SELinux code, so that is not a problem. Slackware does not ship with PAM, and I would prefer to avoid it if possible. Is this simply a matter…
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Execute script after removepkg in Slackware

I've created a slackware build script so I could build a specific package and then install it on a couple of servers running identical versions. I'm aware you could use doinst.sh to do things after the package was installed, but is there a similar…
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Slackware 10.1 hangs at boot with kernel 3.x

In Slackware 10.1, what happens between rc.S and rc.M during boot? Trying to boot kernel 3.x (tried 3.4 and 3.10) on this box and it hangs right after rc.S finishes execution. 2.6 kernels boot up just fine. rc.M doesn't get to run, as "Going…
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SAS/SCSI Errors in Syslog: Kernel FAILED

I have a Dell 2950 2U rackmount server with 3 146GB SAS drives in a RAID array, running Slackware 10.2 (an old version, I know). Recently I am seeing these errors in my /var/log/syslog repeating very often (constantly): kernel: FAILED kernel: …
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Why is there a /etc/init.d/mysql file on this Slackware machine? How could it have gotten there?

A client of my IT-consulting service owns a web-development shop. He's been having problems with a Slackware 12.0 server running MySQL 5.0.67. The machine was set up by the client's sysadmin, who left on bad terms. My client no longer employs a…
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MySQL needed to download in order to compile from source?

I have Slackware 13.1 and due to some bugs on the current version of the MySQL it comes with, I have to upgrade it. Since Slackware does not have 5.5 and I am upgrading I have decided to go with 5.5.x. I have tried downloading the generic and non…
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Installing Redmine with apache in localhost slackware 13.1

I just installed Redmine in slackware 13.1 I followed the instructions and test of the installation works fine using webrick: ruby script/server webrick -e production However, I now want to use it with apache in my local computer (localhost) but no…
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MKINITRD LVM Slackware

Trying to install Slackware 13.1 on a Dell 2950. I have a Perc5 RAID card and my kernel sees it as /dev/sda for the raw device. I've created 3 partitions: /dev/sda1 -- /boot partition type=82 /dev/sda2 -- swap partition type=83 /dev/sda3 -- my…
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