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Slackware64

64 bit version of Slackware

Installation of Slackware64 14.0 in VirtualBox

Physical machine: HP EliteBook 8470p core i5

Virtual machine:

• Disc 64 GB
• Video memory 64 MB

Steps:

• Boot from DVD ISO of Slackware64
• Choose keyboard pt-latin1
• Login with root
• cfdisk
• new, primary, size 64719
• new, primary, size 4002.97
• Set sda1 as bootable
• type sda1, 83, Linux
• type sda1, 82, Linux swap
• write, yes, quit
• setup, addswap, sda2
• check bad blocks? no
• select sda1, format quick, ext4 filesystem
• Install from CD or DVD, auto, /dev/sr0
• All packages, full
• skip USB bootstick
• Simple LILO, frame buffer 1024x768x64K
• UTF-8 console? yes
• MBR LILO destination
• Mouse imps2
• Gpm? No
• Network? no
• Services, rc.fuse, rc.inetd, rc.messagebus, rc.syslog, rc.sshd
• Custom screen fonts? no
• Hardware clock set to UTC
• Timezone: Europe/Lisbon
• xinitrc.wmaker
• Root pass? yes
• Reboot
• In Virtualbox export the virtual machine as a OVA file

Portuguese console keyboard

Create the file /etc/rc.d/rc.keymap:

# Load the keyboard map.  More maps are in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps.
if [ -x /usr/bin/loadkeys ]; then
 /usr/bin/loadkeys pt-latin1.map
fi

Enable login by KDM

Edit the file /etc/inittab and change the initlevel from 3 to 4

id:4:initdefault

Edit the file /etc/kde/kdm/Xsetup and add the line

setxkbmap pt

Change VESA frame buffer resolution to 1280x960

Edit the file /etc/lilo.conf

vga = 844

Run lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf to update LILO config on the MBR.

xterm with Zenburn look

Create file ~/.Xresources:

xterm*foreground: rgb:F6/F3/E8
xterm*background: rgb:40/40/40bash-4.2# 

Reload the definitions with xrdb ~/.Xresources

X configuration for 1280x960

Section "Module"
    Load        "dbe"   # Double buffer extension
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load       "glx"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard1"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "PS/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "My Monitor"
    HorizSync   31.5 - 50.0
    VertRefresh 40-90
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "VESA Framebuffer"
    Driver      "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "VESA Framebuffer"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
   DefaultDepth 24
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen 1"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Enable network DHCP client eth0

Edit the file /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]=""
NETMASK[0]=""
USE_DHCP[0]="yes"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""