This cups-check-for-data.patch solves the problem with cups 2.4.15. I recompiled cups and it is working. Just wait for slackware to use it.

--- a/cups/http.c 2025-12-03 16:55:34.714957932 +0100
+++ b/cups/http.c.new 2025-12-03 16:58:31.332742773 +0100
@@ -2779,7 +2779,7 @@
/* See whether our read ...

Slackware in both stable and current roll back to 2.4.14 cups.

Check button for grub is default and is already checked. Cannot check both elilo and grub.
Installer creates an initrd using mmc-core:mmc-block modules for mmc devices since you install in a mmc external disk or usb stick. I suggest to use grub for boot loader.
I suppose your mmc is an exteral disk ...

Firefox from version 145 no longer supports 32-bit Linux operating systems.
Slackel Linux Distribution builds 32-bit firefox package including locales for installing it on x86 slackel and slackware current systems.

Packages for x86_64 and i686 are on Slackel repos.

Build Script and sources ...

LibreOffice 25.8.3 package for x86_64 and i586 is on Slackel repos along with x86_64 and i586 lang and help packages.

You also need to install apache-ant and libnumbertext and liblangtag from slackel repos.

Install openjre which is a dependency and is small in size 26MB for java support.
Slackel ...

Well here I am running Salix, having installed from the installation disk. The fact that the live installer looked for a boot flag and wouldn't see sda5 shows that it was treating my UEFI system as if it were legacy BIOS. But all's well that ends well.


This happened because you boot the live ...

I found that the selection box is not greyed out if I mark sda5 as bootable. This is strange — a UEFI system shouldn't need a bootable flag.

I agree. No need to be bootable.

Not that it helped: the box now only offers a choice between sda2 and sda3. Clearly it's the installer, not me.


What ...

Is that partition formatted in ext4 or other linux filesystem? Click on "Partitions" button on top and gparted will run to check it.

LibreOffice 25.8.1 package for x86_64 and i586 is on Slackel repos along with x86_64 and i586 lang and help packages.

You also need to install apache-ant and libnumbertext and liblangtag from slackel repos.

Install openjre which is a dependency and is small in size 26MB for java support.
Slackel ...