THANK Gapan, solved!
I'm writing this post connected to wifi...
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Thank Gapan for your replay, I connected to internet by wire and followed your instruction: First I update the system sudo slapt-src -u then I installed firmware cutter with sudo slapt-src -i b43-fwcutter everything went smooth but when I launch sudo slapt-get -i b43-firmware it exit with "Pack...

Hi everibody, I've got a netbook Acer Aspire ONE model 751h (alias model ZA3) with 2GB ram and 240 GB SSD. Wifi under Windows 7 Starter and Linux Mint LDME5 32bit is working out of the box: I can activate/deactivate wifi chip through a small switch in front of the netbook. BUT... Windows 7 is TOO ob...

Thank for the help both of you, I think the problem is solved even if with a workaround After several efforts here what I've found about Gslapt. variable http_proxy is defined for all users, double checked. PC has been rebooted after every modification a) If I try to launch Gslapt directly from menu...

Thank Gapan for help I created in /etc/profile.d/ following file: export_proxy.sh it contains: cat export_proxy.sh #!/bin/sh export http_proxy="http://10.41.10.252:8080/" made it executable for everybody: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 136 mag 16 14:45 export_proxy.sh* but execution of Gslapt sti...

Thank, from command line it works!

installation updated

last question: how can I manage same situation with Gslapt?
Shall i enable root to login directly (no sudo or su)?

Thank

Thank Gapan for suggestion, but no success unfortunately... As suggested I issued export http_proxy="http://10.41.10.252:8080/" and checked (as before) with export | grep http it answered with declare -x http_proxy="http://10.41.10.252:8080/" Then I issued sudo slapt-get -u Passw...

Hi, I'm triyng to update salix xfce 14.1 just installed, PC is behind a firewall/proxy. After installation I can surf on Internet without problem (= network settings are ok). To make update possibile, as standard user I've issued: export HTTP_PROXY=http://10.41.10.252:8080 then I've checked it has b...