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gapan wrote:

loukingjr wrote:I noticed the last time I updated there was a new kernel but it was excluded by the filter settings. Is there a good reason to update to the new kernel or should I leave well enough alone?

thanks

edit: nevermind. I did a snapshot of my install first and tried it. it wouldn't boot. so I reverted back.

You need to run lilo after you upgrade your kernel.

loukingjr wrote:well, is there a good reason to update to the new kernel? and do I just type lilo in the terminal as root?

gapan wrote:

loukingjr wrote:well, is there a good reason to update to the new kernel? and do I just type lilo in the terminal as root?

yes on both.

ruario wrote:

gapan wrote:

Andyun wrote:Font does not appear as clear as in previous versions of the Slix OS. Also noted the uneven spacing between letters in a word. Settings did similar in the menu: Settings -> Appearance -> Font. How else can we improve it from displaying?

The font rendering has changed. Most people say that they prefer the new one. It's a matter of taste I guess.

@Andyun: Remember that SalixOS is basically Slackware so you can usually find out more about these kinds of changes in Slackware's CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT. The bit you want is this:

The (formerly) patented bytecode interpreter is now enabled in the freetype package, so your fonts might look a bit different. If this is undesirable, you can restore the previous default with this line:

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# ln -s ../conf.avail/10-autohint.conf /etc/fonts/conf.d/

gapan wrote:

loukingjr wrote:Just installed SalixOS 13.37beta2 and all is well except, I am still having a problem with qtconfig. launching it in the terminal gives me this...
louis[~]$ qtconfig
QGtkStyle was unable to detect the current GTK+ theme.

I'll have to try that. Was it working in a default 13.1 installation?

loukingjr wrote:I was also wondering if there is an equivalent of gnome-color-chooser or a version of lxappearance that will let me change the colors of GTK themes.

Not exactly what you're asking for but close enough I think. You can create new gtk themes based on existing ones just by copying the theme directories to a new one. For example:

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cp -r /usr/share/themes/Clearlooks /usr/share/themes/MyClearlooks

and then edit the /usr/share/themes/MyClearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc file with a text editor and change whatever colours you want.

JeeGeek wrote:1. Nvidia user must blacklist xf86-video-nouveau-blacklistfile after install or glaspt install xf86-video-nouveau and delete xf86-video-nouveau-blacklist.

JeeGeek wrote:2. amsn need libtls1.6

valleiboi wrote: as result I can't build any kernel module without kernel upgrade ...