Hi, guys!
I've returned to using Salix 14.2 after a couple of years of absence. Tried several distros but they didn't work for me: some had font rendering issues (like, AntiX), some weird audio problems, etc. So I decided to return. I've grabbed x64 image from Sourceforge, installed the core system, add LXDE, got sbopkg, and installed a bunch of additional fresh software. Everything runs so smooth, I've even managed to compile and correctly start redshift, which wasn't possible on ubuntu 18.04/14.04 and the above-mentioned antiX. And then I noticed something:
- My PcManFM doesn't automount USB - flash drives. My system can clearly see them (through sudo fdisk -l) but they are invisible for FM. I've installed "gvfs" package, alongside udisks2 and still, nothing happens.
- During my booting process I get a weird message that goes something along the lines: "I cannot mount my root partition because it's not ext3" and I use ext4 fs. What's up with that?
- Screen blanking or blackening - i don't know how to call it properly (English isn't my mother tongue). I loved this trick in antiX where you can simply set, like 4 minutes of waiting before the screen turning off (getting black). Is it possible in Slackware without installing xscreensaver?
gksu: cannot start gslapt, gparted, and dotnew properly. What should i do/install to fix it? In deb - distros I had to install something like policykit-1-gnome, but here (in Slackware's world) I'm lost. I forgot everything or almost everything.
Several question about 14.2 x64
Re: Several question about 14.2 x64
Hello,
to the append= line in /etc/lilo.conf and run sudo lilo; then boot. For other boot managers accordingly.
Before that you can test this by setting rootfstype=ext4 to the kernel boot line, e.g. at least:
To do this, create a file in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d directory with, for example, the name 50-serverflags.conf and the contents:
and replace the zeros with the desired times (in minutes). You must use superuser privileges to do this.
You should also read at least the man page (5) xorg.conf. But if you make up for a full-mode installation, xscreensaver will also be installed.
Ah! The lost son!
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Then you are one of the really tough ones and it is just a retorical question? Not so? Then I recommend a full-mode installation to solve the problem, so everything goes much easier.
If you are using LILO, then add
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rootfstype=ext4
Before that you can test this by setting rootfstype=ext4 to the kernel boot line, e.g. at least:
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Salix rootfstype=ext4
Yes. The X server can do this.hatmaker wrote: ↑1. Dec 2021, 11:05Screen blanking or blackening - i don't know how to call it properly (English isn't my mother tongue). I loved this trick in antiX where you can simply set, like 4 minutes of waiting before the screen turning off (getting black). Is it possible in Slackware without installing xscreensaver?
To do this, create a file in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d directory with, for example, the name 50-serverflags.conf and the contents:
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Section "ServerFlags"
Option "BlankTime" "0"
Option "StandbyTime" "0"
Option "SuspendTime" "0"
Option "OffTime" "0"
EndSection
You should also read at least the man page (5) xorg.conf. But if you make up for a full-mode installation, xscreensaver will also be installed.
Re: Several question about 14.2 x64
Welcome!
You chose the hard way by installing core!
You chose the hard way by installing core!
Perhaps you might need to launch lxde with dbus-launch at the end of your ~/.xsession. You can test it by launching pcmanfm with dbus-launch:
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dbus-launch pcmanfm
Xfce has an option for that in xfce4-power-manager. Not sure if LXDE has such an option somewhere else, but what galmei suggested should work anyway.hatmaker wrote: ↑1. Dec 2021, 11:05 - Screen blanking or blackening - i don't know how to call it properly (English isn't my mother tongue). I loved this trick in antiX where you can simply set, like 4 minutes of waiting before the screen turning off (getting black). Is it possible in Slackware without installing xscreensaver?
Install the gnsu package. Or ktsuss if you'd like to use the root password instead of your own.
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Re: Several question about 14.2 x64
LXDE can also use the Xfce power manager, just install it and set it to your desired settings, there is no need for xscreensaver or do as Galmei suggested. The package is calledhatmaker wrote: ↑1. Dec 2021, 11:05 - Screen blanking or blackening - i don't know how to call it properly (English isn't my mother tongue). I loved this trick in antiX where you can simply set, like 4 minutes of waiting before the screen turning off (getting black). Is it possible in Slackware without installing xscreensaver?.
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xfce4-power-manager
Re: Several question about 14.2 x64
Thanks for bringing back to my mind the Xfce-power-manager. I had to hatmaker the opposite problem. I didn't want blanking, but steady display. After I had stalled xscreensaver as far as possible without success, I had set "xfce4-power-manager" to zero - also without success. But then I had remembered that the X server can take this influence on the blanking. With Option "BlankTime" "0" I have now success for a long time. In the meantime I renewed the hardware several times (for other reasons) and also the xscreensaver has been updated several times, nevertheless I still have to influence my Xfce desktop this way, because the annoying problem persists.ivanovnegro wrote: ↑1. Dec 2021, 20:07 LXDE can also use the Xfce power manager, just install it and set it to your desired settings, there is no need for xscreensaver or do as Galmei suggested. The package is calledCode: Select all
xfce4-power-manager
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Re: Several question about 14.2 x64
The problem is usually using xfce4-power-manager and the screen blanking settings of xscreensaver at the same time. One should disable the power manager settings from xscreensaver and use Xfce's power manager exclusively. But I had all the same problems where I wanted no screen blanking at all but I was still getting it in the past with LXDE and Xfce.galmei wrote: ↑3. Dec 2021, 14:15 Thanks for bringing back to my mind the Xfce-power-manager. I had to hatmaker the opposite problem. I didn't want blanking, but steady display. After I had stalled xscreensaver as far as possible without success, I had set "xfce4-power-manager" to zero - also without success. But then I had remembered that the X server can take this influence on the blanking. With Option "BlankTime" "0" I have now success for a long time. In the meantime I renewed the hardware several times (for other reasons) and also the xscreensaver has been updated several times, nevertheless I still have to influence my Xfce desktop this way, because the annoying problem persists.
You can always confirm your settings by typing:
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xset q