I installed Slackware 8 the other day and I've been able to get almost everything working ok but I just have a few issues left.
1. Video resolution -- I had to diable all but 800x600 just to get rid of the "virtual desktop" effect where my desktop is bigger thatn the screen. If I have 1024x768 listed in /etc/X11/XF86Config then the desktop is slways that size, not matter what the resolution. Any idea how I can get it fixed to allow multiple resolutions and ditch the virtual desktops? Strange thing is that there's no "Virtual" line in /etc/X11/XF86Config.
2. Sound card -- I have an old SoundBlaster64 sound card that the system won't recognize. I adjusted the bios to give it IRQ 10 on startup because it wouldn't work under any other Linux distro either. Now it works fine under Red Hat and Mandrake for sure. How do I configure it for Slackware?
3. Printer -- I'm running an SMC Barricade broadband router with a print server built in. How on earth do I get Linux to recognize it? I have a hard enough time getting a local printer installed!
Well, there's the major problems. If anyone has any ideas, I'd definitely appreciate any help you can give! Thanks!
1. Video resolution -- I had to diable all but 800x600 just to get rid of the "virtual desktop" effect where my desktop is bigger thatn the screen. If I have 1024x768 listed in /etc/X11/XF86Config then the desktop is slways that size, not matter what the resolution. Any idea how I can get it fixed to allow multiple resolutions and ditch the virtual desktops? Strange thing is that there's no "Virtual" line in /etc/X11/XF86Config.
2. Sound card -- I have an old SoundBlaster64 sound card that the system won't recognize. I adjusted the bios to give it IRQ 10 on startup because it wouldn't work under any other Linux distro either. Now it works fine under Red Hat and Mandrake for sure. How do I configure it for Slackware?
3. Printer -- I'm running an SMC Barricade broadband router with a print server built in. How on earth do I get Linux to recognize it? I have a hard enough time getting a local printer installed!
Well, there's the major problems. If anyone has any ideas, I'd definitely appreciate any help you can give! Thanks!