/help slackware

[Tazo]

Hey everyone whats up..Ok I just installed slackware on my windows xp machine. I turn on the computer and LILO loads up, and i select Linux. It loads, and I come to "darkstar login:" so I type root and hit enter. Now, how do I get to slackware and out of this ugly black and white shell?! sorry, first time for linux is there a command I have to type?
Thanks in advance!

[K]

Try typing "startx." if that works, go from there.

[Tazo]

Thanks a lot!! Now all I have to do is figure out how to get KDE to recognize my Belkin USB Wireless Network Adapter 

edit: were you in iD? your AIM s/n looks familiar..

[Blaze]

You can use NDISWRAPPER for loading windows drivers on linux.

After you have that installed, you could type the following in Konsole:

modprobe ndiswrapper                                            (Loads the ndiswrapper)
iwconfig wlan0 key YourWEPKeyHere                               (If you don't need a WEP key ignore this)
dhcpcd wlan0                                                    (Gets you an IP or something, thats all I can see it doing)

[Warrior]

xwmconfig would also let you choose between window managers

[Kp]

Now, how do I get to slackware and out of this ugly black and white shell?!

Strictly speaking, you don't.  That shell is (part of) Slackware.  Although I won't deny it's nice to run more than one shell in parallel (via Konsole or multiple xterms), I strongly advise you to get used to using the shell.  Linux has come a long way in being WIMP-friendly in the last couple of years, but shells are and likely always will be more powerful than their corresponding GUIs.

[mynameistmp]

Tazo, I would advise against using ndiswrapper. If you can find a driver for your product (vendor-provided is nice) you should use that instead.

[Blaze]

I wouldn't use ndiswrapper if Microsoft would get off there butts and write a linux driver for their wireless cards.

[Tazo]

Tazo, I would advise against using ndiswrapper. If you can find a driver for your product (vendor-provided is nice) you should use that instead.

how? I have the CD for it, what do I copy and to where?
==edit==
Ok, I found my driver on the belkin website ( Here ). In NDISWRAPPER, it says to do -i filename.INF, or filename.SYS. There are no .sys or .inf files on the cd or in the driver download! What do I do!

[Blaze]

Search on google for "* Slackware Drivers" where * is your cards product name.

If you cant find any, search your cd for the windows ones.

[Intangir]

does that ndiswrapper work for sound drivers?

there is no decent sound driver for SBLive, they just have sbpro and the sblive can emulate pro.. but it sounds like shit

[NicoQwertyu]

You may be able to find Linux drivers for your device here.

http://web.belkin.com/support/download/download.asp?lang=1

Edit:

http://web.belkin.com/support/download/download.asp?download=F5D6050&lang=1&mode=

Not sure if this is your device, but if it is, they don't support Linux.  Bastards.

[NicoQwertyu]

does that ndiswrapper work for sound drivers?

there is no decent sound driver for SBLive, they just have sbpro and the sblive can emulate pro.. but it sounds like shit

I've got a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 on my computer.  I thought it was supported just fine (?).   

[Tazo]

You may be able to find Linux drivers for your device here.

http://web.belkin.com/support/download/download.asp?lang=1

Edit:

http://web.belkin.com/support/download/download.asp?download=F5D6050&lang=1&mode=

Not sure if this is your device, but if it is, they don't support Linux.  Bastards.

I posted that link in a post I made a couple above yours 

Ok I installed something else that had the linux drivers for my model. Only problem is, I cant figure out iwconfig mode !
On my Windows Computer, it gives me an option for Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure. I select infrastructure, which is what my router is configured for. However, there is no mode named 'Infrastructure' on iwconfig (on slackware). there is like master, managed, ad-hoc, and a couple other things..Does anyone know what the equivalent of Infrastructure would be for iwconfig (mode)?

I tried managed, which looked closest to infrastructure, but it said No Signal Available or Signal Out of Range or something..And when  I scanned for wireless networks, it found none 

[Intangir]

where did you get the driver?

i have the original SB Live!
last i checked they didnt actually support it (just SBPro emulation)