Configuring Slackware 12.0 on an IBM Thinkpad R31

The default xorg.conf file is set to use xorg.conf-vesa. Attempting to run startx will give you a nice rainbow color changing screen, and no X display. To fix it, copy xorg.conf-fbdev to xorg.conf. Then edit /etc/lilo.conf and look for the following:

# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773

Change it so it reads:

# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 792

This will set the framebuffer to use 1024x768x16M colors.

IPv6 is enabled by default. To disable it, vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and add the following line:

blacklist ipv6

Then reboot. This will prevent the ipv6 kernel module from loading.

Thes are available from Alien Bob’s: http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/corefonts/