There are times where I flushed the Slackware partition for another purpose. Especially when I have to hack on BlankOn project. I always want to reinstall Slackware, and reinstall and reinstall again. It’s tiring. So, this is my fast post install guide for my Slackware setup to get the machine work-ready. This applied for Slackware 14.2.

Pre-installation

dd if=slackware-14.2-install-dvd.iso of=/dev/sdX

Installation

I just exclude kde* packages since I use XFCE4 instead.

Post-installation

wicd

wicd is a network manager that just works. It is located in /extra/wicd/ in the ISO image.

# installpkg pkgname.txz

Colemak keyboard

No need to download Colemak kmap file from Colemak.com. Colemak layout is already installed in the system. Just put the line :

# echo "loadkeys /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/colemak/en-latin9.map.gz" >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local

If you use XFCE4, add this command line to startup applications :

setxkbmap us -variant colemak

Trackpoint

One line to rule them all :

# cat /etc/udev/rules.d/10-trackpoint.rules
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTR{name}=="TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint", ATTR{device/sensitivity}="250", ATTR{device/press_to_select}="1"

Nay, it needs more for scrolling page. Trackpoint should not be called trackpoint if it doesn’t work together with the middle blue button.

# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-thinkpad.conf
Section "InputClass"
	Identifier	"Trackpoint Wheel Emulation"
	MatchProduct	"TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint|DualPoint Stick|Synaptics Inc. Composite TouchPad / TrackPoint|ThinkPad USB Keyboard with TrackPoint|USB Trackpoint pointing device|Composite TouchPad / TrackPoint"
	MatchDevicePath	"/dev/input/event*"
	Option		"EmulateWheel"		"true"
	Option		"EmulateWheelButton"	"2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"false"
	Option		"XAxisMapping"		"6 7"
	Option		"YAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

User and groups

adduser herpiko

Make sure the user has the required groups, in case you forgot to add when creating new user.

# groups herpiko
herpiko : users lp wheel floppy audio video cdrom plugdev power netdev scanner

How to add a grup,

# usermod -a -G power herpiko
# usermod -a -G wheel herpiko

Add the user to sudoers and some commands to support suspend.

herpiko ALL=(ALL) ALL
herpiko ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/sbin/pm-suspend-hybrid
herpiko ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/xfce4-power-manager

Power and Suspend

Now you can do sudo /usr/bin/xfce4-power-manager without password. Suspend and other power settings are disabled in normal user, even if the user are in power group. Disable Power Manager related item in Settings > Startup, then add new item, Power manager by sudo with the command sudo /usr/bin/xfce4-power-manager. Then reboot. Now you shoud can do suspend flawlessly.

But only for the first suspend, in second suspend attempt the computer will be crashed. Sorry. The culprit is TXT feature in the BIOS of X200 (see in Security section). Disable it.

Escape key on X200

I depend my life on Vim heavily. There is alternative like Ctrl + [ but I just love striking the Esc key. Thinkpad X200 has a trolling-layout on its keyboard. Lets fix this with :

$ echo 'xmodmap -e "keycode 67 = Escape"' >> ~/.bashrc

Slackbuild and sbopkg

Please consult to https://www.sbopkg.org/downloads.php

Docker

You need to install some packages from Sbopkg :

• google-go-lang

Run this, /etc/etc/profile.d/go.sh, then install another package from Sbopkg :

• containerd

Then install this prebuild packages (from my Dropbox folder) : https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ki8nngtzjh2v6ay/AADFfvA0iX1lMkFRY9mJZHRIa?dl=0

Add the docker group, then add the group to current user

# groupadd docker
# usermod -a -G docker herpiko

Reboot, run dockerd as root then you can use docker as non-root user.

Internet Browser

Just install the blazingly fast Firefox Quantum (>57).