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authorRobby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com>2010-02-11 23:02:19 -0600
committerRobby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com>2010-02-11 23:02:19 -0600
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Fixups and additions to TODO
* Added a note about udev * Added a note about HAL+Xorg+future(udev) * Linewrappage and other pedantic fixups
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General
-* Aim to update references to kernel versions and Slackware versions to those used in the most recent release of Slackware. I've seen kernel 2.6.29.4 and Slackware 12.0.0 for instance.
+* Aim to update references to kernel versions and Slackware versions to those
+ used in the most recent release of Slackware. I've seen kernel 2.6.29.4 and
+ Slackware 12.0.0 for instance.
* cron
* more extensive CLI apps like v2.0
+* no idea where the hell udev is covered in here, but we need to do a bit of
+ talk about it. Nothing too advanced, and we definitely DO NOT want to
+ imply that users should have to do much with udev. All of the asshattery
+ out there with trying to automount shit with udev is, well, asshattery.
+ * need to mention that /etc/udev/rules.d/<somefile> overrides an identically
+ named file in /lib/udev/rules.d/
+ * need to mention persistent rules that are system-generated, especially
+ in reference to how the admin might be misled into thinking that they are
+ causing breakage...
+
+
Chapter 3. Booting
+
* Section 'mkinitrd'
* /usr/share/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh
"Now that we've created out initrd" -> "Now that we've created our initrd"
- "most of these warnings are issued by the use of LVM" << I think that at this point of the book, people will be scared off by the unfamiliar 'LVM' and listing "/dev/raven/64root" as a root device may be confusing to people who expect something like "/dev/sda1". Better to discuss LVM later on.
+ "most of these warnings are issued by the use of LVM" << I think that at
+ this point of the book, people will be scared off by the unfamiliar
+ 'LVM' and listing "/dev/raven/64root" as a root device may be confusing
+ to people who expect something like "/dev/sda1". Better to discuss LVM
+ later on.
+
Chapter 4. Basic Shell Commands
+
* Table 4.1. Man Page Sections
Add Section 9 "kernel API description"
Add Section n "New" - typically used for Tcl/Tk man pages
+
Chapter 6. X Windows
* Section 'configuring the X server'
- "The second most popular way to configure X on your system is the handy xorgconfig(1)." << Factually, this is no longer true. The xorgconfig and xorgcfg utilities have been removed as per Slackware 13.0. What you *should* mention is that the X in Slackware will auto-configure itself if a xorg.conf file is missing (or will automatically configure components for any sections that are missing from an existing xorg.conf using the information it receives from the HAL daemon)
+ "The second most popular way to configure X on your system is the handy
+ xorgconfig(1)." << Factually, this is no longer true. The xorgconfig and
+ xorgcfg utilities have been removed as per Slackware 13.0. What you
+ *should* mention is that the X in Slackware will auto-configure itself
+ if a xorg.conf file is missing (or will automatically configure components
+ for any sections that are missing from an existing xorg.conf using the
+ information it receives from the HAL daemon)
+ * note that HAL is slated for deprecation and this might be handled by
+ udev directly at some point in the future...
+
Chapter 8. Users and Groups
* Section 'Other User and Group Tools'
- You could mention the tool here that is most sought after in IRC and forums: the "gpasswd" program whicl allows you to add a user to one additional group without touching on your current group management (remember that "usermod -G" will not retain your current group membership while "gpasswd -a" will).
+ You could mention the tool here that is most sought after in IRC and
+ forums: the "gpasswd" program which allows you to add a user to one
+ additional group without touching on your current group management
+ (remember that "usermod -G" will not retain your current group membership
+ while "gpasswd -a" will).
+
Chapter 10. Working with Filesystems
@@ -40,13 +75,20 @@ Chapter 10. Working with Filesystems
* Section 'Network Filesystems' / 'NFS'
- You could mention here how the command "showmount -e <remote_server> " allows you to find out exactly what NFS exports a remote server has made available.
+ You could mention here how the command "showmount -e <remote_server> "
+ allows you to find out exactly what NFS exports a remote server has made
+ available.
+
Chapter 11. vi
* Table 11.2. vi Cheat Sheet
- You should really add "dw" (delete a word - and store it in the copybuffer) "yw" (copy a word to the copy buffer), "yy" (copy a line to the copy buffer) and "p" (paste the content of the copybuffer at the cursor's location)
+ You should really add "dw" (delete a word - and store it in the
+ copybuffer) "yw" (copy a word to the copy buffer), "yy" (copy a line to
+ the copy buffer) and "p" (paste the content of the copybuffer at the
+ cursor's location)
+
Chapter 15. Basic Networking Commands
@@ -56,5 +98,4 @@ Chapter 15. Basic Networking Commands
* Section 'NNTP Clients'
- Should we even have this section? At this time, I'm leaning towards
- 'no'.
+ Should we even have this section? At this time, I'm leaning towards 'no'.