Slackware 14.1: Enable Wireless Network

Slackware It is undoubtedly one of those distributions that you either love or hate, we will also agree that from hate to love there is only one step.

The main cause leading to novice or inexperienced users in the world GNU / Linux To defect from this beautiful distribution we could attribute it to the lack of documentation in our language, although this is not entirely correct, the current algorithms such as those handled by Google together with our laziness to review beyond the first results, throw us unsuccessful moments in front of our screen.

This is where Desdelinux comes into action, thanks to the great work done by the community and especially by the administrators of the site, the search algorithms and positioning place us in the first places if we speak Spanish Linux.

Taking advantage of this showcase I have decided create a series of tips that help to solve common problems that we encounter when starting our way on the trail SlackI must also say that this will culminate in a writing that will aim to be a complete guide initially focused on the novice user, evolving - I hope - to be a complete guide for users of all levels.

Without further ado I present this small but useful Tip for those of us who are not used to working in an environment Slackware.

SlackTip # 1: Enable Wireless Networking in Slackware 14.1

Once you have installed your brand new Slackware 14.x you may find that the wireless network is not working, this is because Slack by default it has the inet1 service activated (/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1), which means that we must write a few lines in our configuration file (/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf) in order to have access to such a precious network service, although for those less knowledgeable on the subject and enemies of manual settings this can be a real headache.

Fortunately, the solution is quite simple, remember that from the version Slackware 14 is included networkmanager as an application for network management.

Es very important remember that Slackware 14.1 works in compatibility with System V which leads us directly to /etc/rc.d for managing startup services, Slackware It allows us to run and stop services simply by granting or denying execution permissions to our scripts.

The steps to follow are (as root):

1. We stop the service inet1

# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 stop

2. We deny your permission of execution

# chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1

3. We grant permission of execution a networkmanager

# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager

4. We start the service networkmanager

# /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager start

With this we will have access to our precious wireless network and all the pleasures that this entails.

If you have not yet decided to try Slackware please check these writings:

1. Slackware 14: Taking Down the Monster

2. Slackware 14: Installation Guide

3. What to do after installing Slackware 14

4. Slackware: Sbopkg and SlackBuilds, install packages easily


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  1.   eliotime3000 said

    Nice tip, plus I had no idea that Slackware doesn't use NetworkManager by default, but inet1.

    And by the way, can you use the wireless network with inet1 or does it only work with a wired network?

    1.    DMoZ said

      Thank you …

      Yes, Networkmanager is not by default and I don't think it will be in the near future, it is one of those small details that are spread by the distribution and that make Slack not just any distro 😉 ...

      Yes, we can configure our wireless network also using inet1 as service ...

      Cheers …

    2.    joakoej said

      It does not use it by default, but in the installation dvd you can install it if I am not mistaken, I suppose that after that it is activated in systemctl, if I am not mistaken

      1.    joakoej said

        I wish I could delete that badly written comment, maybe I could say that Networmanager can be installed on the installation dvd, and I calculate that it is activated by itself, at least for me the internet and the wi-fi worked for me from the beginning when I installed it.

        1.    omeza said

          That's right, when you are installing and it asks you if you want the network to be configured automatically, if you choose yes, network manager is configured from the beginning, it is also worth using the applet nm-applet to configure it graphically, I I use it in fluxbox.

  2.   peterczech said

    Very good tuto .. In fact I had this problem on my laptop when using Slackware: D.
    By the way, I used your guidelines to install and configure it :).

    1.    DMoZ said

      Yes, it is a fairly common problem since we are not used to it, especially if we come from distros that "do everything" for us ...

      Comments like this are always nice to me, I feel like I'm actually being helpful = D ... I hope to help with this series of tips to encourage more users to use Slackware ...

      Cheers …

  3.   eco-slacker said

    Very good idea of ​​making a series of tips, I hope your effort will spread a little more about what this distribution is. The good thing is that you do not leave the subject and until now you have had evidence in the publication of things related to Slackware.

    Greetings and we hope to know more about the SlackTips ...

    1.    DMoZ said

      A pleasure and an honor to have you here brother = D ...

      I must say that when I started in the Slackware world, your blog was very useful to me, and it still is today ...

      I was away from Slack for a while (actually from Linux) for various reasons, I'm just coming back and configuring everything again, that's why, when I came across those little obstacles that I decided to document them hoping that my experiences could be of help to someone else, that's how they were born the SlackTips;), of course you are welcome when you like to support us in this company = D ... I hope my constancy is greater ...

      Cheers …

      1.    eco-slacker said

        As I am a bit away from Slackware, lately I have been using other distros (and Windows for work) and I have completely abandoned the use of my favorite distro. Experience has helped me to confirm that Slackware is synonymous with stability. No "stable" distro I have used compares to Slackware, always the huge number of updates (some not very useful) break the system at some point.

        I like the style of installing only security updates, compiling, looking for dependencies, and configuring the system as you like best. Of course you can do this in any distro, but in Slackware it is more natural.

        Hopefully soon we will see the tips in the finished guide.

        Regards!

        1.    mr linux said

          I agree with every word of your comment and more coming from a Slackware authority, I also distance myself from this distribution for the same reasons you argue. Now I am very happy with OpenSUSE but always missing Slack.

        2.    kik1n said

          For that alone I keep Slackware on one of my machines, because I love sbopkg and its stability in a big way.
          The only thing I can't use is slap-get, it never worked for me.

  4.   joakoej said

    Honestly, Arch Linux seems much better to me, with ABS I can do the same as in Slackware if I wanted and there are more PKGBuilds than Slackbuilds, it also allows me to build the system more to my liking and it is rolling release. Surely they tell me that Slackware is more stable or something like that, but I think there are few cases in which Arch was unstable for someone, but everyone with their tastes.

    1.    DMoZ said

      Your comment is appreciated, but as you will see it is not a writing comparing distributions ...

      Cheers …

      1.    joakoej said

        And what does it have? I can make the comment anyway

        1.    rawBasic said

          For something he said that he appreciates your comment .. ..everyone has their tastes, and in this post you can see the position from Slackware..if you feel like you are invited to share with us how to do this but in Archlinux with ABS as you comment .. it would be Okay ;)..

  5.   Guest said

    I've been in the forum of this page for days trying to get the wireless network of this Notebook PC with Arch Linux and I can't activate it and configure Network controller: Intel (R) PRO / Wireless 2200BG / 2915 Network Driver, here is the link if someone wants help me.

    http://foro.desdelinux.net/viewtopic.php?id=3758

    1.    mr linux said

      I hope we also get some good tips from this extraordinary distribution concerning the update, no matter how much one does the steps to the letter of the Slack manual, there are always some programs that stop working, such as FreeCAD, Inkscape and others. Applications.

  6.   Tesla said

    Good to have tutorials on Slackware again. For many, including myself, this parent distribution remains an unknown realm.

    Thank you for bringing it to a less technical audience.
    A greeting!

  7.   Ferdinand said

    It is very good information, a great contribution, any user who is starting out would go crazy searching the web for how to compile or an alternative to using slackware,
    Your timely information and especially the support to the community is appreciated.

  8.   Cougar said

    Excellent article.
    It was a great help to me.
    Greetings from Monterrey Mexico -> DMoz !!

  9.   Cougar said

    Great!

    Greetings DMoz!

  10.   jorgeleitor said

    Hello Dmoz ... first of all, I congratulate you on your blog ... I'm configuring slackware 14 on a laptop with an AMD duron ... I don't have X since I'm going to use it to train on the console. I have tried to configure the wireless network, and when I enter the networkmanager command it tells me no such file or directory ... I understand that it cannot find it because it is not installed ... The fact is that following the instructions step by step and if the first thing is to deactivate the wired network how do i fix this problem? Can I install networkmanager from the cd's? Would you know how Thanks and greetings from Malaga ...