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Slackware UEFI boot fix

Posted by in Linux, Slackware

If boot device has been replaced (M.2 disk) or CMOS is cleared (battery drained) on a Slackware installation that uses UEFI and elilo, here is a quick fix:

  1. Edit BIOS settings: Enable UEFI boot and turn off CSM
  2. Boot an (USB) installation image (Slackware 15)
  3. Mount the EFI System Partition (mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /boot/efi)
  4. Backup the content in /boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/ (elilo.conf, vmlinuz, initrd.gz)
  5. Run the eliloconfig script
  6. Restore elilo.conf and kernel files from backup (or edit/adapt new elilo.conf)
  7. Reboot
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PHP setlocale() in Slackware

Posted by in Hosting

In order to get the PHP function setlocale() to work in Slackware you need some libraries installed:

glibc
glibc-i18n

I’m using Slackware 14.1 (64bit), sooo:

# wget ftp://ftp.slackware.no/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-i18n-2.17-x86_64-11_slack14.1.txz
# wget ftp://ftp.slackware.no/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-2.17-x86_64-11_slack14.1.txz
# installpkg glibc-2.17-x86_64-11_slack14.1.txz
# installpkg glibc-i18n-2.17-x86_64-11_slack14.1.txz