One security update has been released along with bunch of updates in x/ directory. While it may not be the latest version of the Xorg packages, it has proven to be the most stable version ever tested by Slackware team. Stability is more important than newer version which is buggy. Here's the latest -Current changelog:

Thu Nov 20 12:15:34 CST 2008
a/acpid-1.0.8-i486-2.tgz: Fixed a bug in the build script so that /etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh.new is chmoded executable. If you installed the previous package, you should chmod 755 your /etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh.
Thanks to Stuart Winter for pointing this out.

Wed Nov 19 19:52:15 CST 2008
a/acpid-1.0.8-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to acpid-1.0.8.
/etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh will be installed as a .new with future upgrades, but since whatever version already installed on the system owns /etc/acpi/acpi_handler.sh, it will still be overwritten one more time when this update is installed. If you've customized your script, be sure to back it up before upgrading.

a/mkinitrd-1.3.2-i486-4.tgz: Fixed a bug where unless -F was the first option given, other command line options would not override the contents of /etc/mkinitrd.conf as documented in the man page.
Thanks to David Somero for the patch.

l/libxml2-2.6.32-i486-2.tgz: Patched and recompiled.
This fixes vulnerabilities including denial of service, or possibly the execution of arbitrary code as the user running a libxml2 linked application if untrusted XML content is parsed.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4225
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4226
(* Security fix *)

x/compiz-0.7.8-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to compiz-0.7.8.

x/dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.27-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.27.

x/xf86-input-acecad-1.2.2-i486-1.tgz: Added xf86-input-acecad-1.2.2.

x/xf86-input-calcomp-1.1.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-calcomp-1.1.2-i486-1.tgz.

x/xf86-input-digitaledge-1.1.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-digitaledge-1.1.1.

x/xf86-input-dmc-1.1.2-i486-1.tgz: Added xf86-input-dmc-1.1.2.

x/xf86-input-dynapro-1.1.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-dynapro-1.1.2.

x/xf86-input-elo2300-1.1.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-elo2300-1.1.2.

x/xf86-input-elographics-1.2.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-elographics-1.2.3.

x/xf86-input-evdev-2.0.8-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-evdev-2.0.8.

x/xf86-input-fpit-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-fpit-1.2.0.

x/xf86-input-hyperpen-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-hyperpen-1.2.0.

x/xf86-input-jamstudio-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-jamstudio-1.2.0.

x/xf86-input-joystick-1.3.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-joystick-1.3.3.

x/xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-keyboard-1.3.1.

x/xf86-input-magellan-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-magellan-1.2.0.

x/xf86-input-microtouch-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-microtouch-1.2.0.

x/xf86-input-mutouch-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-mutouch-1.2.1.

x/xf86-input-palmax-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-palmax-1.2.0.

x/xf86-input-penmount-1.3.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-penmount-1.3.0.

x/xf86-input-summa-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-summa-1.2.0.

x/xf86-input-synaptics-0.15.2-i486-1.tgz: Added xf86-input-synaptics-0.15.2.

x/xf86-input-tek4957-1.2.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-tek4957-1.2.0.

x/xf86-input-vmmouse-12.5.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-input-vmmouse-12.5.2.

x/xf86-input-void-1.1.1-i486-1.tgz: Added xf86-input-void-1.1.1.

x/xf86-video-cirrus-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-cirrus-1.2.1.

x/xf86-video-glint-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-glint-1.2.1.

x/xf86-video-i128-1.3.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-i128-1.3.1.

x/xf86-video-intel-2.4.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-intel-2.4.3.

x/xf86-video-mga-1.4.9-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-mga-1.4.9.

x/xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.1.

x/xf86-video-nv-2.1.12-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-nv-2.1.12.

x/xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.903-i486-1.tgz: Added xf86-video-openchrome-0.2.903.

x/xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-radeonhd-1.2.3.

x/xf86-video-s3virge-1.10.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-s3virge-1.10.1.

x/xf86-video-savage-2.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-savage-2.2.1.

x/xf86-video-vmware-10.16.5-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xf86-video-vmware-10.16.5.

x/xkeyboard-config-1.4-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to xkeyboard-config-1.4.
NOTE: These are some of the more important updates for X.Org. For the last several days we have been building and testing the very newest X updates, and it seems that the more intrusive updates are probably best left to develop until sometime after the coming -stable Slackware 12.2 release. Those will require a lot of testing and some things don't seem to be quite there yet.
"X -configure" is hanging the console, DRI is not yet working on all the hardware tested, and the new xorg-server will render most existing xorg.conf files non-functional until several changes are made.

extra/slacktrack/slacktrack-2.01-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to slacktrack-2.01.
Thanks to Stuart Winter.

Seharusnya ini ditulis oleh Amad, Sebab beliau yang pertama kali mempergunakan synergy untuk mengontrol desktop dan macbooknya.

Synergy software berbagi mouse dan keyboard antara computer dengan multi sistem operasi, synergi tersedia di Linux, Mac dan Windows. Synergy tidak membutuhkan hardware khusus, hanya koneksi jaringan. Hal ini cocok digunakan untuk mereka yang menghadapi lebih dari satu komputer dan seolah – olah menggunakan satu display.

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Sebagai kelanjutan dari laporan gathering ke-13, akan kami laporkan juga topik yang kami bahas bersama, yaitu implementasi mesin proxy menggunakan tool bernama “SQUID”. Software squid yang kami ujicobakan adalah squid versi 2.6.x dalam bentuk paket tgz yang tinggal “installpkg” sehingga mempersingkat waktu kompilasi yang membutuhkan banyak sekali opsi pada saat membuat configurasi kompail.

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Hari Minggu, tanggal 16 November 2008 sekitar pukul 10:40 WITA, Sdr. Arman langsung tampil memulai acara belajar bersama dengan menjelaskan implementasi squid sebagai proxy server dimulai dengan tahap-tahap instalasi sembari menjelaskan keterangannya pada setiap tahap. Kebetulan ada koneksi speedy gratis di Balai Diklat Keuangan VI Makassar, dan dibantu dengan 2 laptop, dimana yang satu bertindak sebagai router sekaligus kelinci percobaan implementasi squid dan berhadapan langsung dengan modem adsl, sementara yang satunya lagi dengan wifi berchipset atheros, dibuat sebagai akses point.

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Selesai sudah perhelatan akbar Indonesia Linux Conference 2008 yang di adakan di Bali. Tepatnya tanggal 9 November 2008. Sebagai ajang sharing dan kumpul2 Linuxer yang tergabung di berbagai komunitas dan organisasi Linux yang ada di Indonesia, Indonesia Linux Conference sangat menarik di ikuti, karena sedikit banyak pembahasan yang dibahas didalam ...

To the point aja yach :P

• Download joomla terbaru di http://www.joomla.org/download.html
  Anda akan menemukan 1.5.8 Full Package.

Oke, ekstrak file format zip. Sudah tahu caranya ? Anda dapat menggunakan fasilitas ekstrak pada konqueror untuk mudahnya.
Atau $unzip Joomla_1.5.8-Stable-*.zip
Kemudian buat folder (misal /var/www/joomlax )dan kopikan semua file hasil ekstrak tersebut.

Database.
Jadi root, kemudian install pertama kali master database

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Three security packages has been released along with new kernel on the -Current tree. The kernel uses the latest -Stable kernel available from main Kernel site. Some packages were also recompiled to some changes today and few days ago. So here goes the -Current changelog entry:

Sat Nov 15 18:33:27 CST 2008
a/glibc-solibs-2.7-i486-16.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.6.

a/glibc-zoneinfo-2.7-noarch-16.tgz: Rebuilt.

a/kernel-firmware-2.6.27.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6 firmware.

a/kernel-generic-2.6.27.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.

a/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.27.6_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.

a/kernel-huge-2.6.27.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.

a/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.27.6_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.

a/kernel-modules-2.6.27.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.

a/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.27.6_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.

d/kernel-headers-2.6.27.6_smp-x86-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6 headers.

k/kernel-source-2.6.27.6_smp-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.6.

l/glibc-2.7-i486-16.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.6.

l/glibc-i18n-2.7-noarch-16.tgz: Rebuilt.

l/glibc-profile-2.7-i486-16.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.6.

l/svgalib_helper-1.9.25_2.6.27.6-i486-1.tgz: Recompiled for Linux 2.6.27.6.

n/gnutls-2.6.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gnutls-2.6.2. The security fix in gnutls-2.6.1 had a flaw in cases where the certificate chain contained only one self-signed certificate. This update fixes the issue.

n/net-snmp-5.4.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to net-snmp-5.4.2.1.
This fixes a problem where a user with read access could cause snmpd to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4309
(* Security fix *)

n/proftpd-1.3.1-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled. This seems to be picky about having an exact version of OpenSSL. Thanks to Adam Kennedy for the bug report.

xap/mozilla-firefox-3.0.4-i686-1.tgz:
Upgraded to firefox-3.0.4.
This fixes some security issues:
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox30.html
(* Security fix *)

xap/seamonkey-1.1.13-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to seamonkey-1.1.13.
This release fixes some more security vulnerabilities.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey11.html
(* Security fix *)

extra/linux-2.6.27.6-nosmp-sdk/: Updated SMP to no-SMP kernel source patch.

isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt with newly compiled kernel modules.

usb-and-pxe-installers/: Rebuilt usbboot.img with newly compiled kernel modules.

Bermula dari keinginan merubah (default) panjang password, ketemulah file ini. Ternyata ada banyak konfigurasi lain sehubungan dengan masalah login sistem di file ini. Mulai dari waktu delay (kalau gagal login), expired password, penggunaan crack lib, start UID/GID, dan lain sebagainya.

/etc/login.defs - Configuration control definitions for the login package.

Beberapa contoh (default):

FAIL_DELAY 3 #delay login 3 detik
PASS_MAX_DAYS 99999 #Mau diubah berapa nich lama password yg berlaku ?
PASS_MIN_DAYS 0
PASS_MIN_LEN 5

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The new bluez packages which has been released last week is now reverted to the previous version due to lack of userspace modules. Slackware takes the safe way and using the old version until the situation changes in the future.

Meanwhile, some updates has been revealed today, so grab it and test it. Here's the latest -Current changelog:

Thu Nov 13 11:46:26 CST 2008
ap/acct-6.4pre1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to acct-6.4pre1 to support the new kernel accounting file format (and the older log formats). Thanks to Jan Rafaj for letting me know this needed an update and where to find it.

ap/madplay-0.15.2b-i486-2.tgz: Recompiled. This fixes a problem (endian issue?) where madplay just outputs noise.
Thanks to Jan Rafaj for the bug report.

kde/kdepim-3.5.10-i486-4.tgz: Recompiled against bluez-libs and pilot-link.

l/pilot-link-0.12.3-i486-6.tgz: Recompiled against bluez-libs-3.36.

n/bluez-hcidump-1.42-i486-2.tgz: Recompiled against bluez-libs-3.36.

n/bluez-libs-3.36-i486-2.tgz: Switched back to the BlueZ 3.x series. As the website says, "without support from the userspace these modules are useless." Well, it seems as if the userspace support for BlueZ 3.x is still much better than the support for 4.x, so we'll move back to these packages (recompiled) until the situation changes. Thanks to Tom Nardi for the detailed report concerning the usability of BlueZ 3.x versus BlueZ 4.x.

n/bluez-utils-3.36-i486-4.tgz: Switched back to bluez-utils-3.36, with the udev rules moved into /lib/udev/rules.d/.

n/obexftp-0.22-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled against openobex-1.3.

n/openobex-1.3-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled against bluez-libs-3.36.

n/slrn-0.9.9p1-i486-2.tgz: Fixed slack-desc to properly note that the original author, John E. Davis, is now maintaining slrn again.
Thanks to Andrew Strong for pointing out this error.

Baca Disclaimer sebelum melakukan aktivitas yang ada di dalam dokumen ini

Menghapus beberapa blank lines
pada kasus ini adalah menghapus beberapa blank lines pada file berekstensi php

Penghapusan beberapa blank lines terakhir berguna untuk mengatasi error
“warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent in .”

Berikut adalah simple codenya

#!/bin/bash
#  Filename :memotong_baris_terakhir
SUM=0
LINE=0
# tracking how many empty line lies

for file in $(ls -R *.php);do
     for i in $(seq 1 10);do
         DATA2=$(tail -n $i $file)
         if [ -z $DATA2 ];then
             echo "empty"
             SUM=$(echo "$SUM+1" | bc)
         else break
         fi
     done
     LINE=$(echo $(wc -l $file | awk '{ print $1 }') | bc)
     LINES=$(echo "$LINE-$SUM" | bc)
     head -n $LINES $file > $file.back
done

Kemudian dijalankan

# bash memotong_baris_terakhir

Keterangan: script di atas akan menghasilkan file “namafile.back”
untuk keperluan sendiri di edit aja

Happy Coding!!

awaludin <xblank_id@yahoo.com> Oct 11th, 2008

Copyright@2008 Awaludin distributed under GNU Public License(GPL) v2 terms
read GPL v2 for details
you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of GNU Public Licence, either
version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
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Description:
This document is about my experience used dial up connection on GNU/Linux Slackware
although I used GNU/Linux  Slackware, this perhaps can use on other GNU/Linux Distribution
try it your self

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Disclaimer:
THE AUTHOR AND MANTAINERS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE INCURED
DUE THE ACTIONS TAKEN BASED ON INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT.
THIS DOCUMENT COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARANTY USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
This document is based on my experience, Information and other contents in this document
are the best of my knowledge. However, I have made errors and mistakes. So you should
determine if you want to follow the instructions given in this document
This document is only remade from my experience, not exactly or precizely same process as I do.
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Table of Contents
0×0. Symbols use on this document and preparations
0×1. Check your modem
0×2. Install required stuff
0×3. Run it
0×4. Something I do manually
0×5. Actually

1. Install sudo packet

$ sudo installpkg sudo-1.6.8p12-i486-1.tgz

0×0. Symbols use on this document and preparations
Before you read this document, there are symbol that represent on this document
these are symbols used in this document
$ = user prompt
# = superuser prompt

Preparations

2. Install n packet network such as ppp

$ sudo installpkg ppp-2.4.4-i486-1.tgz

3. current linux kernel source used packet

4. modem driver and modem driver deamon

5. kdenetwork packet

$ sudo installpkg kdenetwork-3.5.7-i486.tgz

7.Telephone cable connection
8. Snack n coffee

0×1. Check you modem

$ lspci -i modem

This is a result :
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC’97 Modem Controller (rev 02)

If you want to see detail informations of modem

$ lspci -vv

0×2 Install required stuff
Install driver according to your modem
Check you driver by searching on internet using any search engine
Before you installed the modem driver, firstly you must install the linux kernel source
according linux kernel that you currently use.

$ uname -a

Linux darkstar 2.6.21.5-smp #2 SMP Tue Jun 19 14:58:11 CDT 2007 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU - M  1200MHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Your result is probably different from me

$ sudo installpkg kernel-source-2.6.21.5_smp-noarch-2.tgz

After you installed linux kernel source then installed the driver
I used slmodem,

$ tar zxf slmodem-2.9.11-20080817.tar.gz
$ cd slmodem-2.9.11-20080817

open README and read it carefully

$ vim README

I made some different when I was installing the driver, in order to make this driver become slackware package
so I don’t have to compiling driver anymore.
this what I had done

$ sudo su
# make
# make install DESTDIR=/tmp/slmodem-2.9.11-20080817
# cd /tmp/slmodem-2.9.11-20080817
# makepkg -l y -c y -p slmodem-2.9.11-20080817-i686-awal.tgz
# installpkg /tmp/slmodem-2.9.11-20080817-i686-awal.tgz

0×4 Run it
After you install the driver you can load required module into system as driver
$ sudo modprobe slamr
Run the modem driver deamon
$ sudo slmodemd /dev/slamr0

Press Alt+F2 to open run application dialog type “kppp” than press Enter

Choose Configure button

Actually I had already configure my account  configuration,
You can press New button to add new account
and will show this dialog below

Fill the form as required
I had said before that I had already had my account, because so troublesome I only show you
my configuration was
This dialog below is my configuration

and

and after you done, you can  press the OK button
The next step is configure your modem, on configuration dialog, choose modems tab
it wil show like this

this is my modem configuration

after you done, you can press Ok button

At the KPPP front end

Choose the “connect to form” dropdown, and fill Login ID and Password ID with
user: telkomnet@instan
pass:telkom

Then press Connect button
wait for a moment,
In the prosess, you will be asked ID and Password once more time,

fill the ID and Password with the same pass as before
After few minute waiting you can enjoy the internet connection

Open your browser, than surf.

see ya, bye

Tanpa basa basi lagi
checkout API google terlebih dahulu
lakukan perintah

svn checkout http://python-googlelanguage.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ python-googlelanguage-read-only

kemudian install simplejson
untuk keluarga Debian

# sudo apt-get install python-simplejson

klo distro slackware dan lainnya

# wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/simplejson/simplejson-2.0.4.tar.gz#md5=9a888ea017ef2fcd42a2823454950b16
# tar zxf simple-2.0.4.tar.gz
# cd simple-2.0.4
# sudo python setup.py install

ket:saat instalasi paket pypi python harus konek internet

Selanjutnya lakukan perintah dibawah ini

# cd python-googlelanguage-read-only
# sudo python setup.py install

Buat kode program dengan menggunakan bahasa python

# gedit translate.py

ket: python is indent sensitive, perhatikan penggunaan tab

kemudian jalankan aplikasinya

Selamat mencoba
happy coding

Bismillah.
Cerita : Hampir 2 minggu nih ga nulis Blog. Ada saja pekerjaan yang harus diselesaikan. Oke kali ini, ane ajak slacker's untuk mencoba IceWM. Window Manager favorit ane sejak Slackware-10.0 sampe 12.0, walau ga pernah diikutkan di paket standarnya, hiks. Tau kenapa tuh sebabnya ? Tanya Om Pat V. dong

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Setelah dikoordinasikan dengan beberapa slackers tentang rencana kumpul dan belajar bareng, dan telah diposting rencana untuk mendapatkan masukan, akhirnya kami sepakat untuk mengadakan gathering lagi yang ke-13 pada tanggal 16 November 2008 (bukan 15 November alias mundur satu hari karena dikhawatirkan hari Sabtu ada yang masih masuk belajar atau bekerja) pukul 09:00 WITA s.d. Selesai. Lokasi ngumpul adalah di Gedung Balai Diklat Keuangan VI Makassar, Jl. A. Yani No. 1 Makassar, contact person denic (koy_od [at] yahoo.com) sebagai tuan rumah plus host.

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One security update has been release today along with Pidgin and KTorrent updates. Pidgin was recompiled with the new gnutls (which happened to be the security update package). Here's the latest -Current changelog:

Mon Nov 10 19:19:50 CST 2008
n/gnutls-2.6.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gnutls-2.6.1.
From the gnutls-2.6.1 NEWS file:
** libgnutls: Fix X.509 certificate chain validation error.
[GNUTLS-SA-2008-3] The flaw makes it possible for man in the middle attackers (i.e., active attackers) to assume any name and trick GNU TLS clients into trusting that name. Thanks for report and analysis from Martin von Gagern . [CVE-2008-4989]
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4989
(* Security fix *)

xap/pidgin-2.5.2-i486-2.tgz: Recompiled against gnutls-2.6.1.

extra/ktorrent/ktorrent-2.2.8-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to ktorrent-2.2.8. \ö/
Thanks to Erik Jan Tromp for pointing this out, and the great use of umlaut.

Ok, time to vote for another poll. This time, the poll time frame is quite big and it will end at the end of this year (31 Dec 2008). The question is "What Do You Think About LiveCD Version of Slackware?"

I'm curious about people's interest about bringing Slackware into LiveCD edition. This is MY OWN idea, not Patrick's, so don't mind asking him to do so . It might inspired him to do so in the future though (even though i can't guarantee that).

So go for it and give your votes....

I totally forgot that the poll has been closed by the end of last month, so i should post the results. Well, sorry for that and here are the results for last month's poll:
I like XMMS 32 (36%)
I prefer Audacious 5 (5%)
I prefer Amarok 36 (41%)
I have other multimedia player 7 (8%)
I don't play music on my computer 2 (2%)
XMMS Sucks 5 (5%)

Well, most people that uses Slackware are already being migrating to AmaroK, the multimedia player for KDE (even though it could be installed without having all the KDE packages being installed. Only kdelibs and kdebase needed i guess). One interesting notes is that there are two people who voted that they don't play music on his/her computer. I can't imagine a computer who isn't being used to listen up music (unless it's a server of course).

From the poll we can also conclude that many people still like XMMS as their multimedia player, so the returning XMMS on -Current is a good news for them.

Stay tuned with another poll in short time

Along with the CUPS security alert, PV has released HUGE changes to the Slackware-Current tree with new kernels and LOTS of upgraded packages (and also recompilation due to new kernel or new packages). This is the first update after being vacuum for almost a month. There were several new packages, which should simplify the package management because it replaces two packages and make it one (bluez package) and modularity achievement (kernel-firmware). New driver for Intel 5000 WLAN devices also has been incorporated by this batch of updates, so the hardware detection on next Slackware release will be definitely better.

OK, here they are, the -Current changelog

Fri Nov 7 22:37:26 CST 2008
a/cups-1.3.9-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to cups-1.3.9.
This update fixes three vulnerabilities in the SGI image format filter, the texttops filter, and the HP-GL and HP-GL/2 plotter format filter. All three of these could result in a denial of service, and the plotter filter issue could possibly be used to execute code as the print spooler user.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3639
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3640
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3641
(* Security fix *)

a/e2fsprogs-1.41.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to e2fsprogs-1.41.3.

a/glibc-solibs-2.7-i486-15.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.5.

a/glibc-zoneinfo-2.7-noarch-15.tgz: Rebuilt with tzdata2008i.

a/kernel-firmware-2.6.27.5-i486-1.tgz: Added Linux 2.6.27.5 firmware (mostly for sound cards).

a/kernel-generic-2.6.27.5-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.5.
Note that some drives that were previously seen as /dev/hd? might now show up as /dev/sd?, so be prepared for that possibility. This should only happen on machines that could have used libata with hd?=noprobe, but did not. The CONFIG_PATA_LEGACY (libata, /dev/sd?) is the default now for PATA controllers that require a generic driver.

a/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.27.5_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.5.

a/kernel-huge-2.6.27.5-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.5.

a/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.27.5_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.5.

a/kernel-modules-2.6.27.5-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.5.

a/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.27.5_smp-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.5.

a/module-init-tools-3.5-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to module-init-tools-3.5.

a/ntfs-3g-1.5012-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to ntfs-3g-1.5012.

a/openssl-solibs-0.9.8i-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to openssl-0.9.8i.

ap/cdparanoia-III_10.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to cdparanoia-III-10.2.

ap/gphoto2-2.4.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gphoto2-2.4.3.

ap/hplip-2.8.9-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to hplip-2.8.9.

ap/lm_sensors-3.0.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to lm_sensors-3.0.3.

ap/rpm-4.4.2.3-i486-2.tgz: Recompiled against neon-0.28.3.

ap/sqlite-3.6.4-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to sqlite-3.6.4.

d/binutils-2.18.50.0.9-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to binutils-2.18.50.0.9.

d/cmake-2.6.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to cmake-2.6.2.

d/git-1.6.0.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to git-1.6.0.3.

d/intltool-0.40.5-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to intltool-0.40.5.

d/kernel-headers-2.6.27.5_smp-x86-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.5 headers.

d/m4-1.4.12-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to m4-1.4.12.

d/subversion-1.5.4-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to subversion-1.5.4.

k/kernel-source-2.6.27.5_smp-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.6.27.5.

kde/kdebase-3.5.10-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled against the new libsensors. (the recompile also seems to have stabilized Flash)

kde/kdepim-3.5.10-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled against the upgraded bluez and pilot-link packages.

kde/kdesdk-3.5.10-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled against apr-1.3.3 and neon-0.28.3.

kde/kdevelop-3.5.3-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled against neon-0.28.3.

l/apr-1.3.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to apr-1.3.3.

l/apr-util-1.3.4-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to apr-util-1.3.4.

l/dbus-1.2.4-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to dbus-1.2.4.

l/fuse-2.7.4-i486-2.tgz: Moved udev rules to /lib/udev/rules.d/.

l/glibc-2.7-i486-15.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.5.

l/glibc-i18n-2.7-noarch-15.tgz: Rebuilt.

l/glibc-profile-2.7-i486-15.tgz: Recompiled against Linux 2.6.27.5.

l/hal-info-20081022-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to hal-info-20081022.

l/hicolor-icon-theme-0.10-noarch-4.tgz: Rebuilt.

l/jre-6u10-i586-1.tgz: Upgraded to Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment Version 6.0 update 10.

l/libcap-2.14-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to libcap-2.14.

l/libgphoto2-2.4.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to libgphoto2-2.4.3.

l/libmtp-0.3.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to libmtp-0.3.3.

l/libnjb-2.2.6-i486-3.tgz: Moved udev rules to /lib/udev/rules.d/.

l/neon-0.28.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to neon-0.28.3.

l/pilot-link-0.12.3-i486-5.tgz: Moved udev rules to /lib/udev/rules.d/. Recompiled against bluez-4.17.

l/svgalib_helper-1.9.25_2.6.27.5-i486-1.tgz: Recompiled for Linux 2.6.27.5.

n/bluez-4.17-i486-1.tgz: Added bluez-4.17, which replaces the blues-libs and blues-utils packages.

n/bluez-hcidump-1.42-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to bluez-hcidump-1.42.

n/httpd-2.2.10-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to httpd-2.2.10.

n/iproute2-2.6.26-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to iproute2-2.6.26.

n/iptables-1.4.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to iptables-1.4.2.

n/iwlwifi-3945-ucode-15.28.2.8-fw-1.tgz: Upgraded to iwlwifi-3945-ucode-15.28.2.8.

n/iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.57.2.21-fw-1.tgz: Upgraded to iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.57.2.21.

n/iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11-fw-1.tgz: Added iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.

n/nfs-utils-1.1.4-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to nfs-utils-1.1.4.

n/obexftp-0.22-i486-2.tgz: Recompiled.

n/openobex-1.3-i486-2.tgz: Recompiled against bluez-4.17.

n/openssl-0.9.8i-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to openssl-0.9.8i.

n/samba-3.2.4-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to samba-3.2.4.

n/slrn-0.9.9p1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to slrn-0.9.9p1.

n/tcpdump-4.0.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to libpcap-1.0.0 and tcpdump-4.0.0.

tcl/expect-5.44.1.11-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to expect-5.44.1.11.

xap/audacious-plugins-1.5.1-i486-3.tgz: Recompiled against neon-0.28.3.

xap/gkrellm-2.3.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gkrellm-2.3.2 compiled against lm_sensors-3.0.3.

xap/pidgin-2.5.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to pidgin-2.5.2.

xap/sane-1.0.19-i486-3.tgz: Moved udev rules to /lib/udev/rules.d/.

xap/xfce-4.4.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xfce-4.4.3.

xap/xsane-0.996-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to xsane-0.996.

xap/xscreensaver-5.07-i486-2.tgz: Fixed a problem that can occur when RANDR reports incorrect data. Patch from upstream -- thanks to Piter Punk for finding it.

extra/jdk-6/jdk-6u10-i586-1.tgz: Upgraded to Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition Development Kit Version 6.0 update 10.

extra/linux-2.6.27.5-nosmp-sdk/: Updated SMP to no-SMP kernel source patch.

isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt with newly compiled kernel modules.

testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdebase-workspace-4.1.2-i486-2.tgz: Recompiled against lm_sensors-3.0.3.

testing/packages/kde4/kde/kdelibs-4.1.2-i486-2.tgz: Included an upstream patch to fix crashes with kded.

usb-and-pxe-installers/: Rebuilt usbboot.img with newly compiled kernel modules.
Thanks to Robby Workman, Piter Punk, Eric Hameleers, and Stuart Winter for helping to update these packages! There are still various trivial fixes that need to happen in other packages, and other updates to consider as well. Now that we have a new kernel (with the TCP options ordering problem fixed), I hope there will be time soon to look at those things.

Di tulisan sebelumnya saya menulis soal load balancing koneksi internet, Setelah jadi permasalahan baru muncul, yaitu koneksi yahoo messenger putus – putus begitu pula dengan irc.

Permasalahan ini disebabkan karena secara default sistem load balancing menggunakan metode round robin yaitu permintaan gateway berpindah setiap session misalnya session pertama via eth1 maka session selanjutnya via eth2 dan selanjutnya balik lagi ke eth1 dan selanjutnya ke eth2 begitu seterusnya.

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