Google Chrome 6 has been released as a Stable release by Google and i have successfully upgrade to Chrome 6 using the SlackBuild script provided on SlackBuilds project made by Erik Hanson. Even though the version mentioned is still 5, but actually it does work on Chrome 6 as well.

Everything works as intended. All of the plugins are still reserved and the functionality has been improved in overall. I think it's a worthed upgrade.

The full announcement of Google Chrome 6 can be read on Google's Blog

Sekedar share, bahwa salah satu PC saya yang menggunakan Slackware64 + GSB (Gnome) mengalami problem pada X server setelah upgrade patch terbaru dari Slackware lewat slackpkg . Hanya wm fluxbox yang jalan. KDE,GNOME, maupun XFCE ngadat :).

Selidik punya selidik ternyata akibat keteledoran saya tidak mem-blacklist file-file dibawah ini (yang ikutan diupgrade kembali ke milik original slackware) :

glib2-2.24.1
gtk+2-2.20.1

Solusinya: Upgrade kembali ke file tersebut di atas. Karena fungsi mount otomatis tidak jalan, maka saya menjalankan mount manual pada cdrom yang berisi file-file milik GSB tersebut.

Agar tidak lupa, saya memblacklist 2 file di atas pada /etc/slackpkg/blacklist dengan menuliskan tambahan baris :

glib2
gtk+2

Sekarang saat menjalankan instruksi #slackpkg upgrade-all kedua file tersebut tidak akan diupgrade.

Oke ! Semoga berguna :)

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New poll has been created. This time, i would like to know what Linux Kernel version do you use on your computer. Linux Kernel is the central of the system as it provides you with the core of the operating system. Basically it handles everything, starting from memory management, process scheduling, filesystems, and many more.

I will be running this poll for two months and hoping to get a good results of it. So, give your votes now

This month, i will not be late again for announcing the poll results. Yes, it's over by now and we have a surprising results. We only have 38 votes this time and the result are:
Yes, absolutely 12 (31%)
Yes, partially 12 (31%)
No, but i still use it 0 (0%)
No, i'd rather use others 14 (36%)

People still sees KDE 4.4.x has performance problems and they rather used other desktop manager such as GNOME or probably XFCE which is supported in Slackware. I hope with the release of KDE 4.5.x series, all of those doubts will be gone and they will be pleased with KDE 4.5.x series performance.

So far, i have been using KDE 4.5.0 from Eric Hameleers and it found it great. It's working without any problems on my desktop and also on my laptop (i do have some glitches on my laptop, but that probably related to the hybrid GPUs and i still can't activate my NVidia card, so that it still uses Intel GMA). Other than that, i'm satisfied with KDE 4.5.x

Choqok 1.0 beta 3 has been released by the developer. There has been numerous bug fixes and also improvements on this beta releases such as:

• Better nick name detection.
• Better URL detection.
• Fetching Friends List problems fixed.
• UnTiny plugin can use untiny.com service instead of its generic way (Configurable)
• Using the Choqok way to show repeated dents/tweets made optional (Default is Twitter way)
• Confirm dialog for Re tweet
• When KWallet isn’t available, Choqok will store secrets in text files (Not plain text, Base64)
• Choqok 1.0Beta2 was needs kdelibs 4.5 , We changed this to work with 4.4 too.

I have build this package using SlackBuild script and it's working fine on my desktop. I will install this application on my laptop and workstation tomorrow.

FYI, it would be great if you integrate Choqok to KWallet or you will have to re-authenticate to Twitter / Identi.Ca everytime you restart your application. In the past, i was wondering why do my credentials seems to be lost. I remembered that i skipped the KWallet integration in the past

Dulu menjadi seorang pengguna Slackware (slacker) mungkin sebuah imej yang ‘wah’. Memang kesan pertama saat installasi masih meninggalkan kesan yang sama seperti dulu, distro yang ditujukan untuk seorang ‘advance‘. Dengan TUI, pasti pengguna awam akan menyingkirkannya dan memilih yang lain. Apalagi dari segi installasi aplikasi baru yang tergolong cukup sulit.

Namun semuanya itu adalah distro slackware yang dulu. Saat ini pengguna distro slackware seakan-akan makin dimanja dan dibuat menjadi seorang yang benar-benar `pemalas` (slack = malas). Install dan pemutakhiran aplikasi bukanlah hal yang sulit lagi. Anda hanya memerlukan 2 (dua) paket aplikasi saja, yaitu sbopkg dan installpkg.

Sbopkg merupakan aplikasi untuk membangun paket aplikasi sesuai repository slackbuilds.org. Sedangkan slackpkg merupakan aplikasi yang ditujukan untuk pemutakhiran aplikasi sesuai paket di cermin pengembang slackware. Slackpkg sudah ada dalam distribusi.

Dan.. Saya pun malas untuk menjelaskannya. Yah.. Terlalu dimanja memang membuat malas…

Robby Workman has posted a call for testing for the new XOrg 1.9.0 in LQ. Basically he wanted to get some early input/feedback from users running -Current or 13.1 before he pushed the packages in -Current which will become the next Slackware release.

Note for people who wanted to test this packages: you are recommended to use 2.6.35.x Linux Kernel series instead of staying with your current older kernel. Also, if you use ATI/NVidia VGA Card, please use the latest version. NVidia has just pushed an official driver which brings ABI used in newer XOrg 1.9.0. You can download the driver for 32 bit or 64 bit.

Recently I'm successfully activating squidGuard as a content, domains, and urls filtering and redirector for squid proxy in the office network. I'm using squidGuard version 1.4 (the latest available version). By using squidGuard an average load of squid proxy could be reduced by 30% because squid doesn't have to taking care of the filtering rules.

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Baiklah ini mungkin bukan topik baru :) Tapi paling tidak mengingatkan banyak pemula di Slackware salah satu program penting yang layak untuk dicoba.

SBOPKG merupakan tampilan antarmuka situs http://slackbuilds.org. Dengan SBOPKG pencarian program tambahan plus download dan kompile dilakukan sekali jalan :)

Browsing repository ratusan program dapat dilakukan dengan mudah. Fungsi search juga mempesona. Semisal saya ingin mencari program audacity... tinggal masukkan kata kunci audacity maka muncul opsi audacity.

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Hari ini, setelah sekian lama gak menyentuh laptop Thinkpad R60e Gw yang dirampok dipake adek Gw, Gw mo update install-an Slackware 13.1 di laptop itu. setelah update semua patch sampai tanggal 27 Agustus 2010, ternyata Slackwarenya gak mau masuk X (kde). Erornya mengatakan kalo file /usr/bin/X yang merupakan symlink ke /usr/bin/Xorg tidak dapat dieksekusi.

Perkiraan saya terjadi korup sewaktu pemaketan X0rg-server, sehingga untuk solusi mudahnya saya lakukan downgrade Xorg-server ke built 1, dan X (kde) – nya berjalan normal kembali. Sebetulnya kalo mau ngecek, bisa aja sih Gw coba built sendiri paket xorg-server, tapi saya menunggu kabar dari PV aja deh

As expected, this morning, Pat released update to libxml2 which should fix some problems related to segfaults caused by an ABI break by zlib-1.2.5. Also, he commited glew which has been rebuilt and also some other packages, such as wpa_supplicant and also VIm 7.3, which is a major upgrade.

If you happened to upgrade to -Current (August 27) and having so many segfaults on many applications both in 32/64bit systems, then you are not alone. Many (including me) have experienced this as well. On my case, it was VMWare Workstation 7.1.1 who got segfaulted after upgrading to -Current.

The culprit is the new zlib-1.2.5. This version requires newer libxml2-2.7.7, but this package hasn't arrived in -Current yet. Robby Workman posted a link in this thread and i found it working. After compiling libxml2-2.7.7 from source using Slackware's SlackBuild script, i don't get any segfaults anymore in VMWare.

So, for those who wanted to upgrade to -Current, you have two options:

1. Upgrade libxml2 as well to libxml2-2.7.7 or
2. Skip zlib-1.2.5 package for now and stick with 1.2.3

Update (29 August): Fixes for this problem has been resolved in the latest -Current update, so you only need to upgrade to libxml2-2.7.7 provided in the update and you will have no more segfaults.

After almost a month without any updates on -Current, finally new packages has started to arrive in -Current. Most packages are basic packages, such as libraries and also security updates for XOrg, GnuPG, PHP, Pidgin, and Apache (httpd).

It seems that Pat hasn't considered moving to PHP 5.3.x series. He still used PHP 5.2.x for now. Probably the changes are too big and too risky, but i guess someday, it should start moving to PHP 5.3.x.

-Stable has received some updates as well, such as Pidgin, GnuPG, and Apache.

After receiving suggestions and fixes from two LQ members on my thread, i have updated my SlackBuild script for Google-Talk Plugins. The fixes are to fix directory naming problem, mostly found on 64bit sytems and also to remove unneeded directory found both on Slackware 32 and 64 bit systems.

You can find the updated SlackBuild here (RapidShare).

Enjoy the plugins

Setting Wireles compaq cq40 for slackware 13.1
assalamu alaikum wr.wb

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BIND is an implementation of the DNS protocols and provides an openly redistributable reference implementation of the major components of the Domain Name System, including:

• Domain Name System server
• Domain Name System resolver library
• Tools for managing and verifying the proper operation of the DNS server

The BIND DNS Server is used on the vast majority of name serving machines on the Internet, providing a robust and stable architecture on top of which an organization’s naming architecture can be built.

The resolver library included in the BIND distribution provides the standard APIs for translation between domain names and Internet addresses and is intended to be linked with applications requiring name service.

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Beberapa bulan lalu saya sempat membeli Option GlobeTrotter Ultra Express Card 7.2 HSUPA dan sampai dengan tadi siang saya hanya bisa menggunakannya di sistem operasi proprietary di salah satu mesin saya. Saat datang saya sudah pernah mencoba modem ini pada mesin Slackware versi 13.0 namun saya belum berhasil melakukan instalasi sampai tuntas. Namun setelah tadi siang saya mencoba menggunakannya di OpenSUSE 11.2 milik saudara saya ternyata modem ini langsung bisa digunakan. Rasa penasaran saya kembali bangkit, terlebih dengan pembakaran semangat dari teman-teman ngobrol online, sehingga saya mencari melalui Mr Google.

Ternyata apa yang saya cari ada di GPRS HOWTO bagian 3.12 High Speed Option Wireless cards (GT Express, GT Max, GT HSUPA). Dan ada 2 (dua) aplikasi yang harus ada di mesin yang saya pakai ini, yaitu : hsolinkcontrol dan HSOconnect.

Pada hsolinkcontrol tidak ada masalah berarti saat instalasi. Namun saat instalasi HSOconnect harus dipastikan versi Python yang ada pada sistem, mengingat aplikasi ini merupakan GUI yang dibangun menggunakan Interpreter Python.

Dan saat ini saya akhirnya bisa melakukan posting menggunakan Slackware 13.1. Mari mengoprek lagi!

Aoe is a network protocol designed for simple, high-performance access of SATA storage devices over Ethernet networks. AoE does not rely on network layers above Ethernet, such as the IP and TCP that iSCSI requires. This makes AoE potentially faster than iSCSI, with less load on the host to handle the additional protocols. We may use AoE in place of NBD or NFS for the KIWI-LTSP. Rather AoE is a yet another efficient mechanism to transfer the compressed squashfs’ed chroot images in the evolutionary path of LTSP.
aeotools distributed at coraid

With ATA hard drives now being cheaper than tape, this simple new storage technology enables you to build storage arrays for archives, backup or live use.

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Finally, after conducting several experiments with Google Talk Plugins, finally i'm able to have a Video/Voice Chat in Linux. Here's how to do it:

1. Download the SlackBuild script from RapidShare (not yet submitted to SlackBuilds)
2. Extract them
   
3. Download the Plugin for x86 or x86_64 and put them into the google-talkplugin directory
4. Modify the SlackBuild to match the architecture and execute it using root account
5. Install the package which should be in /tmp/ using installpkg
6. Plug your webcam or make sure your internal webcam has been detected
   
7. Restart your browser
8. Login to GMail
9. Turn on the Chat feature
10. Call your friends who have enabled the Voice/Video Chat features and you're done

If you visit the Google Voice and Chat, they will keep asking you to install the plugin. Don't worry about that. I tested using Ubuntu and they still do the same thing, which means that they don't have any online detection for browsers who have installed the plugins.

Here are some screenshot of my previous testing session where i used Ubuntu (webcam attached in this machine) and Slackware (no webcam, so using my default picture profile), so basically i'm calling myself I have tested using Firefox and Google Chrome and they both work normally.

Enjoy the voice and chat feature in Slackware

PS: I tested using external webcam. Some people reported that they couldn't have this feature using an internal webcam. I'm not so sure about this, but Google Support also recommends some external webcams.

Updates (23 August 2010): It works on 32bit systems and 64bit systems with multilib, but it will NOT work in pure 64bit systems, as the 64bit package shipped with 32bit binaries, which makes it broken on pure 64bit systems. For now, wait for upstream fixes or use multilib.

Google has released Google Talk Plugin that enables Linux users to have Voice and Video chat in GMail. This is big steps for Google and also for Linux users. Unfortunately, the plugin is only for Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distribution for now (.deb file) and RPM format will follow soon, but no source is provided yet.