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Joel wrote:
>
> I just installed BL2 after much encouragement, 

> -Changing root, and other user's password. 

Install /slakware/a14/shadow.tgz from Slackware 7.1.
It will give you useradd, chpasswd, etc.

> -Configuring the mouse in X. 
> when I start X, the cursor doesn't work right, it just 
> flies around the screen when you move the mouse. 

Edit /etc/XF86Config and change the Pointer Protocol to
one of the following:  

BusMouse           GlidePoint
GlidePointPS/2     IntelliMouse
IMPS/2             Logitech
Microsoft          MMHitTab
MMSeries           Mouseman
MouseManPlusPS/2   MouseSystems
NetMousePS/2       NetScrollPS/2
OSMouse            PS/2
SysMouse           ThinkingMouse
ThinkingMousePS/2  USB
Wsmouse

> -Configure icewm. 
> I'm wondering where the configuration files are. 
> They're certainly somewhere else than in BL3.

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icewm

> -XDM. Once I get my passwords going, I'm wondering how I 
> can get XDM to run at boot, 

You could put it into one of the startup files 
(eg. /etc/rc.d/rc.M).  Or, alternatively, I think 
XDM will be called if you can change the initdefault
in /etc/inittab from 3 to 4.

Cheers,
Steven
 
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