FAQ a.k.a (Frequently Asked Questions)

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is the Start button?
simpleLinux uses XFCE Window Manager as the default, the 'start' button appears as a picture or rat and an X behind it (hence, its the official logo of XFCE)

My Theme and icon Theme doesn't look like in the screenshot?
Follow the "Changing your old look to the brand new look" link

What is the Password for text mode?
Login to the system by entering the password as default
User: root
Pass: toor

How do I install and uninstalling modules?
simpleLinux modules is portable, and using the LZM best compression. Download application modules and put it on the /slax/module folder, or otherwise.

Is it a Live CD?
Yes, it can be a live cd if burnt to a CD, or a presistent save changes if put into hard disk (also removable drives) See installations guide.

How to make it bootable in a USB drive?
Extract the files of ISO to the root dir of the usb drive. If you're on windows, open boot/bootinst.BAT or Linux open boot/bootinst.sh. We also provide the GRUB, but not currently so stable.

Why XFCE used as default WM? I hate it, and I'm sure it is not "simple" but complicated.
Well, try SLAX... Its using KDE 3.5 as default WM.And one more thing, please Google! this "I hate KDE" and "I hate XFCE" which will contain more result.

Could I cut and paste?
Yes, but make sure both file manager than you want to make any interaction remain opened. (Ie, Thunar fileman and Thunar fileman; or Thunar fileman and Desktop et cetera)

What is the boot cfg?
PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 90
DEFAULT /boot/vesamenu.c32
MENU BACKGROUND /boot/Linux.png

MENU WIDTH 36
MENU MARGIN 0
MENU ROWS 8
MENU HELPMSGROW 14
MENU TIMEOUTROW 22
MENU TABMSGROW 24
MENU CMDLINEROW 24
MENU HSHIFT 40
MENU VSHIFT 2

menu color screen 37;40 #00000000 #00000000 none
menu color border 30;44 #00000000 #00000000 none
menu color title 1;36;44 #00000000 #00000000 none
menu color unsel 37;44 #ff60CA00 #00000000 none
menu color hotkey 1;37;44 #ff60CA00 #00000000 none
menu color sel 7;37;40 #ffffffff #ff60CA00 none
menu color hotsel 1;7;37;40 #ff808080 #ff60CA00 none
menu color scrollbar 30;44 #00000000 #00000000 none

menu color tabmsg 31;40 #aaaaaaaa #00000000 none
menu color cmdmark 1;36;40 #ffff0000 #00000000 none
menu color cmdline 37;40 #aaaaaaaa #00000000 none
menu color pwdborder 30;47 #ffff0000 #00000000 std
menu color pwdheader 31;47 #ffff0000 #00000000 std
menu color pwdentry 30;47 #ffff0000 #00000000 std
menu color timeout_msg 37;40 #aaaaaaaa #00000000 none
menu color timeout 1;37;40 #ffaaaaff #00000000 none
menu color help 37;40 #aaaaaa00 #00000000 none
menu color msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #00000000 std


LABEL xconf
MENU LABEL simpleLinux Grafical (XFCE)
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf;startxfce4;poweroff changes=/slax/
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Run simpleLinux the best way we
can.
Try to autoconfigure graphics
card and use the maximum
allowed resolution
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LABEL fresh
MENU LABEL simpleLinux Always Fresh
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf;startxfce4;poweroff
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Normally simpleLinux saves
all changes to the
/Slax /changes /dir
on the boot media(if writable)
and restores them next time.
Use this option to start fresh
system, no changes are neither
read nor written anywhere
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LABEL cp2ram
MENU LABEL simpleLinux Copy To RAM
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw copy2ram xconf;startxfce4;poweroff
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Run simpleLinux the same
like above, but first copy all
data to RAM to get huge speed
(needs >300MB)
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LABEL startx
MENU LABEL simpleLinux Graphics VESA mode
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw changes=/slax/ autoexec=xconf;startfxce4;poweroff
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Run simpleLinux with KDE,
but skip gfx-card
config. Force 1024x768
using standard VESA driver
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LABEL simpleLinux
MENU LABEL simpleLinux Text mode
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw changes=/slax/
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Run simpleLinux in textmode
and start command prompt only
ENDTEXT
LABEL pxe
MENU LABEL simpleLinux as PXE server
KERNEL /boot/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=/boot/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=/boot/pxelinux.cfg/start;/boot/pxelinux.cfg/web/start;xconf;startxcfe4;poweroff
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Run simpleLinux as usual,
but also initialize PXE
server. This will allow you to
boot simpleLinux on other
computers over network
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MENU SEPARATOR

LABEL memtest86
MENU LABEL Run Memtest utility
KERNEL /boot/mt86p
TEXT HELP
More about currently selected:

Don't start simpleLinux at all,
but rather run the MemTest
utility to diagnose your
computer's RAM for possible
errors
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What is the boot architecture?
simpleLinux Release One Live CD boots completely in RAM (310 Mo for EXT) to run properly. OR; it will only put the kernel (50 MB) on the RAM and the modules to be read LIVE (slower). If you put to hard drive/USB, it will functioning just like other distros.

What are the minimum requirements?
An absolute minimum of RAM is 50mb. simpleLinux won't boot with anything less, no matter how many terabytes of swap you have.
The minimum cpu is i486DX (486 with a math processor).

A recommended configuration:
Pentium 2 or better, 312mb of ram (A RAM is more important to boot faster)

How do I get FLASH working?
Now I'm telling you, we provide ADOBE FLASH PLAYER 10 modules to be started at boot, no need to configure. Up to date and ready to integrate with Mozilla.

How can I get the SUN VBOX ADDITIONS to work?
We are currently testing the compatibility on running VBOX and doesn't require VBOX so far. (but no mouse integration, auto-adjust screen res and remote file acc currently)

Is it support NVIDIA drivers?
Yeah, of course. Open the menu > system > NVIDIA Configurations and change the default settings. Also, the resolution will set the maximum your gcard supports.

And, how about old Graphic Cards/VGA cards such as RAGE, SiS or ATI MACH?
Not so sure, but X will auto-configure the resolution and the parameters supported by the device.