Any ideas why Gparted will not run by CD on KDE/Slackware/Linux 4.4

It is seen by Konqueror, cannot find an .exe or .ini to start from.

Have you run into this before?

Should I just run cfdisk again and just take my chances on destroying my "hard-fought" installation of Linux (which works perfectly well otherwise) with the exception i cannot
seem to run Video of almost any type from Firefox (yes, the iso from Adobe is installed).

If you have GParted on a CD, boot the computer with the CD set to first boot priority.

Boot Slackware, open a terminal and login as root then type: gparted
GParted should open. Which method you use depends upon what you are trying to accomplish?

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Welcome to LQ!
I suggest that you ask any further questions about Slackware in the Slackware forum. https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/
Any answers will be Slackware specific and likely to be more immediate.
What do you want to do?

[edit]@yancek was better and faster]/edit]

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Hello and welcome to LQ.

"Konqueror, cannot find an .exe or .ini to start from."

Odd error. Is this a wine gparted?

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Slackware 14.2 installer doesn't allow for the use of gparted. You need to have it installed on the system. I suggest you create a disc with Slacko if you want to use gparted. It will allow you to use gparted to adjust the size of your partitions. http://slacko.eezy.xyz/index.php

If you alter your partition scheme you should check your Slackware's /etc/fstab to make sure they line up. If you plan on adding & removing partitions it would be a good idea to make a usb boot disc so you can fix your boot if there is a problem. Its good to have a usb boot disk with the latest kernel you are using: https://mirrors.xmission.com/slackware/

Youtube has moved away from Flash so you don't need that except for something like Steam I think. You need to install FFmpeg from here if you want to build it yourself: https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...imedia/ffmpeg/ or you get a binary package from Alien Bob: http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/peo...builds/ffmpeg/

Slackware 14.2 comes with a long term release Firefox which only receives security fixes. If installing FFmpeg doesn't work I suggest trying the latest Firefox from mozilla: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

It isn't really clear to me from the original post exactly what the OP is trying to do. My impression was that s/he was trying to run a CD with GParted on it while booted to Slackware?
Does s/he have Slackware installed to a hard drive?
Using the Slackware install medium?

The OP hasn't responded to other posts so we may never know.

I think the OP does have Slackware installed since it is mentioned & they used cfdisk to install linux. I'm not sure what this gparted & konqueror issue is. I don't know why they want to use it off a disc since it comes included with Slackware if they did a full install. I think Slacko is the way to go since it runs on ram, has gparted, and you can alter partitions with it since they aren't mounted. They also have video problems with youtube which I think is because they are missing FFmpeg.

wdarledge, can you explain a bit more what you are doing?

i am trying to dual boot this machine. i need Windows to operate 'OpenShot'Video editor. I have given-up trying to load anything to this box in Linux.

i don't see an attach but, when running the 'config' for 'exfsprogs' which is required according to https://gparted.org/features.php i got a 'config file' in the extsprogs folder. it may be helpful. i really get dizy looking at all of that and it is a big file. but, it seems everything the config (exe?) tried failed. i tried running
gparted from Konsole after the config attempt and still had nothing to show for my time. the "Size" function is open for manipulation but, the "Resize" button will not activate
to complete the transaction.

Am i missing something glaringly obvious to you?
David

I apologize. I think I was trying to say "I don't know what executables are called in Linux". This was not a System error message. The quote is from me. Apparently I am not supposed to do that either. Sorry! I will NOT do that again! I was in the mix of trying to execute a 'run command' from Dolphin (a File Manager in Slackware) from the folder level. I used to do this in Win2k by going to Windows>System32> and finding the corresponding folder for what I was trying to do, open it, hunt down the rabbit and shoot him! ) I don't know how to do this yet in Slackware but, have had some luck (pls see reply to Yanek) by just extracting everything to /root/downloads and then go rabbit hunting again. )
thanks for your reply
i don't know much about wine but, if I remember correctly from my Gnome/Novel package in 2004/5, it was either a unzip manager or a file manager.
david

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First, did you actually do a "full" install of Slackware during the installation? If so, gparted is already there and you should not need to do anything. I"m not sure what you are trying to accomplish with what you discuss in post 9 above. There are no files in a standard Linux with an ".exe" extension, that applies only to windows.

What output do you get when you boot Slackware, open a terminal and login as root user and type: gparted OR /usr/bin/gparted

In your initial post you indicate that you cannot "run video from firefox" and I'm wondering what that has to do with GParted which is a partition manager?

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Slackware has openshot video editor (you have to install the dependecies): https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...edia/openshot/ There is also Studioware for Slackware that has it: http://studioware.org/

You can use this program to search for and install the dependencies for openshot & openshot video editor: https://sbopkg.org/

You can also find programs in the start menu, KDE allows you to just type the name on the desktop and it will load the program, & gparted will ask for root password if you do this in your user account.

If you open up a terminal type the letter y (or any letter) and then double tap the tab button you shall see a list of programs that all you have to do is type their name as shown, hit enter, and they will run. If you are using a user account then you have to type su in the terminal to get root terminal which is required to run programs like gparted (it doesn't show up in a regular user terminal) & edit system config files that are owned by root.

If you type you will see a lot of files & programs for your system and who owns them and which group they are in as well as the permissions on that file for owner, group, & other. Here is a great resource on Slackware: https://docs.slackware.com/ Also you can type: man gparted or whatever program you want to know more about in a terminal. Here is a list of terminal commands with example uses (becareful with the rm command because it can delete everything): https://linuxconfig.org/linux-commands

You cannot modify partitions that are mounted. Also is your computer using MBR or UEFI?

Radical,
tried downloading 'Slacko' three (3) times yesterday 64bit and once the 32bit this am. All four (4) have failed. not sure why! gparted is indeed NOT going to work for the reason you have given, the Slackware 14.2 installer has indeed locked me out. the normal graphical positioning (moving the partition with the mouse to resize it) is not available. nor do any of the menu functions work. after I read your post again yesterday I noticed a little gold key at an angle next to sda1 and sda2 (swap). so, you are right on the money with your assessment.

'thank you' also for your assessment of the Firefox upgrade issue as well. Firefox is indeed at ver45 and is not going anywhere soon )!

i use 'Open-Shot' to edit DVDs into clips, then into screen caps for desktop wallpaper....like the one of Ripley getting into her EVA suit in the next-to-last scene of Alien ) !!

OUT
david

yanek,

the videos i attempted to run from a site a few days back would just not initialize in my version of Firefox (45ver) and that is sort of what started this mess. Since I have decided not to use that site, shouldn't be on there anyway!

gparted does indeed run. incredible that it is there just waiting to be used. as you have seen in my other posts, however, it does not work. 'radical' taught me that this was not going to happen with a Slackware 14ver install. Or maybe it's just like 'radical' also said. you cannot resize a partition that is mounted. can't unmount that partition because it is the one I am on! if I can't resize the partition (thus allowing me to make room for another partition for a quick cheat windows install) then i'm officially done. f it!
'radical' also lmk that there already was an OpenShot program on my build. will not show in F2 (the Desktop Search) or in K Search so I am a little skeptical that it is even there. if so, it has dependencies to install and 'radical' gave me the link to find those.

now all i need is the time and the patience which is running very very thin right now. also, i guess the extension I am looking for 'the word for' is .ISO !

thanks for your help!
david

Radical,

These are some of the most helpful links I have ever been given ON ANY SUBJECT~! 'Thank You'~!

I will, with time, build-out the necessary dependencies beginning with Python3 and then the others. It's just that damn time thing that gets me. I will probably not try
Studioware as it took me FORever to learn Openshot.

You have given me what I needed most and that is a way to edit my DVD collection for Desktop wallpaper. That was necessarily the goal of all of this. With a functioning
Openshot, I do NOT need to repartition. One was a subset of the other. And now that I look at it, it is pretty childish of me to continue to pursue this as a way of
putting pretty girls (like Sigorney Weaver in Alien...) on my PC but, que sera sera! )

"Stand-up for Truth, otherwise you are a Liar"!
david

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