Slack 9.0 (done)

[Ken Moffat]

Collins Richey wrote:

>The more serious problem is with X.  I need to determine what to do
>about the flickering screen before I try it again.  When I see that, I
>immediately think of potential monitor damage.
>
>  
>
I, too, had a bad flicker, but edited the XF86Config file, adjusting the 
scan rates to my monitor rates, which corrected the problem.

updatedb does not function.
bash-2.05b# updatedb
warning: updatedb: could not open database: /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db: 
No such file or directory