[PLUG] Slackware -- programs missing

[Dick Steffens]

On 11/23/18 1:47 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2018, Dick Steffens wrote:
>
>> I'm on to setting up my wireless interface. As I understand it, I should
>> run iwconfig. When I try, I get:
>
> Dick,
>
>   Here, /sbin/iwconfig exists.
>
>   Do you have /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless (and rc.wireless.conf) installed? 
> If so,
> rc.wireless needs to have execute permissions 755.
>
>   You should also have /etc/rc.d/rc.networkmanager (and/or the optional
> rc.wicd in the extra/ directory of the distribution). That also needs 
> to be
> executable.

I think the problem is deeper. When I tried a shutdown (from KDE) the 
process hung. I powered down by holding the power button. When I tried 
powering back up it got as far as:

[    4.404147] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: No working unit 
found. Try passing init= option to kernel. See Linux 
Documentation/admin-guide/init.rst for guidance.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens