RE: [SLE] 9.1 > 9.2 question

From: Kevin Krieser (kkrieser_at_lcisp.com)
Date: 12/30/04

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    Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:46:02 -0600

    I know that I'm having a few problems with my 9.1 distribution. Don't know
    the cause, but I can no longer get a login prompt on my virtual terminals.
    And YaST was giving me problems the other day when I wanted to change my X
    screen resolution.

    Since I didn't receive the 9.2 upgrade for Christmas, and some other
    expenses have come up, I've decided to backup my home directories to another
    computer, and reinstall 9.1 (which I paid for) and see if it works again.
    Will do a fresh install. Have to backup the system because 9.1 doesn't like
    XFS, so I'll have to reformat the drives first.

    I haven't tried WiFi yet with Suse, though it works on an old laptop with
    White Box Linux. But I took the easy route for my desktop and bought an
    external WiFi bridge.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Joe Polk [mailto:listuser@javelinux.com]
    > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 9:30 AM
    > To: Michael W Cocke
    > Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com
    > Subject: Re: [SLE] 9.1 > 9.2 question
    >
    > Umm...well, I have to respond now don't I. Wish denied.
    >
    > But seriously, I have given details in previous posts and have already
    > outlined some of them in this thread. Look, I'm not shattering your belief
    > system, it's just a single version of a distro. Calm down.
    >
    > Goto your Games menu and look for the Chess game. Aha! The menu isn't
    > setup
    > right. Now goto to the KDE Menu Editor and try to fix it. If you're even
    > close to successful it will take some time and fanagling.
    >
    > WiFi going away? On my planet it's very popular. Not only that, the masses
    > like it. It would behove a distro to support it. And let's try to support
    > cards that you can actually walk in a retail store and by. For years all I
    > heard was "My Orinoco works fine! I got it at "Obscure***.com" for $35!"
    > Again, it's in the best interest of all concerned to support popular
    > hardware.
    > I realize there are limits and obstacles, but make it a goal.
    >
    > For the record, as I've already said, this was a fresh install. NOT an
    > upgrade. But what if I did? If upgrading doesn't work, then my point is
    > given
    > even MORE weight, no? BTW this was a stock kernel on 2 different machines.
    > Congrats that you have had a flawless installation. I bet, however, I
    > could
    > find problems in your menus if they haven't been altered and I'm confident
    > I
    > can illustrate problems with the menu editor. And I've already said these
    > may
    > be more of a problem with KDE than SuSE. Though the cosmetic problems are
    > definitely SuSE and a QA issue.
    >
    > I'm not angry here and in fact enjoy the discourse. I'm glad many have had
    > a
    > great experience with 9.2. I didn't and from what I've read many haven't.
    > It's
    > threads like this that I hope will make someone take notice and think
    > about
    > better QA, better support, better distro's in general. Please don't treat
    > me
    > like I'm advocating that we all give up and install XP! I consider this a
    > friendly discussion. Though I admit, my intent is to challenge and get
    > some
    > attention to these issues so that version 10 is considerably better.
    >
    > --
    > <<JAV>>
    >
    >
    > > I wish you'd stop top posting.
    > >
    > > You don't give anything like details, but I haven't seen anything
    > > like what you mention in 9.2 yet, and I've been running it since the
    > > week it shipped. Sounds like you tried to "upgrade" rather than do a
    > > proper install.
    > >
    > > Personally, I suspect Wi-Fi is going to be another flash in the pan.
    > > WEP will survive even a half-assed attack for a few minutes at best,
    > > and practically no one locks their hubs down properly, which makes
    > > for fascinating reading but lousy networks - I figure most of the people
    > > who are trying to use it are going to be moving to hardwire in a year
    > > or less, so I don't see a point in spending a lot of effort on it.
    > >
    > > The whole hotplug idea is a major paradigm shift for linux, so I can
    > > see it taking a while to get there.
    > >
    > > I do wish they'd stop fooling around with sound though. OSS, Alsa,
    > > etc., and about half of the applications work with a given sound
    > > system.
    > >
    > > Mike-
    > >
    > > --
    > > If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs...
    > > You may have a great career as a network administrator ahead!
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