Re: SuSE 8.2 and upgrading to 9.2
From: David Wright (david_c_wright_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/06/04
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 10:56:57 +0100
Paul Bramscher wrote:
> I'm running SuSE 8.2 myself and find it quite reliable. Since it takes
> me awhile to rebuild my system with each upgrade, I don't do it unless I
> have to (except keep it patched for security).
>
> Unless I'm mistaken, 8.2 may have been one of the last of the German
> distros. After reading about the QA problems with 9.1, I'm wondering
> how reliable 9.2 will be and I've been somewhat hesitant to jump ahead.
>
> Guy wrote:
>
>> Hoping someone can shed some light on a couple of questions.
>> As background I am new to Linux and several months ago bought SuSE 8.2
>> Professional for a song at a local big box (I think 9.0 had just come
>> out). It installed fine on my Dell 2350 and I am now set up to dual boot
>> to Windows or SuSE.
>>
>> However, no power management options seem to exist - I canot put the PC
>> on
>> standby I can only reboot or power down. I can put my monitor on standby
>> etc. Is there anyway of enabling this? - I have looked through a bunch
>> of configuration GUIs and it seems that ACPI is only partially enabled.
>>
>> Also, I am thinking of upgrading to 9.2 - what advantages would this give
>> me over 8.2 and is there a way of upgrading online without buying the
>> CDs/DVDs?
>>
>> Any help is appreciated
>>
>> Guy
I've run SuSE 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, 9.1 and 9.2. I've also read about QA problems
in 9.1, but having run 9.1 since it was released, apart from a Kernel
problem with writing audio CD's (is fixed AFAIK, and didn't directly affect
me anyway, I tried burning an audio CD to confirm the problem for somebody
posting here, but I burn audio CD's once in a blue moon), I haven't seen
any QA problems myself.
Samba came in for a lot of stick under 9.1, regularly being cited as broken,
but I've been running my Samba server as a Windows PDC machine since May
without any obvious problems. The problem often turned out to be
mis-configuration, mis-understandings or specific issues relating to
network configuration/hardware.
I think a lot of the problems were probably down to hardware, and
manufacturers not providing drivers.
My laptop, for me, was a special case. It worked under 8.0, can't remember
whether it worked under 8.1, but under 9.0 and 9.1, the APM was broken, it
had to be turned off and the install done in safe mode, otherwise the
machine went into suspend mode ever 30-90 seconds! With 9.2, the problem
has been cured and it installs with APM switched on - but the laptop has
always caused problems, the keyboard and mouse stop responding randomly
(under Windows, this means removing the power cell and AC current, with
Linux, starting a remote ssh session and issuing a shutdown, and that is
internal keyboard and touchpad and external keyboards and mice (USB and
PS/2)).
Dave
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