SuSE 8.0 Installation problems

[kbb0927@cs.com]

Susan,

Some folks, have had nightmares with SuSE 8.0, but I not a software
geek, have had NO problems with it upgrading or fresh install. Of
course, I bought it straight from SuSE and did not download it.

I run a plethora of "homebrew" machines, including using the
nVidia cards and they all went smoothly. I had trouble with 7.3
in the opposite, it did what you are describing.

So, I dunno if it is the software. Search the SuSE archives here to
see if any of the problems you have are found there:

www.netsys.com/suse-linux-e/

Good Luck,

Keith B.


Keith Antoine <kantoine at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 07:54, Susan Macchia wrote:
>> First please accept my aplogies for the last 2 postes. ?I'm using opera
>> w/ yahoo mail and the tab key is causing the email to be sent!
>>
>> Yes my first thought was a hardware conflict, but I would have expect
>> to see the problem w/ SuSe7.3 and I did not. ?As I said it has been
>> running flawlessly for almost 1 year now. ?It could be some card
>> beginning to die. ?The only cards I have are
>> ? ? * a US Robotics ISA modem
>> ? ? * an Xpert 98D AGP 2x graphics card (PCI)
>> ? ? * Etherlink NIC (PCI_
>> ? ? * YMV724 Sound adapter card (PCI)
>>
>> When I look at the hardware info that SuSe generates there are others,
>> but they look like they are part of the mother board (the slots I'm not
>> using). ?There are 2 ide controllers, one for disks and one for the
>> cd-rom (I have a reader and a writer). ?So far everything appears to
>> work normally. ?Any idea how I might trouble shoot? ?I'm not a hardware
>> specialist (only software a software geek :-) ).
>>
>> TIA
>
>Well I am the H/W geek and I can tell you that I threw Suse 8.0 out the 
>window, no I sold it a week after buying it. It did wierd things and was 
>unable to do the bleeding edge. The configs are a nightmare, but the install 
>was reasonable but glitchy. On the otherhand I tried it on a friends older 
>machine and got similar results to what you describe.
>
>I can say with reasonable assurance it was not the hardware but the software.
>
>-- 
>Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'skippy'
>18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161
>Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage
>
>
>
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