Anton Aylward wrote:
On 06/16/2014 08:14 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The ONLY reason that I don't run the 10.3 install is that I need some other discontinued files from the 10.3 repository.
And what are those - and to what purpose?
I actually may have
just found a source for them but I'm going to try a reinstall of 13.1 with a decent disk first.
Waste of time.
Please listen to us, ask us for advice, and don't go up in a wild chase. And give us the exact and full details of what you are attempting to do!
While Tony is very good at imprecision about what he is doing, the lack of details (other than complaints, most of which are invalid) is a frustration to anyone trying to assist him. He doesn't document details.
I explained what I need. I need to run VariCAD (which means I'll need to adjust display settings) and I need to run Netatalk so I can transfer files to my Mac. All of this stuff was incredibly transparent in SuSE 9.1 and the only reason I din't reinstall that after I blew up my video card is that repositories are obsolete for that distro. Netatalk needs a compiler and Netatalk needs BerkeleyDB and I'd rather use the vary old versions that I've been using for 10 years because I know how they work. Really very simply, I'd like my old machine to work just like it did. I don't need any fluff or eye candy. It took all of about 30 minutes to make that distro do exactly what I needed. I'm annoyed because linux has evolved from something that an amateur could install (as I was 15 years ago) into something that requires a large skill base. You're not going to convince people to give up Windows with this sort of "experience". Many on the list (about this topic) have given me very specific, helpful details. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org