* Eric Maryniak (e.maryniak@pobox.com) [000211 15:03]:

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I just bought SuSE 6.3 and am very satisfied with it.

Wellcome to the club ;-)

Interesting. This is the first Suse distribution since 5.3 (and I've upgraded at every release since then) that has given me problems. All the other upgrades have been 99.9% seamless - this one has been 90% seamless: Lilo doesn't work properly and I think something has been dropped from the kernel between 2.2.10 and 2.2.13 since I cannot read audio discs from my CD drive with 2.2.13 but could with 2.2.10 (I'm going to re-install 2.2.10 tonight). The reason I think it's the kernel is an e-mail from a friend who is involved with Linux development. When I explained the problem and some of the error messages I received, his immediate response was to check the kernel. I've compiled 2.2.14 and have the same problem. It still might possibly be a hardware problem (though that is becoming less likely). So, since I could read audio from the CD with 2.2.10, I'm re-installing that with the same config that was then then to see if things still work. Otherwise, it's bug report time. In addition, in spite of being registered, I have yet to hear back from Suse support (apart that is from an automated response) concerning these problems - I sent in the report over 10 days ago. I'm concerned that Suse may be trying to push out distributions too fast. My reason for saying this is that similar things happened with Redhat about 2 years ago which is when I moved over to Suse. I really hope that this upgrade has just been a glitch in the system and that they will return to normal soon. Adrian -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

"Michael H. Collins" had this to say:

I have a four way boot laptop. RedHat, Caldera, Corel and SuSE6.3.

Sound works perfectly in all oses with all kernels, except SuSE 6.3.

Sound worked perfectly with SuSE 6.2 in the same partition.

I do not think the kernel has anything to do with it. Even 2.3.42 works in all but SuSE6.3.

I can't figure it out.

My SuSE 6.3 install went excellent, and sound worked from the day I installed with OSS/Linux that shipped on the distribution. This sounds odd to hear these reports. -Dee W.D.McKinney (Dee) deem@wdm.com "The trouble with doing nothing is it's hard to tell if you are finished." -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

As much as I like suse (I run 4 suse server, a workstation and am waiting for Sparc Suse, but I may go with RedHat as I can't have an idle server waiting for a distro). A friend of mine (who installed RedHat without any problems). Had to try to install SuSE over 10 times to finally get it on. The graphical install was horrendus. And he was just completely unimpressed and returned to RedHat. Much to my Dismay. It's nice to be on leading edge. But what is the point if you leave a path of broken and half assed software behind you? * Michael H. Collins [000211 16:52]:

I have a four way boot laptop. RedHat, Caldera, Corel and SuSE6.3.

Sound works perfectly in all oses with all kernels, except SuSE 6.3.

Sound worked perfectly with SuSE 6.2 in the same partition.

I do not think the kernel has anything to do with it. Even 2.3.42 works in all but SuSE6.3.

I can't figure it out.

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* Eric Maryniak (e.maryniak@pobox.com) [000211 15:03]:

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I just bought SuSE 6.3 and am very satisfied with it.

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Wellcome to the club ;-)

Interesting. This is the first Suse distribution since 5.3 (and I've upgraded at every release since then) that has given me problems. All the other upgrades have been 99.9% seamless - this one has been 90% seamless: Lilo doesn't work properly and I think something has been dropped from the kernel between 2.2.10 and 2.2.13 since I cannot read audio discs from my CD drive with 2.2.13 but could with 2.2.10 (I'm going to re-install 2.2.10 tonight). The reason I think it's the kernel is an e-mail from a friend who is involved with Linux development. When I explained the problem and some of the error messages I received, his immediate response was to check the kernel. I've compiled 2.2.14 and have the same problem. It still might possibly be a hardware problem (though that is becoming less likely). So, since I could read audio from the CD with 2.2.10, I'm re-installing that with the same config that was then then to see if things still work. Otherwise, it's bug report time.

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I don't think it was something in the kernel. I upgraded my Suse 6.2 to the 2.2.14 kernel, and sound works great. Victor On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Adrian Burd wrote:

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"Michael" == Michael H Collins writes:

Michael> I have a four way boot laptop. RedHat, Caldera, Corel Michael> and SuSE6.3. Sound works perfectly in all oses with all Michael> kernels, except SuSE 6.3.

Michael> Sound worked perfectly with SuSE 6.2 in the same Michael> partition.

Michael> I do not think the kernel has anything to do with it. Michael> Even 2.3.42 works in all but SuSE6.3.

Michael> I can't figure it out.

Hmmm...this does not bode well. Though I am relieved to learn that others are having the same problem. However, if something has been accidentally dropped from the kernel, 2.2.10 might still be worth a try.

I will post to the list if I'm successful (or not) since several people appear to be having similar problems.

Adrian

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Make sure you run mk_initrd after compiling a new kernel, and/or remove the initrd line from lilo.conf. The 6.3 boot process is different. Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Burd" To: Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 2:50 AM Subject: [SLE] Is Suse going too fast?

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* Eric Maryniak (e.maryniak@pobox.com) [000211 15:03]:

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I just bought SuSE 6.3 and am very satisfied with it.

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Wellcome to the club ;-)

Interesting. This is the first Suse distribution since 5.3 (and I've upgraded at every release since then) that has given me problems. All the other upgrades have been 99.9% seamless - this one has been 90% seamless: Lilo doesn't work properly and I think something has been dropped from the kernel between 2.2.10 and 2.2.13 since I cannot read audio discs from my CD drive with 2.2.13 but could with 2.2.10 (I'm going to re-install 2.2.10 tonight). The reason I think it's the kernel is an e-mail from a friend who is involved with Linux development. When I explained the problem and some of the error messages I received, his immediate response was to check the kernel. I've compiled 2.2.14 and have the same problem. It still might possibly be a hardware problem (though that is becoming less likely). So, since I could read audio from the CD with 2.2.10, I'm re-installing that with the same config that was then then to see if things still work. Otherwise, it's bug report time.

In addition, in spite of being registered, I have yet to hear back from Suse support (apart that is from an automated response) concerning these problems - I sent in the report over 10 days ago.

I'm concerned that Suse may be trying to push out distributions too fast. My reason for saying this is that similar things happened with Redhat about 2 years ago which is when I moved over to Suse. I really hope that this upgrade has just been a glitch in the system and that they will return to normal soon.

Adrian

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