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8.2 install/upgrade report
- From: Ken Schneider <kschneider@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: 07 May 2003 13:39:20 -0400
- Message-id: <1052329160.29082.39.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Personal experience with three machines.
1. Compaq laptop 1720US (used as my crash and burn system when not
traveling).
On this machine I performed a fresh install using the DVD. The only
major problem was the acpi=off glitch. Other then that install went
flawless.
2. Gateway E series (fairly new, work desktop machine, Nvidia graphics).
This machine received an upgrade using the CD's. After the first cd was
through and the machine rebooted yast reverted to the text mode version.
Installed all of the remaining packages without a problem. Upon restart
NO KDE login, X would not start. Back to yast to upgrade packages and
installed the Nvidia updates. Rebooted the machine and viola KDE login.
Did not even touch the XF86config file at all from the previous
installation (8.0 PRO).
The only major problem observed is that apache will not start at boot
even though it IS setup to start in either run level 3 and 5. SuSE needs
to address this problem (observed from numerous others comments on this
list with the same issue) or explain the difference in 8.2. I suspect
that it might have something to do with incomplete chroot setup in
startup file.
3. Home system, self built with ASUS P2BDS MB using two P3-750's.
This is my main system at home, and performed a upgrade as well on this
one. Same problem as machine #2 regarding apache. Other than that no
major issues to speak of.
The only issue I have that is clearly NOT SuSE's fault is the version of
galeon that shipped with 8.2. Maybe I did somethig wrong in the upgrade
process but the look and functionality of the newer version sucks. Being
a KDE fan maybe I need to install more of the gnome packages to take
care of some of the graphical benefits and functionality of gnome
programs.
Just my $.02
--
Ken Schneider
linux user since 1994
SuSE user since 1998
1. Compaq laptop 1720US (used as my crash and burn system when not
traveling).
On this machine I performed a fresh install using the DVD. The only
major problem was the acpi=off glitch. Other then that install went
flawless.
2. Gateway E series (fairly new, work desktop machine, Nvidia graphics).
This machine received an upgrade using the CD's. After the first cd was
through and the machine rebooted yast reverted to the text mode version.
Installed all of the remaining packages without a problem. Upon restart
NO KDE login, X would not start. Back to yast to upgrade packages and
installed the Nvidia updates. Rebooted the machine and viola KDE login.
Did not even touch the XF86config file at all from the previous
installation (8.0 PRO).
The only major problem observed is that apache will not start at boot
even though it IS setup to start in either run level 3 and 5. SuSE needs
to address this problem (observed from numerous others comments on this
list with the same issue) or explain the difference in 8.2. I suspect
that it might have something to do with incomplete chroot setup in
startup file.
3. Home system, self built with ASUS P2BDS MB using two P3-750's.
This is my main system at home, and performed a upgrade as well on this
one. Same problem as machine #2 regarding apache. Other than that no
major issues to speak of.
The only issue I have that is clearly NOT SuSE's fault is the version of
galeon that shipped with 8.2. Maybe I did somethig wrong in the upgrade
process but the look and functionality of the newer version sucks. Being
a KDE fan maybe I need to install more of the gnome packages to take
care of some of the graphical benefits and functionality of gnome
programs.
Just my $.02
--
Ken Schneider
linux user since 1994
SuSE user since 1998
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