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Re: [SLE] Managing Upgrade from 9.2 to 9.3
- From: Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:42:57 -0400
- Message-id: <200504171442.58580.paul_tbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Sun April 17 2005 2:20 pm, michaelnel@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> My 9.2 -> 9.3 upgrade was an unmitigated disaster. Every time I try
> upgrading SuSE it's a mess. I used to buy the boxed set each time,
> but it puts me through so much crap that I decided I don't want to
> continue paying for it. I can get that kind of abuse for free, so
> last time I waited to upgrade to 9.2 until it was on the ftp sites.
I wanted the box set for the manuals, and to help continue development.
so I got the 9.2 Pro version.
>
> So I tried upgrading my MAIN machine from 9.2 (up to date with apt)
> to 9.3. Disaster.
>
> No X, fetchnvidia.sh fetches a driver that segfaults upon startup.
I installed 9.3 on a freshly formatted slice, on the same drive where I
have 9.2 installed. NVidia installed no problem, my Gforce video card
works fine, and I managed to turn on 3D acceleration before I finished
the install.
>
> No sound, alsa segfaulted
I'll have to check, I don't remember sounds.
>
> No printing, it can't find my usb printer that has worked fine with
> all previous versions of suse and STILL works perfectly with win xp,
> but 9.3 simply can't find a printer there.
It found my Epson 880 first try, and I installed my Panasonic KX-P1124
parallel myself.
>
> So, since I have /home on a separate partition, and have backups, I
> decided to bite the bullet and do a clean install.
>
good idea:)
> I still have the same problems.
>
> What a piece of crap. I'm glad I didn't PAY for this mess. SuSE's
> been going downhill at a breakneck pace since Novell took over.
the reason I did a fresh install was to avoid crashing my existing
setup, which I did, so I can tweak 9.3 till I'm happy, then convert
over:)
YMMV
--
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800
X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc
> My 9.2 -> 9.3 upgrade was an unmitigated disaster. Every time I try
> upgrading SuSE it's a mess. I used to buy the boxed set each time,
> but it puts me through so much crap that I decided I don't want to
> continue paying for it. I can get that kind of abuse for free, so
> last time I waited to upgrade to 9.2 until it was on the ftp sites.
I wanted the box set for the manuals, and to help continue development.
so I got the 9.2 Pro version.
>
> So I tried upgrading my MAIN machine from 9.2 (up to date with apt)
> to 9.3. Disaster.
>
> No X, fetchnvidia.sh fetches a driver that segfaults upon startup.
I installed 9.3 on a freshly formatted slice, on the same drive where I
have 9.2 installed. NVidia installed no problem, my Gforce video card
works fine, and I managed to turn on 3D acceleration before I finished
the install.
>
> No sound, alsa segfaulted
I'll have to check, I don't remember sounds.
>
> No printing, it can't find my usb printer that has worked fine with
> all previous versions of suse and STILL works perfectly with win xp,
> but 9.3 simply can't find a printer there.
It found my Epson 880 first try, and I installed my Panasonic KX-P1124
parallel myself.
>
> So, since I have /home on a separate partition, and have backups, I
> decided to bite the bullet and do a clean install.
>
good idea:)
> I still have the same problems.
>
> What a piece of crap. I'm glad I didn't PAY for this mess. SuSE's
> been going downhill at a breakneck pace since Novell took over.
the reason I did a fresh install was to avoid crashing my existing
setup, which I did, so I can tweak 9.3 till I'm happy, then convert
over:)
YMMV
--
Paul Cartwright
Registered Linux user # 367800
X-Request-PGP: http://home.comcast.net/~p.cartwright/wsb/key.asc
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