On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 20:02, lynn
Thanks for the tips. I now have youtube and flash from the repo you described
Flash should be automatically installed the first time a user runs the software installer after the initial install.
I had to click accaptance check boxes. Is that correct?
Yes, it's normal.
I've got Mplayer and vlc from packman too. Still nothing beyong 800x600. I am totalling up the hours it has spent to get this far on a single computer and whether anyone else without my opensuse list knowledge would be able to get anywhere near it in 6 hours. Still trying.
6 hours is roughly what it takes me to get a Windows machine up and running... that's installing the OS, and then endlessly trawling the internet looking for drivers for each bit of hardware I've got connected. openSUSE takes me 15 to 20 minutes to install (at the most), and then a couple minutes to set up the Community repos, and do the initial updates (which automatically include the Flash player and a few other odds and ends). Then I install my preferred media players (although the defaults work just fine as well)... plus a few other apps I like to use. Total install is under an hour. Your video issue... that would be interesting to sort out. Guessing here... one of two things.. the video driver being used for the video isn't capable of going above 800x600 (unlikely) or the monitor isn't being autodetected correctly (most likely). Have you tried KMenu > Configure Desktop > Display and seeing if you can set it to a higher resolution? Webcam.... if the webcam supports the UVC standard (almost all new webcams do http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ ) then it's pretty much plug it in and it'll "just work". If it's an older webcam, it'll be somewhat hit and miss if you will ever get it working. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org