On 16/11/15 09:58, Marc Chamberlin wrote:
"Houston we have a problem!" - I downloaded the ISO for the i586 version of Tumbleweed and the installation failed due to missing image files. I checked the installation DVD and sure enough, the image files were all labeled for x64 versions. Why? That obviously was not what the image installation scripts were looking for since I got a complaint, loud and clear, that the image files it was looking for were not to be found on the DVD!
Why isn't there an i586 version of Leap 42.1? All I get when following the links for installing Leap is for x64 versions and I need to download an OpenSuSE OS for an older system with x32 bit architecture?
Why are there no links from the main openSuSE home page for finding and downloading earlier versions of OpenSuSE? 13.2, 13.1 etc? I had to spend quite a bit of time searching the internet before locating the repositories! Shouldn't this be easier for users to discover? OpenSuSE used to give out links to older releases from their main download web pages, why has this practice been discontinued?
I encountered a display problem during the installation process which resulted in my screen becoming garbage and unreadable. After many hours of Google searches I discovered that there is a magic option - nomodeset which prevents the installation scripts from trying to reset the video card display settings. Why isn't this option presented as one of the kernel (or perhaps as some other) option that can be set from the installation setup screen by simply checking it? Having such hidden parameters makes it very difficult for users to find a solution to their installation problems, or even to simply to remember that such parameters exist! GUI's should act as a guide to help users find a solution to problems, not create them! IMHO of course....
Marc....
Years ago, during the time of the BBSs and the 300bps modems, my mentor made a comment: "If nobody is talking and complaining about a program then it is not a well known program; but on the other hand if there are too many comments about the program then it means that there are many problems with it". :-) BC -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.9 & kernel 4.3.0-4 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org