On Friday 06 August 2010 13:39:24 Mark Goldstein wrote: ...
David,
Richard,
Thank you for your advices. I'll probably try advanced kernel
later (I
have to prepare carefully since I have a number of driver modules I have to re-compile for new kernel). But in the meantime I did some more experiments and now I'm not sure where to look at... So again, I have on the same machine oS 11.3/KDE 4.4, oS 11.1 / KDE 3.1, Kubuntu 10.04 / KDE 4.4.
Regards,
I would say you have pinpointed the hardware/software issue. If the hardware was bad, or the CD itself, then 11.1 couldn't be 100% successful. I submit that 11.3 and the Kubuntu probably use the same underlying kernel version > than what is oS 11.1. Probably 6.34. Currently in KOTD is 6.35+ which was released by Linus recently and has a number of bug fixes and support for at least one new filesystem. I think even if you have to compile some drivers, it might be worth the effort. Also, unless your drivers are related to your disk drive(s) and CDRom drive, nothing says you have to compile the other drivers (printer, sound cards, etc) and the video driver from 11.3 seems quite compatable withe the newer kernel so you will likely have video. Additionally, by setting (in YAST) your system config to allow multi-version for the kernel in GRUB, and by using rpm -i instead of other install methods, GRUB will allow your current and the new kernel to co-reside and if the new kernel fails, just reboot and select the old kernel and go tell YAST to delete the new kernel entry (and wait for a newer KOTD or compile the missing driver you didn't realize you needed the first time) :) rpm -1 does all the updates (mkinitd, etc) and even edits GRUB (though you want to look before a reboot to see it got it right). Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org