Tom Patton wrote:
2) IPTABLES fails to load on boot, with tons of msgs of needing kernel upgrade.
Is this a plain vanilla kernel? iptables is a set of patches to the vanilla kernel, already done by SUSE.
3) USB stick, camera card, mp3 players fail on USB. Hotplug seems to work, creates "media/usbdrive", but the files are not readable... SYSFS seems to have correct entries and mount information...but nada to be read from the device. Folders in /media are removed properly on removal of the device from the hub. Printer and mouse on usb port work fine.
A lot has changed since 9.3 came out and the 2.6.16.16 kernel in the area of udev, hal, hotplug, etc. I would advise if you need some support for something found in 2.6.16 and not in the 2.6.11 kernel in 9.3, to upgrade to 10.1. The needed supporting cast is there in 10.1
PCI network card and modem(0) dial-up both work fine even with the missing iptables. (Is that just a firewall function?)
Yes, iptables is only for firewall.
I am dual-booting with GRUB the original 9.3 or the 2.6.16.16 kernel. Original 9.3 still functions completely and flawlessly.
All hints greatly appreciated!
Use the original (but updated) kernel and enjoy a working system, or if the newer kernel is needed for some reason, upgrade to 10.1. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871