Thanks! I had some problems with the display after I sorted the root problem, I guess I wasn't paying attention. I had to try a few monitor settings to get it going at the resolution desired without it crashing Gnome, bringing me to the CLI. Strangely, it also killed the keyboard input unitl I ran sax2 from the CLI. I also had to partition the virtual HDD image with a Ubuntu LiveCD iso before installing and deal with a Parallels installation bug specific to SuSE 10.1's installer. (Doesn't find the packages sometimes.) Anyway, I am there!
It looks like a nice system, much nicer and advanced compared to the Redhat 9 I tried a few years ago. Gnome looks pretty and the desktop picture reminds me of my mac, and so does the default browser. I'm impressed with the up to date packages, software update feature, especially the Xen packages (no idea how to use it, but I love Parallels on my Mac), and the LDAP directory integration. Are there any books or websites you would recommend for cross-platform integration with Active Directory or Mac OS X Server? Or just regular XP and Mac OS desktops, especially in regards to LDAP or small business needs, like calendaring and contact management? Would love to see a web-page listing "popular" softwares for the usual categories, such as email servers, groupware, p2p, media players, graphic/web design software, etc. I am a Mac based consultant in Boston, but do quite a bit of cross-platform IT work. (So I know Windows pretty well, unfortunately.)
It looks great as a whole, and although it would be hard to win over Mac users, it seems like it offers a similar "enterprise-ready, but user-friendly" experience with open source. I wouldn't venture that it's friendly enough for the average Windows user, but it's definitely getting there. Just the fact that I could type "sax2" from the CLI out of desperation and fix my display problem without help was a big confidence booster. Though I suppose yast2 would work too?
I really have to applaud the open source community, the combined efforts of SuSE, OpenOffice, OpenLDAP, other projects, and some strategic commercial software makes this a compelling platform for the "power user". It's far beyond what I have seen last time I delved into Linux or FreeBSD, and way beyond my first install on a Quadra 840av in the 90's!
Thank you for your replies from over there!
Cheers,
On Sep 9, 2006, at 7:09 AM, Marcus Rueckert wrote:
or a bit simpler:
1. at the bootloader you add
"init=/bin/bash"
(without the "")
2. press enter
3. once it booted it should directly drop you into a shell without
asking for a password.
4. mount -o remount,rw /
5. passwd
(now you can enter your new password)
6. mount -o remount,ro /
7. hit ctrl+d
done