On Sunday 17 April 2005 02:20 pm, michaelnel@comcast.net wrote:
My 9.2 -> 9.3 upgrade was an unmitigated disaster. Every time I try upgrading SuSE it's a mess. I used to buy the boxed set each time, but it puts me through so much crap that I decided I don't want to continue paying for it. I can get that kind of abuse for free, so last time I waited to upgrade to 9.2 until it was on the ftp sites.
This time I decided to get it from the infamous torrent. It has caused me problems on all three systems I installed it on, but on the first two they were easily solved.
So I tried upgrading my MAIN machine from 9.2 (up to date with apt) to 9.3. Disaster.
No X, fetchnvidia.sh fetches a driver that segfaults upon startup.
No sound, alsa segfaulted
No printing, it can't find my usb printer that has worked fine with all previous versions of suse and STILL works perfectly with win xp, but 9.3 simply can't find a printer there.
So, since I have /home on a separate partition, and have backups, I decided to bite the bullet and do a clean install.
I still have the same problems.
What a piece of crap. I'm glad I didn't PAY for this mess. SuSE's been going downhill at a breakneck pace since Novell took over.
Updating is always a crapshoot... and it is no fault of the product. I updated once(8.0 --> 8.1), and it didn't turn out like I wanted and I ended up re-installing the previous version (8.0) I have never tried an update since and never will again. When you do a fresh install, you: 1) Learn alot. 2) Avoid incompatibilites 3) Take good notes for the next time (you do, don't you??) 4) Find out what the new feechurs are when you re-config your apps. 5) More of the same. Don't blame the product.... Upgrading is a complex issue.