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--- babu walad
The fact is, if things worked fine out of the box, I would absolutely not update except when a major new functionality or feature was added.
This is the way it should be.
1. No drivers for AMI RAID. There is support for the chipset, but no drivers.
This strikes me a bit funny, but I have no experience with AMI. Are you saying that you can use the RAID card as a SCSI controller, but not run the hardware RAID parts? I've seen a lot of this before; VA Linux and Compaq each did a lot of work on this front; perhaps you should track down one of their people...what functionality are you looking for specifically?
2. My OrangeMicro IEE1394, NEC chipset PCI card is unsupported.
Sounds more like a Linux problem than a SuSE problem to me, or are you just whining about the fact that it's not supported buy default SuSE kernels? I seem to remember that the OMC Firewire product was supported, but it's a very low-cost solution, IIRC, and should be avoided. Get a Ti chip. I didn't even know that NEC made PCI nics; an Intel 10/100 is about $30 Stateside, Linksys being about $15, and Realtek 89xx run under $9! I wouldn't even bother beating my head against this particular wall unless there's a *reason* to keep the NEC.
3. Haven't got my ATI TV wonder card working
Which model? I have a bit of experience with v4l, and ATi cards are about the easiest in the world to set up (second to bt848 decendents).
4. Haven't got my 3DLabs VX1 video card working.
You'll have to buy a commercial X server to do this, such as one from XiG, especially their OpenGL product. The VX1 isn't fantastic, but at least the XiG X server supports most of the features of the card.
Why do I want to upgrade? Because I hope if I cannot get these drivers today they will in future releases be supported. Right now I am making slow progress and I have an unuseable linux box.
I'm very sorry to hear that. Sorry if I sound a bit harsh, I don't mean it personally. Lots of people complain about things they have no business complaining about, and it grates on my nerves a bit.
We are getting there but are not quite there yet.
Indeed. Look at me; I've been doing this self-same sh!t for over six years (Linux, specifically).
I still think Suse is a great product though.
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