Ben Rosenberg wrote:
* Michael D. Schleif (mds@helices.org) [020929 18:34]: :: ::How can I use YOU?
ssh -X user@domain
then you can run YaST2/YOU by starting it. ssh will take care of tunneling it to your desktop.
Part of the problem is, the remote box is based on an Intel i845G mainboard and my associate cannot get X running with that chipset. Part of my task was to get onto the box -- remotely -- secure it and use the management utility -- yast/yast2 -- to investigate possibilities of moving to kernel 2.4.19, or better, where there is support for this chipset. Unfortunately, I cannot forward X without the remote system having a functional X server . . . Besides, according to this: <http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/yast2_ncurses.html> Using YaST2 in Text Mode, I should be able to do this from cli and ncurses ;<
::This all seems terribly difficult, especially compared to debian and apt
Yes, It is. I've been using apt on 8.0 for sometime and I find it very easy. I've taken a look at the new YaST2 and it's pkg management system for SuSE 8.1 / SLES 8.0 and it looks much better. We shall see.
Many years ago, I started on slackware. It's too bad; but, I always have too much on my plate to dive in and learn everything about every package on my system. So, I looked around at other linux distributions that purported to have os and software management systems to mediate between user and os. I tried suse several years ago; but, ran into problems with an ``exotic'' video card. If I'd have to go back to compiling my own stuff, why bother with yast? I didn't. Apparently, from my current position, not all that much has changed . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . .