* mike <charlie@centrenet.co.uk>:
Been lurking on the list for a couple of months hoping to gain some useful tips before installing 6.4, frankly 80% of the postings relate to quite severe problems so things do not auger well!!!
This is like reading the obituaries and wondering why everybody is dying all the time ;-) Simply put: people don't email to ask for help if there are no problems.
System is AMD Athlon 500, 128m Ram, 17G HD, 3D S320 II Ultra 32meg vid,PCI modem - K56, Trust 19200 USB scanner, HP 610C printer, DVD, Cd-RW. All of which run perfectly under 95 & 98
Your 'modem' is a winmodem. It is only made to run on windows. Maybe there is a driver at www.linmodems.org, but this is really the fault of the penny pinching companies hoping to save a buck and sell you an inferior modem. Thier drivers are binary and they do not tell Linux developers the specification. You should check the hardware database to see what your hardware is supported by Linux: http://cdb.suse.de/cdb_english.html
Now on my 4th install in a week, default option.(Yast 2) KDE etc sets up fine but ALSA will not run, SANE will not run,Linux does not recognise the modem, Yast will not add or delete, kpackage is duff but the kpackage.3 patch will not load (had to download using Win and transfer to floppy), most of the included progs either do not run/lock the box/give "cannot execute" messages, etc etc etc (why even bother to include them on the CD's)
As Derek said, you should send us the error messages for each of these problems. As it stands, there could be several different reasons, but we can't help unless you guide us to the correct one. Have you read how to install in the SuSE manual?
ANY help appreciated, BUT if this is the "normal" state of affairs with the Linux system then I think that "Uncle Bill" can sleep soundly at night, it's a "no contest" to Microshaft with all it's faults.
I installed 6.2 with zero serious problems in half an hour, so I can only speak from my own perspective. Installing windows was much more of a pain to me! Of course, all of my hardware was supported. David. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/