Look, I'm not asking help setting up Nautilus from sources, or XF86, or Bastille, or even my damn nVidia drivers. I've done all that, on my own, and if problems arose, I read, I learned, and eventually found success (except for Nautilus). I have compiled about a dozen kernels from source and got to a point where this was a fairly common and successful endeavor (and I'm a relative novice). If when doing these things I ran into a problem I "NEVER" contacted the vendor and complained that something like xf86 install got hosed and it's there responsiblity to tell me how to fix it. The 2.4.2 kernal is "announced" at the suse site and the SDB and FAQ all suggest that in certain cases it is "recommended" to upgrade. Like I said, a new kernel version from the vendor so soon after release and for the specific version lead me to beleive that it would fix things instead of leading to complications and frustrations. And I really resent the implications that I'm out of line and/or clueless in this regard (like the side of the box said.....what?). -----Original Message----- From: Brooklyn Linux Solutions CEO [mailto:ruben@dsl254-112-136-sea1.dsl-isp.net] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 1628 To: Geordon VanTassle Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Support vs Support (Was: [SLE] util-linux and Kernel 2.4.3)
Ok, by your logic, SuSE should also support qmail, too.
No - qmail is not open source - qmail shouldn't be an install option.
Oh, wait! Installation support doesn't cover Sendmail, either, does it?
It damn well should include enough sendmail support to recieve mail and send it and turn off relying.
How about PostFix? Aren't THOSE Standard, too?
Sendmail will do. Just one mail server is needed.
The support that is included with the purchase price of SuSE is
INSTALLATION
SUPPORT rather than advanced server support.
Installing a new kernel is NOT advanced support.
If you want that additional support, ferkrysakes, pay for it like everyone else can.
Geepers - are you the only one to pay for support? I've paid for enough SuSe software to have a NORMAL thing like a kernal upgrade to go smoothly, even from Source.
Or read up on it and go from there. That's what I do. Or, go to the source for the problem program.
The program wasn't the problem, the DISTRO was.
Good God, people! The support that you get "for free" is bare-bones at best. That's all it ever was advertised as.
Kernel Compiles is BARE BONES. Ruben -- 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/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com