SUSE 10.2 released

swannema · 12-07-2006, 01:43 PM

Fresh released today and ready for download.

Released Version - openSUSE

Cogar · 12-10-2006, 09:49 AM

I am running the new release right now (just installed). It will take me a while to get used to the new menu, plus the default fonts are tiny. Everything seems to be working except for my wireless card and the sound mixer, so I have no sound and need to use an Ethernet cable for Internet access right now.

The install went smoothly otherwise--a typical SUSE install with lots of options. SUSE still comes with Flash 7, which is not worth much. I recommend installing Flash 9 (beta) instead.

swannema · 12-10-2006, 11:45 AM

I will give it awhile before I install it, my 10.0 works flawless and I have no need to upgrade to 10.2. Probably after we have moved to our new house and I can use a wired network again I will install 10.2.

John64 · 12-10-2006, 11:59 AM

are you running NDISWrapper?

swannema · 12-10-2006, 12:13 PM

I do and it never gave me any issues, my wireless card (RT2500 chipset) works better in Linux than in WXP.

Cogar · 12-12-2006, 10:16 PM

For the record, I discovered a fix to the sound problem. To do this in YaST, select: Security and Users --> User Management. Select the user and click Edit. Click on the Details tab. Click on the Audio group. Click Accept and then Finish.

I have no clue regarding why the normal users would be denied audio.

Drufuss · 02-01-2007, 07:31 AM

Tried to install it on my PC yesterday (using the DVD as installation source) but got stuck at GRUB configuration cause i wasn´t able to select floppy disk (fd0) as option where to put GRUB at.
Found only one similiar entry in another linux forum where the poster was told to use LILO instead of GRUB , because it seems that novell/suse has removed the option to boot from floppy in GRUB but not in LILO.

Could you start the installation process and try to set start-up so that GRUB is installed on a floppy disk? Is this option missing for GRUB for you too? Is it really only available with LILO?

Greetings

Dru

wallijonn · 02-01-2007, 10:43 AM

Is this a clean install onto a spare drive? If so, I can't see why you would need to save GRUB to a floppy. You would save it to the / of the HD. Then you could make a GRUB boot floppy after the machine is up and running.

On my own sys at home, I have XP on a 320GB SATA drive and Linux on a 100GB PATA drive. I then choose which HD to boot from through the BIOS.

**pointreyes** · 02-01-2007, 03:21 PM

I don't recommend using LILO. AFAIK, LILO is not supported like GRUB is. If you are needing the bootloader information because you need to boot the OS from the same drive then allow GRUB to be placed on your root directory ("/") and start using something like XOSL to select which OS to boot up.
XOSL - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Originally Posted by Drufuss

Tried to install it on my PC yesterday (using the DVD as installation source) but got stuck at GRUB configuration cause i wasn´t able to select floppy disk (fd0) as option where to put GRUB at.
Found only one similiar entry in another linux forum where the poster was told to use LILO instead of GRUB , because it seems that novell/suse has removed the option to boot from floppy in GRUB but not in LILO.

Could you start the installation process and try to set start-up so that GRUB is installed on a floppy disk? Is this option missing for GRUB for you too? Is it really only available with LILO?

Greetings

Dru

Drufuss · 02-02-2007, 05:35 AM

This is a clean install, onto diff partitions on my hdd's.

The partitions look like this:

hda (200 GB)
hda1(8GB)=NTFS,WinXP system and boot partition
hda3(146GB)=NTFS, windows programs, games, data
hda5(28GB)= ext3, ubuntu \
hda6(28GB)= ext3, openSuSE 10.2 \

hdb (160GB)
hdb1(1 GB)=FAT, WinXP Pagefile
hdb5(80MB)=ext3, ubuntu boot (partition before 1024th cylinder)
hdb6(80MB)=ext3, openSuSE 10.2 boot (before 1024th cylinder)
hdb7(1GB)=swap, swap for ubuntu and suse
hdb3(~157GB)=NTFS, recorded movies

With all my previous installations i did put GRUB on a floppy, so when i pop in the ubuntu or SuSE floppy the pc booted either SuSE or ubuntu. And i used GUB for that since as it was supported by SuSe.

With the last version of opensuse 10.2, beside the german version of the menu for setting up your system start options being the most confusing and unclear SuSE/Novell has ever produced, i can setup dev/fd0 only wiht LILO.
When i choose GRUB, i can select options for boot sector and/or MBR of diff. partition, etc. etc. but i can´t selct dev/fd0 anywhere.
When i choose LILO, i get the same option previous Versions offerd (for LILO and GRUB) where i can select dev/fd0.

Tried to make fresh install again yesterday evening, came to the point where it rebooted for the first time, LILO stopped after writing a line of dots (.................................................................................).

Greetings

Dru

12-07-2006, 01:43 PM	#1
swannema ???????????????? Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 9,627	SUSE 10.2 released Fresh released today and ready for download. Released Version - openSUSE
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12-10-2006, 09:49 AM	#2
Cogar Level 15, lawful good Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: It varies, but usually within 100 yards of a keyboard. Posts: 7,222	I am running the new release right now (just installed). It will take me a while to get used to the new menu, plus the default fonts are tiny. Everything seems to be working except for my wireless card and the sound mixer, so I have no sound and need to use an Ethernet cable for Internet access right now. The install went smoothly otherwise--a typical SUSE install with lots of options. SUSE still comes with Flash 7, which is not worth much. I recommend installing Flash 9 (beta) instead.
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12-10-2006, 11:45 AM	#3
swannema ???????????????? Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 9,627	I will give it awhile before I install it, my 10.0 works flawless and I have no need to upgrade to 10.2. Probably after we have moved to our new house and I can use a wired network again I will install 10.2.
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12-10-2006, 11:59 AM	#4
John64 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,449	are you running NDISWrapper? __________________
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12-10-2006, 12:13 PM	#5
swannema ???????????????? Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 9,627	I do and it never gave me any issues, my wireless card (RT2500 chipset) works better in Linux than in WXP.
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12-12-2006, 10:16 PM	#6
Cogar Level 15, lawful good Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: It varies, but usually within 100 yards of a keyboard. Posts: 7,222	For the record, I discovered a fix to the sound problem. To do this in YaST, select: Security and Users --> User Management. Select the user and click Edit. Click on the Details tab. Click on the Audio group. Click Accept and then Finish. I have no clue regarding why the normal users would be denied audio.
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02-01-2007, 07:31 AM	#7
Drufuss CUSL2-C -> P5Q ? Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Österreich Posts: 2,772	Tried to install it on my PC yesterday (using the DVD as installation source) but got stuck at GRUB configuration cause i wasn´t able to select floppy disk (fd0) as option where to put GRUB at. Found only one similiar entry in another linux forum where the poster was told to use LILO instead of GRUB , because it seems that novell/suse has removed the option to boot from floppy in GRUB but not in LILO. Could you start the installation process and try to set start-up so that GRUB is installed on a floppy disk? Is this option missing for GRUB for you too? Is it really only available with LILO? Greetings Dru __________________ System specs: Asus P5Q Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz @ 3.42 GHz 4 x 2GB DDR2-Ram PC2-1066 Corsair Dominator @ 800MHz 3 x Seagate 7200.ESII 500GB SATA Sapphire HD4870X2 2048MB Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, Hauppauge HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T, Dlink DWL-G510, Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Wireless Enermax Modu82+ 625W Win XP MCE 2005, openSuse Linux 11 64bit, Vista Home Premium 64bit CUSL2-C ruled! ..äh... RulEd! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
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wallijonn PHX Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Phoenix Posts: 2,569	Is this a clean install onto a spare drive? If so, I can't see why you would need to save GRUB to a floppy. You would save it to the / of the HD. Then you could make a GRUB boot floppy after the machine is up and running. On my own sys at home, I have XP on a 320GB SATA drive and Linux on a 100GB PATA drive. I then choose which HD to boot from through the BIOS. __________________ D875PBZLK, MAC G4-933
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02-02-2007, 05:35 AM	#10
Drufuss CUSL2-C -> P5Q ? Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Österreich Posts: 2,772	This is a clean install, onto diff partitions on my hdd's. The partitions look like this: hda (200 GB) hda1(8GB)=NTFS,WinXP system and boot partition hda3(146GB)=NTFS, windows programs, games, data hda5(28GB)= ext3, ubuntu \ hda6(28GB)= ext3, openSuSE 10.2 \ hdb (160GB) hdb1(1 GB)=FAT, WinXP Pagefile hdb5(80MB)=ext3, ubuntu boot (partition before 1024th cylinder) hdb6(80MB)=ext3, openSuSE 10.2 boot (before 1024th cylinder) hdb7(1GB)=swap, swap for ubuntu and suse hdb3(~157GB)=NTFS, recorded movies With all my previous installations i did put GRUB on a floppy, so when i pop in the ubuntu or SuSE floppy the pc booted either SuSE or ubuntu. And i used GUB for that since as it was supported by SuSe. With the last version of opensuse 10.2, beside the german version of the menu for setting up your system start options being the most confusing and unclear SuSE/Novell has ever produced, i can setup dev/fd0 only wiht LILO. When i choose GRUB, i can select options for boot sector and/or MBR of diff. partition, etc. etc. but i can´t selct dev/fd0 anywhere. When i choose LILO, i get the same option previous Versions offerd (for LILO and GRUB) where i can select dev/fd0. Tried to make fresh install again yesterday evening, came to the point where it rebooted for the first time, LILO stopped after writing a line of dots (.................................................................................). Greetings Dru __________________ System specs: Asus P5Q Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz @ 3.42 GHz 4 x 2GB DDR2-Ram PC2-1066 Corsair Dominator @ 800MHz 3 x Seagate 7200.ESII 500GB SATA Sapphire HD4870X2 2048MB Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, Hauppauge HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T, Dlink DWL-G510, Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Wireless Enermax Modu82+ 625W Win XP MCE 2005, openSuse Linux 11 64bit, Vista Home Premium 64bit CUSL2-C ruled! ..äh... RulEd! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
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