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On Saturday 08 September 2001 18:21, TREVATXTAL@xxxxxxx wrote: > Hello folks > I started to install S.uS.E 7.2 Professional on Thursday 6 Sep 2001. > I am a Newbie, My definition Is a Newbie's is a person that needs a manual > or assistance. > Well, I managed without assistance but O I needed the Manual. > This is given to all so you may make notes, Sorry for the folk that have > been there but did not tell the rest of us the results. > The Boot disk was inserted and the CD no one, one hour later Wal-laa a > working Linux with Office, !!! some small problems or so I thought, all my > hardware was detected OK, no error messages. so what was the problem! ? it > was the resolution of the screen, 600X800 fine nothing else, so to Sax2 the > latest set-up for the video card and monitor, only to receive a message, > that the Linux installation was running on Xfree86.3 not as expected > Xfree86.4, so to Yast to try and install the new version. No can do it > refuses to install. Well, blow me down I do say I must Send an E-mail to > the German Bods, but wait I say have you read the Manual. No, I say's, so > after two hours, lots of coffee + a mind bending BRANDY reading I found > the Note. > Xfree86.4 will not run with a Video card that has I QUOTE "S3 Trio3d, > Savage4,Savage3d, and Savage 2000 Chips and almost all S3 Virge cards. The > software detects such a card and reverts to the Xfree86.3 that has minimal > support for such cards. > Conclusions:-Read the B****y Book it was all in there but it took me time > to read it. > Next problem as every thing seamed to work apart from the choice of > resolutions, I tried to install every thing from the 7 CD's as it said in > YAST2 that just over 6 Gig's was required, what's more it said if I > selected to much for the Disk space it would tell me, ****** Wrong it did > not 21 packages left requiring 21 Meg it hit the top of Memory with the > message disk full Aborted. > Well, not to worry, I will delete some I do not need. Not so easy I find > Yast2 Installs before deleting. Dumb or What. Yes, I know the reasoning be > hind it but it is flawed, if you uninstall, then reinstall it may be that > you wish to get rid of the original and load something else in its place, > or you feel the software is buggy and maybe to load again might cure it. > Good thinking but it don't work that way as new software is installed first > and if dependent file are already there no new copy will be installed so > result no improvement. > Conclusion:- Uninstall software leave Yast or RPM, finish then start again > to install, then it works. > Yup 2 days later 6 GIGS of software and all is well. > Maybe,! but that's another story for another day. > I hope this has been or will be of help to others. > As for S.uS.E they get better and better but still some to go. > Long Live Linux > Trevor Hi, I have just installed Suse 7.2 from scratched..no problems.........I am also a newbie Bill ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.