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From: David Bolt on 21 Jan 2008 19:59 Well, it's been a few days since alpha 1 was released and I've finally managed to find the time to install it. Just for the curious, I've take a few snapshots of the installation and you can find them via here: <URL:http://www.davjam.org/mediawiki/index.php/OpenSUSE#First_looks_at_11.0_alpha_1> First thing that you're going to notice is that YaST2 has had a face lift. This appears to apply to both the version used to perform the installation, and the one used within the installation system. Personally, I'm undecided whether I like the new look. Time will tell as to whether it grows on me, or not. As is normal for an alpha release, there are a few bugs. The worst I've seen so far is that a fresh install doesn't install a working boot loader and so needs some manual fixing to get the system to boot properly. In my case, it missed out the grub entry for the normal installation and so the system tried to boot from the next entry, which was a non-existent floppy! I was able to boot the system by editing the fail-safe boot entry and continue the installation. The next bug is when it comes to hardware configuration, just after the display of the release notes. When trying to set up X, YaST2 bombs out and so that part of the configuration is never completed. Unfortunately, this has resulted in the second stage of the installation being repeated because it's not completed. While that's damn annoying, it is possible to live with, despite having to choose a root password every time I boot. Regards, David Bolt -- www.davjam.org/lifetype/ www.distributed.net: OGR(a)100Mnodes, RC5-72(a)15Mkeys SUSE 10.1 32bit | openSUSE 10.2 32bit | openSUSE 10.3 32bit | openSUSE 11.0a1 SUSE 10.1 64bit | openSUSE 10.2 64bit | openSUSE 10.3 64bit RISC OS 3.6 | TOS 4.02 | openSUSE 10.3 PPC |RISC OS 3.11
From: houghi on 22 Jan 2008 01:40 David Bolt wrote: > First thing that you're going to notice is that YaST2 has had a face > lift. This appears to apply to both the version used to perform the > installation, and the one used within the installation system. > Personally, I'm undecided whether I like the new look. Time will tell as > to whether it grows on me, or not. The layout to me has not changed that much. Bit different colours, but nothing shocking like things being upside down or the like. :-D I Like the selections on http://www.davjam.org/mediawiki/index.php/Image:OpenSUSE-11.0a1-installation-0006.png Still a pity that they do not include a Windowmaker selection. houghi -- All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.
From: David Bolt on 22 Jan 2008 07:55 On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, houghi wrote:- >The layout to me has not changed that much. Bit different colours, but >nothing shocking like things being upside down or the like. :-D > >I Like the selections on >http://www.davjam.org/mediawiki/index.php/Image:OpenSUSE- >11.0a1-installation-0006.png >Still a pity that they do not include a Windowmaker selection. Time to start bugging[0] them again? How long did it take to get a red console prompt for root? Maybe getting a Windowmaker selection would be quicker. [0] There's a pun in there somewhere, but if you can't see it, don't file a bug report on it. Regards, David Bolt -- www.davjam.org/lifetype/ www.distributed.net: OGR(a)100Mnodes, RC5-72(a)15Mkeys SUSE 10.1 32bit | openSUSE 10.2 32bit | openSUSE 10.3 32bit | openSUSE 11.0a1 SUSE 10.1 64bit | openSUSE 10.2 64bit | openSUSE 10.3 64bit RISC OS 3.6 | TOS 4.02 | openSUSE 10.3 PPC |RISC OS 3.11
From: Chuck Forsberg on 22 Jan 2008 10:20 On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:59:43 +0000, David Bolt wrote: > Well, it's been a few days since alpha 1 was released and I've finally > managed to find the time to install it. Just for the curious, I've take > a few snapshots of the installation and you can find them via here: > > <URL:http://www.davjam.org/mediawiki/index.php/ OpenSUSE#First_looks_at_11.0_alpha_1> > > First thing that you're going to notice is that YaST2 has had a face > lift. This appears to apply to both the version used to perform the > installation, and the one used within the installation system. > Personally, I'm undecided whether I like the new look. Time will tell as > to whether it grows on me, or not. > > As is normal for an alpha release, there are a few bugs. The worst I've > seen so far is that a fresh install doesn't install a working boot > loader and so needs some manual fixing to get the system to boot > properly. In my case, it missed out the grub entry for the normal > installation and so the system tried to boot from the next entry, which > was a non-existent floppy! I was able to boot the system by editing the > fail-safe boot entry and continue the installation. > > The next bug is when it comes to hardware configuration, just after the > display of the release notes. When trying to set up X, YaST2 bombs out > and so that part of the configuration is never completed. Unfortunately, > this has resulted in the second stage of the installation being repeated > because it's not completed. While that's damn annoying, it is possible > to live with, despite having to choose a root password every time I > boot. > > > Regards, > David Bolt Installing Alpha1 on Intel DG33BU 2 GB Nvidia 7950: Suse recognized the devices including gigabit LAN and IDE DVD reader. The various fields in the graphical custom disk partitioner were too small and had to be continually readjusted. Suse was installed on sdc2 and instructed to install boot loader on that partition. Instead it installed Grub on the sda MBR. Fortunately the loader correctly identified the other operating systems properly. Firefox would not run. BTW isn't it time for Firefox 3? -- /u/caf/signature.txt
From: houghi on 22 Jan 2008 10:23 David Bolt wrote: > Time to start bugging[0] them again? How long did it take to get a red > console prompt for root? Maybe getting a Windowmaker selection would be > quicker. Not sure wether I files a bugreport or just asked them for a Windowmaker pattern, but the answer was no. :-/ houghi -- All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.
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