[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -----
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Ernest Byaruhanga
>Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: 07/28/2004 09:34PM
>Subject: Re: lug_: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr SuSE 9.1
>
>On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Christopher Nambale/Bushnet wrote:
>> I have not had any nice experience with suse since 7.2. I tried 8.2
>>on a
>> certain box with raid and for two days could not get the thing to
>>boot even
>> after using� manufacturer supported� raid controller driver
>>software.
>
>u might have confused software and hardware raid, i think.
>
I don't know whether to laugh or to cry at this statement.
>
>man, this works out of the box for many cards and monitors - u of
Thats what I expected too -out of the box.
>course
>need the following info at hand to get X to look beautiful:
>
>- card type (important)
>- max resolution (important)
>- color depth (important)
>- refresh rate (important)
>- 3D? (not important)
>- horizontal and vertical sync ranges (important)
>
>without this info at hand, you may not get the best looking X.
>
>> hardware acceleration with� ATi Radeon video adapter also fails
>
>get the latest XFree86. (A driver is also on the ATI website).
>
Got patches from suse instead.
>> recompiled the kernel with the latest drivers from suse however now
>Xserver
>> does not start --something still to do with failing to recognise
>the
>> monitor. Funny thing is that morpheus (whose developers admit is
>bug
>> ridden) installs without a hustle.
>
>normally, the generic/VESA LCD drivers work. i must admit that
No generic LCD does not maybe VESA did not try that.
>getting
>your desktop to look cute in SuSE aint easy (as opposed to Mandrake
>and
>RedHat). It usually gets done though.
Thats why I said that I have not had a good experience with SUSE of late.
Because these things should work out of the box without someone having to
do mental (not legal) gymnastics to get them to work. However if you are
sadistic
enough you� can get the damn thing to work. However I would usually prefer
to spend
that time at the local club.
cheers
CN
>
>cheers,
>
>ernest.
>
>
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