Re: [SLUG] Seeking advice on RedHat
Jim, I have installed RH ES3 on a *ell Optiplex GX260 under vmware it seems to work nicely. I don't know if it was the host system that finds everything and transfers it to the virtual machine usb flash drives worked each time you plugged one in. The only problem is that the Kernel delays the boot process when it only finds only 128 Mb of RAM. (mind you this is server that I am talking about) The GUI works I don't use KDE, but Gnome works fine. I didn't see KDE when I built a RHES3 on a ML370, I don't think I saw a mention of KDE at all. So your hypothesis may be correct. Go to Debian it rocks it has a bit of a learning curve compared to the other distros, it has a text based install process. Kevin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Seeking advice on RedHat
Jim Lemon wrote: Hi, I have run into a problem in upgrading my Linux systems. I bought a copy of RedHat Enterprise 3 WS in the USA a couple of months ago, thinking that it was about time to retire my v7.2 system. Unfortunately, when I installed it on a Dell Dimension that has been working perfectly with v7.2 for a long time, it was a disaster. Many applications didn't work properly or at all, my USB ports disappeared and in the end I had to reinstall v7.2 to get anything useful done. I didn't dare try upgrading my Web server. Since you purchased RHEL 3, you get access to Red Hat technical support. Have you opened any tickets with us? I can take a look at them if so. Generally speaking, RHEL 3 supports *lots* more hardware than RHL 7.2, especially USB. Not sure what applications weren't working for you, but let me know. I wonder if anyone has any idea why this should happen. Is it RedHat moving away from supporting KDE? (a completely speculative hypothesis) I'm thinking of moving to SUSE, as I tried it and RedHat when I last upgraded (RedHat was slightly better). I'd appreciate advice from anyone who is a RedHat and/or SUSE guru. Thanks in advance. The fact of the matter is that Red Hat has much more in-house expertise when it comes to GNOME, but that certainly doesn't mean we'll abandon KDE. Actually, we're making efforts to better integrate KDE and GNOME (see Bluecurve). mcm -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Seeking advice on RedHat
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Jim Lemon wrote: > Hi, > > I have run into a problem in upgrading my Linux systems. I bought a copy of > RedHat Enterprise 3 WS in the USA a couple of months ago, thinking that it > was about time to retire my v7.2 system. Unfortunately, when I installed it > on a Dell Dimension that has been working perfectly with v7.2 for a long > time, it was a disaster. Red Hat has a guide to migrating RHL to RHEL available from here: http://www.redhat.com/whitepapers/rhel/ASESWS_Migration_rev2.pdf > Many applications didn't work properly or at all, Could you provide more detail? There's been quite a few changes since 7.2, and it's likely you'll need to update a few third party apps. > Is it RedHat moving > away from supporting KDE? (a completely speculative hypothesis) No. Mike -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Seeking advice on RedHat
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The GUI works I don't use KDE, but Gnome works fine. I didn't see KDE when > I built a RHES3 on a ML370, I don't think I saw a mention of KDE at all. Its available both during the install (if you do a custom install) and afterwards using the Add/Remove Applications tool. Just click KDE and it, plus its dependencies, will get installed. Mike -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
