[PLUG] Warning About SuSE 8

[Anthony Schlemmer]

Do you really mean /dev/tty/S4? or /dev/ttyS4? I have a running SuSE 
7.2 system and the devices run /dev/ttyS0 through /dev/ttyS23. There is 
no /dev/tty/S4 unless this is some new Linux Standard's Base thing that 
newer versions of SuSE have adopted. I've got a copy of SuSE 8.0 on 
order but I haven't received it yet.

Tony

On Sunday 28 April 2002 14:18 pm, you wrote:
> As a Linux newbie (2 years of frustration now) I decided to try the
> new SuSE 8.0 distribution.  I last tried SuSE 7.2 and found it the
> best Linux I had ever used, but gave it up for Red Hat 7.2 because I
> could not get it to work right with my network, and standard Linux
> commands never worked right. The configuration menus were a real pain
> too.
>
> So we arrive at today. SuSE 8.0 installed alright, easily in fact. 
> Weird though, it does not install a number of programs any newbie
> would normally use by default, so I choose them individually.  Among
> them Netscape 6.2, CD burning software, and Mozilla mail (even though
> Mozilla browser is there, by default they leave out the mail
> program!?).
>
> I thought I had modem installation and internet access down to a
> science now, even in Linux, but the new SuSE has proven me wrong.  In
> Red Hat my modem is found under /dev/tty/S4.  The new SuSE only goes
> as far as /S3 and even if I manually enter /S4 it will not work.  No
> amount of experimenting with settings was able to produce a
> recognizable modem. I went through every  listed setting. So no
> internet access.
>
> I gave up on that and decided to now try the CD burning program, but
> found it is as defective as any other Linux CD Burner program I have
> ever (not been able to) use(d). It also detected my scanner
> automatically, but whenever I click on anything to do with the
> scanner, nothing happens.  At least with Red Hat, it scans an image,
> lets me look at it, and then refuses to save it!
>
> SuSE 8.0 does have some nice new screen backrounds, but the fonts and
> menus are typical Linux at its worst or near worst. I don't feel like
> wasting time fiddling with it since it is probably the best it can
> ever be and I will probably reinstall the whole mess again hoping it
> might, God willing, detect the modem next time.
>
> Although I spent the week hating Microsoft and hoping all the school
> districts would ban new Windows purchases and get Linux instead, I
> now am spending the weekend greatfull that a company like Microsoft
> provides an operating system that actually works right out of the
> box.
>
> As my tolerance for pain increases in the following weeks I'll be
> back here asking more questions as I enter week 6 of trying to get
> Red Hat Linux Samba to work, as well as CD burning, scanning, and
> font adjustment.
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
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Anthony Schlemmer
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