Common problems with 11.2 QUICK FIX!!

Quick fix for common problems with 11.2:
OpenSuse 11.2 was release yesterday and I have had a few problems; so I’ve look all over the forums for the “fix” and here’s what I’ve found so far, If you have any other fixes post them here so all the new users can have an easier way to find what they are all looking for. Please be specific since not everyone is a Linux Guru, I know I am not :wink:

Internet:
Open Yast>System>Boot Loader
in here under Section Management you will find 2 options (if installed only on 1 hard drive w/o Windows or any other System) Desktop and Failsafe; click on Desktop and Edit (at the bottom) find the text box Optional Kernel Command Line Parameter and add at the end:

ipv6.disable=1

Then restart the system and you should have Internet.

Ati Video card:
I have a Radeon 4670 HD, and this worked great for me, open a terminal and put this:

zypper in kernel-source linux-kernel-headers kernel-syms module-init-tools make gcc

once its all done, download the driver from the ati/amd website and run it; (in a terminal find where you downloaded the driver and type:

sudo sh ati-driver_version.run

Follow the instructions on the screen; and once finished in the same terminal type this:

sudo /usr/bin/aticonfig --initial

Restart the computer and you have your ati driver set up :slight_smile:

The only 2 problems that I’m having right now is:

  • NO sound after my ATI install (I can hear the login and logout sound, but If I try to listen to a MP3 or a video on youtube nothing goes)

  • No updates or software available, for some weird bug I can not update or download any software.

As soon as I find the answers for these I will post them here, Thanks for reading my post, an no matter how frustrating this can be remember that there is always an answer out there, you just have to find it :); have a fun SuSe experience.

for the sound issue i installed libxine1-codecs and removed libxine-pulse (using kde4 here)

upgrades working fine… (did you add the repos?)

isak

Ok, so for the updates, what repos should I have? I didnt change the ones that came in the installation, and for the sound I dont have the libxine1-codecs on my Sofware manager, since i cant install anything :(… any ideaS?

Thanks in advance.

You’ll need to add the Packman community repo for multimedia to function properly.

Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide - openSUSE Forums

I cant install anything, since I can not update or install software, is there a post that should be open or something?

But you have internet??
Did you try the disable IPv6 we suggested in the other thread?

You may have a bug
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=549447

Disabling ipv6 partially solves it but the best way around is what I wrote in message 4 #5 and #6 of course enter your router IP :wink:

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