Hey folks, this might seem like an unusual question since things always change when you have a major update, but the apps that ran and installed just fine under 11.1 don’t (seem to) under 11.2. I was running Gnome under 11.1, and have used the same desktop as I moved to 11.2.
For example, I was able to install and run the Novell Support Advisor 1.1 under SLED 11.1 just fine. I would need to authenticate as root before the app would run, but it would run just fine.
After I upgraded from SLED 11.1 to 11.2, things just don’t seem to be as stable. NSA (and other apps) seem to install, but their icons don’t appear in the applications folder, and when I login su and then attempt to run, the terminal window usually hangs.
I can’t get a CIFS client to install (I see it in the list of installed apps, but it’s not present under YAST).
Banshee was a beautiful app under 11.1, but I feel like I spend more time working around it’s glitches in 11.2 rather than setting it to play and enjoying it’s usefulness.
The Novell Client (yes, I know, it’s not officially supported under 11.2) has caused me enough heartache that I VNC an XP box just to get to files.
So anyway, enough whining, what can/should I do to work through these issues? Should I just give up and go back to 11.1? Is it better to burn and re-build rather than upgrade per the OpenSUSE docs? Is there some “magic” log files folder (other than availble via YAST) to see where error messages are occurring so I can troubleshoot the issues better?
Whoops, yeah, sorry, OpenSUSE. With Novell as our network, I get confused occasionally when describing the environment. Anyway, from the System Monitor, SUSE Linux 11.2, Kernel Linux 2.6.31.12-0.2-desktop, Gnome 2.28.2.
Hi Carl
NSA (is a client) can be used to look at other systems, it runs using
Adobe Air…
I guess it could be used on openSUSE as well to a certain degree as they
all have the ability to run the supportconfig tools, which if an
openSUSE user had a boxed version and logged a case it would be used.
I just tried it against 11.3 M5 and it does work
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.45-0.1-default
up 12 days 15:26, 4 users, load average: 0.18, 0.81, 0.68
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 195.36.15
OK, so then am I making a the system more complicated by the plethora of repos? I admit I’m still a newbie and added the other repos not knowing what apps I wanted to install and run above the base OS and it’s pre-installed apps.
Malcolm, yeah, it’s a great tool for those of us preparing to migrate from Netware to OES. I just wish I could get it running again on my system now that I upgraded to OpenSUSE 11.2.
Not yet. I saw that 2.0 was just released, but I thought I should try and troubleshoot (what I’m thinking are) general system issues before deploying the new release. I mean, if I can’t get 1.1 to work, how much more success should I expect from trying the next version?
