So I decided to try openSUSE, after reading over and over on the Kubuntu forums that is was so much better. Over all the experience has been good, with this one rather large blemish.
I have been trying for about a week to set up a home server, with the minimal server set up. After getting the minimal server installed, I moved on to setting up a static IP, which openSUSE just doesn’t seem to like. After setting up the IP using YaST2 and saving my settings, I would notice I don’t have a network connection. So I would go back into the Network Device set up and find the following.
Name |IP Address
CK804 Ethernet Controller |Not Configured
88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller|Not Configured
CK804 Ethernet Controller |192.168.0.10
Now CK804 Ethernet Controller is the one I set up, when it was eth0, then it duplicates itself, removes the MAC Address and disables itself.
Occasionally I will get it to work, and get out and be able to establish a connection, and even SSH into the server, but god help me if I ever have to reboot the machine because on reboot it just kills the configuration and duplicates again.
So my question is, do I trash openSUSE and go back to Kubuntu or is there something I can do to fix this, because hours, DAYS of researching has rewarded me with nothing but a headache.
What is the definition of Stupidity? Doing the same thing over and over, expecting a difference response.
Thanks in advance for any help in this,
David.