toastrack wrote:
> The install was from a fresh iso dvd made from a download.
did you do this http://tinyurl.com/25ydj4a before install?
> 1. It refuses to keep any desktop/display settings I make, such as
> resolution and screensaver, reverting to the defaults each time I boot
> up.
that has been covered several times in numerous previous threads…i
don’t off hand recall the solution, but i guess the advanced search
page can find several such threads for you to walk through…
> 2. It says it is checking for updates, which is fine, but no updates
> take place. I know the broadband cable internet connection is OK,
> because konquerer, thunderbird and firefox all work fine.
do you get any errors?
are you sure there are updates waiting? i mean, if you installed while
connected to the net all updates were installed as part of the initial
install and since new updates do not come out every day, you should
not expect any to be installed–however, it should check every day to
see if there are updates…
see?
> 3. It failed to pick up anything related to my home network (to a WinXP
> machine), and I’ve ben unable to restore any sign of a networking
> connection.
are you saying you can get to the internet but not things on your
local network?
does you local net consist of non-Linux machines? if so, have you
configured your machine to ‘talk’ to them? [NOTE: this network issue
should not be address here…please post it to the networking forum,
the wireless one if that is appropriate]
> If I go to su and try to get into smb.conf I get the following, every
> time:-
>
> kwrite /etc/samba/smb.conf
>
> KCrash: Application ‘kwite’ crashing…
> Sock_file=/root/ .kde4/socket-linux6x4l/Kdeinit4_0
> Warning: connect() failed: : no such file or directory
> KCrash cannot reach kdeinit. launching directly.
> drkonqi (8516) : Session bus not found.
oh, i see it is a windows in use network and you have not configured
samba yet…
as another helper has mentioned: if you want to use kwrite as root do
NOT su, instead as a regular user do this:
kdesu [application you wanna run as root] [file/etc as required]
alternatively, if you are running GNOME, use gnomeus instead of kdesu
it was that way on 10.3 also, did you forget?
> I don’t begin to understand all this, but I begin to wonder what else
> might be wrong, and indeed whether now to do yet another install or even
> go to an alternative distro of linux.
for sure you need to do another install if your install media does not
pass the test i gave you above (another install after you have perfect
media)…
> I really want to use the software, not spend my life trying to get it
> to work properly!
here is the deal: time is money, if you do not have time to “get it to
work properly” you have a few alternatives:
-
use the money value of the time you save to hire a qualified Linux
system administrator to set it up for you…i guess some folks could
do all of that from afar, if you can setup your machine to let them in…
-
use no time but lots of money to buy a secure, reliable, works
properly out of the box, no thinking, learning or time required
(sorry, i don’t know where to buy that or what it is called, perhaps a
full entire network of Apple/Mac hardware and software…but, you will
need to save up a LOT of the “time = money” stuff)
-
use some time to find a different distro which, when found will
“work properly” with no time required (sorry, i do not know which one
to recommend, it is highly dependent on your hardware–one distro
may work out of the box, another might need a few tweaks, and a third
may take major surgery…some think Ubuntu is the easiest, i wouldn’t
know as it is so ugly i’ve not run it more than a few minutes…)
-
use some time learning how to get it openSUSE “work properly”…
your time, your money, your decision–do what is best for you, and
always remember rule number one: Use what works.
–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]
What if there were no hypothetical questions?
>:(