Hello
I am a new user in open SUSE.
I just installed open SUSE 11.0
It seems that nothing really works. All works great in Ubuntu or XP.
I type here some of the main problems:
No sound , i have a creative audigy card. Seems instaled , i have vol. control in panel…but still no sound.
I cannot view(in my places for ex) any other hard-drives from my system except the only linux partitioned drivers(ext type). The other hard-drivers(ntfs, fat) appears only in system monitor.
Cannot install my printer Canon LBP 2900 wich is not in printer drivers database.
Cannot play any kind of movie , with totem or real or other. No codecs seems installed at all. I try installing the codecs provided , but installation process is full of errors.
Some multimedia programs crash or blocks with no reason.
Please give me some advice . Maybe i should try reinstalling, with some manual configurations?
Thanks for any advice .
Regards.
PS
Good thing is that after isnstalling openSuse it works fine for the first time the GRUB loader, so i can load windows well without needing to change the boot loader order in bios:) So i wish i can keep using open SUSE instead of Ubuntu in wich i have problem with GRUB loader.
Typically other drives (ntfs, fat) appear under /windows. Sometimes they are not properly mounted, because they may not be in the fstab configuration file. I am off on vacation from 16-23 Sep and can not help, but others can, but first you need to provide them more info. Please post here the output of typing the following into a gnome-terminal or in a konsole:
cat /etc/fstab
su -c 'fdisk ‘l’ #note that is a small “L” and not an I nor a “one”
df -h
You are likely correct, its probably no codecs are installed at all. That is the way openSUSE is delivered. Please read our multimedia stickie: Welcome to multimedia sub-area - openSUSE Forums
This could be tied into item-4, it could be due to a host of other reasons. I recommend you address item-4, and then try to sort item-5.
Re-installing is not the Linux way, although a lot of Windows newcomers to Linux tend to adopt that approach. Its only if one’s system is terribly borqued and one knows exactly what they did to really mess things up badly, is (IMHO) a re-install prudent. Fortunately with 11.0, re-installs are very FAST !! But I do not recommend a re-install.
I also recommend you IMMEDIATELY setup your Software Package Manager’s repositories with 4 and only 4 repositories. Specifically OSS, NON-OSS, UPDATE and PACKMAN. No Others. None. You can add other’s when you know better what the risks and implications/dangers might be. There is guidance for doing that addition of those 4 repositories here (select the link for your openSUSE version): Repositories - openSUSE-Community
again … only Specifically OSS, NON-OSS, UPDATE and PACKMAN. No Others. None.
Once those repositories are setup, it will be easy for you to update your multimedia to packages that are not crippled for codecs, and actually work!
Good luck. If you have any hiccups, there are many more knowledgeable people than I, who can help you on this forum.
Canon provides poor Linux support (IMHO). Looking at the Linux openprinting site suggests this could be a challenge: OpenPrinting database - Printer: Canon LBP-2900[/QUOTE]Further to the above, I see your having two choices:
a. try to install the printer drivers from Canon, which typically have very confusing instructions, or
b. pay some money and try the commercial Turbo print drivers.
Approach-a: For approach “a” you can find some drivers here from Canon: Laser Shot LBP2900
… and a Ubuntu “how to” which will need adjusting to be applicable to openSUSE. CanonCaptDrv190 - Community Help Wiki
… typically drivers from non-HP printer manufacturers tend not to be udpated (and work only on older linux releases) and require a strong level of Linux knowledge to succeed in installing (which is one reason why few Linux users use the manufacturer’s provided drivers).
Easiest Approch: IMHO “approach-b” is likely the easiest approch for a newbie.
Again, I have my global disclaimer that I am off on vacation as of tomorrow, from 16-Sep to 23-Sep, so if you have hiccups in your adopted appraoch, someone else will need to try help you.
Recommendation: If it were me in this situation, I would purchase a new printer that has better support.
Thanks for your advises oldcpu.
They proved really helpfull!
Sound problem solved :
even that still adudigy was no where listed in the mixers
analog / digital outputs , i just had to apply (by trying dif. vol. panels) volume to ‘Analog front’ vol panel and sound was on. The problem was as simple as that… lol!
Also solved codec’s problem by installing them following your link posted.
Solved hardrive viewing problem by installing again openSUSE with KDe desk. inv. because i didn’t know how to change from Gnome to Kde.
With the printer I give up it’s enough that I can use it in windows.(even there proved very tricky to install it), because it’s a new model perhaps (!?) …just brought it and despite instalation problems it’s a good model for some resons .
it’s enough that I can use it in windows.(even there proved very tricky to install it), because it’s a new model perhaps (!?) …just brought it and despite instalation problems it’s a good model for some resons 