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More SUSE Linux 9.1 Reviews

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the first-and-second-looks dept.

JoshuaTreeCA writes "Adam Doxtater of Mad Penguin has published another excellent review... this time on the newest SUSE Linux 9.1 beta-release. This release comes complete with the latest GNOME and KDE enviroments as well as being the first distro to present a retail package built on kernel 2.6.4 Check out the review, with screenshots." rokzy also wrote in with another review from NeoLink Computers.

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  1. Google Cache by Whafro · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here ya go

  2. SuSE 9 seems to dislike USB mice by mfearby · · Score: 5, Informative

    I just installed SuSE 9 and I must say I was very impressed... right up until the point that the mouse (which worked fine during install) didn't work on the second boot, then wouldn't work when KDE started. Had to start YaST to reconfigure it but had to reboot before it would work. THEN the mouse just stopped working after I clicked the apply button after choosing the icq2 icon scheme in gnomeicu.

    I'm guessing USB mouse support still hasn't made it's way into Linux in a robust form yet?

    This is pretty bad - so bad, in fact, that I'm now back in Windows XP because it, at least, knows how to understand what is now an old thing like USB mice!

    1. Re:SuSE 9 seems to dislike USB mice by cdc179 · · Score: 5, Informative

      USB mouse support has worked great in GNU/Linux for a while now. This is just something on SuSe's side.

      Make sure that your kernel has HID support.

    2. Re:SuSE 9 seems to dislike USB mice by pantherace · · Score: 4, Informative
      USB mouse support in linux has been as robust or more robust than Windows for quite a while. What usually is the problem is the distribution's config tools.

      So have you bothered to file a bug report about it with SuSE? Or just decide to cluelessly bash Linux on /.?

      Check /etc/X11/XF86Config for which device the mouse is using, and you have two options:
      /dev/input/mice - ALL mice (USB, PS/2, busmouse) connected to the system. This is what most people will want. (With some kernels there is a delay before Xfree starts to get the input.)
      /dev/input/mouseX (where X is a number starting at 0) - a specific mouse. Which may be what SuSE set up, and if so and it disconnected for any reason, the number would go up. (This is useful say when a trackpoint goes out on a laptop, to specify only the trackpad/external mouse, also the AllowMouseOpenFail option is a good option when using this)

      With Windows, USB mouse support seems flaky. I haven't extensively used XP (seems not to support Compaq Presario 1700s well at all: blue screen city.), but 2000 certainly doesn't detect all mice when you plug them in. But then I suppose Windows USB mouse support is a WORKSFORYOU resolution if it were in bugzilla. :)

    3. Re:SuSE 9 seems to dislike USB mice by mm0mm · · Score: 4, Informative

      I've been using SuSE for a while (currently 8.2), and I've had similar problem with the last couple of edition of SuSE when I was installing it on laptops. By default YaST doesn't configure 2 mice (touch pad + usb) set up, and only SaX does. But the problem is when I configure mice using SaX, YaST will overwrite the mice config file after reboot. If you ever need to reconfigure mice setup, NEVER use sax.

      I believe it did support dual mice during installation, but after the installation was finished, USB mouse was not working properly for some reasons.

      anyway, I usually end up making changes in the config file(XF86Config) by text editor/vi so the mice will work properly. You just need to add one more input device in it. I love suse, but I have to admit configuring mice on SuSE can be a pain.

  3. Correction regarding Gnome. by FreeLinux · · Score: 4, Informative

    SuSE 9.1 beta does not come with the latest Gnome (2.6) it comes with Gnome 2.4 because 2.6 was released too late to make it into SuSE 9.1 beta. However, Gnome 2.6 will likely be available from SuSE as a separate download.

    Don't you remember Joe Barr's pathetic whining about Gnome and SuSE 9.1 beta in his Quick Look article. Possibly the worst review ever written.

  4. Re:Where can I find a 9.1 download? by gmuslera · · Score: 4, Informative

    The problem is not where, but when. The FTP version usually goes "public" after a month or so of the official release, and I suppose that the betas are only released to selected testers.

  5. Re:Where can I find a 9.1 download? by FreeLinux · · Score: 5, Informative

    The 9.1 beta is a special release that was opened up to members of the press. It is on a restricted access server. SuSE typically does not make its betas available for download like Red Hat use to with Rawhide. Additionally, SuSE typically releases new versions in boxed sets first and then makes it available by ftp about a month later.

    You will probably not be able to get a hold of 9.1 until the first week in May, when you can buy the boxed set. Early June will probably be your first chance to download SuSE 9.1

  6. SUSE logo changed? by joeseph+schmo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe slashdot should update the SUSE topic icon.

    It looks like the lizard has been put on a diet (suse.com).

    Oh, and two of his legs have been chopped off...