weird problem

[David]

I got SuSE 7.3 last night and tried to install it. Yast2 coped fine at 1024x768 and I managed to set it all up. I never have had a problem with that part. The problems started when I tried to install the packages. I tried about 3 times w/ different filesystems. Still no luck. Random packages failed.

[XWRed1]

Hmm... broken dependencies? You're not being terribly specific here.

Suse uses rpm now, doesn't it?

[klosters64a]

Is choosing packages one by one really necessary? It was with SuSE 6.0 and 6.2--but only because I didn't like any of the default options. Choosing packages by hand needed about five hours, at least for me.

Isn't necessary in SuSE 7.0, but I have the "Home" version.

[robertm]

I had a problem installing on a system once would get thought to installing packages and would have random problem installing packages and the install failed.


Turns out I had some heat problems and the system that was fine under windows98. I dropped the CD-Rom down a slot and added a HD Cooler to exhaust the hot are at the top of the case.

I have not had any problems with the system sense.

[David]

Found the problem - bad memory. My 256MB stick is bad, but my 128 one is OK. Beacause SuSE7.3 needs to run rpm from a ramdisk b4 it can install my copy of RPM, bad memory caused havoc. Its installed now and I love it. Have to get that 256 stick replaced tho