[NTLUG:Discuss] SuSE 9.2 Updates -- LOOKOUT!

[Stephen Davidson]

Chris Cox wrote:

> ...long description removed...
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> Suspects to isolate/try:
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> 1. Try acpi=off at boot.
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> 2. Try disabling the SUSE plugger (HW Watcher).
>
Greetings.

More info is now available.  I managed to get enough stuff working at a 
semi-decent speed to get my data off the laptop.  I then reformatted the 
HD and partitions, and reinstalled from scratch.

Laptop (Dell C640) is fully functional, and able to efficiently handle 
any kind of load that I can throw at it, w/o any kind of problem.  This 
is how the system behaved originally when SuSE 9.2 was first installed.  
ACPI is enabled and there are currently no performance issues, as was 
the first time I installed 9.2.  Last time, I did not run into any 
issues until I started doing the Online Update and started applying 
"Security" patches.  So this time, I am NOT going to install any patches 
on the system until I figure out how to back a kernel patch out.  The 
laptop in question is not currently being connected directly to the 
Internet, but instead is being plugged in to secure networks behind at 
least (usually more) firewalls.  I don't have the time to chase this 
down myself, but if anyone wants to "play" some weekend, I would be 
willling to make the laptop available.  (new scripts I have with new 
harddisk on a fileserver, and I can pull "sensitive" data off this 
machine and delete in about 10 minutes  -- restore took me about 30 
minutes first time, but more to figure out what I kept forgetting to 
restore).

But what is UP with Novell SuSE's updates????  Does anyone have any idea 
what is going on, and why they are crashing services and systems out?

Regards,
Steve

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