[ltp] 64-bit Suse 11.2 on T60, 2.33ghz w/4gb RAM

[portsample]

I've done 2 fresh installs on this machine of 64-bit SuSE 11.2 . 

Are you using 64-bit or 32-bit?

It does seem to be a lot more rough than the 32-bit SuSE releases that I
am used to.

Does anyone else have any experience with SuSE 64-bit on TPs? TIA again.




Heya,

I use 11.2 on a T400 and really like this release, imho much more solid then 
11.1, but as a KDE user I was waiting for a good shipped KDE4 and not updating 
all the time from the buildservice.
The bugs you are encountering sound very serious, did you update or make a 
fresh install?


Karsten

Am Freitag, 20. November 2009 03:09:01 schrieb portsample:
> I'm a long time linux-on-Thinkpad user (1997 760ed w/SuSE 4.x).
> 
> My main machine is currently a T60 that I've upgraded the processor in
> to 2.33ghz and added maximum ram to 4gb.
> 
> I've just downloaded the new 64-bit release of SuSE 11.2 and have
> installed it on my T60. It seems to me to be significantly more buggy
> than the 32-bit SuSE 11.1 release that I've been running. By buggy I
> mean that my Evolution mail reader has crashed several times and when
> you drag a window across the screen the refresh rate is terrible with
> the window jump-jump-jumping across and leaving empty gray space for 2-3
> seconds before the desktop fills in. In addition, the fonts are "weird"
> and do not appear to be consistent. Often fonts and labels do not show,
> (e.g.,blank buttons).
> 
> However that said, VMware Workstation v6.5 under 64-bit runs a WinXP
> guest at lightening speeds...so fast you would swear it was native.
> 
> I am curious if anyone has tried a 64-bit Linux OS on their machine and
> how much success they have had. Has anyone tried 64-bit SuSE 11.2?
> TIA to all.
>