[New User] Suse Help?

[KIFIKA]

Okay, i've been a long time Ubuntu use, but recently switched to suse do to some errors i was getting with installing ubuntu.

the installation of suse gave me so much trouble but eventually i was able to get it up and working. anyway, i'm experiencing a few problems that i'm hoping that soemone can help me with.

1. the scroll on my mouse isn't working. May seem like a small problem, but i use it so much, that i now feel lost.

2. the installation wouldnt work when i had 2 harddrives so i had to unplug my storage harddrive which has ubuntu on it and install on my other. After the installation i plugged it in and its not being detected, so i dont know how to get it mounted, or how to view it ..ect? please help.

3. Check gmail, haha, this program is very important to me, unfortunatly when i try to install it via the terminal i get the following output:

perl-Gtk2 is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-Gtk2-TrayIcon is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-XML-Simple is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-Crypt-Simple is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-Crypt-Blowfish is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-FreezeThaw is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-gtk2-sexy is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch

uhm, thats it for the second, im sure that a lot more issues will come up to me, seeing as how i've only had it for a few hours. I hope someone can help me and i appriciate all help / advice i can get.

i know ubuntu is very different than suse, but suse seems good. Unfortunatly, the thing i loved about ubuntu was the community, any problem, i could get an answer in 10 minutes.. lol, i hope the linux community can be just as useful

thanks,
Nick Padula

[hazel]

3. Check gmail, haha, this program is very important to me, unfortunatly when i try to install it via the terminal i get the following output:
perl-Gtk2 is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-Gtk2-TrayIcon is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-XML-Simple is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-Crypt-Simple is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-Crypt-Blowfish is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-FreezeThaw is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch
perl-gtk2-sexy is needed by checkgmail-1.12-1.guru.suse102.noarch

Check gmail is obviously a perl script (anything that ends in .noarch will run on any type of processor so these packages tend to be either scripts or documentation) and it needs these other bits of perl to function correctly. You will just have to install all of them first, then install the program you actually want.

[gogalthorp]

Mouse problem...

What mouse brand and model?

Have you tried configuring the mouse in Yast??

If you can't find make and model in the mousr lists try generic settings.

[KIFIKA]

Mouse problem...

What mouse brand and model?

Have you tried configuring the mouse in Yast??

If you can't find make and model in the mousr lists try generic settings.

its a mouse that came with a dell computer. I used Yast and changed it to generic, but when i reset there wasnt a change with the scroll wheeel

[gogalthorp]

Is it a PS2 or USB ?

If USB try getting a USB to PS2 adapter and use the PS2 port.

Or better yet get a good mouse the mice you get from Dell are junk.

I use a logitech wireless via an adapter to the PS2 port

[KIFIKA]

Is it a PS2 or USB ?

If USB try getting a USB to PS2 adapter and use the PS2 port.

Or better yet get a good mouse the mice you get from Dell are junk.

I use a logitech wireless via an adapter to the PS2 port

its ps2, and thats just not an option at the momment

[gogalthorp]

Well the generic wheel mouse should work with that. Got no clue why it would not.

[Zirconium]

Maybe it isn't compatible? but with the fact dell has started making pc's with Linux pre-installed, you could call them, they should know what to do, and what ones are compatible

oh and I'm just throwing ideas out, I may be wrong

[J.Norris1369]

Okay, i've been a long time Ubuntu use, but recently switched to suse do to some errors i was getting with installing ubuntu.

the installation of suse gave me so much trouble but eventually i was able to get it up and working. anyway, i'm experiencing a few problems that i'm hoping that soemone can help me with.

1. the scroll on my mouse isn't working. May seem like a small problem, but i use it so much, that i now feel lost.

2. the installation wouldnt work when i had 2 harddrives so i had to unplug my storage harddrive which has ubuntu on it and install on my other. After the installation i plugged it in and its not being detected, so i dont know how to get it mounted, or how to view it ..ect? please help.

3. Check gmail, haha, this program is very important to me, unfortunatly when i try to install it via the terminal i get the following output:


uhm, thats it for the second, im sure that a lot more issues will come up to me, seeing as how i've only had it for a few hours. I hope someone can help me and i appriciate all help / advice i can get.

i know ubuntu is very different than suse, but suse seems good. Unfortunatly, the thing i loved about ubuntu was the community, any problem, i could get an answer in 10 minutes.. lol, i hope the linux community can be just as useful

thanks,
Nick Padula

Try this site its helpful CheckGmail scroll down to the Requirements area it should help you out.