[R] Running RMySQL with SuSE 8.2?

[Barnet Wagman]

Since there doesn't appear to be an RMySQL rpm for SuSE 8.*,  does 
anyone know if the 7.3 version will work with the SuSE 8.2 rpms of R and 
DBI?

The package installs without complaint, but when I try to run

    con <- dbConnect(dbDriver("MySQL"),dbname="test")

I get the error

    Error in dbConnect(dbDriver("MySQL")) : couldn't find function 
".valueClassTest"

(This is my first attempt to access a an rdms from R, so I could be 
doing something else wrong.)

Any ideas as what might be generating this error, or as to combinations 
of rpms that will work under SuSE 8.2 would be appreciated. (I took a 
stab at compiling RMySQL from src, but I don't have MySQL src installed 
and I rather not get involved in this if I can avoid it.)

Thanks,

Barnet Wagman