404 error with .htaccess and mod_rewrite

Server Config
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I tried every possible way to get mod_rewrite working in openSUSE 11.3, but still no luck. Followed the exact tutorial to enable mod_rewrite.
http://enarion.net/web/apache/htaccess/mod_rewrite-on-suse/

While having this piece of code in .htaccess:

Options +FollowSymlinks
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /links/
rewriterule ^user/([^-]+)-([^&]+)\\.html$ /user.php?id=$1&name=$2 [L]
</IfModule>

And this in user.php:

<?php
    echo "User test page<br>";
    echo "User id: ".$_GET["id"]."<br>"; 
    echo "User name: ".$_GET["name"];
?>

I get 404 error which says that object not found. Did some modification with RewriteBase, but still the same.

Changed AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All, and restarted the server but still the same.
The url i process is like, which does not work:
links/user/1234-apache_mod_rewrite.html
while this works:
links/user.php?id=1234&name=apache_mod_rewrite

Also this might be helpful:

lsof | grep mod_rewrite
httpd2-pr 3167 root mem REG 8,5 64744 661682 /usr/lib64/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
httpd2-pr 3169 wwwrun mem REG 8,5 64744 661682 /usr/lib64/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
httpd2-pr 3171 wwwrun mem REG 8,5 64744 661682 /usr/lib64/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
httpd2-pr 3172 wwwrun mem REG 8,5 64744 661682 /usr/lib64/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
httpd2-pr 3173 wwwrun mem REG 8,5 64744 661682 /usr/lib64/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
httpd2-pr 3174 wwwrun mem REG 8,5 64744 661682 /usr/lib64/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
httpd2-pr 6584 wwwrun mem REG 8,5 64744 661682 /usr/lib64/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
httpd2-pr 6597 wwwrun mem REG 8,5 64744 661682 /usr/lib64/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
httpd2-pr 6598 wwwrun mem REG 8,5 64744 661682 /usr/lib64/apache2/mod_rewrite.so

Am i missing some thing to get it working?
Thanks

2

Last night i was installing vanilla forum, and for it i have to enable rewrite and running.
After an hour or so i figured out the problem and solved it.
I have written an article in my blog. For me it was Section-III issue from the article. Hope some one will find it useful.

Enable mod_rewrite on openSUSE 11.3 [Linux]

Cheers