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Please direct suggestions and comments to [email protected] Authors: Jörg Bartsch, Gernot Hillier, Marcel Hilzinger, Johannes Meixner, Matthias Nagorny, Siegfried Olschner, Marcus Schäfer, Arvin Schnell, Adrian Schröter Translators: Tino Tanner, Rebecca Walter Editors: Jörg Arndt, Antje Faber, Berthold Gunreben, Roland Haidl, Jana Jaeger, Edith Parzefall, Peter Reinhart, Inés Pozo, Thomas Rölz, Thomas Schraitle Layout: Manuela Piotrowski, Thomas Schraitle Setting: LATEX, DocBook-XML This book has been printed on 100 % chlorine-free bleached paper. Contents 0.1 Changes in the User Guide ...................... 1 0.2 Acknowledgements .......................... 3 I Installation 5 1 Quick Installation 7 1.1 Step One: The Start Screen ....................... 8 1.2 Step Two: Accept Suggestions ..................... 8 1.3 Step Three: Installation ......................... 9 1.4 Configuration .............................. 9 2 User-Defined Installation 13 2.1 Starting Your System from the CD-ROM ............... 14 2.1.1 Possible Problems When Starting from the CD/DVD .... 14 2.2 The Boot Screen ............................. 15 2.3 Language Selection ........................... 17 2.4 Installation Mode ............................ 17 2.5 Installation Suggestion ......................... 18 2.5.1 Installation Mode ........................ 18 2.5.2 Keyboard Layout ........................ 18 2.5.3 Mouse .............................. 19 2.5.4 Partitioning ........................... 19 2.5.5 Expert Partitioning with YaST ................. 24 2.5.6 Software ............................. 30 2.5.7 Boot Configuration (Boot Loader Installation) ........ 33 2.5.8 Time Zone ........................... 33 2.5.9 Language ............................ 33 2.5.10 Launching the Installation ................... 34 2.6 Finishing the Installation ........................ 34 2.6.1 root Password ......................... 35 2.6.2 Network Configuration .................... 35 2.6.3 Testing the Internet Connection ................ 35 2.6.4 Loading Software Updates .................. 36 2.6.5 User Authentication ...................... 37 2.6.6 Configuring the Host as a NIS Client ............. 38 2.6.7 Creating Local User Accounts ................. 39 2.6.8 Reading the Release Notes ................... 40 2.7 Hardware Configuration ........................ 41 2.8 Graphical Login ............................ 42 II Configuration 45 3 YaST — Configuration 47 3.1 Starting YaST .............................. 48 3.2 The YaST Control Center ........................ 48 3.3 Software ................................. 49 3.3.1 Change Installation Source .................. 49 3.3.2 YaST Online Update ...................... 50 3.3.3 Patch CD Update ........................ 51 3.3.4 Installing and Removing Software .............. 51 3.3.5 System Update ......................... 59 3.4 Hardware ................................ 62 3.4.1 CD-ROM Drives ........................ 63 3.4.2 Printer .............................. 63 3.4.3 Hard Disk Controller ...................... 72 iv Contents 3.4.4 Graphics Card and Monitor (SaX2) .............. 72 3.4.5 Hardware Information ..................... 81 3.4.6 IDE DMA Mode ........................ 82 3.4.7 Joystick ............................. 83 3.4.8 Select Mouse Model ...................... 83 3.4.9 Scanner ............................. 83 3.4.10 Sound .............................. 85 3.4.11 TV and Radio Cards ...................... 87 3.5 Network Devices ............................ 87 3.5.1 Basic Information about Internet Access ........... 87 3.5.2 Information about the Internet Dial-Up ........... 89 3.5.3 Network Card ......................... 89 3.5.4 Modem ............................. 91 3.5.5 DSL ............................... 93 3.5.6 ISDN .............................. 95 3.6 Network Services ............................ 99 3.6.1 Host Name and DNS ...................... 99 3.6.2 NFS Client and NFS Server .................. 99 3.6.3 Configuration of a Samba Server ............... 100 3.6.4 Configuration of Samba Clients ................ 101 3.6.5 NTP Client ........................... 101 3.6.6 Routing ............................. 101 3.6.7 Mail Transfer Agent ...................... 101 3.6.8 Network Services (inetd) ................... 102 3.7 Security and Users ........................... 103 3.7.1 User Administration ...................... 103 3.7.2 Group Administration ..................... 103 3.7.3 Security Settings ........................ 104 3.7.4 Firewall ............................. 107 3.8 System .................................. 108 3.8.1 Backup Copy of the System Areas .............. 108 3.8.2 Restoring the System ...................... 109 SuSE Linux – User Guide v 3.8.3 Creating a Boot, Rescue, or Module Disk ........... 110 3.8.4 Boot Loader Configuration with YaST ............ 112 3.8.5 LVM ............................... 116 3.8.6 Partitioning ........................... 116 3.8.7 Profile Manager (SCPM) .................... 116 3.8.8 Runlevel Editor ......................... 116 3.8.9 Sysconfig Editor ........................ 117 3.8.10 Time Zone Selection ...................... 118 3.8.11 Language Selection ....................... 118 3.8.12 Keyboard Layout Selection .................. 118 3.9 Miscellaneous .............................. 118 3.9.1 Submitting a Support Request ................. 118 3.9.2 Boot Log ............................ 119 3.9.3 System Log ........................... 120 3.9.4 Loading a Vendor’s Driver CD ................ 120 3.10 YaST2 in Text Mode (ncurses) ..................... 120 3.10.1 Controls ............................. 120 3.10.2 Restriction of Key Combinations ............... 121 3.10.3 Module Operation ....................... 122 3.10.4 Starting Individual Modules ................. 122 4 The KDE Desktop 125 4.1 Desktop Components ......................... 126 4.1.1 The Desktop Menus ...................... 126 4.1.2 The Trash Bin .......................... 127 4.1.3 CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and Floppy Disks .......... 128 4.1.4 The Printer Icon ........................ 128 4.1.5 The Panel ............................ 131 4.1.6 The Main Menu ........................ 131 4.1.7 The Windows .......................... 133 4.2 Settings ................................. 133 4.2.1 Peripherals ........................... 133 vi Contents 4.2.2 Desktop ............................. 136 4.2.3 Sound & Multimedia ...................... 136 4.2.4 Appearance & Themes ..................... 137 4.2.5 Regional & Accessibility .................... 139 4.3 Konqueror as a File Manager ..................... 142 4.3.1 The Konqueror Menu ..................... 142 4.3.2 The Toolbar ........................... 144 4.3.3 The Location Bar ........................ 144 4.3.4 The Main Window ....................... 144 4.3.5 Creating an Image Gallery ................... 145 4.4 Important Utilities ........................... 145 4.4.1 KInternet – the Door to the WWW .............. 145 4.4.2 The Download Manager KGet ................ 147 4.4.3 SuSEWatcher .......................... 147 4.4.4 The Clipboard Klipper ..................... 148 4.4.5 Monitoring Print Jobs ..................... 149 4.4.6 Formatting Floppy Disks with KFloppy ........... 151 4.4.7 Ark: Displaying, Decompressing, and Creating Archives .. 152 4.4.8 Desktop Sharing ........................ 153 4.4.9 KSnapshot: Taking Screenshots ................ 154 5 The GNOME Desktop 157 5.1 The Desktop .............................. 158 5.1.1 The Icons ............................ 158 5.1.2 The Desktop Menu ....................... 158 5.1.3 The Panel ............................ 159 5.1.4 The Main Menu ........................ 159 5.1.5 Handling Floppy Disks, CDs, or DVDs ............ 159 5.2 Settings ................................. 160 5.2.1 Keyboard ............................ 160 5.2.2 Mouse Configuration ..................... 161 5.2.3 Menus and Toolbars ...................... 161 SuSE Linux – User Guide vii 5.2.4 Screensaver ........................... 161 5.2.5 Windows ............................ 162 5.2.6 Background ........................... 162 5.2.7 Font ............................... 163 5.2.8 Theme .............................. 163 5.2.9 Accessibility .......................... 163 5.2.10 Keyboard Shortcuts ...................... 164 5.2.11 Sound (system alerts) ..................... 165 5.3 File Management with Nautilus .................... 165 5.3.1 Navigating in Nautilus ..................... 165 5.3.2 File Management ........................ 166 5.3.3 Configuring Nautilus .....................