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Contents I Installation 3 1 Quick Installation 5 1.1 Step One: The Start Screen . 6 1.2 Step Two: Accept Suggestions . 6 1.3 Step Three: Installation . 7 1.4 Configuration . 7 2 Custom Installation 11 2.1 Starting Your System from the CD-ROM . 12 2.1.1 Possible Problems when Starting from the CD/DVD . 12 2.2 The Boot Screen . 13 2.3 Language Selection . 15 2.4 Installation Mode . 16 2.5 Installation Suggestion . 16 2.5.1 Installation Mode . 17 2.5.2 Keyboard Layout . 17 2.5.3 Mouse . 18 2.5.4 Partitioning . 18 2.5.5 Expert Partitioning with YaST . 22 2.5.6 Software . 29 2.5.7 Boot Configuration (Boot Loader Installation) . 32 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 . 34 2.6.2 Network Configuration . 35 2.6.3 Testing the Internet Connection . 36 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 . 40 2.6.8 Reading the Release Notes . 41 2.7 Hardware Configuration . 42 2.8 Graphical Login . 43 3 YaST System Repair 45 3.1 Starting YaST System Repair . 46 3.2 Automatic Repair . 47 3.3 User-Defined Repair . 48 3.4 Expert Tools . 49 II Configuration 51 4 YaST — Configuration 53 4.1 Starting YaST . 54 4.2 The YaST Control Center . 54 4.3 Software . 55 4.3.1 Change Installation Source . 55 4.3.2 YaST Online Update . 56 4.3.3 Patch CD Update . 59 4.3.4 Installing and Removing Software . 59 4.3.5 System Update . 66 4.4 Hardware . 70 iv Contents 4.4.1 CD-ROM Drives . 70 4.4.2 Printer . 70 4.4.3 Hard Disk Controller . 79 4.4.4 Graphics Card and Monitor (SaX2) . 79 4.4.5 Hardware Information . 89 4.4.6 IDE DMA Mode . 89 4.4.7 Joystick . 90 4.4.8 Mouse . 90 4.4.9 Scanner . 90 4.4.10 Sound . 92 4.4.11 TV and Radio Cards . 94 4.5 Network Devices . 94 4.5.1 Information about the Internet Dial-Up . 96 4.5.2 Network Card . 96 4.5.3 Modem . 99 4.5.4 DSL . 100 4.5.5 ISDN . 103 4.6 Network Services . 106 4.6.1 Host Name and DNS . 107 4.6.2 NFS Client and NFS Server . 107 4.6.3 Configuration of a Samba Server . 108 4.6.4 Configuration of Samba Clients . 108 4.6.5 NTP Client . 108 4.6.6 Routing . 109 4.6.7 Mail Transfer Agent . 109 4.6.8 Network Services (inetd) . 110 4.7 Security and Users . 110 4.7.1 User Administration . 111 4.7.2 Group Administration . 111 4.7.3 Security Settings . 111 4.7.4 Firewall . 114 4.8 System . 115 SUSE LINUX – User Guide v 4.8.1 Backup Copy of the System Areas . 115 4.8.2 Restoring the System . 116 4.8.3 Creating a Boot, Rescue, or Module Disk . 117 4.8.4 Configuring the Boot Loader with YaST . 120 4.8.5 LVM . 123 4.8.6 Partitioning . 124 4.8.7 Profile Manager (SCPM) . 125 4.8.8 Runlevel Editor . 125 4.8.9 Sysconfig Editor . 126 4.8.10 Time Zone Selection . 126 4.8.11 Language Selection . 126 4.8.12 Keyboard Layout Selection . 127 4.9 Miscellaneous . 127 4.9.1 Submitting a Support Request . 127 4.9.2 Boot Log . 127 4.9.3 System Log . 128 4.9.4 Loading a Vendor’s Driver CD . 128 4.10 YaST2 in Text Mode (ncurses) . 129 4.10.1 Controls . 129 4.10.2 Restriction of Key Combinations . 130 4.10.3 Module Operation . 130 4.10.4 Starting Individual Modules . 131 5 The KDE Desktop 133 5.1 Desktop Components . 134 5.1.1 The Desktop Menus . 134 5.1.2 The Trash Bin . 135 5.1.3 CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and Floppy Disks . 136 5.1.4 The Printer Icon . 136 5.1.5 The Panel . 139 5.1.6 The Main Menu . 139 5.1.7 The Windows . 141 vi Contents 5.2 Settings . 141 5.2.1 Peripherals . 141 5.2.2 Desktop . 144 5.2.3 Sound & Multimedia . 144 5.2.4 Appearance & Themes . 145 5.2.5 Regional & Accessibility . 147 5.3 Konqueror as a File Manager . 150 5.3.1 The Konqueror Menu . 150 5.3.2 The Toolbar . 152 5.3.3 The Location Bar . 152 5.3.4 The Main Window . 153 5.3.5 Creating an Image Gallery . 153 5.4 Important Utilities . 154 5.4.1 KInternet — Connecting to the Internet . 154 5.4.2 The Download Manager KGet . 155 5.4.3 SuSEWatcher . 156 5.4.4 The Clipboard Klipper . 156 5.4.5 Monitoring Print Jobs . 158 5.4.6 Formatting Floppy Disks with KFloppy . 159 5.4.7 Ark: Displaying, Decompressing, and Creating Archives . 160 5.4.8 Desktop Sharing . 161 5.4.9 KSnapshot: Taking Screenshots . 163 5.4.10 Kontact . ..