Release Notes for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 Service Pack 1

Version 11.1.2

Abstract

These release notes are generic for all SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
based products. Some parts may not apply to particular architectures or
products. Where this is not obvious, the respective architectures are
listed explicitly.

A startup and preparation guide can be found in the docu directory on the
media. Any documentation (if installed) can be found below /usr/share/doc/
in the installed system.

This Novell product includes materials licensed to Novell under the GNU
General Public License (GPL). The GPL requires that Novell make available
certain source code that corresponds to those GPL-licensed materials. The
source code is available for download at http://www.novell.com/linux/source
. Also, for up to three years from Novell's distribution of the Novell
product, Novell will upon request mail a copy of the source code. Requests
should be sent by e-mail to sle_source_request@novell.com or as otherwise
instructed at http://www.novell.com/linux/source. Novell may charge a fee
to recover the costs of distribution, within reason.

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1. Purpose
2. New Features

    2.1. PAM Configuration
    2.2. Basic SELinux Enablement
    2.3. Desktop
    2.4. Systems Management
    2.5. Kernel and Toolchain
    2.6. Other Changes and Version Updates

3. Installation Related Notes

    3.1. CJK Language Support with Text-Mode Installation
    3.2. Unable to Detect Display with Lid Closed
    3.3. Development Packages Moved to the SDK
    3.4. Installation Using Persistent Device Names
    3.5. MD Devices on Top of iSCSI Not Supported
    3.6. Using NetworkManager and DHCP

4. General Update Notes

    4.1. Graphics Drivers Using KMS
    4.2. Updating KDE
    4.3. GroupWise 8 Client
    4.4. Kernel Package Split in Subpackages
    4.5. Displaying Manual Pages with the Same Name
    4.6. Novell AppArmor
    4.7. Fine-Tuning Firewall Settings

5. Technology Previews

    5.1. eCryptfs Filesystem
    5.2. KVM
    5.3. XEN Host Kernel and XEN Tools Support
    5.4. Ext4
    5.5. Basic SELinux Enablement
    5.6. Read-Only Root Filesystem
    5.7. Linux Filesystem Capabilities

6. Deprecated Functionality

    6.1. Removed Packages
    6.2. Deprecated Packages
    6.3. JFS File System
    6.4. Volume and Storage Management

7. Technical Information

    7.1. Better Sound Functionality with Pulseaudio 0.9.11 or Higher
    7.2. netconfig Utility to Apply Additional Network Settings
    7.3. Atheros Wireless Cards
    7.4. Wireshark
    7.5. Detecting Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops
    7.6. More Entries

8. More Information and Feedback
9. Known Issues

    9.1. Latest Release Notes
    9.2. Network Issues After Updating
    9.3. Java Plugin
    9.4. Kopete Currently Lacks IRC Support

10. Documentation

    10.1. Deployment Guide: 3.3.1 Accessing an SMT Server
    10.2. KDE User Guide: 15.6.4 Disabling Features / GNOME User Guide:
        12.6.4 Disabling Features

11. Hardware Related Issues

    11.1. Limited Graphics Support on IBM SurePOS 700 4800-7X3 during
        Installation
    11.2. Graphical Distortions on the FIC GE2 Plattform (Transtec
        SENYO600)

12. Legal Notices

Chapter 1. Purpose

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is the market's only enterprise-quality Linux
desktop ready for routine business use. Developed and backed by Novell,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop provides market-leading usability, seamless
interoperability with existing IT systems, and dozens of essential
applications?all at a fraction of the price of proprietary operating
systems. It comes bundled with the latest versions of leading applications
such as OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, Mozilla Firefox web
browser, and Novell Evolution email and calendar suite. In addition, it
integrates with Microsoft SharePoint and Novell Teaming for group
collaboration and supports a wide range of multimedia file formats,
wireless and networking standards, and plug-and-play devices.

Through the latest enhancements in power management and security, SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop also provides an environmentally friendly IT
experience (Green IT) and an error-proof desktop. Finally, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop unparalleled flexibility. You can deploy it on a wide
range of thick client devices (including desktops, notebooks, netbooks, and
workstations), on thin client devices, or as a virtual desktop. By
leveraging the power of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, your business can
dramatically reduce costs, improve end-user security and increase workforce
productivity.

Chapter 2. New Features

2.1. PAM Configuration

The common PAM configuration files (/etc/pam.d/common-*) are now created
and managed with pam-config.

2.2. Basic SELinux Enablement

In addition to AppArmor, SELinux capabilities were added as Technology
Preview to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 Service Pack 1, which will
allow users to enable SELinux in SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Service Pack
1, if they wish.

What does SELinux basic enablement mean?

  * The shipped kernel features SELinux support.

  * We will apply SELinux patches to all "common" userland packages.

  * The libraries required for SELinux (libselinux, libsepol, libsemanage,
    etc.) were added to openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise.

  * However, we are not offering enterprise class support for SELinux at
    this time; thus we will run QA with SELinux disabled to ensure that
    SELinux patches do not break the default delivery and the majority of
    packages.

  * We will not be shipping SELinux specific tools as part of the default
    distribution delivery. However, the packages (such as checkpolicy,
    policycoreutils, selinux-doc) will be available through the SUSE Linux
    Enterprise Desktop repositories.

By enabling SELinux in our upcoming codebase, we add missing pieces of code
that exist in the community already, and we allow those who wish to use
SELinux to do so conveniently without having to replace a large portion of
the distribution.

2.3. Desktop

  * GNOME 2.28

    GNOME was updated to the latest version and uses PulseAudio for sound.

  * KDE 4.3

    Novell introduced KDE 4 with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 as an
    innovative free software desktop and applications such as the Konqueror
    web browser, the Dolphin file manager, the Okular document reader, the
    System Settings control center and more.

    KDE was updated to the latest 4.3.4 version with this Service Pack.

    This new version of KDE is built on KDE Libraries which provide easy
    access to resources on the network by means of KIO and advanced visual
    capabilities through Qt4. Phonon and Solid. Customers migrating from
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 using KDE are getting a new user
    experience in version 11 Service Pack 1. We recommend backing up your
    user home directory when upgrading from SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
    10 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 Service Pack 1. (Partly based on
    http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.0/.)

  * X.org 7.4

    The X server libraries were updated to version 1.6.5. The client
    libraries were kept the same, except for libgl.

2.4. Systems Management

  * Improved update stack

    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 comes with an improved update stack
    and the new command line tool zypper to manage the install/update
    packages and repositories.

  * Enhanced YaST partitioner

  * Extended built-in management infrastructure

    CIM enablement with SFCB CIMON.

2.5. Kernel and Toolchain

  * GCC 4.3.4

  * glibc 2.11

  * Linux kernel 2.6.32

2.6. Other Changes and Version Updates

  * EVMS2 was replaced by LVM2

    A public statement can be found at http://www.novell.com/linux2/
    volumemanagement/strategy.html.

  * Default Filesystem

    The default file system in new installations was changed from ReiserFS
    to ext3 with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11. A public statement can
    be found at http://www.novell.com/linux/techspecs.html?tab=0.

  * Samba 3.4.3

  * EFI enablement on AMD64

  * SWAP over NFS

  * Python 2.6.0

  * Perl 5.10

  * Ruby 1.87

Chapter 3. Installation Related Notes

This section includes installation related information for this release.

3.1. CJK Language Support with Text-Mode Installation

CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) does not work properly with text-mode
installation if framebuffer is not used. Other languages that require
special fonts are probably also affected. The following solutions are
available to work around this issue:

  * Use English or another non-CJK language for installation and later
    switch to a CJK language on the running system using YaST -> System ->
    Language.

  * If you must use a CJK language during the installation, do not select
    text-mode in the boot loader screen using <F3>, but select one of the
    other VGA modes instead. Then select the wanted CJK language using <F2>
    and add textmode=1 to the boot loader command-line. Now press
    Installation.

  * Use the graphical installation or install over SSH or VNC.

3.2. Unable to Detect Display with Lid Closed

During the installation YaST resp. SaX2 tries to detect displays and
determine the display size and resolution. If you are installing on a
notebook with a closed lid it is not be possible to detect the display. To
avoid this problem you must keep the lid open during installation.

If the detection fails, start YaST and click "Hardware" -> "Graphics Card
and Monitor". Then configure the display manually.

3.3. Development Packages Moved to the SDK

As many development packages and sub-packages as possible have been moved
to the SDK.

3.4. Installation Using Persistent Device Names

The installer uses default persistent device names. If you plan to add
additional storage devices to your system after the OS installation, we
strongly recommend you use persistent device names for all storage devices.

To cause an already installed system to use persistent device names, enter
the YaST2 partitioner. For each partition, select "Edit" and go to the
"FStab Options" dialog. Any mount option except "Device name" provides
persistent device names. In addition, rerun the boot loader module in YaST
to switch the bootloader to using the persistent device name. Just start
the module and select "Finish" to write the new proposed configuration to
disk. This needs to be done before adding new storage devices.

For more information, see http://en.opensuse.org/
Persistant_Storage_Device_Names.

3.5. MD Devices on Top of iSCSI Not Supported

iSCSI devices cannot be used for Linux Software RAID. Using MD devices on
top of iSCSI triggers a cyclic dependency that leads to a system crash.

3.6. Using NetworkManager and DHCP

To make NetworkManager send the hostname to the DHCP server, create a new
network profile (see the Administration Guide for more information). Modify
this profile with GNOME Configuration Editor (gconf-editor) and add the key
/system/networking/connections/$number/ipv4/dhcp-hostname (replace
"$number" with the actual number) with a string value. NetworkManager will
send this value to the DHCP server. A special value system-hostname can be
used to send the current hostname.

Chapter 4. General Update Notes

4.1. Graphics Drivers Using KMS

Beginning with SLE11-SP1, we switch to use KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) for
Intel graphics support. This means that mode setting is now done in kernel
space instead of user space (X driver).

If?in rare cases?the new driver concept does not work for you, create an
X.Org configuration manually:

 1. Boot into failsafe mode without X (add "3" to the failsafe mode
    options) and run 'sax2 -r -m 0=fbdev' to create an fbdev based
    xorg.conf.

 2. Then disable KMS permanently by setting the NO_KMS_IN_INITRD sysconfig
    variable to "yes" and run mkinitrd.

 3. Finally, reboot again (normal mode) to activate this new X.Org
    configuration.

4.2. Updating KDE

You can update your previous KDE installation (SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop 11 or earlier) during system upgrade as described in the manual or
as a package update using YaST or zypper. Because of a huge amount of
package renaming, it is not possible to update your previous KDE
installation using plain rpm commands.

For more information about KDE 4.3, see Section 2.3, ?Desktop?.

4.3. GroupWise 8 Client

We ship the GroupWise 8 client with this release. If you want to keep the
GroupWise 7 client, enter Software Manager and disable the GroupWise
update.

The Groupwise 7 client is available in the extras-repository which can be
enabled after registration.

4.4. Kernel Package Split in Subpackages

With SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop11 the kernel RPMs are split into
different parts:

  * kernel-flavor-base

    Very reduced hardware support, intended to be used in virtual machine
    images.

  * kernel-flavor

    Extends the base package; contains all supported kernel modules.

  * kernel-flavor-extra

    All other kernel modules which may be useful but are not supported.
    This package will not be installed by default.

4.5. Displaying Manual Pages with the Same Name

The man command now asks which manual page the user wants to see if manual
pages with the same name exist in different sections. The user is expected
to type the section number to make this manual page visible.

If you want to get back the previous behavior, set MAN_POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 in
a shell initialization file such as ~/.bashrc.

4.6. Novell AppArmor

This release of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop ships with Novell AppArmor.
The AppArmor intrusion prevention framework builds a firewall around your
applications by limiting the access to files, directories, and POSIX
capabilities to the minimum required for normal operation. AppArmor
protection can be enabled via the AppArmor control panel, located in YaST
under Novell AppArmor. For detailed information about using Novell
AppArmor, see the documentation in /usr/share/doc/packages/apparmor-docs.

The AppArmor profiles included with SUSE Linux have been developed with our
best efforts to reproduce how most users use their software. The profiles
provided work unmodified for many users, but some users find our profiles
too restrictive for their environments.

If you discover that some of your applications do not function as you
expected, you may need to use the AppArmor Update Profile Wizard in YaST
(or use the aa-logprof(8) command line utility) to update your AppArmor
profiles. Place all your profiles into learning mode with the following:
aa-complain /etc/apparmor.d/*

When a program generates a high number of complaints, the system's
performance is degraded. To mitigate this, we recommend periodically
running the Update Profile Wizard (or aa-logprof(8)) to update your
profiles, even if you choose to leave them in learning mode. This reduces
the number of learning events logged to disk, which improves the
performance of the system.

4.7. Fine-Tuning Firewall Settings

SuSEfirewall2 is enabled by default. That means that by default you cannot
log in from remote systems. It also interferes with network browsing and
multicast applications, such as SLP and Samba ("Network Neighborhood"). You
can fine-tune the firewall settings using YaST.

Chapter 5. Technology Previews

Technology Preview features are either not supported or supported in a
limited fashion. These features are mainly included for customer
convenience and be functionally incomplete, unstable or in other ways not
suitable for production use.

5.1. eCryptfs Filesystem

The eCryptfs kernel modules and the ecryptfs-utils package shipped with
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 are a preview of a stacked cryptographic
filesystem for Linux.

5.2. KVM

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 contains KVM as an additional
virtualization solution. It is not supported by Novell, but is an area of
interest for future development and deliveries.

5.3. XEN Host Kernel and XEN Tools Support

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 contains a XEN host kernel and XEN tools
support as a technical preview.

5.4. Ext4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 contains the file system ext4, the
successor of ext3, as a technical preview.

5.5. Basic SELinux Enablement

See the 'New features' section.

5.6. Read-Only Root Filesystem

It is possible to run SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 on a read-only root
filesystem. Due to the huge number of possible configurations, this is
currently not a supported scenario.

The /tmp and /var directories need to be on a separate partition and cannot
be mounted read-only.

After the installation has finished and all services are configured, login
as root and do the following modifications:

Modify /etc/fstab and add "ro" to the mount options of the root filesystem
entry.

rm /etc/mtab
ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
mkdir /var/lib/hwclock
mv /etc/adjtime /var/lib/hwclock
ln -s /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime /etc/adjtime
# the following two steps are only necessary if you use dhcp:
mv /etc/resolv.conf /var/lib/misc/
ln -s /var/lib/misc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
# Now mount root filesystem read-only and reboot
mount -o remount,ro /
reboot

5.7. Linux Filesystem Capabilities

Our kernel is compiled with support for Linux Filesystem Capabilities. It
is disabled by default. Enable it by adding file_caps=1 as a kernel boot
option.

Chapter 6. Deprecated Functionality

6.1. Removed Packages

The following list of current functionalities has been removed with this
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop release.

  * dante

  * powertweak

  * zmd

6.2. Deprecated Packages

The following packages are deprecated and will be removed with SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop 12:

  * lprng

  * sendmail

  * qt3

6.3. JFS File System

The JFS file system is no longer supported for new installations. The
kernel file system driver is still available, but YaST does not offer
partitioning with JFS.

6.4. Volume and Storage Management

For future strategy and development in regard to volume and storage
management on SUSE Linux Enterprise System, see http://www.novell.com/linux
/volumemanagement/strategy.html.

Chapter 7. Technical Information

This section contains a number of technical changes and enhancements for
the experienced user.

7.1. Better Sound Functionality with Pulseaudio 0.9.11 or Higher

For better sound functionality we strongly recommend that pulseaudio 0.9.14
or higher is installed. This version is available via maintenance channels
for SUSE Linux Enterprise systems registered with Novell.

7.2. netconfig Utility to Apply Additional Network Settings

The modify_resolvconf script is removed in favor of the more versatile
netconfig script. This new script handles specific network settings from
multiple sources more flexibly and transparently. For more information, see
the updated manuals and the netconfig man-page.

In the shipped manuals, modify_resolvconf is erroneously referenced. We
will correct this soon.

7.3. Atheros Wireless Cards

Instead of the madwifi driver the ath5k/ath9k in-kernel replacement is now
available. ath5k/ath9k does not support access point mode yet, but normal
networks (infrastructure and ad-hoc) are well supported by the new driver.

7.4. Wireshark

The Wireshark software, a packet sniffer and network analysis tool, is not
available on the installation media.

Next time, we will add it to the online update channel for installation.

7.5. Detecting Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops

Lenovo ThinkPad laptops have special code in the MBR (master boot record)
because of the "Blue ThinkVantage button" functionality. If proper
detection and preparation fails, it might be necessary to restore the boot
sector.

If you have a ThinkPad, ensure that the bootloader is not installed into
the MBR (verify it in the installation proposal!) and the MBR is not
rewritten by generic code (in installation proposel select Bootloader ->
Boot Loader Installation -> Boot Loader Options -> Write Generic Boot Code
to MBR -- should be unchecked).

If your MBR gets rewritten, the ThinkVantage button will not work anymore.
The back-up of the MBR is stored in /var/lib/YaST2/backup_boot_sectors/.

7.6. More Entries

  * Locale Settings in ~/.i18n

    If you are not satisfied with locale system defaults, change the
    settings in ~/.i18n. Entries in ~/.i18n override system defaults from /
    etc/sysconfig/language. Use the same variable names but without the RC_
    namespace prefixes. For example, use LANG instead of RC_LANG. For
    information about locales in general, see "Language and
    Country-Specific Settings" in the Reference Manual.

  * Configuration of kdump

    The kernel is crashing or otherwise not behaving normally and a kernel
    core dump needs to be captured for analysis.

    A description on how to setup kdump can be found under the following
    URL: http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&
    externalId=3374462&sliceId=SAL_Public

  * Realtime Applications

    When running real-time applications on larger systems, lower maximum
    latencies can be achieved by employing the new disable_buffer_lru
    kernel command-line option. This disables the per-CPU LRU in the buffer
    cache, and may thus decrease overall filesystem performance.

  * JPackage Standard for Java Packages

    Java packages are changed to follow the JPackage Standard (http://
    www.jpackage.org/). Read the documentation in /usr/share/doc/packages/
    jpackage-utils/ for information.

  * Loading unsupported kernel drivers

    Every kernel module has a 'supported' flag. If this flag is not set,
    then loading this module will taint the kernel. Kernels which are
    tainted are not supported. To avoid this, unsupported Kernel modules
    are part of an extra RPM (kernel-<flavor>-extra). Since this would a
    problem for most desktops, the loading of those drivers is allowed by
    default.

    To prevent the loading of unsupported kernel drivers automatically
    during boot, change the line allow_unsupported_modules 1 in /etc/
    modprobe.d/unsupported-modules to allow_unsupported_modules 0.

  * Nonexecutable Stack

    Already introduced for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 9 on the x86-64
    (AMD64) architecture with 64-bit kernels, the Linux kernel in SUSE
    Linux Enterprise Desktop also supports nonexecutable stack (NX) on x86
    for CPUs that support it (Intel Prescott and AMD64) with 32-bit
    kernels. For this to work, the kernel with PAE support, kernel-pae,
    must be installed. Go into YaST and install that kernel instead of your
    default kernel. For 64-bit kernels, all kernels support NX.

    The nonexecutable stack improves the security of your system. Many
    security vulnerabilities are stack overflows, where an attacker
    overwrites the stack of your program by feeding oversized data to the
    application that fails to properly check the length. Depending on the
    details of the program (with a nonexecutable stack), these
    vulnerabilities may either not be exploitable (and only crash the
    program, resulting in a Denial of Service) or at least be significantly
    harder to exploit.

    Some applications do require executable stacks. The compiler detects
    this during compilation and marks the binaries accordingly. The kernel
    enables an executable stack to allow them to work.

    To provide a higher level of security on x86-64, the user can pass
    noexec=on on the kernel command line. The kernel then uses a
    nonexecutable stack unconditionally and also marks the data section of
    a program as nonexecutable. This provides a higher protection level
    than just the nonexecutable stack, but potentially causes problems for
    some applications. Novell has not found any problems during testing the
    most commonly used applications and services. Because it is not the
    default, this has not been tested as extensively as the stack
    protection alone, so Novell only recommends this setup for servers
    after the administrator has verified that all needed services continue
    to function properly.

Chapter 8. More Information and Feedback

  * Read the READMEs on the CDs.

  * Get the detailed changelog information about a particular package from
    the RPM:

    rpm --changelog -qp <FILENAME>.rpm


    <FILENAME>. is the name of the RPM.

  * Check the ChangeLog file in the top level of CD1 for a chronological
    log of all changes made to the updated packages.

  * Find more information in the docu directory of CD1 of the SUSE Linux
    Enterprise Desktop 11 CDs. This directory includes PDF versions of the
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 startup and preparation guides.

  * http://www.novell.com/documentation/sled11/ contains additional or
    updated documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11.

  * Visit http://www.novell.com/linux/ for the latest Linux product news
    from SUSE/Novell and http://www.novell.com/linux/source/ for additional
    information on the source code of SUSE Linux Enterprise products.

Chapter 9. Known Issues

9.1. Latest Release Notes

For the latest version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 Release Notes,
see http://www.novell.com/linux/releasenotes/i586/SUSE-SLED/11/.

9.2. Network Issues After Updating

If you were using a static IP with NetworkManager, you will lose this
configuration while updating from SLED 10 SP2 to SLED 11. You must re-enter
this information. The traditional networking method with ifup is not
affected by this issue.

Name server lookup information of resolv.conf configured with the
traditional networking method with ifup is missing after updating.

9.3. Java Plugin

There are two plugins available: the latest version of the Java plugin
(libnpjp2.so), and the legacy version (libjavaplugin_oji.so). Both are
installed in the system if you install Java, but the new version is active.
Some plugins using Java have problems with this version. If you are
affected by this it is recommended to change the link of /etc/alternatives/
javaplugin to point to the legacy plugin. This may cause other problems.

Novell is aware of the problem and is working on a solution.

Note, libjavaplugin_oji.so does not exist in the x86_64 version of the java
package.

9.4. Kopete Currently Lacks IRC Support

At the moment, Kopete as shipped with KDE4 does not support the IRC
protocol. Install and use xchat, if you want to participate in IRC
messaging.

Chapter 10. Documentation

For SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 documentation, see http://
www.novell.com/documentation/sled11/, where you can download PDF documents.
For installation with YaST software management or with zypper, packages are
available on the installation media. Some of these packages are installed
by default. These are the package names:

  * sled-installquick_en-pdf: SLED 11 Installation Quick Start

  * sled-gnomequick_en-pdf: SLED 11 GNOME Quick Start

  * sled-kdequick_en-pdf: SLED 11 KDE Quick Start

  * sled-gnomeuser_en-pdf: SLED 11 GNOME User Guide

  * sled-kdeuser_en-pdf: SLED 11 KDE User Guide

  * sled-apps_en-pdf: SLED 11 Application Guide

  * sled-admin_en-pdf: SLED 11 Administration Guide

  * sled-deployment_en-pdf: SLED 11 Deployment Guide

  * sled-security_en-pdf: SLED 11 Security Guide

  * sle-apparmor-quick_en-pdf : AppArmor 2.3.1 Quick Start

  * sle-audit-quick_en-pdf: Linux Audit Quick Start

  * sled-xen_en-pdf: SLED 11 Virtualization Guide

  * sled-tuning_en-pdf: SLED 11 Tuning Guide (draft status, updated version
    to be release shortly)

  * sled-manuals_en: the set of all SLED books in HTML format

10.1. Deployment Guide: 3.3.1 Accessing an SMT Server

The names of the boot prompt parameters given in the manual are obsolete
and will be discontinued in SUSE Linux Enterprise 11. Instead of smturl use
regurl and instead of smtcert use regcert.

10.2. KDE User Guide: 15.6.4 Disabling Features / GNOME User Guide: 12.6.4
Disabling Features

By default, Firefox does not honor settings made with the GConf system. In
order to make the GConf lockdown keys effective, edit /usr/lib/firefox/
local-configuration.js and set config.use_system_prefs to true. This file
allows the administrator to set and lock preferences that will apply to
every Firefox user.

Chapter 11. Hardware Related Issues

11.1. Limited Graphics Support on IBM SurePOS 700 4800-7X3 during
Installation

There is only limited graphics support on IBM SurePOS 700 4800-7X3 systems
with 4820-2GN monitors. During a graphical installation you can encounter
an error message from the monitor (OSD = On Screen Display) such as:

OUT OF RANGE
H: -48.4 KHz V: -60.1 Hz.

To work around this issue try a different resolution, VESA or text-mode for
installation. Another option is to choose the native driver by specifying
acceleratedx=1 on the boot prompt. It might also help to update the BIOS.

After system installation the problem no longer occurs and the graphics
system is fully supported.

11.2. Graphical Distortions on the FIC GE2 Plattform (Transtec SENYO600)

On the FIC GE2 platform (when using 24 BPP color depth and resolutions >=
1280x1024 on the DVI interface) stripes are displayed on the X server. This
distorts all windows.

Changing to 16 BPP color depth seems to solve this problem.

Chapter 12. Legal Notices

Novell, Inc. makes no representations or warranties with respect to the
contents or use of this documentation, and specifically disclaims any
express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any
particular purpose. Further, Novell, Inc. reserves the right to revise this
publication and to make changes to its content, at any time, without the
obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes.

Further, Novell, Inc. makes no representations or warranties with respect
to any software, and specifically disclaims any express or implied
warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
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