Installing SuSE 10.2 from DVD

• On the welcome screen

  • select Installation

  • enter the boot parameter vga=ask

  • press <RETURN> to start installation

  • at the prompt press <RETURN> to get list of video modes

  • in the following list of video modes select option 6.

• Select US english as language,
  

• select new installation,
  

• select Europe, Germany, hardware clock set to UTC,
  

• select KDE as desktop,
  

• modify suggested partition
• continue installation.

After the automatic reboot

• enter a wellknown password for root,
  

• enter proper hostname, mpe-garching.mpg.de as domain, disable DHCP update,
  

• for the network configuration
  • enable SSH in the firewall options,
  • configure the first network interface
    • static address setup
    • proper IP address, subnet mask 255.255.255.0
    • proper hostname
    • domain mpe-garching.mpg.de
    • name server 130.183.70.10 and 130.183.72.185
    • default gateway 130.183.130.1

• test the network interface,
  

• for the online update configuration

  • select configure now (be patient!)

  • BUT skip actual update

  • register all additional installation source (again be patient!)

• select local user authentication
• skip adding local user, ignore warning
• accept hardware configuration

Deactivating ZMD and friends

Using the root account:

rpm -e zmd libzypp-zmd-backend sqlite-zmd rug zen-updater

Updating the system

Using the root account:

zypper update

Then reboot to active zypper update.

After the reboot start the update again (and be patient):

zypper update

Reboot again.

Install additional software packages

zypper install -y kernel-source kernel-syms
zypper install -y tkdiff xemacs xv
zypper install -y gcc gcc-c++
zypper install -y bison flex ncurses-devel
zypper install -y iftop

Add new software package sources

Activate all remote package sources, disable local DVD package source using the command

/sbin/yast2 inst_source

Then add suser-guru and packman

zypper -v sa http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/suser-guru/rpm/10.2/ guru102
zypper -v sa http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.2/ packman102

Graphics driver

Nvidia

Add following software repository

zypper -v sa http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.2 Nvidia

Depending on the kernel (see the uname -a command) install one of these packages:

zypper install -y nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-default
or
zypper install -y nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-bigsmp

Then install

zypper install -y x11-video-nvidiaG01

To configure the graphics driver

sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia

For more detailed information have a look at http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html

ATI

Add following software repository

zypper -v sa http://www2.ati.com/suse/10.2 ATI

Depending on the kernel (see the uname -a command) install one of these packages:

zypper install -y ati-fglrxG01-kmp-default
or
zypper install -y ati-fglrxG01-kmp-bigsmp

Then install

zypper install -y x11-video-fglrxG01

To configure the graphics driver

sax2 -r -m 0=fglrx

For more detailed information have a look at http://en.opensuse.org/Howto/ATI_Driver

CUPS printing

Start yast2, select Hardware then Printer
Add
Network Printers
Print via CUPS Network Server
CUPS Client Only
server name irprint1
OK