This chapter lists content changes for this document since the release of SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3.
This manual was updated on the following dates:
With NTP disabled it is recommended to avoid writing system time
to the hardware clock. Thus set SYSTOHC=no.
Adjustments for Chapter 13, Subscription Management because of the switch from SUSE Customer Center to SUSE Customer Center (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857639).
Section 9.3.2, “Enforcing Password Policies”: Password Settings, Expiration Date is expiring user accounts in YAST Users module (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743874).
Various bugfixes for Chapter 4, Updating SUSE Linux Enterprise:
The named upgrade path does not work - There is no working upgrade path from SLES 11 SP3 to SLES 12 on Linux for System z (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907648).
[doc] 7.5 The Atomic Update (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=905330).
[doc] 7.5 Upgrading to SLE 12 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904188).
[doc] 7.4 Intermediate step: Updating SLE 11 SP2 to SLE 11 SP3 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904186).
[doc] 7.2 Supported Upgrade Paths to SLE (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904182).
[doc] Potentially misleading info around the 6 months overlap support (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902463).
Removed all KDE documentation and references because KDE is no longer shipped.
Removed all references to SuSEconfig, which is no longer supported (Fate#100011).
Move from System V init to systemd (Fate#310421). Updated affected parts of the documentation.
YaST Runlevel Editor has changed to Services Manager (Fate#312568). Updated affected parts of the documentation.
Removed all references to ISDN support, as ISDN support has been removed (Fate#314594).
Removed all references to the YaST DSL module as it is no longer shipped (Fate#316264).
Removed all references to the YaST Modem module as it is no longer shipped (Fate#316264).
Btrfs has become the default file system for the root partition (Fate#315901). Updated affected parts of the documentation.
The dmesg now provides human-readable time stamps in
ctime()-like format (Fate#316056). Updated affected
parts of the documentation.
syslog and syslog-ng have been replaced by rsyslog (Fate#316175). Updated affected parts of the documentation.
MariaDB is now shipped as the relational database instead of MySQL (Fate#313595). Updated affected parts of the documentation.
SUSE-related products are no longer available from http://download.novell.com but from http://download.suse.com. Adjusted links accordingly.
Novell Customer Center has been replaced with SUSE Customer Center. Updated affected parts of the documentation.
/var/run is mounted as tmpfs (Fate#303793).
Updated affected parts of the documentation.
The following architectures are no longer supported: Itanium and x86. Updated affected parts of the documentation.
The traditional method for setting up the network with
ifconfig has been replaced by
wicked. Updated affected parts of the
documentation.
A lot of networking commands are deprecated and have been replaced by
newer commands (ip in most cases). Updated affected
parts of the documentation.
arp: ip neighbor
|
ifconfig: ip addr, ip
link
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iptunnel: ip tunnel
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iwconfig: iw
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nameif: ip link,
ifrename
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netstat: ss,
ip route,
ip -s link,
ip maddr
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route: ip route
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Numerous small fixes and additions to the documentation, based on technical feedback.
Completely rewrote the chapter because of the new installation workflow.
The installation routine now supports setting up multiple network devices during the installation (Fate#315680): Section 3.5, “Network Settings”
The installation proposal contains a separate
/home partition formatted with XFS (Fate#316637
and Fate#316624):
Section 3.8, “Suggested Partitioning”
Removed occurrences of the YaST Repair module which has been dropped (Fate#308670).
Update repositories are added after having registered with SUSE Customer Center and can be used during installation (Fate#312012): Section 3.7, “Extension Selection”.
Extensions and modules can be added to the system during the installation (Fate#316548): Section 3.6, “SUSE Customer Center Registration”.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop can be installed as an add-on on top of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (Fate#316436): Section 3.7, “Extension Selection”.
Automatically importing SSH keys from a previous installation can be disabled (Fate#314982): Section 3.2.2.4, “Disabling the Import of SSH Host Keys and Users from a Previous Installation”
Added new section: Section 4.4, “Upgrading to SUSE Linux Enterprise 12”.
Removed the following sections as the respective YaST modules are no longer included: Hardware Information, Setting Up Graphics Card and Monitor, Mouse Model, and Setting Up a Scanner.
Removed content about mouse setup and adjusted Section 5.1, “Setting Up Your System Keyboard Layout”.
Completely rewrote Section 6.4, “Keeping the System Up-to-date” because of changes in the GNOME software updater.
Installing add-on products or software extensions is now also possible without access to physical media. Added the following new sections: Section 7.2, “Registering Your System” and Section 7.3, “Installing Add-ons and Extensions (without Physical Media)”. Modified Section 7.4, “Installing Add-ons and Extensions (from Media)” accordingly.
For registering clients against an SMT server,
suse_register has been replaced with
SUSEConnect (Fate#316585).
Updated chapter Chapter 14, Creating Add-on Products With Add-on Product Creator according to http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861855.
Updated chapter Chapter 15, Creating Images with YaST Product Creator and added chapter Chapter 16, Creating Images with YaST Image Creator according to http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864033.
Updated section Section 6.4, “Keeping the System Up-to-date” according to http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839692.
Removed section Using Fingerprint Authentication. Further minor corrections and additions (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=857680).
Removed obsolete parameter OsaMedium from
parmfile and Cobbler examples
(http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860404).
Additions in section Section 17.2, “Customizing the Firstboot Installation” (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=861866).
Added instructions on how to add secondary languages during installation (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=870482).
Multiversion feature (more than one kernel installed) is enabled by default (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891805).
Warn about incompatible Kernel Module Packages (KPMs) (http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891805).