The individual aspects changed from version to version are outlined in
the following in detail. This summary indicates, for example, whether
basic settings have been completely reconfigured, whether configuration
files have been moved to other places, or whether common applications
have been significantly changed. Significant modifications that affect
the daily use of the system at either the user level or the administrator
level are mentioned here.
12.2.2 From 10.2 to 10.3
Refer to the Bugs article in the openSUSE wiki at
https://en.opensuse.org/Bugs.
Text Installation Pattern
The scope of the text installation pattern is very limited. It is not
recommended to install this pattern without adding additional software.
Add packages from other patterns. The purpose of this pattern is to
have a minimal bootable system running on real hardware. It provides a
multiuser system with local login, network setup, and the default
filesystems. No service is enabled by default and the only YaST
modules installed are those needed during installation.
Localization Support
The 1-CD installation media (GNOME or KDE) come with language support
for American English only.
Support for all the other languages is available separately. If you are
interested in additional languages, add an extra online repository
during installation offering these translations. The oss
repository, as mentioned above in Adding Extra Software Repositories During Installation, is such
a repository.
AppArmor 2.1
Find more detailed information about new features at
https://en.opensuse.org/AppArmor/Changes_AppArmor_2_1.
The syntax now distinguishes directories from files. There are
additional minor syntax bug fixes.
The reporting of change_hat related events and information has changed.
The log messages and profile state (as available via
/proc/<pid>/attr/current) are reported as
/profile//hat.
A new change_profile policy specification has been added.
change_profile is similar to change_hat, but allows changing to any
profile, including hats. The profiles you can change to must be
specified, that is the only restriction. To change to a hat via
change_profile, the hat name hsa to be specified by separating the
profile and hat_name with // .
GAIM Renamed to Pidgin
The GAIM instant messenger has been renamed to Pidgin.
New Location for KDE and GNOME
GNOME 2 is installed under the /usr file system
hierarchy since openSUSE 10.3 and KDE 4 now follows. KDE 3 will stay
in /opt for compatibility reasons.
Before starting the update, make sure that there is enough disk space
under /usr (approx. 2.5GB for both desktops is
required). If you are short on space under /usr,
resize or rearrange your partitions.
Berkeley DB Change Affects OpenLDAP Server
There is a format change in Berkeley DB's on-disk log files between
Berkely DB 4.3 and 4.4. This change prevents an installed OpenLDAP
server from starting after the system update.
To avoid this issue, export existing LDAP Databases using the
slapcat utility before starting
the system update and re-import the data using
slapadd after the update. On an already updated
machine get the LDAP Server running as follows:
-
Stop the LDAP Server.
-
Remove all files starting with _db. from the
database directory.
-
Start the LDAP server again.
libata for IDE Devices
libata uses /dev/sda for the first hard disk
instead of /dev/hda. Disks with more than 15
partitions are not handled automatically right now. You can disable
libata support by booting with the following kernel parameter:
hwprobe=-modules.pata
Now you see all the partitions over 15 again and can access them for
installation.
Changes in Setting up Encrypted Partitions
The back-end technology of boot.crypto has been
changed from cryptoloop to
dm-crypt.
Any old /etc/cryptotab will work unmodified on
openSUSE 10.3 (modulo partition renaming issues from
hdX to
sdX due to libata
changes—see libata for IDE Devices). Additionally,
/etc/crypttab (note the missing
o) is now supported, which also includes support for
LUKS volumes. In contrast to previous releases,
boot.crypto is no longer enabled by default.
YaST enables it if you create an encrypted volume with YaST. You
can also manually enable it with the following command:
chkconfig boot.crypto on
It is still possible to use cryptoloop via losetup
and mount. Since we dropped the crude loop-AES patch
from the util-linux package, some parameters for
losetup (such as itercountk and
pseed) no longer exist. If any of these settings are
used in /etc/fstab, the device cannot be mounted
directly any more. Migrate these settings to
/etc/crypttab where
boot.crypto contains the necessary compatability
code.
Enabling Quota Support
You now can configure quota for user accounts from within YaST. To
enable quota support activate the check box in the fstab options when partitioning in
the first stage of the installation. Thus, ensure that the
/etc/init.d/boot.quota script is executed at boot
time. In the second stage, the advanced options for user accounts
provide the quota module where quota rules can be set.
If you enable quota support in the partitioner in the running system
after the installation, either reboot the system or manually remount
the partitions concerned and execute the following command as
root:
/etc/init.d/boot.quota restart
Zeroconf
The Zeroconf service—also known as Bonjour, Multicast DNS, mDNS,
or DNS-SD—is now provided by the Avahi stack instead of
mDNSResponder. However, the mDNSResponder and howl compatibility
libraries are still available.
To enable mDNS for all network interfaces, use the
SuSEfirewall rule.
Older Intel Graphics Chips
Older Intel graphics chips are supported by two drivers: i810 and
intel. Due to the high demand for features like native mode setting (no
longer VESA BIOS based) and RANDR 1.2 support, the intel driver is the
default on openSUSE 10.3.
When updating to openSUSE 10.3, the i810 driver is not exchanged
with the intel driver. Use the sax2 -r command to
switch to the intel driver.
The intel driver is still not as stable as i810. Use the sax2
-r -m 0=i810 command to switch back to i810, if you encounter
problems that did not occur previously with the i810 driver. In those
cases, consider to open a bug report against the intel driver.
Intel Wireless Link WiFi Drivers
Two drivers are available now: the traditional
ipw3945 driver, which is installed by default, and
the new iwlwifi driver as an alternative offer. Note
the following caveats:
You can change the default using YaST. Click and remove the ipw3945d package. The
alternative iwlwifi driver is now selected
automatically for installation.
Tools to Write Optical Disc Media (CD-ROM and DVD)
The cdrecord package has been dropped from the distribution. The new
wodim, genisoimage, and icedax packages from the cdrkit project can be
used to record data or audio CDs on a CD recorder that conforms with
the Orange Book standard. The following binaries have been renamed:
-
cdrecord to wodim
-
readcd to readom
-
mkisofs to genisoimage
-
cdda2wav to icedax
If your application relies on the old names, install the
cdrkit-cdrtools-compat package. However, it would be appropriate to
have native support for wodim in all front-end applications, because it
offers some improvements:
-
The preferred way of specifying a device is
dev=/dev/cdrecorder,
dev=/dev/hdc, dev=/dev/sr0,
etc.
-
Available devices can be listed with wodim
-devices.
-
Suid root is not needed.
If you maintain such a front-end or script, consider adding native
wodim support.
Use growisofs for writing DVDs. The graphical
front-ends handle this transparently.
KDE 4 Applications Path
If you did not install the KDE desktop during the initial
openSUSE 10.3 installation, install the KDE Base System and KDE 4
Base System patterns later. The KDE 4 application path is used as
default. If you launch a KDE application such as Konqueror, the KDE 4
version of Konqueror loads instead of the KDE 3 version.
Playing MP3 Files in Kaffeine
When you open an MP3 file in Kaffeine, you will see an error message
telling you that the software required to play this file is not
installed. openSUSE then offers to search for a suitable codec which
you can install with YaST. You can also switch the engine from Xine
to Gstreamer by clicking to get MP3 support.
