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openSUSE Leap 15.0

Start-Up

Publication Date: December 19, 2018
About This Guide
Available Documentation
Feedback
Documentation Conventions
About the Making of This Documentation
Source Code
Acknowledgments
I Installation
1 Installation Quick Start
1.1 Welcome to openSUSE Leap
2 Boot Parameters
2.1 Using the Default Boot Parameters
2.2 PC (AMD64/Intel 64/ARM AArch64)
2.3 List of Important Boot Parameters
2.4 Advanced Setups
2.5 More Information
3 Installation Steps
3.1 Overview
3.2 Installer Self-Update
3.3 Language, Keyboard, and License Agreement
3.4 Network Settings
3.5 User Interface
3.6 Partitioning
3.7 Clock and Time Zone
3.8 Create New User
3.9 Password for the System Administrator
3.10 Installation Settings
3.11 Performing the Installation
4 Troubleshooting
4.1 Checking Media
4.2 No Bootable DVD Drive Available
4.3 Booting from Installation Media Fails
4.4 Boot Failure
4.5 Fails to Launch Graphical Installer
4.6 Only Minimalist Boot Screen Started
II Administration
5 Managing Users with YaST
5.1 User and Group Administration Dialog
5.2 Managing User Accounts
5.3 Additional Options for User Accounts
5.4 Changing Default Settings for Local Users
5.5 Assigning Users to Groups
5.6 Managing Groups
5.7 Changing the User Authentication Method
5.8 Default System Users
6 Changing Language and Country Settings with YaST
6.1 Changing the System Language
6.2 Changing the Country and Time Settings
7 Setting Up Hardware Components with YaST
7.1 Setting Up Your System Keyboard Layout
7.2 Setting Up Sound Cards
7.3 Setting Up a Printer
7.4 Setting Up a Scanner
8 Printer Operation
8.1 The CUPS Workflow
8.2 Methods and Protocols for Connecting Printers
8.3 Installing the Software
8.4 Network Printers
8.5 Configuring CUPS with Command Line Tools
8.6 Printing from the Command Line
8.7 Special Features in openSUSE Leap
8.8 Troubleshooting
9 Accessing File Systems with FUSE
9.1 Configuring FUSE
9.2 Mounting an NTFS Partition
9.3 Mounting Remote File System with SSHFS
9.4 Mounting an ISO File System
9.5 Available FUSE Plug-ins
9.6 For More Information
III Managing and Updating Software
10 Installing or Removing Software
10.1 Definition of Terms
10.2 Using the YaST Software Manager
10.3 Managing Software Repositories and Services
10.4 The GNOME Software Updater
11 Installing Add-On Products
11.1 Add-Ons
11.2 Binary Drivers
12 YaST Online Update
12.1 The Online Update Dialog
12.2 Installing Patches
12.3 Automatic Online Update
13 Upgrading the System and System Changes
13.1 Upgrading the System
13.2 Additional Information
IV The Bash Shell
14 Shell Basics
14.1 Starting a Shell
14.2 Entering Commands
14.3 Getting Help
14.4 Working with Files and Directories
14.5 Becoming Root
14.6 File Access Permissions
14.7 Time-Saving Features of Bash
14.8 Editing Texts
14.9 Searching for Files or Contents
14.10 Viewing Text Files
14.11 Redirection and Pipes
14.12 Starting Programs and Handling Processes
14.13 Archives and Data Compression
14.14 Important Linux Commands
15 Bash and Bash Scripts
15.1 What is The Shell?
15.2 Writing Shell Scripts
15.3 Redirecting Command Events
15.4 Using Aliases
15.5 Using Variables in Bash
15.6 Grouping and Combining Commands
15.7 Working with Common Flow Constructs
15.8 For More Information
V Help and Troubleshooting
16 Help and Documentation
16.1 Documentation Directory
16.2 Man Pages
16.3 Info Pages
16.4 Online Resources
17 Common Problems and Their Solutions
17.1 Finding and Gathering Information
17.2 Boot Problems
17.3 Login Problems
17.4 Network Problems
17.5 Data Problems
A GNU Licenses
A.1 GNU Free Documentation License

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