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* In YaST, Network Services:
* In YaST, Network Services:
** NIS client: Domain "el"; Server 129.105.92.12; Open Port in Firewall
** NIS client: Domain "el"; Server 129.105.92.12; Open Port in Firewall
** NSF client: Mount /home (options: defaults,rw) and /usr/local from ariadne (options: defaults)
** NFS client: Mount /home (options: defaults,rw) and /usr/local from ariadne (options: defaults)
** NTP configuration: Start NTP daemon now and on boot; add server 129.105.92.12
** NTP configuration: Start NTP daemon now and on boot; add server 129.105.92.12
* Connect TO the new machine from ariadne, as root. This will add the host key to ~/.ssh/known_hosts. From there, copy it to /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts (still on ariadne). Also, between the hostname and the IP address, add the FQDN of the new machine, so that that is also associate with the same host key.
* Connect TO the new machine from ariadne, as root. This will add the host key to ~/.ssh/known_hosts. From there, copy it to /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts (still on ariadne). Also, between the hostname and the IP address, add the FQDN of the new machine, so that that is also associate with the same host key.

Revision as of 08:33, 18 July 2019

  • If the installation program hangs almost right away on a PCI-related message, add the boot option "nomodeset" and retry.
  • Do not 'upgrade' from an earlier version. Choose 'new install', but use extreme care not to interfere with existing scratch partitions.
    • Select Base System: Desktop with KDE Plasma
  • Expert Partioning:
    • Using old file system use partitioning to recreate file system EXACTLY. OpenSuse may or may not correctly recognize the existing file system (raids) so check carefully.
    • OpenSuse 15.1 Uses GPT partitions for larger drives, if drives are over 2TB GPT partitioning must be used. However, GPT partitioning also requires a /boot partition at the beginning of the OS's drive where GRUB2 will be installed. This partition should be 16MiB, vFAT32 format, and mounted as /boot/efi .
  • Select the following additional software categories:
    • Console tools
    • File server
  • Unselect:
    • Games
    • Noveau drivers
  • Network configuration:
    • Choose Wicked service manager
    • Firewall enabled, SSH open
    • Static IP address, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
    • DNS: 129.105.1.1, 129.105.49.1, 8.8.8.8
    • Domain search: 'ms.northwestern.edu' and 'northwestern.edu'
    • Gateway (under 'routing' tab): 129.105.92.1
  • After install, in Software Management add:
    • In "RPM groups" tab: gcc-fortran, gcc7-c++
    • Via "Search" tab: motif, motif-devel, glibc-devel-static, lsb, ncftp, net-tools-deprecated, nethogs, pico, MozillaThunderbird, libreadline6, apcupsd, apcupsd-cgi, apcupsd-gui, vlc, emacs-auctex, emacs-x11, finger, xmgrace, libappindicator3-1, libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0-32bit, libgtk-2_0-0-32bit, libxml2-2-32bit, lynx, mmv, readline-devel, xosview, xsane, ypbind
  • In YaST, Network Services:
    • NIS client: Domain "el"; Server 129.105.92.12; Open Port in Firewall
    • NFS client: Mount /home (options: defaults,rw) and /usr/local from ariadne (options: defaults)
    • NTP configuration: Start NTP daemon now and on boot; add server 129.105.92.12
  • Connect TO the new machine from ariadne, as root. This will add the host key to ~/.ssh/known_hosts. From there, copy it to /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts (still on ariadne). Also, between the hostname and the IP address, add the FQDN of the new machine, so that that is also associate with the same host key.
  • Then, as root on the new machine, do:
    • ln -s /usr/local/etc/profile.local /etc
    • ln -s /usr/local/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts /etc/ssh
    • add the file /usr/local/etc/hosts_list to /etc/hosts
    • scp nestor:/etc/motd /etc (and then edit this file to represent the new machine; "nvidia-smi" is a useful program to find the videocard installed)
    • texconfig (and set default paper size to 'letter')
    • in /etc/ssh/ssh_config set "ForwardX11 yes"
    • in /etc/ssh/sshd_config confirm that "X11Forwarding" is set to "yes"
    • in /etc/ssh/sshd_config change "#AuthorizedKeysFile" to ".ssh/authorized_keys2"
    • scp telemachos:/root/.bashrc ~
    • scp telemachos:/etc/hosts.allow /etc
    • scp telemachos:/etc/hosts.deny /etc
  • Install debugging software packages via YaST:
    • In Software Repositories, enable openSUSE-Leap-15.0-Debug and openSUSE-Leap-15.0-Update-Debug.
    • Go to Software Management, select glibc-debuginfo [NOTE: Does not seem to be available through these repositories]
  • Setting up e-mail notifications for Linux Software RAID.
  • YaST -> Software: Online Update.
  • Install Chrome:
    • wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
    • rpm -ivh google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
    • ln -s /usr/bin/google-chrome /usr/bin/chrome
  • Install ffmpeg:
    • Add packman repository (from command line): zypper addrepo -f http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.0/ packman
    • Go into Yast - Software Management. Remove "ffmpeg" and install "ffmpeg-3" from Packman repository (this is necessary to encode h.264 videos)



  • YaST -> Hardware -> Printer -> Printer via Network -> Connection Wizard -> TCP/JetDirect; after installation, configure default options via http://localhost:631
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