The NVIDIA_GLX and NVIDIA_kernel packages for 3D support of nVidia graphics cards are no longer available in SuSE Linux 8.2. For installing the 3D nVidia driver, please use the nVidia installer for Linux from the nVidia web site (http://www.nvidia.com). The drivers for 2D support of nVidia graphics cards are still included in SuSE Linux 8.2, as with previous releases.
The KDE control center supports changing the X11 server screen resolution. In contrast to the Alt-Ctrl +/- mechanism of the X11 server, when switching in the control center the size of the desktop adapts to the change.
The rescue system contains ntfsresize, a resizer for NTFS file systems. Please note that the file system to be resized should be de-fragmented first. Also make sure you have an up-to-date backup of your data.
KDE now uses the dnotify mechanism of the kernel. In order to do that, kded needs a large number of file descriptors (approx. 300). For users with a narrow limit of available file descriptors, this may cause problems when logging in or when using KDE applications. We recommend to set the file descriptor ulimit to no fewer than the default value of 1024, at least when using KDE.
The imap mail daemon does not allow plain-text passwords on unencrypted sessions anymore. Plain-text passwords in encrypted SSL or TLS sessions are still allowed. See /usr/share/doc/packages/imap/RELNOTES for further information.
The program krfb (K Remote Frame Buffer) from the kdenetwork-krfb package allows to control a desktop remotely from another host on the network. In order to allow this, the user of the desktop must first 'invite' the remote user (via email or GUI). The desktop can then be accessed even form other operating systems.
Another option is 'view only' export, where the desktop is only displayed on the remote host, but cannot be manipulated. This option is useful for demonstration and training purposes.
You can also use your computer as a VNC-terminal sever. For that the following steps need to be done once:
vnc10 for a 1024x768 VNC session which will be accessible from VNC port :10 or remotely from port 5910.
vnc11 for a 1280x1024 VNC session which will be accessible from VNC port :11 or remotely form port 5911.
vnchttpd10 for a micro web server that has a Java applet to give access to VNC :10. Access via URL http://host:5810/
vnchttpd11 for a micro web server that has a Java applet to give access to VNC :11. Access via URL http://host:5811/
The VNC session requires no password. After a KDM login on the screen you can log in as usual.
SuSE Linux 8.2 also supports POSIX Access Control Lists over NFS. In order for that to work, both the client and server must be running SuSE Linux 8.2.
The NFS ACL support uses the same protocol that is also used by Solaris. Therefore, ACLs also work between Linux and Solaris systems.
Since the ACL protocol extensions cause some additional overhead in the NFS protocol, which also causes moderate additional network traffic, these protocol extensions can be deactivated by mounting NFS file systems with the `-o noacl' mount option. When this option is used, the client assumes that the mounted file system contains no ACLs, and also does not use the ACCESS remote procedure call, which is otherwise needed. Therefore, file systems mounted with `-o noacl' should not contain any ACLs at all.