openSUSE Support Database
The openSUSE Support Database (SDB) can be found at http://en.opensuse.org/
Portal:Support_database. It features articles written as solutions for technical
problems with openSUSE. They cover issues from installation and conguration,
to workarounds for bugs and missing features.
openSUSE Forums
There are several openSUSE forums where you can dive in on discussions about
openSUSE, or get support. See http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Forums_list
for a list.
KDE Documentation
Find documentation for many aspects of KDE suitable for users and administrators
at http://www.kde.org/documentation/.
GNOME Documentation
Documentation for GNOME users, administrators and developers is available at
http://library.gnome.org/.
The Linux Documentation Project
The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is run by a team of volunteers who write
Linux-related documentation (see http://www.tldp.org). It's probably the most
comprehensive documentation resource for Linux. The set of documents contains
tutorials for beginners, but is mainly focused on experienced users and profes-
sional system administrators. TLDP publishes HOWTOs, FAQs, and guides (hand-
books) under a free license. Parts of the documentation from TLDP is also available
on openSUSE
You may also want to try general-purpose search engines. For example, use search
terms Linux CD-RW help or OpenOffice file conversion problem if you have trouble
with burning CDs or LibreOce le conversion. Google™ also has a Linux-specic
search engine at http://www.google.com/linux that you might nd useful.
A.2 Common Problems and Their Solutions
This chapter describes a range of potential problems and their solutions. Even if your
situation is not precisely listed here, there may be one Even if your situation is not
precisely listed here, there may be one similar enough to oer hints to the solution
of your problem.
A.2.1 Finding and Gathering Information
Linux reports things in a very detailed way. There are several places to look when
you encounter problems with your system, most of which are standard to Linux sys-
tems in general, and some of which are relevant to openSUSE systems. Most log les
can be viewed with YaST (Miscellaneous > Start-Up Log).
A list of the most frequently checked log les follows with the description of their
typical purpose. Paths containing ~ refer to the current user's home directory.
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