December 2009 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[openFate 305312] OpenSUSE <= 11.1 Alpha 2 don't install on SD card
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Feature added by: Arvin Schnell <aschnell(a)novell.com> Feature #305312, revision 1, last change by Title: OpenSUSE <= 11.1 Alpha 2 don't install on SD card openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Harald Welte <haraldwelte(a)viatech.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: [Please note that I'm working for the CPU+Chipset maker VIA and this is an actually important feature for the 'netbook' class of devices in the coming months] Recently, BIOS vendors have been starting to implement a 'boot from SD card' feature, much like they have added 'boot from USB memory stick' some years ago. The only SD-card host controller that I've seen this implemented for is SDHCI compliant host controllers. While this is a nice feature to support, for most systems it is just a gimmick and not something neccessarry. However, there are hand-held devices such as netbooks in the pipeline which do not have any other mass storage device. No hard disk and no IDE-attached flash disk or the like. They just have one (more likely two or more) SD card slots and you install and store not only your data but the entire operating system on that SD card. Furthermore, there are products like Samsung moviNAND which are basically a SDcard in a BGA package that can be soldered onto a PCB. So from a protocol and software point of view it is a SD card, but it is mechanically soldered onto the board. Such device have gained some popularity in ARM-based designs, but we'll likely see them in the x86 world, too. To make this happen, The distribution installation initrd needs to 1. include and auto-load the sdhc.ko and sdhci_pci.ko kernel modules 2. create the /dev/mmcblk* device nodes as per udev/hotplug events The actual distribution installation program needs to 1. recognize /dev/mmcblk* as block devices that can be used as target device 2. use a grub-install or similar program that can discover the bios drive number to /dev/mmcblk* device name mapping I have outlined the full details at http://wiki.gpl-devices.org/wiki/Installing_Linux_on_booting_SD_card -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305312

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[openFATE 306591] entropy daemons in 11.2
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Feature added by: Brandon Philips (philipsb) Feature #306591, revision 1 Title: entropy daemons in 11.2 openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Brandon Philips (philipsb) Description: Headless and diskless servers with limited input have relied on entropy added by interrupts flagged with IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM. However, this feature will be disappearing from the Kernel soon. One solution is to run a daemon to add entropy from userspace to the pool. Example daemons can be found here: * http://www.vanheusden.com/aed/ * http://www.vanheusden.com/ved/ * http://egd.sourceforge.net/ 11.2 should provide these or similar daemons as options for users who require additional entropy sources to keep /dev/random from blocking on read. The Kernel thread discussing this thread can be found here: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/6/283 commit 9d9b8fb0e5ebf4b0398e579f6061d4451fea3242 What: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM Check: IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM When: July 2009 Why: Many of IRQF_SAMPLE_RANDOM users are technically bogus as entropy sources in the kernel's current entropy model. To resolve this, every input point to the kernel's entropy pool needs to better document the type of entropy source it actually is. This will be replaced with additional add_*_randomness functions in drivers/char/random.c Who: Robin Getz & Matt Mackall -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306591

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[New: openFATE 308519] Add conntrack Tools
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 Oct '10

06 Oct '10

Feature added by: Don Hughes (dehughes) Feature #308519, revision 1 Title: Add conntrack Tools openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Don Hughes (dehughes) Description: Add conntrack tools for iptables from http://conntrack-tools.netfilter.org/ This application allows you to manipulate the connection tracking information under /proc/net/nf_conntrack wiht commands with syntax similar to that of iptables and ipset. The tools alow you to modify the information instead of only beinig able to list it. They also provide a way to keep the tracking information on a backup system in sync with the production system. I found that they provided a much eaier way to recover from a hung nat'ed VoIP sip connection than the previous methods (adjusting the conntrack timeout values to expire all the connections, rebooting, restarting interfaces, kicking things, all of the above) i.e. conntrack -D --orig-src <ip of sip gateway> also provided are conntrack -L (list) -G (get) -D (delete) -I (create/insert) -E (event, sort of like tail) -F (flush) with a number of filter parameters to match addresses, protocols, families, ports, etc. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308519

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[openFATE 306616] test feature
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Feature added by: Michael Löffler (michl_test) Feature #306616, revision 1 Title: test feature openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michael Löffler (michl_test) Description: test feature -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306616

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[openFATE 307838] OpenLDAP build with tcmalloc
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

Feature added by: Dieter Kluenter (dkluenter) Feature #307838, revision 1 Title: OpenLDAP build with tcmalloc Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dieter Kluenter (dkluenter) Description: libtcmalloc has been proved to encrease stability of OpenLDAP with regard to memory allocation and thread handling. I would like to request to build OpenLDAP with tcmalloc . -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307838

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[openFate 305706] Facebook chat/Pidgin Integration
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Feature added by: Kevin Dupuy (kdupuy9) Feature #305706, revision 1, last change by Title: Facebook chat/Pidgin Integration openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Kevin Dupuy (kdupuy9) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Facebook is currently the most popular social networking site, and it's chat functionality is being used as an IM client for many people. With pidgin-facebookchat (http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-facebookchat/) , Pidgin seamlessly integrates Facebook friends and chats as it would any other IM service. The plugin is already there, and licensed under the GPLv3 (see website above). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305706

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[openFATE 307774] software repositories: provide groups
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Feature added by: Maciej Pilichowski (truemacias) Feature #307774, revision 1 Title: software repositories: provide groups openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Maciej Pilichowski (truemacias) Description: Original report: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475978 It would ease management of the repos. I could create KDE group, Gnome group, and enable/disable group, instead of doing the same to several repos at once. It could work like a macro: * disable KDE --> disable all repos that are in KDE group * enable KDE --> enable all repos that are in KDE group Don't confuse this with packages groups! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307774

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[openFATE 307482] Alien on Opensuse DVD
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Feature added by: Mircea Kitsune (MirceaKitsune) Feature #307482, revision 1 Title: Alien on Opensuse DVD openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Mircea Kitsune (mirceakitsune) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The Alien package converter would be a useful application to include on the Opensuse DVD, for easy installing on offline systems and including among other important tools that come with the distro (if licences allow distribution with Opensuse). Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Some Linux programs may not come with a .rpm installer. I believe portability and easy installation of software is important in any OS. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307482

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[New: openFATE 308604] native multitouch x11 support
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

Feature added by: cristian díaz (moldavio) Feature #308604, revision 1 Title: native multitouch x11 support openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: cristian díaz (moldavio) Description: native multitouch x11 support -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308604

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[New: openFATE 308457] New notification theme
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Feature added by: Vincent Untz (vuntz) Feature #308457, revision 1 Title: New notification theme openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Vincent Untz (vuntz) Description: We use a theme for notifications that is a patched upstream theme. But it has some issues, unfortunately (because of its fixed width, some text is cut). And it doesn't look that good. It's probably worth investing some time at looking at the themes other distros are using (like Fedora), and see if this can be moved upstream, so we can use it. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308457

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