May 2009 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[openFate 305318] Move gconf schemas to /usr
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Vincent Untz <vuntz(a)novell.com> Feature #305318, revision 1, last change by Title: Move gconf schemas to /usr openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Vincent Untz <vuntz(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: We store gconf schemas in /etc/gconf. However, the schemas are not configuration files, but simply data. Therefore, we should move the schemas to /usr. Simply changing a line in /etc/gconf/2/path should make gconf work with the new location. Note that Debian already implements this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305318

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[openFate 305149] [Feature-request] Yast Expert Partitioner: should not require mounting "/" root partition
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Arvin Schnell <aschnell(a)novell.com> Feature #305149, revision 1, last change by Title: [Feature-request] Yast Expert Partitioner: should not require mounting "/" root partition openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Alexey Eremenko <al4321(a)gmail.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hi All ! Since openSUSE 11.1 will have brand new expert partitioner, I would like to request the ability to use SUSE's partitioner for partition hard disks for other operating systems. Currently it is not possible, because SUSE requires mounting "/" root partition. In some cases I need to install third-party OSes before I install openSUSE, so I want to use SUSE flexible partitioner to partition and format the hard disk, then install the other OSes and only in the end I want to install openSUSE. -Alexey Discussion: #1: Arvin Schnell <aschnell(a)novell.com> (2008-08-04 08:41:18) So in a nutshell you want to use the partitioner as a separate program (started from the DVD) without the other installation features like package managment. Right? #2: Arvin Schnell <aschnell(a)novell.com> (2008-08-05 12:11:02) Not mounting "/" during installation will certainly lead to a failure so I hesitate to remove the check. But we could add a special mode with disabled checks. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305149

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[openFate 305550] Port of YaST Qt Control Center to Qt4
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Feature added by: Stephan Binner <stbinner(a)novell.com> Feature #305550, revision 1, last change by Title: Port of YaST Qt Control Center to Qt4 openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Stephan Binner <stbinner(a)novell.com> Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The YaST Qt Control Center is one of the few remaining parts of the desktop still requiring Qt3. It should be ported to Qt4. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305550

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[openFATE 306435] Mounting remote directories during boot using sshfs
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

Feature added by: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) Feature #306435, revision 1, last change by Title: Mounting remote directories during boot using sshfs openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Carlos Robinson (robin_listas) Description: It should be interesting mount remote directories using sshfs during boot process. We can do it now with samba or nfs, but not sshfs. Sshfs has encription and it's fast enough. Actually we can use it by command-line from userspace only. Adding the possibility to include this in fstab file (and a possible module for yast) would be cool. (Written on behalf of non-member Alfredo Amaya) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306435

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[openFATE 306173] delayed insert for clipboard paste actions
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

Feature added by: Ciaran Farrell (babelworx) Feature #306173, revision 1, last change by Title: delayed insert for clipboard paste actions ideas.opensuse.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Ciaran Farrell (babelworx) Description: One thing which has annoyed me since SUSE 9 is the interaction between (etc) KDE and the (x)clipboard. After selecting a text in a browser, etc, one would expect to be able to use the middle mouse button, or possibly ctrl-v to paste the selected text into another application. This works sometimes. However, more often than not, the expected result does not come about - either a completely different text is pasted (e.g. an 'older' clipboard entry) or nothing at all. Pasting something which you don't mean to paste into an application such as IRC, IM or a web form could mean sending information which you never meant to send - particularly if the pasting action automatically triggers submission. Thus, maybe it would be possible (in the absence of clipboard being made work as expected - and yes, I have tried all the options such as sync etc) to have a delayed insert whereby there would be a timeout of, e.g. 3 seconds after pasting. The user would have 3 seconds to frantically hit "STOP!" before the text is automatically sent. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306173

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[openFATE 306328] Yast Help Button Documentation Needs Specific Application/Srvice Overview in most all Yast Services
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

Feature added by: Karl Eichwalder (keichwa) Feature #306328, revision 1, last change by Title: Yast Help Button Documentation Needs Specific Application/Srvice Overview in most all Yast Services openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Scott Couston (zczc2311) Description: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.7) Gecko/2009022800 SUSE/3.0.7-1.1.6 Firefox/3.0.7 I will use the help button in Yast>Firewall>Interface to provide the consent of why I fell we need service overview for most each Yast Service. The assumption is that everyone uses a Linux PC to either provide NAT or a point where 1 PC has the only direct WAN interface as well as a second LAN Interface. In some networks, normally only those that are domain based have a dedicated PC to distribute comms and this is the only PC that has 1 network card in the External Zone, for example, and has a second Network Card in the Internal one which allocates either real IP Distribution to the LAN or NAT'ed 192.168.... /24 Black Hole Private IP's For example the contact sensitive help that is presented on the Interface line is * ** nterfaces Here, assign your network devices into firewall zones by selecting the device in the table and clicking Change. Enter special strings, like any, using Custom. You can also enter interfaces not yet configured here. If you need masquerading, the string any is not allowed. Every network device should be assigned to a firewall zone. Network traffic through any unassigned interface is blocked. * ** I think we need a Service Overview on the startup Help Button contact and subsequent link references to that from down wind services of the applications further help messages. Here at the Service Overview Help we need the current text and reference to Service Overview to explain situations where a PC is dedicated to sit between the LAN (Internal Zone) and the WAN (External Zone) and is configured to allocate either Many Public IP's to the LAN or NATed Black Hole IPs to the LAN. I am not sure what is happening outside of my home country Australia as I have not been away for 3 years, however Unless a Business Wants to maintain their own Domain and maintain their own Web Server the above is a mute point. Almost all Modem Hardware shipped automatically for no cost from all their DSL providers will contain Ethernet and WIFI access, with routed comms using NAT, and most all support double-directional SPI Firewalls, NAT, and complete routing capabilities in one box. In the case of a small business or a Network Home user, if asked, I will replace their old DSL Modem to at very least the above services. .AU in Large Homes and Small Business are dumping their software firewalls, particularly those which are Windoze users as they really need an unbelievable amount of comms knowledge to just run their major software Firewalls. We are very fortunate not to be in a disaster of needing an advanced degree in comms to use our suse firewalls - however the point remains about the vehicle responsible for connection of multiple PC to the Net. Just about every small Business owner farms out the WEB Server duties to a purpose facility such as www.dnsexit.com or many similar services and as such never have their Linux PC distributing the comms and web Services. I dont know if we have the ability to present any graphics in YAST help, however I think each and every YaSt Service should have an Application Overview and a graphic diagram if possible when the Help Button is selected. There are a great number of Yast Services that only Businesses with a T-n Internet connection will use PC hardware to supply downwards TCP comms IP's, web Services etc etc etc. Perhaps if we offer help in a System Over View from the Help Button of the first stage of most all Yast Services, and link Help Specific information to Help on further use of a Yast Service, we might find users out there who really do not know what enormous services power they have if they can read each Yast Application's Short but accurate Service Overview. Your thoughts? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Enhancement Request in Overview aimed at 11.2 2. 3. Actual Results: Enhancement Request in Overview aimed at 11.2 Expected Results: Enhancement Request in Overview aimed at 11.2 Relations: - Yast Help Button Documentation Needs Specific Application/Srvice Overview in most all Yast Services (novell/bugzilla/id: 491208) https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491208 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306328

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[openFATE 305784] Wireless light blinks all the time
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

Feature added by: Robert Lewis (rll123) Feature #305784, revision 1, last change by Title: Wireless light blinks all the time openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Robert Lewis (rll123) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The LED blinking is very distracting and needs to be controlable. The LED blinks when traffic goes through the wireless card. However you can configure the LED behavior in /sys/class/net/wlanX/device/leds. For example something like echo none > /sys/class/net/wlanX/device/leds/*TX/trigger echo none > /sys/class/net/wlanX/device/leds/*RX/trigger echo none > /sys/class/net/wlanX/device/leds/*assoc/trigger should deactivate the blinking while traffic is received or transmitted. Just play with the LED triggers to get the desired behavior. This is a work around for a few people not afraid to muck with such things but a GUI user interface to turn this on/off will be needed for most people. I think we need YaST options in the wireless network area to tune the LED behavior. > Agreed. A graphical user interface would be very nice for tuning the LED > behavior. I suggest to open a feature request at [2] for that. > >Thanks, > Helmut -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/305784

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[openFATE 306275] Import Windows Document in suse 11.2 installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

Feature added by: andrea florio (anubisg1) Feature #306275, revision 1, last change by Title: Import Windows Document in suse 11.2 installation openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: andrea florio (anubisg1) Description: lots of distros (ubuntu mandriva and so on) allow during installation time to import documents from an existing windows partition. i think should be a greate idea do the same thing with suse. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306275

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[openFATE 306339] YaST module for setting up local OBS
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

Feature added by: Dean Hilkewich (deanjo13) Feature #306339, revision 1, last change by Title: YaST module for setting up local OBS Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dean Hilkewich (deanjo13) Description: It seems to me that one module that is sorely missing from yast is a local OBS module. It could greatly simplify the process and perhaps enable more people to cut their teeth on how to use it effectively instead of trying to build something on the hosted OBS which restricts what they can build without violating the terms and often involves a long wait to even see if something builds or fails. This whole process in a yast module might encourage people to use OBS. http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service/Build_Service_Installation_Tutorial/op… -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306339

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[openFate 305697] Raid support in sysinfo://
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

Feature added by: Dean Hilkewich (deanjo13) Feature #305697, revision 1, last change by Title: Raid support in sysinfo:// openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dean Hilkewich (deanjo13) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Can we please finally get support for raid devices in the My Computer / Sysinfo screen. This has been asked for repeatedly over the releases and still has not appeared. mdraid / dmraid setups are common, lets get some support for showing them in those screens. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305697

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