October 2010 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 308388] Automatically propose to install firmware or proprietary driver
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Feature #308388, revision 1 Title: Automatically propose to install firmware or proprietary driver openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Description: Ubuntu system's one nice tool: always notificates and proposes to install firmware and proprietary drive. OpenSUSE should also! Now, for example, openSUSE installs b43-fwcutter, but don’t inform, that I need to run /usr/sbin/install_bcm43xx_firmware. Now OpenSUSE installs nv, but It would be nice to automatically notificate about possibility to install proprietary nvidia driver -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308388

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[New: openFATE 310649] Adjust kernel choice automatically for server-based-install
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Feature added by: Bruno Friedmann (bruno_friedmann) Feature #310649, revision 1 Title: Adjust kernel choice automatically for server-based-install openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Bruno Friedmann (bruno_friedmann) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: As described here https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613216 and discussed also here https://features.opensuse.org/309257 Selecting the kernel-desktop during a minimal-server-install lead to more works for admin. Can we just adjust the pattern, to select the kernel-default if 64bits install, or the kernel-pae if 32 bits. Test Case: See https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613216 Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Providing this smart choice to our advanced and/or admin users we show them that we understand what they want. "A minimal server text based install" Otherwise, the label is just wrong, isn't it ? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310649

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[New: openFATE 308491] Open as root
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: belal mandurah (belal_mandurah) Feature #308491, revision 1 Title: Open as root openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: belal mandurah (belal_mandurah) Description: Right click on a file --> open file as root. user then enter root pasword. I really like to open files as roots without going to the terminal and typing command lines. Can you please make this happen. I saw this feature in linux mint and it is really helpfull. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308491

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[New: openFATE 308510] Reducing power consumption
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Quentin Denis (queden) Feature #308510, revision 1 Title: Reducing power consumption openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Quentin Denis (queden) Description: It is time for (SUSE) Linux to go green and to extend battery lifetime of laptops. I discovered these patches [1] some times ago, are they all implemented? Please do a lot more progress in powersaving! This is a general request for future releases of any kind (update, package, distribution upgrade, ...) kind regards, Quentin [1] http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/known.php (http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/known.php) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308510

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[New: openFATE 310229] Add write support for NTFS partitions, using the NTFS-3G.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

Feature added by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Feature #310229, revision 1 Title: Add write support for NTFS partitions, using the NTFS-3G. openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Description: My suggestion is to add write support on NTFS partitions, being a regular user (not root). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310229

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[New: openFATE 308692] support keyboard layout switching in initrd
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

Feature added by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Feature #308692, revision 1 Title: support keyboard layout switching in initrd openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Description: When using an encrypted root partition only plain ASCII characters are possible as passphrase. International users may want to also use special characters though. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547923 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/308692

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[New: openFATE 309257] kernel choise during installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

Feature added by: Stefan Schäfer (flacco) Feature #309257, revision 1 Title: kernel choise during installation openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stefan Schäfer (flacco) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Since openSUSE 11.2 the special desktop-kernel is installed as default kernel during installlation. As its name says, this kernel ist optimized for desktop installations. I would prefer to choose my prefered kernel during the system installation. Alternativ the kernel choice could be combined with the choise of the desktop system. KDE,Gnome,XFCE = kernel-desktop minimal grafic, text-based server installation = kernel-default / kernel pae Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: The most of my openSUSE installations are server-installation ;-) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309257

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[New: openFATE 309840] Supress verbose messages after Grub
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Feature added by: Anshul Jain (anshuljain) Feature #309840, revision 1 Title: Supress verbose messages after Grub openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Anshul Jain (anshuljain) Description: In the current bootsplash scenario, after we select the kernel version (or by default starts to boot with the only available kernel), it gives a brief 3-4 second verbose message on the screen.. something on the lines of "Uncompressing Kernel...<and the kernel options parameters>". It then proceeds to the bootsplash screen of openSUSE that we're all familiar with. This is elegantly supressed under Ubuntu through a patch called quiet.diff. I've added this patch to the grub SRPM and successfully built and installed it on my laptop (its available in my OBS at :- http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/anshuljain/openSUSE_11.2_Up…) I'd appreciate if the official maintainer of Grub can add this patch so that the boot can be a lot more elegant than what it is right now. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309840

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[New: openFATE 310666] More modern sound theme for KDE4
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Feature added by: Otso Rajala (daedaluz) Feature #310666, revision 1 Title: More modern sound theme for KDE4 openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Otso Rajala (daedaluz) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Let's face it: the default soundscape provided by upstream KDE4 release is far from ideal. Majority of sounds in it are too long (default login/logout sounds, anyone?) and they do sound very old-fashioned (plain piano) while desktop itself is the most advanced available. I propose that we adopt some of the other, more modern sounding open licence sound schemes around to fix this issue. My personal favourite from OpenDesktop.org is Feather sound set, fail.wmv omitted completely, incoming_call.wmv cut in half with Audacity and used as login sound and finally opening.wav used as logout. http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php/Feather+Sound+Set?content=90916 I welcome every suggestion into this discussion. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It provides the whole desktop enviroment with a much more modern feel while requiring minimal amount of work to alter upstream release. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310666

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[openFATE 307769] remove X-KDE-SubstituteUID and edit Exec on YaST2 .dekstop files
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 Nov '16

15 Nov '16

Feature added by: andrea florio (anubisg1) Feature #307769, revision 1 Title: remove X-KDE-SubstituteUID and edit Exec on YaST2 .dekstop files openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: andrea florio (anubisg1) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: All YaST .destop files in /usr/share/applications/YaST2 use the "X-KDE-SubstituteUID" to make them running as root. X-KDE-SubstituteUID is a KDE only "workaround" for that only KDE is supposed to be able to understand. Really, also GNOME as very famous DE understand that. All the others DE like XFCE, LXDE, Icewm and so on do not understand that (and they are not supposed to do that) so they run all yast2 modules as NON root user. all that Desktop files should edit their exec line and maybe remove X-KDE-SubstituteUID exactly as has been done with /usr/share/applications/YaST.desktop into yast2-control-center package. /usr/share/applications/YaST.desktop content: [Desktop Entry] X-SuSE-translate=true Type=Application Categories=Settings;System;SystemSetup;X-SuSE-Core-System;X-SuSE-ControlCenter-System; Name=YaST Icon=yast GenericName=Administrator Settings Exec=/usr/bin/xdg-su -c /sbin/yast2 #OnlyShowIn=KDE;GNOME; #X-KDE-SubstituteUID=true X-KDE-RootOnly=true X-KDE-System-Settings-Parent-Category=system X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KCModule Encoding=UTF-8 as you can see use /usr/bin/xdg-su -c in Exec line, made the .desktop file DE independent Test Case: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540627 Use Case: any user running a DE different that KDE/GNOME will run al yast2 modules as non root user with all the warnings/errors that came from that Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: That will increase openSUSE usability for users running a different DE like XFCE and LXDE, and will be a great step to have that feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307729 perfectly working -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307769

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