February 2014 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 312995] webui create incident workflow
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 May '15

06 May '15

Feature added by: Adrian Schröter (adrianSuSE) Feature #312995, revision 1 Title: webui create incident workflow Buildservice: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Ludwig Nussel (lnussel) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Ludwig is suggesting follow workflow/webui for creating a security or maintenance update: # Click on "Create Incident" in Maintenance project # OPTIONAL interface to searching of maintained source packages with autocompletion # search for open incidents with these source packages. Ideally also checking if link target is the same. # open patchinfo editor -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312995

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[New: openFATE 312901] Add bumblebee for NVidia Optimus graphics support
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 May '15

05 May '15

Feature added by: Staffan Tjernstrom (staffantj) Feature #312901, revision 1 Title: Add bumblebee for NVidia Optimus graphics support Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Staffan Tjernstrom (staffantj) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee ------------------- ## About Bumblebee ------------------- Bumblebee aims to provide support for nVidia Optimus laptops for GNU/Linux distributions. Using Bumblebee, you can use your nVidia card for rendering graphics which will be displayed using the Intel card. Note that you cannot disable the Intel GPU even with Bumblebee installed. Support for enabling and disabling the the nVidia card is in development. Please refer to section 'Power Management' below. Currently, Bumblebee has only been tested on Ubuntu and Arch Linux. Please join #bumblebee channel on Freenode if you wish to help testing and creating the installer. ---------------- ## Installation ---------------- There are several ways to get Bumblebee: ### Using your package manager (recommended if available): If you were using an old version of Bumblebee (<2.3 non-Arch distribution), please run this the first time before switching to a newer version: 1. wget https://raw.github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/master/cleanup 2. chmod +x cleanup 2. sudo ./cleanup Ubuntu: 1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bumblebee/stable 1bis. If you are on Ubuntu prior to 11.10 and want newer drivers (recommended) than the ones available in the official repos, run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates 2. sudo apt-get update 3. sudo apt-get install bumblebee Arch Linux: AUR package: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49469 Instructions in the ArchWiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee ### Using the installation script: If you were using an old version of Bumblebee (<2.3), please run this the first time before switching to a newer version: 1. wget https://raw.github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/master/cleanup 2. chmod +x cleanup 2. sudo ./cleanup Then, you need to install VirtualGL > 2.2.1 (2.2.90 is advised) and nvidia driver. Tarballs can be found at https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/downloads Download the tarball named like bumblebee-VERSION.tar.gz, extract and install it: 1. Download 2. Extract: $ tar xf bumbleee-VERSION.tar.gz 3. Change your directory to the extracted folder: $ cd bumblebee-VERSION 4. (if you've previously installed Bumblebee < 2.3:) $ sudo ./cleanup 5. Run the installer: $ sudo ./install Installation instructions for getting the code from git: $ git clone git://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee.git Users who want to test the development code should run: $ git clone git://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee.git -b develop --depth 1 Then in order to install: $ cd Bumblebee $ sudo ./install --------- ## Usage --------- After the initial bumblebee installation, you need to add yourself to the 'bumblebee' group: $ sudo usermod -a -G bumblebee YOURUSERNAME Replace YOURUSERNAME accordingly and please double check the command, if you forget the '-a' option, you remove yourself from other groups. After adding yourself to the group, you need to re-login for the changes to apply. Applications can be started using bumblebee by prefixing it with optirun. For example, starting Firefox can be done with: optirun firefox -------------------- ## Power Management -------------------- Since 2.4, we added backend support for enabling/disabling the card. You should first read the following page: https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/ACPI-Removed It will help you understand the current situation about Power Management. If you understand what that does mean, then, here is how to enable it. You need to install acpi_call module for your system. Ubuntu: available on the PPA. To install it, run: sudo apt-get install acpi-call-tools Arch Linux: AUR package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=39470 First, edit the 'bumblebee.conf' file and set power management to Y. You should also set STOP_SERVICE_ON_EXIT to Y: ENABLE_POWER_MANAGEMENT=Y STOP_SERVICE_ON_EXIT=Y Then, in the bumblebee conf dir, create the textfiles 'cardon' and 'cardoff' which should just contain the calls to respectively enable and disable the card. Each line should contain a call, comments are not allowed. Check 'bumblebee.conf' file comments on Power Management for more informations. After that, reboot (or restart daemon) to apply changes. ------------- ## Uninstall ------------- If you're unsatisfied with Bumblebee, you can remove it by running: $ sudo bumblebee-uninstall If you used a package version of Bumblebee, then use your package manager to uninstall. --------------------------- ## Reporting bugs/problems --------------------------- First of all: If you have any problem, please read this article: https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Reporting-Issues Then create a bug report package with the bumblebee-bugreport tool and open an issue on GitHub at https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/issues -------------- ## Developers -------------- The current developers for Bumblebee are: - ArchangeGabriel - Lekensteyn - Samsagax - paulvriens - Ximi1970 Check the https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/Developers page for developer information. ---------------- ## Useful Links ---------------- Status updates can be found here on twitter: https://twitter.com/Team_Bumblebee Commits are flooded here: https://twitter.com/Bumblebee_Git You may also join the facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/bumblebeefacebook Launchpad Team page: https://launchpad.net/~bumblebee Use Case: Lenovo Thinkpad W520 with NVidia 2000GT discrete graphics hidng behind Intel Optimus. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Currently there is no Optimus support in the distro (that I can see), and with more and more high-end laptops shipping with i2xxx Intel CPUs with NVidia / Optimus graphics cards, restricting those laptops to the drm'd Intel driver is quite a hindrance. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312901

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[New: openFATE 313413] ad "mosh" to standard
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 May '15

05 May '15

Feature added by: NoName StillNoName (uhelp) Feature #313413, revision 1 Title: ad "mosh" to standard Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: NoName StillNoName (uhelp) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: "mosh" has nice features like connection surviving a schange of IP and some more. Should be standard as mobile importance increases more and more. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313413

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[New: openFATE 313123] Add fcron (periodical command scheduler) to repos
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 May '15

05 May '15

Feature added by: Justas j (joneone) Feature #313123, revision 1 Title: Add fcron (periodical command scheduler) to repos Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Justas j (joneone) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Fcron is a periodical command scheduler which aims at replacing Vixie Cron, so it implements most of its functionalities. But fcron does not assume that your system is running neither all the time nor regularly : you can, for instance, tell fcron to execute tasks every x hours y minutes of system up time or to do a job only once in a specified interval of time. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313123

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[New: openFATE 313118] Pattern "Web and LAMP Server" needs apache2-mod_php5 dependency
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 May '15

05 May '15

Feature added by: Juri Sinitson (axtaxtaxt) Feature #313118, revision 1 Title: Pattern "Web and LAMP Server" needs apache2-mod_php5 dependency Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Juri Sinitson (axtaxtaxt) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Pattern "Web and LAMP Server" needs apache2-mod_php5 dependency. What you do: Select the pattern mentioned above. What is expected: Apache, PHP and MySQL are installed completely. PHP and MySQL work in Apache. What happens: apache2-mod_php5 is not installed automatically. A the result PHP-Code cannot be executed in Apache. Greets Juri -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313118

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[New: openFATE 313114] Ultrastar Deluxe
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 May '15

05 May '15

Feature added by: José Antonio Moray (moray33) Feature #313114, revision 1 Title: Ultrastar Deluxe openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: José Antonio Moray (moray33) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hi, I'd like can install UltraStar Deluxe in openSUSE. UltraStar is an open source karaoke game for PC (like SingStar). There are a Linux version, but I could't find the game packaged for openSUSE. In the project page there is the source code and deb packages. I've found PCLinuxOS package: http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/13870147/dir/pclinuxos/com/ultr… and Fedora packages: http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=ultrastardx Thanks! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313114

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[New: openFATE 313473] Add firmware for driver carl9170
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 May '15

05 May '15

Feature added by: Christian Spaan (Gyges88) Feature #313473, revision 1 Title: Add firmware for driver carl9170 Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Christian Spaan (gyges88) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please add firmware for the driver carl9170. This driver, which adds support for Atheros USB AR9170 devices, is included in the kernel since version 3.0, yet the firmware has not been included for some reasons. Since the Atheros AR9170 chip is used in some very popular products such as the FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick N, including this GPLv2 firmware would be to the benefit of a lot of people, I think. http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170 -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313473

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[New: openFATE 313048] Require all packages with books to install to common directory and symlink home
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 May '15

05 May '15

Feature added by: Roger Luedecke (Shadowolf7) Feature #313048, revision 1 Title: Require all packages with books to install to common directory and symlink home Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Roger Luedecke (shadowolf7) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Many books and manuals can be installed from repos. Most go in to some space in the /usr/share. Require all books and manuals that do not have their own interface (such as KDE help or man pages) to install to one common e-book directory (/usr/share/ebooks?) and to create a symlink in users home directories (under Documents probably, or a new Books directory). Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: New users will see books or manuals and add the package, but not know where the files are. This would alleviate that issue. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313048

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[New: openFATE 312960] Create a repository containing security tools
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 May '15

05 May '15

Feature added by: Alex Papadopoulos (alepapadop) Feature #312960, revision 1 Title: Create a repository containing security tools Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: Alex Papadopoulos (alepapadop) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Many people are interested or working on security projects and pen testing. It would be useful to have a repository with security tools. The fedora project has already a security spin for a while, opensuse could also make a similar effort. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312960

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[New: openFATE 314523] Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 chipset (graphics card).
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 05 May '15

05 May '15

Feature added by: auirio S (auirio) Feature #314523, revision 1 Title: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 chipset (graphics card). Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Neutral Requested by: auirio S (auirio) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Pls add support for Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 chipset (graphics card). lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10) Have a look at the following thread: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/hardware/478096-… (http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/hardware/478096-…) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: To make a lot of laptops run out of the box without the need to compile the driver yourself. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314523

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