May 2014 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 311043] switch to a UEFI-ready bootloader by default
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Feature added by: Jose Ricardo De Leon Solis (derhundchen) Feature #311043, revision 1 Title: switch to a UEFI-ready bootloader by default openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Jose Ricardo De Leon Solis (derhundchen) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: While reading a review of a Sandy Bridge motherboard in Anandtech it was pointed that upcoming intel motherboards will ship with a UEFI firmware instead of a BIOS. While reading the documentation for UEFI firmware I noticed that the bootloader has to be a UEFI application. In order to support this new hardware we need a bootloader that supports UEFI booting, GRUB legacy as far as I know doesn't support this. I think it's time to retire GRUB legacy and use GRUB2, elilo or rEFIt (though this one is a long shot). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311043

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[New: openFATE 314693] Make PXE-bootable openSUSE live system available
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Feature added by: Joschi Brauchle (endzone) Feature #314693, revision 1 Title: Make PXE-bootable openSUSE live system available openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Joschi Brauchle (endzone) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Many people seem to have tried to make an PXE-bootable openSUSE Live CD/System (not PXE installation), but there seem to be no *easy, step-by-step* instructions on how to get this working. There seems to be a way to get this done via a) KiWi oder b) SUSE Studio, but a) seems pretty complicated and b) is not free. See the following links: 1) http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-log… 2) http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/network-internet… 3) http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/network-internet… 4) http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-log… Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: In our corporate environment, all machines are currently running openSUSE 11.4 or 12.2. Thus, it would be great to have an openSUSE-based PXE-bootable live-system, in case there are problems with a machine. Currently, we have to use other distributions, which provide PXE-bootable images, to do rescue operations. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314693

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[openFATE 300689] TabletPC: Support Touchscreen and Wacom devices during installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 May '14

18 May '14

Feature changed by: Daniel FAIVRE (geomaticien) Feature #300689, revision 45 - Title: TabletPC: Support Touchscreen and Wacom decives during + Title: TabletPC: Support Touchscreen and Wacom devices during installation openSUSE-10.3: Rejected by Stephan Kulow (coolo) reject date: 2007-08-03 09:39:40 reject reason: installation is frozen Priority Requester: Desirable Projectmanager: Desirable openSUSE-11.1: Rejected by Stanislav Visnovsky (visnov) reject date: 2008-07-16 09:02:38 reject reason: Postponing. Out of resources. Priority Requester: Important Projectmanager: Important openSUSE-11.2: Rejected by Michael Löffler (michl19) reject date: 2009-04-16 12:28:26 reject reason: out of scope for 11.2 Priority Requester: Important Projectmanager: Important openSUSE-11.3: Rejected by Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) reject date: 2010-11-15 09:41:07 reject reason: Not done for 11.3. Priority Requester: Mandatory + openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed + Priority + Requester: Desirable Requested by: Stefan Behlert (sbehlert) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Tablet PCs are normally produced in two kinds of flavours: Convertibles, which have a keyboard, and Slates, which have none (only pens or touchscreens). If a user installs a Slate, he has no keyboard and no (pohysical) mouse device, only the touchscreen. We should on TabletPCs automatically recognize that it is a TabletPC and configure the Wacom or other Touchscreen device where possible. Thus would enhance the usability of the product on TabletPCs. Discussion: #1: Gary Ekker (gekker) (2007-07-17 11:24:05) Stefan, do you see this as work that your team would do, something that needs to be done by the YaST installer, or both? #6: Matthias Nagorni (mnagorni) (2009-08-24 13:17:30) As long as there is a different way to install it, this appears only like a "nice to have". #7: Daniel FAIVRE (geomaticien) (2009-10-24 07:03:07) There's now really few things to do that for 11.2 : see http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Howto_install_OpenSuSE_on_HP_tx2-xxxx_laptops Furthermore, for 11.3, it should be mandatory ! To get this support for 11.1 or 11.2, we need to : - replace hid-ntrig.c from 2.6.31 kernel by the up-to date version : just copy/paste. - patching linuxwacom : 4 lines to change. - adding a sax2 profile for these devices in the sax2 cdb file. (11.1 needs a kernel upgrade to a kernel from HEAD repository before) #8: Daniel FAIVRE (geomaticien) (2009-10-24 07:28:09) (reply to #7) Read too fast : my post concern support AFTER installation. Please take care. #9: Stephan Kulow (coolo) (2010-03-02 13:00:45) (reply to #8) feel free to work on it and do submit requests against the devel projects. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/300689

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[New: openFATE 314975] Enhanced YaST--> Boot Loader Tool
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 May '14

18 May '14

Feature added by: Dustin Falgout (falgout) Feature #314975, revision 1 Title: Enhanced YaST--> Boot Loader Tool openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Dustin Falgout (falgout) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The current boot loader configuration tool provides only the minimum amount of grub2 customization options. This seems to be a pattern among most distros and I think openSUSE could get ahead of the game in this area by providing a tool that allows you to customize your entire grub2 menu including backgrounds and themes. An example would be grub-customizer but written to "just work". Also related to this, currently the YaST boot loader tool either ignores your other installed distros (Windows always works) or it names all the entries openSUSE with the incorrect kernel boot perimeters. This should be improved so the user does not have to manually configure it, especially a new user. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: To stay ahead of the pack and continue to be the best distro for new users and experienced users alike. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314975

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[openFATE 306322] Accessing PDFs from within the help centers
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 May '14

15 May '14

Feature added by: Karl Eichwalder (keichwa) Feature #306322, revision 1, last change by Title: Accessing PDFs from within the help centers openSUSE-11.2: New Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Karl Eichwalder (keichwa) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Make PDFs available from within the help centers. For yelp something along these lines works: /usr/share/help/opensuse-startup-pdf_en.document : [Document] DocPath=file:///usr/share/doc/manual/opensuse-startup_en-pdf/opensuse-startup_en.pdf DocType=text/pdf DocLang=en Icon=document2 Categories=System;Core;Translation;Documentation Name=PDF of the openSUSE Startup Guide (en) Name[en]=PDF of the openSUSE Startup Guide (en) DocIdentifier=com.novell.opensuse-startupen DocWeight=0 Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: User will find documentation... -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/306322

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[New: openFATE 312365] Enable Mirror Admins to administrate their database entries
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 15 May '14

15 May '14

Feature added by: Lars Vogdt (lrupp) Feature #312365, revision 1 Title: Enable Mirror Admins to administrate their database entries openSUSE Infrastructure: Implementation Priority Requester: Mandatory Projectmanager: Important Requested by: Lars Vogdt (lrupp) Project Manager: (Novell) Engineering Manager: (Novell) Developer: (Novell) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: The current process for Mirror Administrators of the openSUSE Distribution (download.opensuse.org) always needs interaction between the openSUSE Administrators and the Mirror Admins. Even if there's just something like changing the Email or Name - or adapting the score to their needs. This should be changed, so Mirror Admins can change the settings of their own entries in the Mirror Database. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312365

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[New: openFATE 317291] Add ability to change Partition Flags on GPT to YaST2
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 May '14

13 May '14

Feature added by: Estevão Becker (icmp_request) Feature #317291, revision 1 Title: Add ability to change Partition Flags on GPT to YaST2 openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Estevão Becker (icmp_request) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When using YaST2 Expert Partitioner, all the features to handle Partitions on GPT are currently present except to change their flags. Example of flags are: boot, msftres, msftdata, hidden, etc. The feature to add/remove flags should be included together with abilities that already exist on the program (create, format, move, resize, etc.) Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: With this feature, there will be no need to depend on other partitioning tools for editing the partitions flags. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/317291

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[New: openFATE 317290] Make Yast2 Use System Icons
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 13 May '14

13 May '14

Feature added by: Nenad Latinović (holden87) Feature #317290, revision 1 Title: Make Yast2 Use System Icons Requested by: Nenad Latinović (holden87) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hi! I have a small artwork & Yast related request. Could it be possible for Yast, once opened, to use the icon set currently used system-wide. For example, if you use Faenza, for Yast to use Faenza icons. That way, the design would be more consistent. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Consistency. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/317290

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[New: openFATE 317257] Add sax3 to YaST
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 03 May '14

03 May '14

Feature added by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Feature #317257, revision 1 Title: Add sax3 to YaST Requested by: Mindaugas Baranauskas (embar-) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Why not to add SAX3 utility for X configuration to YaST? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/317257

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