August 2015 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 312257] Snapshot/recovery feature with keeping apps
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Kim Leyendecker (openLHAG) Feature #312257, revision 1 Title: Snapshot/recovery feature with keeping apps openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Kim Leyendecker (openlhag) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Dear developers! Dear users! Have a look at this picture: http://i.computer-bild.de/imgs/3/3/2/3/4/4/3/Windows-8-Das-sind-die-geheime… Such a recovery function would be nice for openSUSE 12.1/12.2 and would give openSUSE an advantage against the whole linux-distros and even Mac OS X (Windows will implementate it soon...) But it also will benefit for the users. If you delete some config-files and clear my trash-folder, I can easy reset my system to the early post-installation time BUT, at the same time, keep all my private stuff like photos, music, mails, documents and even code files. WouldnÂ´t be cool to have such a feature? The only thing which prevent this coding-work by myself is the fact, that my knowledge in C and C++ is very limited and canÂ´t solve such a big project. But we get excellent programmers @Novell/SUSE and our community, so I think it would be a nice feature for the next openSUSE release! Use Case: destroyed system - easy recovering - keeping private stuff alive Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because itÂ´s cool and I want it :D No seriously, because it would it make easy to our users to recover a system and keeping their stuff. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312257

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[New: openFATE 311276] Remove or prevent error messages when mounting a removable
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Hans de Raad (hcderaad) Feature #311276, revision 1 Title: Remove or prevent error messages when mounting a removable openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Hans de Raad (hcderaad) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Currently when mounting a removable (usbstick, dvd, etc) often an error from "org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable" or a "DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.Failed: An operation is already pending" occurs. These errors occur mostly when using media with multiple partitions. This request is to surpress these errors and only start one filemanagerinstance for the specific medium. These errors appear to be DE-agnostic, until now they show up in GNOME, KDE and Xfce on openSUSE 11.3. Use Case: Insert an usbstick (preferably with multiple partitions) and wait for the "automatic actions". Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: These errors are very confusing, especially to new users, since the device itself seems perfectly alright and usable (not to mention being opened in multiple filemanagerinstances). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311276

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[New: openFATE 318422] Visibility of increase of swap partition size for hibernation during install
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Enno Nagel (Konfekt) Feature #318422, revision 1 Title: Visibility of increase of swap partition size for hibernation during install openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Enno Nagel (konfekt) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When partitioning the harddrive where openSUSE 13.2 will install, the option to increase the swap drive to allow for hibernation is hidden in a subdialogue. Because this is a popular feature on desktop installations, and people are reluctant (and the installer discourages) to change the suggested partitioning, the option should be not in a subdialogue but directly visible. Another good reason for a larger default size of the swap partition on an SSD is that overprovisioning (that is, the intentional allocation of unused space, see anandtech.com for studies on this) is still recommended for most models. The swap disk suggests itself for the allocation of that unused space (as it will mostly be unused, but when RAM is short [or its image incompressable if hibernation is used] of good use). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/318422

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[New: openFATE 311350] Provide easy way to mount disk images
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Oleg Kleschev (Kles4) Feature #311350, revision 1 Title: Provide easy way to mount disk images openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Oleg Kleschev (kles4) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: There is no easy way to mount different disk images like iso, nrg,e.t.c. mount -t iso9660... is not really convinient. It's annoying. I've tried to find some scripts for dolphin's "Actios" but haven't find any working solutions. Use Case: Everytime you want to mount an image you right-clicking on image and choosing "Mount" or something like this. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because mounting via console is annoying. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311350

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[New: openFATE 311320] Add patch to kernel to disable boot flicker
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Roman Bysh (Romanator) Feature #311320, revision 1 Title: Add patch to kernel to disable boot flicker openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Roman Bysh (romanator) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please add patch to kernel to disable the boot flicker during start up of openSUSE. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311320

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[New: openFATE 311031] Support of Mp3-konvert in KDE / Dolphin
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Stefan Frank (stefanf74) Feature #311031, revision 1 Title: Support of Mp3-konvert in KDE / Dolphin openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Stefan Frank (stefanf74) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Its a longt time ago, you can convert an Audio CD very easy into mp3 Files. You just type audiocd:/ in dolphin or konqueror and copy the mp3 Files to your Hard disk. Its much more easy than in Windows. But you always get that errormessage: --------------------- WARNING: libsndfile may ignore -r and perform fseek's on the input. Compile without libsndfile if this is a problem. LAME 3.99 (alpha 1, Jan 5 2010 00:54:43) 32 bits... --------------------- Its worked on Suse 9.3, Kubuntu 10.4, but not in openSuse 11.0, 11.2, 11.3. There are bugreports in KDE bugzilla (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230026) but I think the problem is in the distribution. Please fix that problem, that feature is so smart! -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311031

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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 312659] openSUSE Linux 12.1/LXDE: Add support for the XZ Utils in Xarchiver.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Feature #312659, revision 1 Title: openSUSE Linux 12.1/LXDE: Add support for the XZ Utils in Xarchiver. openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: openSUSE Linux 12.1/LXDE: Add support for the XZ Utils (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils) in Xarchiver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xarchiver) . -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312659

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[New: openFATE 314554] Replace kaffeine by dragon as default kde media video player
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Diogo Piçarra (xpetept) Feature #314554, revision 1 Title: Replace kaffeine by dragon as default kde media video player openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Diogo Piçarra (xpetept) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: kaffeine need phonon-xine and that is deprecated so kaffeine doesn't work well. Dragon is the default kde video player so I think it should be in openSuse as well. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314554

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[New: openFATE 312993] Install kernel-desktop from Live CD (GNOME and KDE).
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Rafael Belmonte (EagleScreen) Feature #312993, revision 1 Title: Install kernel-desktop from Live CD (GNOME and KDE). openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Rafael Belmonte (eaglescreen) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hello, actually OpenSUSE 11.4, and 12.1 install kernel-desktop from the standard DVD installer, at least if user choose to install a graphical desktop environment such KDE or GNOME. But I have found that Live CDs (GNOME and KDE) install kernel-default, this haven't got much sense for me. I think Live GNOME and Live KDE mediums should also install kernel-desktop by default instead of kernel-default. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Most of the people who install a system from a Live GNOME or Live KDE CD do it because they are installing in a Desktop computer, therefore kernel-desktop is better optimized by this kind of computers. How many servers will use the Live GNOME or the Live KDE mediums to install? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312993

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[New: openFATE 314656] Provide option to upgrade ext3 partitions to ext4
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mike Lowery (DiskCrasher) Feature #314656, revision 1 Title: Provide option to upgrade ext3 partitions to ext4 openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mike Lowery (diskcrasher) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When upgrading from an older openSUSE version containing ext3 partitions, it would be nice if the current installer provided an option to upgrade them to ext4. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314656

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[New: openFATE 317184] Update LXDE's default artwork and applications.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: jc sl (jcsl) Feature #317184, revision 1 Title: Update LXDE's default artwork and applications. openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: jc sl (jcsl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: LXDE's default artwork is ugly. I've made some proposals for the next openSUSE version (13.2) in the Artwork [1] mailing list and in the openSUSE-LXDE one [2]. We may change some of the defaults applications too. [1] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-artwork/2014-03/msg00014.html [2] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-lxde/2014-04/msg00000.html Use Case: To have a nice looking desktop's default. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because it is a light desktop that performs really well in low power machines like netbooks, but it is really neglected. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/317184

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[New: openFATE 312675] openSUSE Linux 12.1/LXDE: Create a screenshot program with the features...
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Feature #312675, revision 1 Title: openSUSE Linux 12.1/LXDE: Create a screenshot program with the features... openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: openSUSE Linux 12.1/LXDE: Create a screenshot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot) program with the features of xfce4-screenshooter (http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-screenshooter) for LXDE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXDE) . -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312675

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[New: openFATE 312333] Provide gccgo packages
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mariusz Fik (Fisiu) Feature #312333, revision 1 Title: Provide gccgo packages openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Mariusz Fik (fisiu) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It would be awesome to ship gcc 4.6 with support for Google Go (gccgo) with openSUSE 12.1. Debian already provides gccgo for sid: http://packages.debian.org/sid/gccgo -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312333

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[New: openFATE 312777] Provide a working pandoc in OSS
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Feature #312777, revision 1 Title: Provide a working pandoc in OSS Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Martin Schröder (oneiros) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: pandoc (http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/) is a Haskell (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Haskell_%28programming_langu…) implementation of Markdown (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Markdown) with numerous extensions and additional output formats. There is a package in devel:languages:haskell/openSUSE_Factory (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/haskell/openSUS…) , but that needs much more love (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713301) pandoc seems important enough to fix it and get it out of its Haskgell ghetto into OSS. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: pandoc is probably the most advanced implementation of Markdown which makes the creation of advanced documents very easy. It would provide us with a simple way to create good documents in a multitude of formats. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312777

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[New: openFATE 312515] check for already existing IP address to avoid collision
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Árpád Bíró (biroa) Feature #312515, revision 1 Title: check for already existing IP address to avoid collision openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Árpád Bíró (biroa) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When setting a static IP address, YaST should check if the specified IP address is already in use on the network. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312515

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[New: openFATE 312506] check for already existing IP address to avoid collision
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Árpád Bíró (biroa) Feature #312506, revision 1 Title: check for already existing IP address to avoid collision openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Árpád Bíró (biroa) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When setting a static IP address, YaST should check if the specified IP address is already in use on the network. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312506

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[New: openFATE 313224] Support for disks/raid >> 2,2TB
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Hans Witvliet (digi_hans) Feature #313224, revision 1 Title: Support for disks/raid >> 2,2TB openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Hans Witvliet (digi_hans) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Does SuSE support disks/raids larger than 2.2TB? From current info it is unclear if SuSE supports this. Grub legacy (out-of-the-box) does not support it, as it should use GPT with 64-bit block numbers. It seems that there is a patch for grub, but it is unclear if that is applied to current (12.1) version of OpenSuSE. If so, then docu might be enhanced, as currently disks with a capacity of 3TB are COTS, and RAIDs with such capacity are comonly found. Other option, is the use of grub2, but that's another feature -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313224

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[New: openFATE 316937] VPN YAST Module
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: George Avram (vaseer) Feature #316937, revision 1 Title: VPN YAST Module openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: George Avram (vaseer) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: At the moment, yast lacks the means of easily setting up a vpn connection. I have been testing this with vpnbook's free vpn service, using the pptp version of it. I was unable to get that tunnel going under yast. In order to use it I had to actually switch from ifup to knetworkmanager. While this did do the trick, I was unable to use my virtual machines like this as knetworkmanager doesn't really support bridging. Use Case: Let's say I have VM's installed that I need to bridge or NAT to connect to the internet. However I also need to setup a vpn connection as it is a job requirement. I can't setup VPN in yast with ifup so I can't use that, but I can't switch to knetworkmanager because my VM's will then be disconnected from the network. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: It would be really useful to have a simple yast VPN setup module, in which to receive live status updates (connected, disconnected, error etc.) and in which to be able to select the type of protocol used( openvpn pptp) and simply hit a connect button.(a verbose output box next to it is of course nice to see status) Kind Regards, -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316937

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[New: openFATE 314590] Personal repository
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Francesco Noacco (FireLink) Feature #314590, revision 1 Title: Personal repository openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Francesco Noacco (firelink) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Raise your hand if you burn the CD/DVD distributions: Son many years that I do not do more, it's inconvenient and annoying. And yet I look forward to many more years that some "pious soul" to finally carry out a synchronization to a central database certified with the signatures of the packages certificates to authenticate the packages downloaded from anywhere you want. In this way, it would be theoretically possible to keep track of any downgrade or even preferred embodiments of the programs used. Furthermore, it would end the ridiculous distribution of large dvd or cd that you just downloaded many are already being updated, at times, heavily! Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: - To reduce the internet traffic that would be better handled by proxy servers without wasting portions of identical data. - To promote the dissemination of the system as they are more flexible. - Why it will be much more practical circular with a hdd or a usb stick (now greatly capacious and fast) rather than a case full of cd/dvd or fanciful escamotages to overcome this. Etc.. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314590

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[New: openFATE 314852] Change dependencies
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Peter Tselios (tpe) Feature #314852, revision 1 Title: Change dependencies openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Peter Tselios (tpe) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please change the dependencies of: * autoyast2-installation * libstorage3 * libstorage4 * patterns-openSUSE-yast2_install_wf * yast2-add-on * yast2-backup * yast2-bootloader * yast2-http-server * yast2-inetd * yast2-installation * yast2-ldap-client * yast2-mail * yast2-network * yast2-restore * yast2-samba-server * yast2-storage * yast2-sudo from multipath-tools package. I don't believe that home users use SANs... Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Most users don't even know what a SAN is, not to mention that Fibre channel is not an option for the vast majority of openSUSE users. Thus, the dependency of all those yast2 packages from the multipath-tools package is simply wrong. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314852

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[New: openFATE 314729] Include oracle java JRE installer rpm in non-oss repo
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Shekhar Neupane (wildnux) Feature #314729, revision 1 Title: Include oracle java JRE installer rpm in non-oss repo openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Shekhar Neupane (wildnux) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Many new users find it very hard to install Java JRE in after they install opensuse distro. Since Oracle does not allow distributions to package java rpms, it would be great if there was some package in the non-oss repository that would download the installer from oracle's server and install java automatically for the user. I have created one project in build service for such package which would run installation script while installing and uninstallation script while uninstalling the package: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=oracle-java7-installer&proj… Note: that is just one quick workaround, which can be greatly improved to provide a better workaround for easier java installation. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because oracle does not let distributions to package java anymore, and new users always have trouble installing it correctly. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314729

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[New: openFATE 316953] Bluray Playback
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jorge Hernandez (jfha73) Feature #316953, revision 1 Title: Bluray Playback openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jorge Hernandez (jfha73) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hey guys, Please include a way for openSUSE to be able to play Bluray Discs, maybe including libbluray, libaacs, libbdplus, ffmpeg, and any other that might be needed for it. Thanks in advane. Use Case: Play movies using Bluray drive. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: So the other guys (M$ and Apple) can't say you can only view Bluray discs on their platform. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316953

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[New: openFATE 316725] BuildService 1
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: valin france (valentinoas) Feature #316725, revision 1 Title: BuildService 1 Buildservice: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: valin france (valentinoas) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: I want to use OpenSUSE BuildService for manage package for my linux distribution based on OpenSUSE 13.1. Thanks, Valentinoas -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316725

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[New: openFATE 318493] [KDE/GONE/PackageKit] Asks to update when user decides to turn off computer
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 18 Nov '16

18 Nov '16

Feature added by: Sławomir Lach (Lachu) Feature #318493, revision 1 Title: [KDE/GONE/PackageKit] Asks to update when user decides to turn off computer openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sławomir Lach (lachu) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: When user decides to turn off computer on some DE, asks him to update system(if updates are avaiable and network connection is enabled). After update completed, system would shut down. We also can show list of updated and running application to user after each update. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Some application, like Firefox can be in weird state after update. Of course, user can restart application, but there's no message and there can be other application that gets injuryied after update. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/318493

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