October 2016 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 316956] Device Driver Manager for openSUSE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Feature added by: giuseppe rossi (hawake) Feature #316956, revision 1 Title: Device Driver Manager for openSUSE openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: giuseppe rossi (hawake) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hi, i think that it could be useful to allow users to switch between OpenSource/Proprietary drivers in use (if both are available obviously) using a simple GUI created ad-hoc for the desktop in use (KDE -> Qt , GNOME/Xfce/Lxde -> GTK). In this way, if there is any kind of problem with a driver a not-expert user can disable it or switch to another one. Therefore i suggest to develop a device driver manager for openSUSE that could be included in YaST, or as a desktop application accessible by a non-root user (like Apper for updates). In certain Debian (Mint, Ubuntu...) derivatives are using something like this: [0] http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=113559&f=47 [1] https://github.com/SolydXK/device-driver-manager Thanks for reading, Bye hawake Use Case: For instance, think to the video card drivers. Recently nVidia, AMD and Intel are improving their drivers but not always are the best choice (especially AMD...). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316956

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[New: openFATE 316758] Zypper update with date option
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Feature added by: Curtis Rubel (crubel) Feature #316758, revision 1 Title: Zypper update with date option openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Curtis Rubel (crubel) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: It would be great to be able to run the zypper update or YOU so that you can update using a date/time argument. This way you can specify that you want to update everything up to the specified date/time and leave the newer updates still on the update server. THank you for your consideration. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: If I run around work updating all my dev systems and then finally my customers systems even though I do them one after the other, I cannot reliably ensure they are all on exactly the same updates/releases. This has caused us some time consuming problems in the past, trying to figure out what and why something is working on one system and not another. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316758

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[New: openFATE 313119] provide a BD/ Blue Ray download image for openSUSE
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Feature added by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Feature #313119, revision 1 Title: provide a BD/ Blue Ray download image for openSUSE openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Elmar Stellnberger (estellnb) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: A ready-to-download blue ray image of openSUSE would be a pleasure for anyone who has to work offline from time to time since it will allow you to do and install everything without an internet conncetion. Currently we only have a netinstall CD for backbone internet and a DVD as install medium for average internet connections. However a blue ray image to install and work completely offline - as this was initially possible just within the size of a DVD in the early days of linux (openSUSE 9.3) - would be of much greater value than a DVD providing not much more than a package cache for a minimized first-place install system. Such a blue ray could not only contain the full rpm-set of the core distribution but also important 2nd party repos like those provided by ATI, Nvidia and Packman as well as the most important repos from the BuildService like the SELinux repo for instance. Debian does already provide a fully-downloadable distribution image; however in the form of 8 DVDs + Update DVDs which may for sure be less practical than a single BD. However this seems to be considered much more a security feature in Debian. Mandatory for the Requester as certain working scenarios require a full system image for external or optical media. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313119

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[New: openFATE 321752] *working* bluetooth (audio) support
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Feature added by: Michal Suchanek (michals) Feature #321752, revision 1 Title: *working* bluetooth (audio) support openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Michal Suchanek (michals) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: ok, so I tried to connect bluetooth headphones to a Leap 42.2 box. I had bluez to start with just in case You also need the bluez pulseaudio plugin for sound because there is no other way to get sound out of bluetooth. 1) installing bluez-firmware does not give me firmware for bluetooth dongle. The firmware is in bcm20702a1-firmware. Maybe bluez-firmware should depend on that? 2) after installed the dongle is not brought up and diagnostic tools fail. Is it so difficult to add an udev script that does "hciconfig hci<n> up" for every chi device? 3) gnome-control-center tells me I have no dongles after doing all this 4) Using bluetoothctl I can now connect devices -- unless I attempted connecting them with hcitool which puts them in some broken state. 5) when my headphones are connected pulseaudio shows them as sink but built-in sound card remains default sink. You can STFW for some script that forces sink switch for running applications as well. Totally awesome. I can expect everyone to use bluetooth audio on Linux. So simple. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/321752

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[New: openFATE 318022] evolution tnef integration
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: David Hodgson (jetojedno) Feature #318022, revision 1 Title: evolution tnef integration openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: David Hodgson (jetojedno) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: the tnef plugin for evolution seems to have disappeared from all available repositories. A better solution is for evolution to recognise tnef plugins and unpack them automagically rather than present a winmail.dat file for separate processing. Use Case: Contact sends an email with attachments from outlook or exchange. Attachments are packed as winmail.dat files. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: windows outlook & exchange persist and contacts are unable to easily prevent it from sending these nasty attachments. Opening these attachments is difficult in evolution - the file must be saved somewhere, unpacked using tnef then the attachments found and viewed. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/318022

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[New: openFATE 310964] Add YAST module to set up an OpenVPN server
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: Jan Krings (liquidsky89) Feature #310964, revision 1 Title: Add YAST module to set up an OpenVPN server openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Mandatory Requested by: Jan Krings (liquidsky89) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Many people today use an OpenVPN server to access their personal networks or networks at work. The set up of an OpenVPN server is complex also, as several adjustments must be made at various points in the system. e.g. OpenVPN Configfile, SUSEFirewall, /etc/sysconfig Files. A module would make it easier to set up a OpenVPNserver. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310964

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[New: openFATE 313030] AppSet instead of Apper
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: Simone Dedo (Templare) Feature #313030, revision 1 Title: AppSet instead of Apper openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Simone Dedo (templare) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: AppSet http://appset.altervista.org/joomla/en can be the default package manager on openSUSE cause, is written in QT and other distribution such Archlinux and Chakra Linux (know for his addiction with KDE desktop). 1)Automatical generation of applications sections (games, office, multimedia, internet etc.) 2)An embedded web browser that shows selected applications homepages 3)An embedded feed reader that shows news from configured distribution 4)A Tray Icon that periodically shows available upgrades 5)The possibility to choose a touchscreen suitable and animated view 6)Administrator packages management (Upgrades, installs, removes applications) 7)Periodical packages database update 8)Checks dependencies contraints 9)Authentication structure that uses what is already installed to get administrative privileges (only when needed), searching from {kdesu, gksu, beesu, xdg-su or at least an xterm where it executes a sudo command} 10)Cache cleaner tool (to free disk space) 11)Can use ad-hoc libraries for a specific distribution or, like in default, it uses an already existing package manager CLI frontend 11)Requires only Qt libs as installation dependency What about? Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I believe AppSet can be a better package manager instead of KpackageKit or Apper (a new on openSUSE 12.1). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313030

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[New: openFATE 314661] tcptunnel
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: Harri T. (haba713) Feature #314661, revision 1 Title: tcptunnel openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Harri T. (haba713) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hi! I suggest adding tcptunnel package to openSUSE distribution. As stated on a page http://www.vakuumverpackt.de/tcptunnel/ "Tcptunnel is a simple TCP port forwarder. This tool listens to a local TCP port and all the received data is sent to a remote host. It can be used to redirect TCP based protocols like HTTP, IRC, NNTP, SSH or SMTP." The source code is here: https://github.com/vakuum/tcptunnel It's a great piece of code! I've used it now for a couple of months in SLES 11 SP2 for SSH and MS Remote Desktop tunnels with no anomalities. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314661

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[New: openFATE 310887] gimp and openoffice are friends
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: ernesto figueroa (alolinux) Feature #310887, revision 1 Title: gimp and openoffice are friends openSUSE.org: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: ernesto figueroa (alolinux) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: first of all sorry for my English, I do not speak English and use google to translate. I wish we had opensuse 11.4 on an extension for the default Office suite (open office or openoffice) that give us a graphic editor for Image example: to put an image that gave us the possibility to use gimp, but without leaving openoffice. in order is not proved necessary but I would like that included in openSUSE 11.4. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310887

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[New: openFATE 313000] select the graphic driver at boot
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Feature added by: pier andre (pier_andreit) Feature #313000, revision 1 Title: select the graphic driver at boot openFATE: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: pier andre (pier_andreit) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: To have the possibility to select the graphic driver at boot in my opinion is a good idea, if you have nvidia or ati graphic cards, and you want to try the new propietary driver and it doesn't satisfy you, or if you want to try the new nouveau driver, if you have the possibility to select the driver (for example nouveau, nvidia, ati or whatever), you can have easyly a working graphic desktop. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313000

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