February 2016 - openSUSE Features - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[New: openFATE 314930] Access to Public WiFi Landing Page During Installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Dave Johnson (PauseBazinga) Feature #314930, revision 1 Title: Access to Public WiFi Landing Page During Installation openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Dave Johnson (pausebazinga) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: There is currently no way to configure internet access during installation if installer is using a public wifi hotspot or hotel internet access, as most of them require the user to navigate to a landing page with their browser and accept a set of "Terms and Agreements" prior to being granted access to the network. The current work-around is to simply not configure internet access during installation and perform a software update after installation when the user can perform the steps above. One method for implementation is to open a basic web-browser during network configuration, or an option to do so, that points to opensuse.org so that the user can be diverted to the hotel/hotspot landing page if it exists. Considerations: Many networks simply look for a cookie on the client's machine indicating that they have accepted the "terms and agreements", so this feature will require cookies to be temporarily stored (think Firefox "secure browsing" or Chromium "incognito" where cookies are stored during the session and then auto-removed at the end of the session). Many networks require a guest password to be entered, hotels especially (they're handed out at check-in), so there would need to be mouse/keyboard support in the dialog/browser window. Test Case: I travel a lot and recently ran into this during the openSUSE 12.3 release. This was the second time that I've had this problem and I can recreate the scenario for testing any time we need to, as I'm frequently traveling. Use Case: A user is traveling during a release of the operating system and wants to install the new release in the hotel that the user is staying in. Currently, this person will be forced to install offline and then update after installation because of the way most hotel and public internet access sites manage users with a landing page upon first access. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: We want this because no one else has it yet and it's great to be first to implement useful functionality. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/314930

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[New: openFATE 313344] Move from by-id device naming to by-uuid
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mike Sterling (mikesterling) Feature #313344, revision 1 Title: Move from by-id device naming to by-uuid openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Mike Sterling (mikesterling) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Both SLES 11 SP2 and OpenSUSE 12.1 use /dev/disk/by-id. The problem with the by-id naming scheme is that the underlying deviceâs ID can change across reboots. This is an issue with the Hyper-V device platform, and is resolved by using either by-uuid or /dev/sdX naming conventions. Windows Server 2008 SP2: Intermittent failures observed. Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1: Intermittent failures observed. Windows Server â8â Beta: Intermittent failures observed. Failures in the above generally refer to an inability to mount the root filesystem after a reboot, rendering the VM useless. The ask to switch from /dev/disk/by-id to /dev/disk/by-uuid for device naming should resolve these issues. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Users of OpenSUSE on Hyper-V will not need to modify /etc/fstab to change the device names. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313344

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[New: openFATE 311440] tracking pps/ppt powerpoint slideshow with openoffice
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Feature #311440, revision 1 Title: tracking pps/ppt powerpoint slideshow with openoffice openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hello, tracking why I have to switch to windows I found very little reasons, here is one of them. Old people uses Internet mostly for e-mail, photo sharing and slideshow viewing. Firerfox, Thunderbird and Digikam take this into account. But it's still impossible to listen to any of the innumerable slideshow that fill internet with openoffice. They not even work well in wine+microsoft reader. I'm nearly sure that Microsoft insert in powerpoint (like in most of it's software) tricks to make the life hard to the competitors (us). Thats why we should have some sort of tracking to the power point versions and have a way to make these slides run smoothly under openSUSE. I know at least three old people wanting this, including my mother (91' years old) that have winbdows vista for this only reason and not at all satisfied (she used to have openSUSE), but she need to see the photos, going automatically with the transitions, and listening to ther fair music. Right now, under openSUSE, I'm not even able to identify what is the music codec! Test Case: these files are extremely hudge (and makes more traffic than spam!!). I can share many of them if necessary. Some a read, but most are not completely Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: we want this feature to keep a great number of older people that could be very fine with the openSUSE security and no virus system, but wants to listen and enjoy hundred of slideshow (at least three different each day :-)) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311440

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[New: openFATE 318467] Add ttyrec to Distribution
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Florian Gross (grossing) Feature #318467, revision 1 Title: Add ttyrec to Distribution openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Florian Gross (grossing) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please add ttyrec http://0xcc.net/ttyrec/index.html.en to the openSUSE distribution. It's an easy to use tty record programm and very useful for creating e.g. shell learning manuals without some problems of "script" (when using vi or such) -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/318467

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[New: openFATE 316896] Dolphin Super User Icon color from blue to red.
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Mike Trotta (miket3) Feature #316896, revision 1 Title: Dolphin Super User Icon color from blue to red. openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Package Wishlist: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Mike Trotta (miket3) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: There are 2 dolphin file managers. 1 for user and 1 for Super User. When they are widgets they are both blue. Please change the Super User icon to Red to match its counterpart super user terminal which is already red. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: So we don't have to hover over the widget and wait for the description to pop up to identify which one is which. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/316896

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[New: openFATE 312245] Include catci software in the next opensuse release
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Feature #312245, revision 1 Title: Include catci software in the next opensuse release openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Glenn Doig (doiggl) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Hello Can the catci software [1] be included in the next opensuse. The reason I ask is to have some monitoring tools available setup and ready to use. Built rpms listed at [2] Set it up do it discovers and graphs devices, traffic volume/bandwidth. Some sample graphs at [3]. OpenSUSE setup info listed at [4] Thankyou Glenn [1] http://cacti.net/ From url. -> Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool's data storage and graphing functionality. Cacti provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box. All of this is wrapped in an intuitive, easy to use interface that makes sense for LAN-sized installations up to complex networks with hundreds of devices. [2] built rpms -> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/worldcitizen/openSUSE_11.4/… [3] Some sample graphs: - http://cacti.kernel.org/graph_view.php?action=tree&tree_id=2 - http://cacti.kernel.org/graph_view.php?action=tree&tree_id=3 [4]OpenSUSE setup info http://en.opensuse.org/Cacti -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/312245

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[openFATE 307465] Enable zypper to auto-complete package names
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Sven Burmeister (rabauke) Feature #307465, revision 1 Title: Enable zypper to auto-complete package names openSUSE-11.3: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Sven Burmeister (rabauke) Description: I think it would be handy if zypper could auto-complete package names as the shell can do for commands, i.e. if there is more than one possible match, show a list, if not auto-complete. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/307465

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[New: openFATE 310942] include BCache (cache on SSD) in kernel
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Vadims Korsaks (truckk) Feature #310942, revision 1 Title: include BCache (cache on SSD) in kernel openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Vadims Korsaks (truckk) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Bcache is a patch to use SSDs to transparently cache arbitrary block devices. Its main claim to fame is that it's designed for the performance characteristics of SSDs - it avoids random writes and extraneous IO at all costs, instead allocating buckets sized to your erase blocks and filling them up seqentially. It uses a hybrid btree/log, instead of a hash table as some other caches. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: SSD devices can help improve rotation disks performance, this will give better overal performance and allow to use big rotation disks capacity. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310942

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[New: openFATE 310975] Video Driver Pre-Install Script for ATI Installation
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Helen South (helen-au) Feature #310975, revision 1 Title: Video Driver Pre-Install Script for ATI Installation openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Helen South (helen-au) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Installing ATI Catalyst is problematic, possibly due to pre-existing FGLRX drivers which need to be removed before installation of the ATI drivers. It's remarkably easy for a non technical user to come up with a botched installation. Doubly so for the 64 bit version which has 32 bit dependencies. openSUSE needs some sort of easy-install process, which will find and remove any conflicting FGLRX drivers, and if possible download and install the right ATI driver for the current kernel. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Because the current instructions on a selection of forums and wikis are confusing, and the latest release of the ATI driver seems to conflict with the 11.3 kernel, and this type of frustration with installation is a dealbreaker for many users. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310975

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[New: openFATE 311446] Split Kernel rpms from Tumbleweed repo
by fate_noreply＠suse.de 25 Nov '16

25 Nov '16

Feature added by: Bill P (google01103) Feature #311446, revision 1 Title: Split Kernel rpms from Tumbleweed repo openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Bill P (google01103) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Currently the Tumbleweed repo contains both app and kernel rpms, I propose that the Tumbleweed project be split into 2 repos - kernel and apps. The reason for this being that updating a kernel can be much more problematic/disruptive to an existing install compared to just updating apps. I admit this might be an unwarranted personal concern but it gives me pause when considering using the Tumbleweed repo. Locking the kernel rpms would also lock the oss repo's kernel updates which would not be a wise move as oss kernel updates have defined pupose (stability, security). -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/311446

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