January 2009 - YaST Development - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[yast-devel] Prague YaST team meeting 2008-01-29
by Michal Zugec 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Minutes of Prague YaST Team Meeting: 2009-01-29 =============================================== http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Team Present: jkupec, jreidinger, jsrain, jsuchome, juhliarik, kmachalkova, locilka, lslezak, mvidner, mzugec Minutes: mzugec Next Minutes: jkupec add-on-creator -------------- Generate metadata for release packages (bnc#466327) zypp (zypper/libzypp?) ---- - API for reading history log - zypp credential manager for zypp bootloader ---------- - bootloader now uses internal map instead of direct output from udevinfo - better to debug - because of internal bootloader metadata, we can drop metadata from ycp UI -- - QSplitter - in Qt installation user can hide "installation steps" (submitted for 11.2) - ncurses - improved speed of drawing Table (scrolling is still slow) partitioner ----------- - implemented deleting of all disk partitions (all logical volumes in a volume group) at once. y2-webpin --------- - full history, not only last search + tabbed browsing. See also: http://hedgehogpainter.livejournal.com/4686.html sw_single --------- - new client for sw_single in addon (open module with selected packages, patterns, ... etc) - there is option in sysconfig to keep opening or close UI after install selected packages http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2009-01/msg00492.html backup ------ - new agent .system.freespace (in package yast2) Installation ------------ - new InstError YCP module for reporting errors during installation (also contains links to Bugreporting Howto, Bugzilla...) - currently used for catching inst_finish scripts errors ssh --- - removed PasswordAuth option from UI sound ----- - in case of several channels with same name, yast will add also index as part of identifier url --- - URL.ycp now has support for IPv6 D-bus ----- - yast webservice - API to call (via) D-bus (?) button labels ---------------- For dialog below we have new function Wizard::OpenCancelOKDialog() : http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Style_Guide#Single_Configuration.2FOverview.2FE… -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fwd: Re: [yast-devel] Is there a way to turn off/ reduce output in autoyast?
by Roberto Angelino 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

>>> On 1/30/2009 at 6:28 AM, in message <49830E92.7060902(a)suse.cz>, Lukas Ocilka <lukas.ocilka(a)suse.cz> wrote: > Stefan Hundhammer wrote: >> The NCurses library is really efficient at that: For every screen operation, > >> it sends only the difference between the old screen content and the new >> screen content to the terminal (plus escape sequences to position the cursor > >> etc.). > > Hi, > > Maybe if it comes to "initializing the sources..." - downloading several > files withs lots of Progress screens - then it sends quite of lot of > screen changes per second. Maybe I'm wrong but this is my feeling from > how I understand Roberto's question. Yes. They are asking if there's a way to limit/reduce/elliminate all that output. Let me explain why? Their systems are multi-node systems. So they could be upgrading anywhere from 8-300 nodes simultaneously. So no one is going to be looking at these installs. And to make matters worse, some of their customers only allow say 20/30 minutes to upgrade a node because their core critical business is dependent on these nodes running customer product. So anyway to reduce that upgrade time is a plus and oh BTW, they know that turning off the SOL connection decreases the install time, but like I said this is a requirement. -robert

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[yast-devel] Is there a way to turn off/ reduce output in autoyast?
by Roberto Angelino 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Yast Developers, My customer has setup an autoyast installation (sles10 sp1) and it works great. The problem is log messages are output to the physical console AND over SOL (Serial Over LAN). This SOL connection is 9600 baud (please don't ask me to tell them to increase--they can't) so the installation can take quite a while because of all the text yast is spewing over this 9600 connection can take some time. They are asking if there's a way to reduce it or eliminate it? Thanks -robert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] A few questions on the DNS/DHCP handling in Yast openSUSE 11.1
by Birger Kollstrand 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hi, I have seen some issues with the DHCP and DNS interface in Yast on 11.1 , I don't have factory running yet so I have not checked if it's like that there also. Is this familiar ? : - DNS is not updated automatically from DHCP without compex config (usability) - The popup boxes in the Yast DHCP config disapears if I do not keep the left mous button pressed down - When enabling Dynamic updates the parameter "ddns-update-style" is set to none. I belive it should be "interim". Is this a bug? Regards Birger -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] How to submit yast2-printer to SLE11?
by Johannes Meixner 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hello, I submit a usual package to the "sle11" distribution e.g. via /work/src/bin/submitpac -e -r sle11 sane-backends But for YaST modules I used/needed in the past only make stable which runs finally /usr/bin/y2tool checkin-stable which evaluates to /usr/share/YaST2/data/devtools/bin/checkin-stable which does the actual package submission. But in the Makefile there is no target like "sle11" so that it cannot work (as far as I see) by calling "make ..." Also '/usr/bin/y2tool --help' shows only checkin-stable but nothing like "sle11" so that it seems I also cannot use /usr/bin/y2tool to do the actual submission to "sle11". I could hack /usr/share/YaST2/data/devtools/bin/checkin-stable -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dist=NOARCH if [ -z "`grep BuildArchitectures package/${pkg_rpmname}.spec | grep noarch`" ]; then dist=STABLE fi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- but I wonder whether there is a built-in way in YaST to do it. Therefore I would like to know what the "official" way is how to submit yast2-printer to the "sle11" distribution. Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] autoyast does not honor hwclock & timezone
by Roberto Angelino 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Yast Developers, In our SLES 10 autoyast profile, we set the hwclock to localtime and timezone to US/Pacific using the below XML tag. It is no longer contained under the 'general' tag per autoyast documentation. After installation, we get eastern/UTC instead. I have also included the xml file. <clock> <hwclock>localtime</hwclock> <timezone>US/Pacific</timezone> </clock> Is this a bug or there is another mechanism to this from autoyast? Thanks -robert

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[yast-devel] Style Guide - Overview Dialog
by Michal Zugec 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hi all! I have some bugreports from Martin about button labeling described in guideline: http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Style_Guide#Single_Configuration.2FOverview.2FE… My question is about button ordering: Is that really suppose to be OK, Cancel order? Then it needs to be fixes in Wizard module (or show me how to implement that). Or the order is not important? If not, then screenshot/description should be fixed ... Bye, Michal -- Best Regards, Michal Zugec Software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SuSE CR, s.r.o. e-mail: mzugec(a)suse.cz Lihovarska 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 960 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 296 542 374 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] using lib versus lib64 versus lib32 in YCP
by Johannes Meixner 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

Hello, is there a generic way in YCP to get the right default libdir (/usr/lib/ versus /usr/lib64/ versus /usr/lib32/) for the various architectures? For background information see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464683 I must call /usr/$(libdir)/cups-autoconfig/cups-autoconfig I like to avoid a longer sequence of testing each individual architecture which we currently have for SLE11 (i586, x86_64, s390, s390x, ppc, ppc64, ia64). Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] Network Services/Remote Administration (RDP) module for yast2-network
by David Reveman 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

As part of fixing bnc 460835 I've created a patch that adds a RDP module to yast2-network package. I tried to make it use the same strings as the remote module for VNC administration whenever possible and it's pretty much a big cut-n-paste of that module right now. We probably want something better moving forward but for SLE11 this is probably the best solution. Can I commit this patch to the SuSE-Code-11-Branch? - david

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[yast-devel] New Widget: Graph
by Arvin Schnell 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Hi Hackers, I have use some ITO time to implement a new widget for YaST. It shows a graph, with nodes and edges. See http://graphviz.org/ and attached screenshot to get an idea. The widget is not limited to the partitioner. It can be used from YCP as usual. You just have to give it the filename with the graph and the name of the layout algorithm (see Graph1.ycp and Graph2.ycp in ycp-ui-bindgins). It is far from finished. Some things from the TODO list: - colors - shapes and arrows - basic user interaction Have fun, Arvin PS: I offer two prices: One for the best use in YaST and one for the best abuse in YaST. Deadline is openSUSE 11.2 Beta 1. -- Arvin Schnell, <aschnell(a)suse.de> Software Engineer, Research & Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)

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[yast-devel] manipulating multi-section configuration files
by David Bolt 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

I have a configuration file with sections to it, an example of it is something like this: <snippet of configuration file> [rc5-72] fetch-workunit-threshold=0 fetch-time-threshold=0 [ogr_p2] fetch-workunit-threshold=0 fetch-time-threshold=24 preferred-blocksize=0 [triggers] restart-on-config-file-change=yes pause-on-no-mains-power=yes [display] progress-indicator=auto-sense detached=no [processor-usage] priority=0 max-threads=-1 </snippet> and want to know if it's possible to read and write the individual sections, especially where there are options with the same names in different sections. If it is possible, are there any examples available to work with? Using the simple example at: <URL:http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Tutorials/QuickModule> I was able to read and write a straight forward configuration file, but this creates invalid files where there are multiple sections. I just need to figure out how to figure out how to modify the individual parts of the file. Regards, David Bolt -- Team Acorn: http://www.distributed.net/ OGR-NG @ ~100Mnodes RC5-72 @ ~1Mkeys/s | openSUSE 10.3 32b | openSUSE 11.0 32b | openSUSE 10.2 64b | openSUSE 10.3 64b | openSUSE 11.0 64b | openSUSE 11.1 64b TOS 4.02 | openSUSE 10.3 PPC | RISC OS 3.6 | RISC OS 3.11 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] Writting to SCR before system installed
by Lee Leahu 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi List, I'm developing a module that will run as part of the autoyast installation workflow. It prompts the user for certain details that are only know at the time of auto installation. I've already included that module and a blank /etc/sysconfig/file file into the Installation System's cramfs image. The process that I designed works like this: - when autoyast starts, ask the user for the settings - use SCR to save the settings to /etc/sysconfig/file - just before the system is rebooted, copy the /etc/sysconfig/file to the installed hard drive. Here's the prompt. With step #2, I call SCR::Write but it doesn't write! I don't see any errors /var/log/YaST2/y2log either. Yet, if I run the module manually it rights fine. In both test cases, I'm starting the install using the ssh remote installation method of SLES10. This allows me to log in and fire off yast2 or the custom module itself at will. Any thoughts? The module is due soon and I don't want to disappoint. Thanks! -- Lee Leahu Home Office: 1-815-630-2349 RICIS, Inc. Cell Phone: 1-847-337-3422 lee(a)ricis.com Main Office: 1-708-444-2690 NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain legally privileged and confidential information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and please delete it from your computer. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] Install server
by Birger Kollstrand 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi, Just a quick question on the Yast Install server. Please direct me to other lists if this one is the wrong for this question. I installed a server with the boxed edition and set up an install server. When adding the dual layer DVD as install medium it took both the 32 bit an 64 bit in to one folder. Is this behaviour correct and if so, how shall the client choose the righ version? Earlier when I have added media it has been separate DVD's for 32 and 64 bit and that was easy enough. I'm using this in conjuction with autoyast and pxeboot. Regards Birger -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] Table popups
by Ricardo Cruz 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi there, This post got my eye: http://mvidner.blogspot.com/2009/01/yast-ui-table-usability.html Ingenious; a context menu for those table related function key buttons. Cheers, Ricardo -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] Nürnberg YaST team meeting 13.01.2009
by Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Nürnberg YaST team meeting 13.01.2009 present: mantel, schubi, dmacvicar, aschnell, sh, snwint, tgoettlicher, ma, jdsn, aorlovskyy absent: gs minutes: ma - arvin: Developing a graph widget using graphviz and qt4. - snwint/mantel: Linuxrc enhancements, mostly documentation related. - aorlovskyy: bugscreening - ma: Plans to enhance libzypp commit refactoring and library locking. Together with Michael Calmer started working on cmpi-zypp, CIM access to software management using libzypp. - schubi: Web user interface: - added dialogs to set user permissions, integrating style sheets. - jdsn: Improving X11 configuration. Going to join schubi working on the WebUI. - sh: PackageSelector plans to provide more powerful filter views. Thinks about introducing a UI config file to store user settings (like whether to display diskusage bars or not). - dmacvicar: working on continuous integration server and ZYpp Keyring -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] System Ugrade: Previously Used Repositories
by Lukas Ocilka 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Hi, I'd like to completely rewrite the $SUBJECT in installation and you have an opportunity to say how do you think it could look and what could it offer to do or how. I've filed a blog entry about the $SUBJECT at http://kobliha-suse.blogspot.com/2009/01/system-ugrade-previously-used.html Bye Lukas -- Lukas Ocilka, YaST Developer (xn--luk-gla45d) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ano, ano. Moudry rozkaz. Sam jsem nemel v tech gratulacich jasno.

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[yast-devel] Wizard contents alignment
by Ricardo Cruz 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Hi there, Vincent is requesting that the wizard contents come from the top when they don't fill the entire area (see fingerprint tool / bug 464902). From the style guide (http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Style_Guide) «Content area - Consists of a dialog definition. For some cases it is placed it the upper-left corner, in another ones in the middle. It depends on the situation.» That seems to deserve clarification, so we can have a reference for the bug reports, and maybe an elaboration would be in order as well. Because the yast window doesn't adjust to the size of the contents, it seems like visually it works better when the content is centered or there would be too much discrepancy with the buttons. Possible exception when the side tree / todo list is used? Cheers, Ricardo -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] YaST Backup: User-Defined Scripts
by Lukas Ocilka 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Hi, I've implemented a new feature "user-defined pre- and post-backup scripts" that allows you to call whatever you like right before and after the backup. There are several use-cases including database backup and uploading the resulting backup archive to a central server or to tape. See more at http://kobliha-suse.blogspot.com/2009/01/yast-backup-user-defined-scripts.h… Use it well ;) Bye Lukas -- Lukas Ocilka, YaST Developer (xn--luk-gla45d) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ano, ano. Moudry rozkaz. Sam jsem nemel v tech gratulacich jasno.

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[yast-devel] Czech YaST2 team (Prague) meeting 2009-01-08
by Ladislav Slezak 14 Jan '09

14 Jan '09

Prague YaST Team Meeting 2009-01-08 =================================== Present: jkupec, jreidinger, juhliarik, jsrain, jsuchome, kmachalkova, lslezak, mvidner, mzugec Absent: locilka - fixes in the Live Installer module - a new idea for zypper plugins (http://idea.opensuse.org/content/ideas/plug-in-support-for-zypper) - dm-raid fixes in perl-bootloader (bnc #463451, #445602) - significant slowdown in ncurses packager UI - repository manager - 'keeppackages' option is configurable (bnc#402617), changed layout (the navigation tree widget was replaced by a combo box) (bnc#433857) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] libycp and iterators
by Arvin Schnell 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Hi, I have made some changes to libycp most of you don't have to care about: The iterators for YCPMap and YCPList are now not self defined classes anymore but simply typedefs for the STL iterators. Thus they provide more operators now (e.g. operator--) and are better usable for STL algorithms because they contain informations about their iterator category (bidirectional and random access). Instead of: for (YCPMapIterator pos = map->begin (); pos != map->end (); ++pos) key = pos.key() value = pos.value() Please use: for (YCPMap::const_iterator pos = map->begin(); pos != map->end(); ++pos) key = pos->first value = pos->second That is used a few times outside of libycp. The old class YCPMapIterator does still work but I would like to remove it in a few months. ciao Arvin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] libyui python-bindings
by Michal Zugec 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Hello hackers! I'm working on "something" in python using libyui. Everything seems ok, but I don't know how to create tabs. Using this doc: http://forgeftp.novell.com//yast/doc/SL11.0/tdg/DumbTab_widget.html but I don't know how to write it in python. >>> import yui >>> factory = yui.YUI.widgetFactory() But there is no factory.createDumbTab() method. I can grep "createDumbTab" string in http://svn.opensuse.org/svn/yast/trunk/libyui-bindings/swig/python , but I don't understand swig. Thank you, Michal -- Best Regards, Michal Zugec Software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SuSE CR, s.r.o. e-mail: mzugec(a)suse.cz Lihovarska 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 960 190 00 Praha 9 fax: +420 296 542 374 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] SLE11 YaST2 firstboot questions
by Gary Ekker 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Hi all, I have a couple of questions as we are now beginning work on SLE 11 preloads. How does one enable the nice installer theme for yast2-firstboot? I'm really hoping this is possible, since the yast2 installer theme is so uber cool. Second question, is it possible two display two license agreements on the same step of the firstboot workflow? This is how another operating system does it, and it is a huge request of our OEM partners. I'm sure it is possible with a code change, if so which module needs updating? If it is just a config change in firstboot.xml, anyone know of an example? Thanks in advance and a Merry Christmas to all. -Gary -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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[yast-devel] [ANNOUNCE] ZYpp project migrated to git.opensuse.org and more!
by Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

You may have noticed (or not?) that svn.opensuse.org/svn/zypp is now read-only :-) Just a few hours ahead of the original plan ;-) the ZYpp project repository is now hosted on git.opensuse.org. The following pages were updated to reflect the move: http://en.opensuse.org/Libzypp/Devel http://en.opensuse.org/Package_Management/Sat_Solver Those also link to the new pages, written as a starting point: http://en.opensuse.org/Git http://en.opensuse.org/Git_Hosting Those pages should cover how to checkout the code (change svn checkout for git clone and svn up to gut pull ), as well starting points for contributors. If you are going to contribute please learn the basics about pushing, merging vs rebasing when developing features in private branches, etc. You can contribute with or without push access (you can push patches that can be sent to the mailing list). Your checkout is the full repository and history, which allows you to "maintain" your own forks and keep them in sync. Note, for push access, I need your ssh keys, unless they are already in another project in git.opensuse.org. Not everything was about git. We needed to replicate the automated building/testing process, which is a core part of the ZYpp team development model. The process has been migrated from cruisecontrol.rb to Hudson ( Extensible continuous integration engine, https://hudson.dev.java.net/) which provides better job handling support, plugins and it is not tied to svn. I would like to thank R. Tyler at #hudson@freenode for fixing one of the bugs in the Hudson git2 plugin that made most of the problems ;-) As new features is that we now build zypper, and building PackageKit automatically from upstream over our libzypp-head is also coming soon! As expected, we have yet to check that the repositories are correct. We don't expect any problems and everything looks good, but just be prepared for minor issues, also with the automatic build, notifications, spam, etc ;-) Please test the repositories and tell us about any problem. Duncan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help(a)opensuse.org

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