https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345103 User rob.opensuse.linux@googlemail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345103#c2 --- Comment #2 from Robert Davies 2007-12-06 07:41:13 MST --- On a different machine similar with 2.6.22.13-0.3-default, and a seperate /boot partition, installing virtualbox package, did create a weak-updates directory. If there's something odd about the installation on the box with -bigsmp kernel, I'd at least expect things to fail in a way that attracts attention, from YaST it looks like all installation steps succeeded. So I use same 32bit OS on an AMD64 capable chip, as the box that "works" has Athlon MP 32bit SMP. Linux fir 2.6.22.13-0.3-bigsmp #1 SMP 2007/11/19 15:02:58 UTC i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 67 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ stepping : 3 cpu MHz : 2812.758 cache size : 1024 KB .. uname -a Linux oak 2.6.22.13-0.3-default #1 SMP 2007/11/19 15:02:58 UTC i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2000+ stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 1666.822 cache size : 256 KB ,,, processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) MP -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345103 User rob.opensuse.linux@googlemail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345103#c4 --- Comment #4 from Robert Davies 2007-12-17 11:46:06 MST --- There's a Kernel Module Packages concept http://en.opensuse.org/Kernel_Module_Packages The issue is integration of kernel + 3rd party stuff. The problem for me was that things could go badly wrong, but YaST would think everything was fine. I suspect that somewhere an error is occuring but is ignored, making isolation of fault difficult. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345103 User rob.opensuse.linux@googlemail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345103#c6 --- Comment #6 from Robert Davies 2007-12-18 02:36:32 MST --- This problem previously occurred with the nvidia module. A subsequent update to the kernel created the nvidia weak-updates entry (actually forcibily installing same kernel version with YaST with "uncondiational upgrade" option has same effect). I have a fresh install, on the machine which is currently using the "nv" driver, where I could try to install, the nvidia module. As I now reproduced same but with a different kernel module package vboxdrv, it seemed to me, to be a more general problem, The problem did not occur on a different SMP box, set up very similarly (partition wise /, /boot, /usr, /opt, /var), but with -default kernel. Have not tried to reproduce on the fresh install yet, perhaps I could and someone can tell me how to make sure I preserve any logged information, that could explain it. The box with this issue installing KPM's has been sooooper solid, since 2.6.22-12.0-1 kernel came out, which solved various problems I'd seen before. The fresh install had to be done with the onboard netorking, not the 2nd network card, due to driver issue in ne2k-pci module for example. This seems like a slip in a script somewhere in the rpm's, rather than a big issue, the problem is isolating it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345103 User rob.opensuse.linux@googlemail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=345103#c7 Robert Davies changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #7 from Robert Davies 2009-02-04 06:49:43 MST --- I noticed that vbox recently had a fix to use weak updates directory in a more recent release. Closing this one due to lack of interest, noone is installing 10.3 anymore. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.