I'm having trouble with the Package Selection portion of the AutoInstallation applet. I installed 10.2 on my notebook (dual-boot w/ WinXP) from the Retail DVD, and now am attempting to create an autoinstall control file to set up a series of other machines, which will have little in common with my notebook. The Autoinstall applet is acting more like the "Software Management" applet, in that it preconfigures the package selection with the packages that are installed on the notebook, and when I right-click on a pattern entry (or an individual package), the local menu shows options such as Keep, Delete, or Update, rather than the Install/Don't Install/Taboo options one would expect. Also, if I use the Software Management applet and install or remove individual packages, the changes I make show up in the packages that are preselected when I go back to the Autoinstall applet. Note that when I highlight "Package Selection" in the tree on the left, in the right panel the "Selected Patterns" shows "Not configured yet", and the "Individually selected packages" count is zero. However, when I click the Configure button, and change to Pattern or Package Group view, then I see the preselected items. I have tried the "Reset Configuration" button, and I tried loading a manually edited control file with the Patterns and Packages removed. These things made no difference. Is there anything I can do to make this applet disregard the locally installed patterns/packages? Otherwise, is there some workaround? I am also concerned that the dependency resolution may be influenced improperly by what is going on with the packages. TIA, A. Becker -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-autoinstall+help@opensuse.org