https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656168
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656168#c0
Summary: System disabled by reconfiguring GRUB
Classification: openSUSE
Product: openSUSE 11.3
Version: Final
Platform: 64bit
OS/Version: openSUSE 11.3
Status: NEW
Severity: Normal
Priority: P5 - None
Component: Documentation
AssignedTo: ke@novell.com
ReportedBy: peterichardavis@gmx.net
QAContact: ke@novell.com
Found By: ---
Blocker: ---
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.12)
Gecko/20101026 SUSE/3.6.12-0.7.1 Firefox/3.6.12
написане Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:24:25 +0200, Peter Davis
These are a couple of the thoughts that have occurred to me while using KDE or reading your work, for which I thank you. I hope you may find them helpful: I fell into a trap by assuming that it would either have been prevented in programming or highlighted with alerts. In case both are, for some reason, impossible, I think the documentation could usefully point out that by configuring GRUB to default to another operating system and either Hide Menu on Boot or Timeout in 0 Seconds, one effectively disables the UNIX system, and has to resort to the installation medium to resolve the problem.
Unfortunately, it is some distribution problem (imho Ubuntu-specific) not directly related to KDE. It's actually openSUSE.
In help:/khelpcenter/what-is-kde.html is the statement, "UNIX workstations, similar to the desktop environments found under Mac OS or Windows 95/NT." That seems to me to date KDE in a way that was probably not intended, and could be avoided by not specifying a version of Windows or Mac. That was very old statement (prior to 2009). Anyway, thank you for your notice. It was installed not long after 11.3 was released. Peter Davis Best regards, Yuri
Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open YaST 2. Select System 3. Click Boot Loader 4. Under Section Management tab select other operating system and click Set as Default button 5. Click Boot Loader Installation tab 6. Select Boot Loader GRUB 7. Click Boot Loader Options button 8. Click to Hide Menu on Boot or 9. Choose Timeout in 0 Seconds Actual Results: It's impossible to use openSUSE. Expected Results: I was hoping it would be possible, as it had been with Ubuntu, to press the up arrow on my keyboard to start Linux without waiting to be prompted by the menu. I supposed that the actual result would either have been prevented, or at least that there would have been alerts to warn me of the consequence of my choices. -- 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.