Hi there, excuse my previous posting in german. I forgot, that this list prefers english. I have the following problem with autoyast: After being almost finished with the cloning of some R51 Thinkpads, I got the following Problem: a) The Hostname ist not setup correctly b) X11 is not configured, though there are enties in the config-file (see below) c) user are not added It seems to me, as if the entire <configure> section is ignored. Software selection and configuration of the boot-loader works, nevertheless. The section looks like the following: ---snip--- <configure> <groups config:type="list"> <group> <groupname>video</groupname> <userlist>user2,user4,user2,user1</userlist> </group> <group> <groupname>audio</groupname> <userlist>user2,user4,user2,user1</userlist> </group> <group> <groupname>dialout</groupname> <userlist>user2,user4,user2,user1</userlist> </group> <group> <groupname>uucp</groupname> <userlist>user2,user4,user2,user1</userlist> </group> </groups> <networking> <dhcp_hostname config:type="boolean">true</dhcp_hostname> <device>eth0</device> <dhcp_options> <dhclient_additional_options></dhclient_additional_options> <dhclient_client_id></dhclient_client_id> <dhclient_hostname_option>AUTO</dhclient_hostname_option> </dhcp_options> <dns> <dhcp_resolv config:type="boolean">true</dhcp_resolv> <domain>coling.uni-jena.de</domain> <hostname>dhcp</hostname> <nameservers config:type="list"> <nameserver>141.35.1.16</nameserver> </nameservers> <searchlist config:type="list"> <search>coling.uni-jena.de</search> </searchlist> </dns> <interfaces config:type="list"> <interface> <bootproto>dhcp</bootproto> <device>eth0</device> <startmode>onboot</startmode> </interface> </interfaces> <modules config:type="list"> <module_entry> <device>eth0</device> <module>e1000</module> <options></options> </module_entry> </modules> <routing> <ip_forward config:type="boolean">false</ip_forward> </routing> </networking> <users config:type="list"> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">true</encrypted> <fullname> user3</fullname> <gid>100</gid> <home>/home/user4</home> <password_settings> <expire></expire> <flag></flag> <inact>-1</inact> <max>99999</max> <min>0</min> <warn>7</warn> </password_settings> <shell>/bin/bash</shell> <uid>1002</uid> <user_password>PASS</user_password> <username>user4</username> </user> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">true</encrypted> <fullname> user2</fullname> <gid>100</gid> <home>/home/user2</home> <password_settings> <expire></expire> <flag></flag> <inact>-1</inact> <max>99999</max> <min>0</min> <warn>7</warn> </password_settings> <shell>/bin/bash</shell> <uid>1001</uid> <user_password>PASS</user_password> <username>user2</username> </user> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">true</encrypted> <fullname> user1</fullname> <gid>100</gid> <home>/home/user1</home> <password_settings> <expire></expire> <flag></flag> <inact>-1</inact> <max>99999</max> <min>0</min> <warn>7</warn> </password_settings> <shell>/bin/bash</shell> <uid>1000</uid> <user_password>PASS</user_password> <username>user1</username> </user> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">true</encrypted> <fullname> user2</fullname> <gid>100</gid> <home>/home/user2</home> <password_settings> <expire></expire> <flag></flag> <inact>-1</inact> <max>99999</max> <min>0</min> <warn>7</warn> </password_settings> <shell>/bin/bash</shell> <uid>1003</uid> <user_password>PASS</user_password> <username>user2</username> </user> <user> <encrypted config:type="boolean">true</encrypted> <fullname>root</fullname> <gid>0</gid> <home>/root</home> <password_settings> <expire></expire> <flag></flag> <inact></inact> <max>10000</max> <min>0</min> <warn></warn> </password_settings> <shell>/bin/bash</shell> <uid>0</uid> <user_password>PASS</user_password> <username>root</username> </user> </users> <x11> <color_depth config:type="integer">16</color_depth> <configure_x11 config:type="boolean">true</configure_x11> <display_manager>kdm</display_manager> <enable_3d config:type="boolean">true</enable_3d> <monitor> <display> <frequency config:type="integer">75</frequency> <height config:type="integer">1050</height> <width config:type="integer">1400</width> </display> <monitor_device>1400X1050@75HZ</monitor_device> <monitor_vendor> LCD</monitor_vendor> </monitor> <resolution>1024x768</resolution> <window_manager>kde</window_manager> </x11> </configure> ---snap--- As I read before, the file is parsed and partly understood and exectued. But the <configure> section does not work. Oh, yes: If I add an preinstallation script, that works. The other sections are ignored all the time. I do not find any relevant information in the logs: ---snip--- 2004-11-29 14:07:05 <5> linux(997) [ui-ncurses] YNCursesUI.cc(idleLoop):163 idleLoop error in select() (9) 2004-11-29 14:07:05 <5> linux(997) [ui-ncurses] YNCursesUI.cc(idleLoop):163 idleLoop error in select() (9) ---snap--- more than 90% of the logs are made up by this line. I use Suse Professional 9.1, and I tried in with and without patches and upgrades. No change occured. What did happen here? kind regards, Oliver Osburg -- - Oliver Osburg - System Architect JULIE Group Jena University - email: o.osburg@uni-jena.de phone: +493641 9 44 324 note : All above is my opinion unless specified otherwise. 9:30, Computing Center: Mainserver died. Hairdo okay.