https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=226036 Summary: Your handling of upgrading to kernel 2.6.18.2-33 causes confusion Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: RC 1 Platform: 32bit OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: kern@sibbald.com QAContact: qa@suse.de During a system update, kernel 2.6.18.2-33 was installed. On the positive side, there was a message that warned me to reboot. However, on the negative side: 1. There was no explicit reboot scheduled, so by the time everything was installed, I forgot to reboot. 2. Not rebooting caused autofs to fail because the .dep file for the old kernel was apparently wiped out. This caused me to thrash around a lot until I figured out the problem (autofs failed to start but messages indicated that it started correctly -- maybe another bug report). 3. Apparently the new kernel was not installed in the standard SuSE way as it was not the default -- I had to explicitly choose it from the boot menu. Suggestions: 1. Ask the user if he wants to reboot after everything is installed. 2. Avoid automatically installing kernels if they are going to blow away a previous installation. 3. I don't particularly like the OpenSuSE way of displaying the menu for kernels (It may be nice for dummies, but I would rather see all kernels listed and have the last one installed indicated as the default). That said, given the current way you do things, I think it would be better to install any new kernel as the current one. It is more consistent with how you have upgraded kernels in the past. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.