[Bug 207006] New: Zen Updater not warning of reboot requirement for kernel updates
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207006 Summary: Zen Updater not warning of reboot requirement for kernel updates Product: SUSE Linux 10.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: SuSE Linux 10.1 Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Zenworks AssignedTo: zlm-code10-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: steveba@eircom.net QAContact: jtariq@novell.com While YOU warns the user that a reboot is required to complete a kernel update, Zen Updater does not. On 17-Sep-2006, Zen Updater updated my kernel from 2.6.16.21-0.13-default to 2.6.16.21-0.21-default. At no time did I receive a "you must reboot to complete the kernel update" message. Following on from a discussion in the alt.os.linux.suse news group "Kernel Update recoveries ?" (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.os.linux.suse/browse_thread/thread/81136a...) I responded and suggested: Perhaps Zen Update could do with an optional "display reboot required messages" on it's Configure screen? In fact, I would go one further and allow for customised messages to be added, such as "after the reboot, don't forget to re-install your nvidia/ati video drivers in run level 3, run sax2, etc." I received a response that I should enter a buzilla entry here - so here I am ! Would you please consider my suggestion as a possible future enhancement to Zen Updater? Could I also add that perhaps for remote management support, an optional email, snmp trap, etc., could be sent informing the administrator(s) that a kernel [or any other important] update has been performed and that a reboot is now required? Thanks and regards, Steve. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207006 ------- Comment #1 from steveba@eircom.net 2006-09-27 05:14 MST ------- Zen Updater just updated the kernel from 2.6.16.21-0.21 to 2.6.16.21-0.25. Shortly after clicking the update button to start the updates (also gzip and apache), I got a pop-up window: title: Change Summary subtitle: ?(icon) Apply the follow changes? Install the following additional software kernel-patch-message-2-2099-1 (Message) (X cancel) (tick Apply) I clicked on Apply. I let the updates run to completion. I was hoing that kernel-patch-message-2-2099-1 might just be a kernel update warning message to remind me to reboot, but I got no such message. (note the typo above - "Apply the follow changes" should be "Apply the following changes") -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207006 ------- Comment #2 from andreas.hanke@gmx-topmail.de 2006-09-27 05:21 MST ------- Yes, zen-updater really installs the message and even informs the user about it, but it does not actually show the message - it's just being installed, but never shown. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207006 ------- Comment #3 from steveba@eircom.net 2006-09-27 08:31 MST ------- Thanks Andreas, I'm wondering what the real purpose of the "kernel-patch-message" installation was, as it is not displaying a warning about a need for a reboot, but that is what I would have hoped it would be doing (?). Can you say if sometime there will be a "kernel has been updated; please reboot as soon as possible" or some such message pop-up in Zen Updater? Perhaps change the systray icon to red and the mouse-over tool-tip text to say a reboot is required? I think [some] newbie's may not understand the implications of critical updates such as the kernel. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207006 ------- Comment #4 from houghi@houghi.org 2006-10-05 04:55 MST ------- Ping -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207006 flucifredi@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |crivera@novell.com ------- Comment #5 from flucifredi@novell.com 2006-10-11 19:27 MST ------- cmr, can you please comment on this one? -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207006 crivera@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|zlm-code10- |yhemanth@novell.com |bugs@forge.provo.novell.com | Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|crivera@novell.com | -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207006 ------- Comment #6 from houghi@houghi.org 2006-11-10 20:07 MST ------- Ping? -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207006 yhemanth@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|yhemanth@novell.com |jjoy@novell.com ------- Comment #7 from yhemanth@novell.com 2006-11-10 20:22 MST ------- Jinu, can you look at this. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207006 jjoy@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|jjoy@novell.com |nabhishek@novell.com -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207006 visnov@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium -- 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.
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