Rajko M. <rmatov101@charter.net> [2006-12-17 04:12]:
The factory is work in progress and it can be broken in much worse ways than you described.
Not just factory. 10.2 will not install on boards that use the Intel 965 and JMicron chipset for PATA. This is a large fraction of the new boards that support the fastest CPU (Core 2 Duo) on the market. The problem was independently reported several times, and yet (apparently) was never fixed in spite of a "Resolved" status in more than one bug report. I recently posted a history of the problem here, hoping to get advice on how to proceed to get this showstopper -- which has been assigned a very low "normal P5" priority -- fixed. Not for me, as I was able to get past the bug by installing a SCSI optical drive, but for the trusting people who buy the boxed product expecting it to install on common recent hardware, and discover that it won't install.
I know that reporting bugs is not easy as one has to search trough existing reports before files own bugs, but that is the most reliable way to get things fixed.
I spent hours searching prior bug reports and linking separate reports about what appeared to be a single bug. To avoid cluttering the bug reports I emailed the person who has been assigned the bug. I also posted here, following the recommended procedure when one is unsure. http://en.opensuse.org/Submitting_Bug_Reports "Before reporting a bug, make sure that it is really a bug. If in doubt, discuss it on the mailing lists first (opensuse-factory or opensuse)." There was no response from the person currently assigned to the bug nor to my post(s) here. The bug is: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=227505 It's a showstopper on many of the motherboards that support the Core 2 Duo processor. It's NOT new, and was repeatedly reported earlier. -rex --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org