Stephan Wiesand wrote: > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Karl Misselt wrote: > >> Summary: >> Two desktops installed with 4.2 (111705). 2nd install definitely >> had issues with kudzu detecting all hardware as new. 1st probably >> did as well. > > > I saw kudzu behaving like this when installing rc1 (+ the AFS-related > selinux changes in %post) on a Dell Precision 380. What it detected as > new was at least the chipset (wonder what kudzu has to configure for > that anyway) and the onboard sound. I think there was a third device, > but I don't remember. I won't be able to do another test installation > before the weekend. > > My system didn't freeze though, whether or not I allowed kudzu to > "configure the new hardware". > > I also successfully installed the same on a Dell Poweredge 2850 (with > PERC4 RAID) and a custom test system with an intel 925X desktop board. > These have no console though, so I don't know how kudzu behaved during > 1st boot. We usually turn it off in %post anyway... > > But if it's considered important, and the 4.2 release can wait until > next week, I'll check. > > I guess there really is some mismatch between what's detected during > installation and during the first reboot. This may or may not be a > showstopper. > > Best Regards, > Stephan > Re-installed with rc2.5 (112205). Same kudzu behavior, but selecting 'Do nothing' results in a normal boot-up. The freeze probably happened when I tried to re-configure the devices. So it seems there's some disconnect between the installation and firstboot. Not a big issue though, it seems. Have not had a chance to upgrade the kernel on the 4.1 machine and see if I get the same kudzu behavior yet. -Karl -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Karl A. Misselt Office: Steward 254 | | Steward Observatory Phone: 520-626-0196 | | University of Arizona FAX: 520-621-9555 | | Tucson, AZ 85721-0065 [log in to unmask] | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | http://www.fairtax.org | --------------------------------------------------------------------