Bug 362518

Summary:	software managment: when kernel is altered offer starting boot loader editor (major)
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.3	Reporter:	macias - <bluedzins>
Component:	YaST2	Assignee:	Stanislav Visnovsky <visnov>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Other
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Description macias - 2008-02-16 11:04:37 UTC

I know that in theory every alteration of kernel should also automatically refresh boot loader. Correctly of course.

But in practice bugs happen -- today, after correctly refreshing kernel I restarted computer it appeared that the system is 100% ok but there is "slight" problem -- the boot loader malfunctions. So I wasted a lot of time trying to fix it.

Please add dialog box "do you want to run boot loader editor to revise your boot loader configuration -> [yes] [no]" -- it costs almost nothing, yet it is a great precaution and reminder that is is better to spend 5 minutes just checking at config (when system is fully operational), than spending an hour later struggling with fixing problem.

Comment 1 Stefan Hundhammer 2008-03-03 11:34:01 UTC

"It costs almost nothing" is just not true. On the implementation level, it would require some information to be stored that a kernel just got installed or updated. On the user interface level, it's yet another pop-up dialog that a percentage of our users (I guess a large percentage) will find very annoying.

Stano, please make a decision and reassign as appropriate.

Comment 2 macias - 2008-03-03 12:46:12 UTC

> "It costs almost nothing" is just not true. On the implementation level, it
> would require some information to be stored that a kernel just got installed
> or updated. 

It is already implemented, thus cost = zero.

> On the user interface level, it's yet another pop-up dialog 

Nope. It is yet another button. So cost here = 1 extra button (+ changing the text accordingly of the rest of the current dialog).

> that a
> percentage of our users (I guess a large percentage) will find very annoying.

I really doubt that one person exists who thinks
[ ok ]
is ok, but
[ yes ] [ no ]
is annoying. No irony here, just math -- how much more users will find this extra button (not dialog) annoying in comparison to number of users, that will be surprised by finding out that:
a) update corrupted their system
b) system repair does not work

Considering the damage opensuse 10.3 can cause, this extra effort is really minuscule.

Comment 3 Stanislav Visnovsky 2008-04-23 08:53:20 UTC

We are not going to do this, as the feature is in fact a workaround for bugs in the kernel & bootloader handling.