Bug 784757 - memtest on 12.2 media reports errors on good RAM
Summary: memtest on 12.2 media reports errors on good RAM
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 12.2
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Release Notes (show other bugs)
Version: RC 2
Hardware: Other openSUSE 12.2
: P2 - High : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Karl Eichwalder
QA Contact: Stephan Kulow
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Blocks: 784364
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Reported: 2012-10-11 20:04 UTC by Christian Boltz
Modified: 2012-10-29 12:09 UTC (History)
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Found By: Beta-Customer
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Description Christian Boltz 2012-10-11 20:04:15 UTC 
See https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773569 for details.
Publishing fixed ISOs is very unlikely, so the best solution is probably to document it in the release notes.

Proposed text (Torsten, please improve as needed):

memtest on the openSUSE 12.2 media is broken and reports errors in test 7 on good RAM modules. Use the openSUSE 12.1 media if you need to run memtest.
Comment 1 Karl Eichwalder 2012-10-15 11:29:28 UTC 
Thanks for the draft that I mostly like to reuse.  Here is my proposal:


<title>Pre-installation Memory Test Incorrectly Identifies Good Memory as Bad</title>

<para>
The pre-installation memory test (memtest) on the openSUSE 12.2 media is broken. It reports errors in test 7 on good RAM modules. Use the openSUSE 12.1 media if you need to run memtest.
</para>

=========================================================================

It is rather urgent if we want to publish it with the blocked bug 784364.
Comment 2 Karl Eichwalder 2012-10-16 09:06:32 UTC 
This is the version, I'll now hand out for translations:

  <sect2>
   <!-- bnc#784757 -->
   <title>Pre-installation Memory Test Incorrectly Identifies Good
   Memory as Bad</title>

   <para>
The pre-installation memory test (<command>memtest</command>) on the
openSUSE 12.2 media is broken. It reports errors in test 7 on good RAM
modules. Use the openSUSE 12.1 media if you need to run
<command>memtest</command>.
   </para>
  </sect2>

=========================================================================

Fixed in SVN.
Comment 3 Torsten Duwe 2012-10-16 09:33:19 UTC 
[back from vacation]
s/is broken/got miscompiled/g;
if you like.
Comment 4 Karl Eichwalder 2012-10-16 09:47:28 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> [back from vacation]
> s/is broken/got miscompiled/g;
> if you like.

Thanks, sounds better.  Submitted to the SVN (and updated on the translation server).
Comment 5 Swamp Workflow Management 2012-10-29 12:09:40 UTC 
openSUSE-RU-2012:1407-1: An update that has four recommended fixes can now be installed.

Category: recommended (low)
Bug References: 780668,784291,784364,784757
CVE References: 
Sources used:
openSUSE 12.2 (src):    release-notes-openSUSE-12.2.9-1.12.1