Bug 24270 - new install i586 installs both server and desktop kernels
Summary: new install i586 installs both server and desktop kernels
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Martin Whitaker
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Keywords: 7beta2, NEEDINFO
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Reported: 2019-01-31 22:39 CET by Ben McMonagle
Modified: 2019-04-11 08:52 CEST (History)
1 user (show)

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grub advanced menu (101.19 KB, image/jpeg)
2019-01-31 22:43 CET, Ben McMonagle 		Details
installer log (195.12 KB, text/plain)
2019-01-31 22:45 CET, Ben McMonagle 		Details
report.bug.xz (216.22 KB, application/x-xz)
2019-01-31 22:46 CET, Ben McMonagle 		Details
heres one from an install I have just completed :-) (171.80 KB, application/x-xz)
2019-03-06 22:04 CET, Ben McMonagle 		Details
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Description Ben McMonagle 2019-01-31 22:39:14 CET 
Description of problem: new install of mageia7-beta2 CL i586 installs both server and desktop kernels


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia-7-beta2-i586.iso
DATE.txt: Wed Jan 30 22:29:58 CET 2019
md5sum:   da7d0f91e73927982321ec3b437e383c

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1.use above .iso to install system and reboot
2.at grub boot menu, select advance options
3.
Ben McMonagle 2019-01-31 22:42:25 CET

Keywords: (none) => 7beta2

Comment 1 Ben McMonagle 2019-01-31 22:43:06 CET 
Created attachment 10697 [details]
grub advanced menu
Comment 2 Ben McMonagle 2019-01-31 22:45:50 CET 
Created attachment 10698 [details]
installer log
Comment 3 Ben McMonagle 2019-01-31 22:46:33 CET 
Created attachment 10699 [details]
report.bug.xz
Comment 4 Martin Whitaker 2019-02-01 11:39:00 CET 
This is caused by this line in the rpmsrate file:

  5 BIGMEM kernel-server-latest

Because your machine has 8GB of RAM, the BIGMEM flag is set, and kernel-server-latest is added to the list of packages to install. But the installer has already chosen to install the desktop kernel.

In the past the installer would have chosen the server kernel, to let you use all your RAM, but since the Spectre/Meltdown fixes now require PAE to be enabled in the desktop kernel as well, that is no longer necessary.

I've removed that line from the rpmsrate file, so this should be fixed in the next ISO build.

CC: (none) => mageia

Martin Whitaker 2019-02-01 11:39:37 CET

Assignee: bugsquad => mageia

Comment 5 Ben McMonagle 2019-03-06 19:01:08 CET 
still valid 

Mageia-7-beta2-i586.iso
DATE.txt: Sat Feb 16 00:13:50 CET 2019
Comment 6 Martin Whitaker 2019-03-06 21:43:22 CET 
Strange. I've just retested with both beta1 and beta2 ISOs. beta1 installed both desktop and server kernels. beta2 only installed the desktop kernel. Can you attach the report.bug.xz from your beta2 install.
Comment 7 Ben McMonagle 2019-03-06 22:04:55 CET 
Created attachment 10847 [details]
heres one from an install I have just completed :-)
Comment 8 Martin Whitaker 2019-03-06 22:27:43 CET 
That's installing a 4.19.13-1 kernel, which means it is a beta2 round 1 ISO! It's found the ISO on /dev/sda13 in /M7/Mageia-7-32/Mageia-7-beta2-i586.iso.
Comment 9 Dick Gevers 2019-04-10 14:16:47 CEST 
Listed in QA Riseup pad as bug for 7Beta3 but is it still valid ?

Anyone that knows please update the bug (close or change keywords) ? Thanks

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 10 Ben McMonagle 2019-04-11 08:52:25 CEST 
no longer valid:

Mageia-7-beta3-i586.iso
DATE.txt: Fri Apr  5 20:18:38 CEST 2019

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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