Bug 7161 - Drakxconf launches the autologin configuration tool instead of the bootloader configuration tool
Summary: Drakxconf launches the autologin configuration tool instead of the bootloader...
Status: RESOLVED OLD
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 2
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Low enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Thierry Vignaud
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Keywords: NEEDINFO
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Reported: 2012-08-24 12:13 CEST by Malo Deniélou
Modified: 2013-11-23 16:15 CET (History)
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Description Malo Deniélou 2012-08-24 12:13:20 CEST
Description of problem:
When using drakxconf, selecting 'Boot loader' launches the autologin configuration tool instead of the boot loader configuration tool.

How reproducible:
All the time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. type drakxconf
2. select Boot loader
3. see the autologin configuration tool start.
Malo Deniélou 2012-08-24 12:13:37 CEST

Depends on: (none) => 7160

Comment 1 claire robinson 2012-08-24 12:55:34 CEST
confirmed here mga1 i586
Thierry Vignaud 2012-08-24 16:07:00 CEST

Depends on: 7160 => (none)

Comment 2 Thierry Vignaud 2012-08-24 16:11:30 CEST
Works for me on both mga2 & cauldron (x86_64):
- clicking the "set up autologin" icon results in
  displaying the autologin settings
- clicking the "set up boot system" icon results in
  displaying the boot loader settings

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
Severity: major => normal

Comment 3 Malo Deniélou 2012-08-24 16:34:05 CEST
No, Thierry, you need to type drakxconf in root console. The bug is not present with drakconf.
Comment 4 Thierry Vignaud 2012-08-24 23:06:03 CEST
Why do you run it directly?
That's a internal simple wrapper that I wrote which is run by mcc when in text mode...

Priority: Normal => Low
Severity: normal => enhancement

Comment 5 Thierry Vignaud 2012-08-24 23:07:55 CEST
Workarounded in SVN by preventing using it in graphical mode.
Comment 6 Malo Deniélou 2012-08-24 23:57:23 CEST
Thanks, but the workaround is not correct. Since the point is that selecting 'Boot loader' should give the good option, whether in graphical or console mode.

Basically, the use case is: when X fails for a reason or another, using drakxconf in console mode is a normal thing to do. It's how I discovered the bug.

And it's definitely linked with bug 7160 where, without X, typing drakboot in console mode makes sense, but without the expected behaviour of configuring the boot loader.
Comment 7 Manuel Hiebel 2013-10-22 12:18:20 CEST
This message is a reminder that Mageia 2 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately one month from now Mageia will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Mageia 2. At that time this bug will be closed as WONTFIX (EOL) if it remains open with a Mageia 'version' of '2'.

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Comment 8 Manuel Hiebel 2013-11-23 16:15:08 CET
Mageia 2 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on ''22 November''. Mageia 2 is no
longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or
bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Mageia
please feel free to click on "Version" change it against that version of Mageia
and reopen this bug.

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


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