> > Message: 15 > Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:49:32 -0600 > From: Jonathan Berry <berryja@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: kudzu "Keep existing configuration" does not act as > advertised > To: FedoraCoreList <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <8767947e050326104950b0d171@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi all, > > My laptop has a strange behavior where occasionally the keyboard will > not work until you press Shift+<some_key>, then all is well. The > problem is, when this happens, kudzu notices that the keyboard is > missing and asks me what I want to do about it. The choices I get are > (from memory, IIRC): > Ignore it -- keep going and prompt me again if the device seems to be missing > Keep existing configuration -- keep going, but don't prompt again if > it seems missing > Remove the configuration -- forget about the device altogether > > No matter how many times I tell it to keep the existing configuration > and not bother me when it seems missing, I still get the kudzu screen > when it happens. I think this also happens with other devices (it > happened with my printer when I unhooked it once), the keyboard > problem is just a convenient example. Has anyone else noticed this > kind of behavior? Is kudzu really supposed to act the way it explains > the choices (or at least the way I understand it)? I checked bugzilla > and didn't find anything that seemed exactly like this. I'll be glad > to add a bugzilla entry if people think this is probably a bug. > I'm running a fully updated FC3 x86_64. I would assume that it would > be the same on a 32-bit system, but I don't have any way of testing > that. > $ rpm -q kudzu > kudzu-1.1.95-1.x86_64 > > Thanks, > Jonathan > Hi Jonathon, quick fix for this: while it's booting...don't touch it...just let it timeout and let the machine boot up. Soon as you are logged in get to a terminal and: # kudzu one kudzu is up, have it reconfigure to satisfy itself. all should be fine now. after this...go to shutdown and, God willing, you won't be bothered w/that again. yes, ino, it's not right but this works for me when I add new hardware. gl! John Rose -- You ever notice the expression on your neighbor's face when you start talking about linux?
