On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Edenyard wrote:
> I find with RH7.1 that every time it boots up, it comes up with
> something called Kadzu (or similar!)
Yes, kudzu is on RH6.2 as well.
> that tells me that my graphics card
> has changed from a Cirrus GD5446 to a Cirrus GD5446 (spot the
> difference, anyone?) It then invits me to unconfigure the 5446 and then
> install the 5446. If I tell it to ignore it, carry on and NEVER tell me
> again, then it simply goes through the same process next time I boot up.
kudzu is a program that is run at start-up to check
your hardware against the little database it creates.
If the detected hardware is different than what's in
the db, it offers to update the configuration for you.
Have you ever tried letting it do what it wants?
I don't see how that could hurt anything, and it might
just solve the problem. If you want to be cautious, do
this (as root) first:
# mv /etc/sysconfig/hwconf /etc/sysconfig/hwconf.bak
That'll rename the file so kudzu won't find it
next time you boot, but will still keep it around for
"just in case." On next boot, kudzu won't find its
database, so will probe all your hardware and create
a new one.
Alternatively, you could disable kudzu. After all,
it's completely useless unless you've changed hardware,
and how often do you do that?
Does RH 7.1 still use 'control-panel'? If so, you
could either click your control-panel icon, or type in
an xterm, 'control-panel'. Click on the icon that looks
like two lit LED's of six. (mouseover tells you it's
the runlevel editor) Look under the 5 column for kudzu.
Click to highlight. Click Remove. You're done.
>From now on kudzu won't run when you boot.
(this assumes you're booting to runlevel 5 - the one
with an X login screen - if you're not sure, do
'/sbin/runlevel' to find what runlevel you're booted
into)
If RH 7.1 no longer uses control-panel, then the
manual method is just as easy (easier?). As root,
# cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
# ls
the links you see beginning with S are the
services run/started at boot time. You'll
see one like S05kudzu, probably even that
exact name.
# mv S05kudzu K05kudzu
That's it. kudzu won't be called by the boot
process any more.
> I'm beginning to wonder whether RH7.1 isn't some sort of trojan horse
> released into the Linux community by those people at Redmond....
If you think that's bad, it's a good thing you
didn't get 7.0!
I never install an x.0 version. This is the "new"
release, and always has bugs.
I've twice installed x.1 versions. They've had the
advantage of the feedback of millions of users, so
all the major bugs have been swatted, as well as most
of the little ones hiding in dark corners.
If you're not into bug swatting at all, wait for the
x.2 version... or if you can't wait, go back to the
(x-1).2 version.
IOW, if I'd never run Linux before, I'd either wait
for 7.2, or I'd go back to 6.2.
- Steve
