On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 10:05:49AM -0600, Chris J Arges wrote: > > Currently, when installing the linux-crashdump meta-package in order to > > enable > > kernel crash dump collection, the functionality is not enabled by default.
I think that the majority of users installing this package would expect it to enable the functionality, and they will be supprised if it is not. > > While a reboot is mandatory to enable the crashkernel= kernel parameter, I > > would > > like to suggest to enable the kdump functionality by default when the > > package is > > installed. > > > > A prompt should be displayed to allow for the user to override the "default > > = > > Yes" if needed. This will not be the only user interaction when installing > > the > > meta-package, as kexec-tools already prompts for the type of boot. > +1 > > If installing interactively we should get both prompts, and default to: > - crash dumping enabled > - don't use kexec to reboot If there is already a prompt here on install for the "use kexec for reboot" then I think it would be useful to have a prompt for the kdump side. I concur with Chris' defaults here. For me this sounds like a sound change. -apw -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
