[Lunar-bugs] [Lunar Linux 0000012]: no default in oldconfig causes lin linux-2.6 to loop

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The following issue has been RESOLVED.
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<http://bugs.lunar-linux.org/view.php?id=12> 
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Reported By:                engelsman
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Lunar Linux
Issue ID:                   12
Category:                   kernel
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     resolved
Moonbase Version:           20050827
Core Tools:                 Lunar
Core Tools Version:         20050827
Resolution:                 not fixable
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             08-27-2005 18:44 UTC
Last Modified:              01-05-2006 19:32 UTC
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Summary:                    no default in oldconfig causes lin linux-2.6 to loop
Description: 
I've just installed 1.5.1 and am currently running the 2.4.31 kernel.
However, I think that I need the 2.6 kernel in order to install my SMCWPCI
card.

When running 'lin linux-2.6' the download and some of the preliminaries go
fine, but even though I thought I selected menuconfig, the installation
still calls oldconfig and gets stuck waiting for confirmation of the
processor type. The installation then loops, with the processor menu
scrolling endlessly by at high speed.

I've now interrupted and am attempting the configuration by hand, so this
might only be a minor rather than a major, but I would have been peeved if
I had left the installation overnight only to find that it was stuck so
early on.

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 sofar - 01-05-06 19:32 
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Can't fix this - this will happen from time to time - the kernel devs keep
adding new options and every time they add a "number" config option this
will happen. Sorry.

Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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08-27-05 18:44 engelsman      New Issue                                    
08-27-05 18:44 engelsman      Moonbase Version          => 20050827        
08-27-05 18:44 engelsman      Core Tools                => Lunar           
08-27-05 18:44 engelsman      Core Tools Version        => 20050827        
01-05-06 19:32 sofar          Note Added: 0000094                          
01-05-06 19:32 sofar          Status                   new => resolved     
01-05-06 19:32 sofar          Resolution               open => not fixable 
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