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kerneloops package

  1. Bug #346303
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 346303

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote : Re: [Bug 346303] Re: Kernel oops dialog is inconsistent with kerneloops semantics

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 05:13:53PM -0000, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Oh yes, I am going to change kernel code because your tool scared your
> users senseless for a LOG_WARN message. Forget it.

I don't know what you're referring to here. Did someone ask you to change
kernel code?

The problem in Ubuntu (as explained in the title and description of this
bug) is that there is a mismatch in the messages presented to the user in:

 * Apport (which says a "serious kernel problem" has been encountered), and

 * Kerneloops, which attempts to capture many other things which are NOT
   "serious kernel problems"

Right now, apport is triggered for any kerneloops event, which is why we
have this problem.

In my view, the way to fix this is to enable apport or kerneloops to
differentiate between serious and non-serious events, and only trigger an
apport problem report for a serious one.

Is there anything about that which you find problematic?

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 - mdz