Description of problem: kdump shows an unnecessary status message ("Kdump is not operational") when it starts up. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kexec-tools-1.101-127.el5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run "service kdump start" 2. 3. Actual results: It shows as below. Kdump is not operational Starting kdump:[ OK ] Expected results: It should show as below. Starting kdump:[ OK ] Additional info:
Created attachment 141070 [details] This patch is based on -127.el5 and can fix this problem.
your patch will re-break another problem that was fixed in -127.el5. I need to completely rewrite that section.
Fix confirmed with kexec-tools-1.101-164.el5.