On 2013-06-11 01:05, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > >> On 2013-06-10 19:53, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > >>> Wouldn't it be more useful to provide the temporary workaround of >>> >>> sudo apt-get install python-gudev gir1.2-gudev-1.0 -y > >> Your ppa makes a big improvement of usb-creator-gtk :-) It probably >> works more or less without issues to create standard live USB drives >> without persistence. > >> But I think it is still flaky, particularly the 64-bit version. >> Remember that Julien got segfault, when he tested it. Also the 32-bit >> version can misbehave, unless the system and USB drive are well >> prepared. > > OK... I'm just concerned that once we turn people off usb-creator-gtk, > it is hard to persuade them to come back it... so the bugfix work is not > even tried by all the folks we have told not to use usb-creator-gtk. > >> I have not been able to file a bug about the segfault. It does not >> activate apport. How could I do it? > > If you get a core dump file (make sure ulimit is not set to 0 for core > files), you can run something like > > apport-bug -f -p usb-creator-gtk > > and then attach a GDB backtrace from the core to the bug report. But in > general apport "should" catch segfault crashes, as far as I know. > >> I have a question: did you do anything else than adding those >> libraries? > > No, nothing else at all. > >> And are your packages the same (version) as what would be installed in >> - an original 13.04 system without any updates? >> - a fully updated 13.04 system? > > Yes. As far as I know 0.2.47 is what should be installed in both cases. > >> As I wrote in one of the mails, it feels like usb-creator-gtk has >> improved compared to when I started testing it with those two (same?) >> libraries in an installed system. Or am I only using it in a more >> consistent way to produce good persistent drives? > > I think that's something about your system or the way you are using it. > >> But if you think it reduces the chances to get usb-creator-gtk >> debugged, I will remove the 'temporary edit' about it from the wiki >> and from the tutorial. > > I'm not an expert on publicity and writing good web sites :) Maybe the > wiki page should suggest installing those two packages, and say > something like > > If you still have problems with usb-creator-gtk after installing these > two additional packages, as a temporary workaround, you can try using > usb-creator-kde instead. > > In the end, if you make the changes to the wiki page, they need to say > what you are comfortable saying... so it is your choice. > > Jonathan > Thank you for taking time to write this detailed reply, Jonathan :-)
I'm reading and learning ... and I will: 1. Add a tip about your ppa 2. use your words: "If you still have problems with usb-creator-gtk after installing these two additional packages, as a temporary workaround, you can try using usb-creator-kde instead." 3. Try to make a bug report about the segmentation fault Best regards Nio -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms Post to : lubuntu-comms@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-comms More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
